Honorary Associate Lecturer
Overview
Laurel is an urban and social planner with over 25 years of experience as a practitioner and an educator/researcher. As well as being a full-time academic in the UQ urban planning program, Laurel manages her own planning consultancy service with Government and non-Government clients throughout Australia. Her practice, research and educator roles are complementary.
Research Interests
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Resident Activism in Urban Planning
An inquiry into the power of resident action in urban planning finds that not only does resident action shape cities, it also heavily influences the political environment. -
Transport Disadvantage and Social Disadvantage
What is the relationship between transport and social disadvantage? This case study research finds that social disadvantage is compounded and extended by transport disadvantage. This is particularly the case for communities on the edge of the city. The research considers the contribution of individual and community social capital (positive and negative) to transport disadvantage.
Research Impacts
Laurel's research directly resulted in improved access pathways (constructed with local labour) to the railway station for the social and transport disadvantaged community of Carole Park on the edge of Brisbane city. The participatory nature of that community mapping research made the recommendations compelling for politicans and decision makers. Laurel's social infrastructure analysis in many communities in Victoria, Western Australia and south east Queensland has delivered infrastructure and services for comunity building in those locations.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology
- Master of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology
Publications
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Other Outputs: Transport Justice in the Suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage
Laurel Johnson (2020). Transport Justice in the Suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
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Journal Article: The lost countryside: spatial production of rural culture in Tangwan village in Shanghai
Ye, Chao, Ma, Xiangyi, Gao, Yang and Johnson, Laurel (2020). The lost countryside: spatial production of rural culture in Tangwan village in Shanghai. Habitat International, 98 102137, 102137. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102137
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Journal Article: The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia
Gholamhosseini, Roja, Pojani, Dorina, Mateo Babiano, Iderlina, Johnson, Laurel and Minnery, John (2018). The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia. Journal of Urban Design, 24 (2), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1498293
Grants
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Mapping Aboriginal routes to link landscape knowledge and cultural identity
(2017–2022) ARC Linkage Projects
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Urban Poverty: A Month in the Life of Wesley Mission Brisbane's Emergency Relief
(2014) Wesley Mission Brisbane
Supervision
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(2016) Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Book Chapter
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Putting children in their place on public transit: managing mobilities in the child-friendly city
Grant-Smith, Deanna, Edwards, Peter and Johnson, Laurel (2018). Putting children in their place on public transit: managing mobilities in the child-friendly city. Dialogues in urban and regional planning 6: the right to the city. (pp. 201-216) edited by Christopher Silver, Robert Freestone and Christophe Demazière. New York, NY United States: Routledge.
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Getting on and getting around : Transport, mobility and disadvantage
Burton, Paul and Johnson, Laurel (2010). Getting on and getting around : Transport, mobility and disadvantage. A climate for growth. (pp. 220-237) edited by Brendan Gleeson and Wendy Steele. St Lucia, Queensland, Australia: The University of Queensland Press.
Journal Article
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The lost countryside: spatial production of rural culture in Tangwan village in Shanghai
Ye, Chao, Ma, Xiangyi, Gao, Yang and Johnson, Laurel (2020). The lost countryside: spatial production of rural culture in Tangwan village in Shanghai. Habitat International, 98 102137, 102137. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102137
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The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia
Gholamhosseini, Roja, Pojani, Dorina, Mateo Babiano, Iderlina, Johnson, Laurel and Minnery, John (2018). The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia. Journal of Urban Design, 24 (2), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1498293
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Challenging the productivity mantra: academic writing with spirit in place
Johnson, Laurel, Roitman, Sonia, Morgan, Ann and MacLeod, Jason (2017). Challenging the productivity mantra: academic writing with spirit in place. Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (6), 1181-1193. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2017.1300140
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Learning by doing: employer expectations of planning studio education
Pojani, Dorina, Johnson, Laurel, Darchen, Sebastien and Yang, Katie (2016). Learning by doing: employer expectations of planning studio education. Urban Policy and Research, 36 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2016.1221814
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Managing the challenges of combining mobilities of care and commuting: an Australian perspective
Grant-Smith, Deanna, Osborne, Natalie and Johnson, Laurel (2016). Managing the challenges of combining mobilities of care and commuting: an Australian perspective. Community, Work & Family, 20 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13668803.2016.1202194
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Shevellar, Lynda, Johnson, Laurel and Lyons, Kristen (2015). Re-imagining the practices of town, social and community planning in Australia: opportunities for planning in neoliberal policy settings. Australian Planner, 52 (4), 266-276. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2015.1056816
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Fair Shared Cities: the impact of gender planning in Europe
Johnson, Laurel (2015). Fair Shared Cities: the impact of gender planning in Europe. Urban Policy and Research, 33 (3), 378-380. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2015.1057911
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Grant-Smith, Deanna and Johnson, Laurel (2012). Mapping local solutions to entrenched transport problems: key lessons regarding the use of geographical information technologies in community mapping with disadvantaged communities. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 52 (3) 3, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2012.tb00368.x
Conference Publication
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Johnson, Laurel and Roitman, Sonia (2014). The use of public space as an instrument for social inclusion: the case of Aboriginal and asylum seeker residents in Brisbane, Australia. World Town Planning Day: Equality in the City: Making Cities Socially Cohesive, On line conference, 5-7 November 2014.
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More substance than froth: the role of planning in creating a child and youth friendly community
Johnson, Laurel and Wyeth, Stephanie (2012). More substance than froth: the role of planning in creating a child and youth friendly community. Planning Institute of Australia (Qld) Annual Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 3-5 October 2012. Brisbane, Australia: Planning Institute of Australia, Queensland Division.
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Out of mind, Out of sight: putting children in their place in urban planning
Johnson, Laurel and Grant-Smith, Deanna (2012). Out of mind, Out of sight: putting children in their place in urban planning. The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference (TASA 2012), Brisbane, Australia, 26-29 November 2012.
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Providing public transport in the child friendly city: Stockholm vs. South East Queensland
Grant-Smith, Deanna, Edwards, Peter and Johnson, Laurel (2012). Providing public transport in the child friendly city: Stockholm vs. South East Queensland. 26th Annual Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP 2012), Ankara, Turkey, 11-15 July 2012. Ankara, Turkey: Association of European Schools of Planning.
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Big roads, no transport-community mapping for transport improvements
Johnson, Laurel (2005). Big roads, no transport-community mapping for transport improvements. 2nd State of Australian Cities Conference (SOAC 2005), Griffith Univ., Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 November-2 December 2005. Brisbane (on-line): Grifffith Univ.
Other Outputs
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Transport Justice in the Suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage
Laurel Johnson (2020). Transport Justice in the Suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
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Walters, Peter, Cheshire, Lynda, Johnson, Laurel and Roitman, Sonia (2014). The many faces of poverty: A month in the life of the Wesley Mission Brisbanes's Emergency Relief Serviece: A report for Wesley Mission Brisbane. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland Housing and Urban Studies Research Network (UQ HAUS).
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What is Metropolitan Planning?
Gleeson, Brendan , Darbas, Toni , Johnson, Laurel and Lawson, Suzanne (2004). What is Metropolitan Planning?. Brisbane, QLD, Australia:
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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Mapping Aboriginal routes to link landscape knowledge and cultural identity
(2017–2022) ARC Linkage Projects
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Urban Poverty: A Month in the Life of Wesley Mission Brisbane's Emergency Relief
(2014) Wesley Mission Brisbane
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Note for students: Dr Laurel Johnson is not currently available to take on new students.
Completed Supervision
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(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
