Career highlights
2011 winner of the Australia-International Medal by the Council of the Institute of Australian Geographers
This prestigious medal is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions by Australian geographers to the advancement of Geography world-wide. No more than one medal is awarded each year and it is a significant professional acknowledgement of my contribution to Geography.
Promotion in 2012 to Professor of Australian Studies, Deakin University
Research interests
Australian regional restructuring and its human impacts and responses
Post-colonial planning
Building better suburbs
ARC on "Quantifying and qualifying cultural capital in one regional centre" (2000-2003)
Special Editions of Gender, Place and Culture on "Savouring the Kitchen" 2006
Book in preparation:
Planning Indigenous Australia - New Perspectives
Teaching interests
Australian Studies; Urban theory, history, policy and planning; Human Geography
Units taught
AIA 104 Australian Identities A: Indigenous and Multicultural
AIA 105 Visions of Australia: Time and Place from 1770-2010
AIX 290/390 Australia Today
AIA 718 Planning history, theory and current issues
Knowledge areas
Research areas:
Gendering spaces and Feminist Geography; Regional restructuring and its social impacts; Post-colonial planning; Changing nature of the Australian suburb
Teaching areas:
Austtralian cultural history and geography; Planniing theory and history
Expertise
- Urban/suburban planning and development
Research groups
Co-Convenor (with Professor Linda Hancock) of the "Sustainable Communities and Regions" research cluster within the Alfred Deakin Research Institute
Convenor of the "Planning Indigenous Australia" research and book writing group (with colleagues from CSIRO and Monash University)
Awards
2011 winner of the Australia-International Medal by the Council of the Institute of Australian Geographers
This prestigious medal is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions by Australian geographers to the advancement of Geography world-wide. No more than one medal is awarded each year and it is a significant professional acknowledgement of my contribution to Geography.
Projects
Post-colonial planning - a book project to rewrite the history, practice and theory of Australian planning with Indigenous issues at the centre. Co-authoring with Dr Sue Jackson and Dr Libby Porter.
Global suburbs project - in collaboration with the CITY Institute, York University, Toronto. An international comparision of Australian suburbs historically and as they are developing now
Building better suburbs - for the City of Wyndham
Turning lives around 180o - an evaluatuion of a training and work placement project for Northern Futures in Geelong
Publications
People with disabilities: enabling the city and planning for inclusion
L Johnson, R Tucker, V Watchorn
(2022), pp. 64-78, Alternative Planning History and Theory, London, Eng., B1
Richard Tucker, David Kelly, Patsie Frawley, Louise Johnson, Fiona Andrews, Kevin Murfitt, Valerie Watchorn
(2022), pp. 1-17, Urban Policy and Research, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Strategies for Alleviating Spatial Disadvantage: A Systems Thinking Analysis and Plan of Action
Richard Tucker, Louise Johnson, Jian Liang, Steven Allender
(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 1-18, Sustainability, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Best Practice Design and Planning Guidelines for Family-Friendly Apartments
Fiona Andrews, Richard Tucker, Louise Johnson, Jasmine Palmer
(2022), pp. 1-18, Urban Policy and Research, London, Eng., C1
The Story of Australia: A New History of People and Place
Louise Johnson, Tanja Luckins, David Walker
(2021), Abingdon, Oxon, A1
Louise Johnson
(2021), pp. 79-102, Secondary Cities: Exploring Uneven Development in Dynamic Urban Regions of the Global North, Bristol, Eng., B1
R Tucker, D Kelly, L Johnson, U de Jong, V Watchorn
(2021), Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, C1
R Tucker, U de Jong, L Johnson, N Johnston, A Lee, F Michaux, E Warner, F Andrews
(2021), Housing Studies, C1
Architects' professional perspectives on child- and family-friendly apartment design in Australia
R Tucker, F Andrews, L Johnson, J Palmer
(2021), Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, C1
Richard Tucker, Ursula De Jong, Louise Johnson, Nicole Johnston, Adrian Lee, Fabienne Michaux, Elyse Warner, Fiona Andrews
(2021), Geelong, Vic., A6
Building an accessible and inclusive city
Richard Tucker, Patsie Frawley, David Kelly, Louise Johnson, Fiona Andrews, Kevin Murfitt
(2020), pp. 292-303, Sustaining social inclusion, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Design considerations for child and family friendly apartments: Stage 2
Fiona Andrews, Jasmine Palmer, Richard Tucker, Louise Johnson, Elyse Warner, Kehla Lippi
(2020), Geelong, Australia, A6
The Geelong suburban dream: origins, history and future
Louise Johnson
(2019), pp. 216-227, Geelong's changing landscape: ecology, development and conservation, Clayton South, Vic., B1
Remaking imperial power in the city: the case of the William Barak building, Melbourne
L Porter, S Jackson, L Johnson
(2019), Vol. 37, pp. 1119-1137, Environment and planning D: society and space, London, Eng., C1-1
Accessible & Inclusive Geelong Feasibility Study
Richard Tucker, David Kelly, Patsie Frawley, Louise Johnson, Kevin Murfitt, Fiona Andrews, Andrew Brown, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Ursula De Jong, Valerie Watchorn, Alexandra Gartrell, Kathryn Aedy, Susan Ang, Susan Balandin, Catherine Bennett, Danielle Hitch, David Jones, Erin Wilson
(2019), Geelong, Vic, A6
From rhetoric to actuality: researching 'access' and 'inclusion' in one Australian city
Louise Johnson, David Kelly, Fiona Andrews, Ursula De Jong, Patsie Frawley, Richard Tucker
(2019), pp. 1-9, Proceedings of 2019 9th State of Australian Cities National Conference, Perth, Western Australia, E1
Louise Johnson
(2018), pp. 91-107, Indigenous places and colonial spaces The politics of intertwined relations, Abingdon, Eng., B1
L Johnson
(2018), pp. 111-130, Planning in indigenous Australia : from imperial foundations to postcolonial futures, New York, N.Y., B1
Planning in Indigenous Australia: an introduction
S Jackson, L Johnson, L Porter
(2018), pp. 1-13, Planning in indigenous Australia : from imperial foundations to postcolonial futures, New York, N.Y., B1
Planning Sydney: Australia's first city
L Johnson
(2018), pp. 92-110, Planning in indigenous Australia : from imperial foundations to postcolonial futures, New York, N.Y., B1
Indigenous planning: emerging possibilities
L Porter, S Jackson, L Johnson
(2018), pp. 214-235, Planning in indigenous Australia : from imperial foundations to postcolonial futures, New York, N.Y., B1
F Andrews, L Johnson, E Warner
(2018), Vol. 11, pp. 257-276, Journal of urbanism, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Planning in indigenous Australia: from imperial foundations to postcolonial futures
Sue Jackson, Libby Porter, Louise Johnson
(2018), New York, N.Y., A7
Homes for all - Connecting the built environment to health in Australia
F Andrews, Louise Johnson, Richard Tucker
(2018), pp. 197-3, AMPS Proceedings Series 11. Health: The Design, Planning and Politics of How and Where We Live., Bristol, England, E1
Towards a new planning history and practice
S Jackson, L Johnson, L Porter
(2017), pp. 236-244, Planning in Indigenous Australia: from imperial foundations to postcolonial futures, New York, N.Y., B1
L Johnson, F Andrews, E Warner
(2017), Vol. 35, pp. 409-423, Urban Policy and Research, C1
Reframing and revising Australia's planning history and practice
L Johnson, L Porter, S Jackson
(2017), Vol. 54, pp. 225-233, Australian planner, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Exploring the suburban ideal: Residents' experiences of photo elicitation interviewing (PEI)
E Warner, L Johnson, F Andrews
(2016), Vol. 15, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, C1
L Johnson
(2015), pp. 110-129, Suburban Governance: A Global View, Toronto, Ont., B1
Creative and destructive communities of Lake Condah/Tae Rak, Western Victoria
L Johnson
(2015), pp. 31-46, Creative communities : regional inclusion and the arts, Oxford, Eng., B1
Ships, Planes and Automobiles - The Perils and Pluses of Place - making in an Outer Melbourne Suburb
L Johnson, F Andrews, E Warner
(2015), pp. 1-10, SOAC 2015 : Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities Conference 2015, Gold Coast, Queensland, E1
Incorporating indigenous Australian knowledge and perspectives into planning practice : past, present and future
L Johnson, D Jones
(2014), pp. 341-360, UHPH 2014 : Landscapes and Ecologies of Urban and Planning History : Proceedings of the 12th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, E1
Desire, dryness and decadence: living big in Australia's suburbs
L Johnson
(2013), pp. 195-199, Suburban constellations: governance, land and infrastructure in the 21st century, Berlin, Germany, B1
Place-taking and place-making in waterfront renewal, Australia
S Oakley, L Johnson
(2013), Vol. 50, pp. 341-355, Urban studies, London, England, C1
Making connections in a regional city: social capital and the primary social contract
S Kilpatrick, L Johnson, T King, R Jackson, S Jatrana
(2013), pp. 1-14, Journal of sociology, Thousand Oaks, California, C1
R Jackson, S Jatrana, L Johnson, S Kilpatrick, T King
(2013), Geelong, Vic., A6
Digital suburbs? Some policy implications of greater domestic connectivity
L Johnson
(2013), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, Sydney, N.S.W., E1-1
L Johnson
(2012), pp. 145-151, International encyclopedia of housing and home, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, B1
Creative suburbs? How women, design and technology renew Australian suburbs
L Johnson
(2012), Vol. 15, pp. 217-229, International journal of cultural studies, London, England, C1
Feminist geography 30 years on : they came, they saw but did they conquer?
L Johnson
(2012), Vol. 50, pp. 345-355, Geographical research, Richmond, Vic., C1
Making connections in Geelong: Migrants, social capital and growing regional cities
Ruth Jackson, Santosh Jatrana, Louise Johnson, Sue Kilpatrick, Tanya King
(2012), Geelong, A6
L Johnson
(2011), pp. 353-367, The SAGE handbook of economic geography, London, England, B1
e-learning through digital theatre : breaking down the tyranny of distance and limits of location
Y Prior, L Johnson, R van der Zwaard
(2011), Vol. 3, pp. 1-14, Ubiquitous learning, Altona, Vic., C1
The Geelong cultural precinct, Australia
L Johnson
(2010), pp. 129-136, Cultural quarters : principles and practice, Bristol, England, B1
Master planned estates : parish or panacea?
L Johnson
(2010), Vol. 28, pp. 375-390, Urban policy and research, Australia, C1
Rewriting Australian planning from the margins
L Johnson
(2010), pp. 261-273, UHPH 2010 : Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference : Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields, University of Melbourne, Victoria, E1
L Johnson
(2009), pp. 44-58, International encyclopedia of human geography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, B1
Valuing arts & culture in the community
L Johnson
(2009), Vol. 6, pp. 471-487, Asia Pacific journal of arts and cultural management, Adelaide, S.A., C1
How to (re) value Indigenous performing arts
L Johnson, H Glow, K Johanson
(2009), Vol. 6, pp. 391-396, The Asia Pacific journal of arts and cultural management, Adelaide, S.A., C1
Re-placing gender? Reflections on 15 years of gender, place and culture
L Johnson
(2008), Vol. 15, pp. 561-574, Gender, place and culture : a journal of feminist geography, London, U.K., C1
G21 healthy region project part 2 : business plan
L Johnson, I Butterworth, M Edwards
(2007), Geelong, Vic., A6
The death and life of the great Australian suburb
L Johnson
(2007), pp. 350-358, Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference 2007, Adelaide, S. Aust., E1
Style wars: revolution in the suburbs?
L Johnson
(2006), Vol. 37, pp. 259-277, Australian geographer, Sydney, N.S.W., C1
Browsing the modern kitchen - a feast of gender, place and culture (part 1)
L Johnson
(2006), Vol. 13, pp. 123-132, Gender place and culture, Abingdon, England, C1
Hybrid and global kitchens - first and third world intersections (part 2)
L Johnson
(2006), Vol. 13, pp. 647-652, Gender, place and culture, London, England, C1
Valuing the arts : theorising and realising cultural capital in an Australian city
L Johnson
(2006), Vol. 44, pp. 296-309, Geographical research, Carlton South, Vic., C1
Serving the service sector: gendering regional (UN)employment in Geelong, Australia
L Johnson
(2003), Vol. 59, pp. 17-26, New Zealand geographer, Christchurch, N.Z., C1
What is the value of the arts?
L Johnson
(2002), New wave: entrepreneurship and the arts: symposium proceedings, Melbourne, Victoria, E1
Festival places: mobilising ethnic difference in a city of spectacle
L Johnson
(2002), pp. 691-725, Events and place making : proceedings of International Event Research Conference, held in Sydney, July 2002, Sydney, N.S.W., E1
Hybrid spaces and identities: performing cultural citizenship at Geelong's Pako Festa
L Johnson
(2002), pp. 85-91, Proceedings of the cultural citizenship : challenges of globalisation conference held at Deakin University, 5-8 December 2002, Geelong Victoria, E1
Toxic kitchen? The construction of danger in the women's room
L Johnson
(2001), pp. 412-427, Politics, action & renewal : [proceedings of the] 4th Australian Women's Health Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, E1
Powerlines: a cultural geography of domestic open space
L Johnson
(1999), pp. 87-108, Australian cultural geographies, South Melbourne, Vic., B1-1
What women's spaces? Women in Australian, British, Canadian and US suburbs
Veronica Strong-Boag, Isabel Dyck, Kim England, L Johnson
(1999), pp. 168-186, Changing suburbs: foundation, form and function, London, Eng., B1-1
Domestic dykes: The politics of indifference
Elsie Jay
(1997), pp. 163-168, Queers in space: Communities, public places, sites of resistance, Seattle, Washington, B1-1
The oracles of Delfin: women and suburban housing development
L Johnson
(1997), Vol. 15, pp. 25-36, Urban policy and research, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Regions matter in understanding employment change
Louise Johnson
(1997), Vol. 54, pp. 21-28, Australian Fabian Society pamphlet, Melbourne, A6-1
VII. Birthdays. Gaydays
Elsie Jay, Elsie Jay
(1996), Vol. 6, pp. 121-123, Feminism & Psychology, C1-1
The postmodern Australian city
L Johnson
(1994), pp. 51-72, Suburban dreaming: an interdisciplinary approach to Australian cities, Geelong, Vic., B1-1
Colonising the suburban frontier: place-making on Melbourne's urban fringe
L Johnson
(1994), pp. 46-59, Metropolis now: planning and the urban in contemporary Australia, Leichhardt, N.S.W., B1-1
Occupying the suburban frontier: accommodating difference on Melbourne's urban fringe
L Johnson
(1994), pp. 141-168, Writing women and space: colonial and postcolonial geographies, New York, N.Y., B1-1
A (post)modern suburb?: Lynch's bridge in Melbourne
L Johnson
(1994), pp. 170-184, Beasts of suburbia: reinterpreting cultures in Australian suburbs, Carlton, Vic., B1-1
What future for feminist geography?
L Johnson
(1994), Vol. 1, pp. 103-113, Gender Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
L Johnson, Steve Wright
(1994), Vol. 25, pp. 121-125, Australian Geographer, Melbourne, Vic., C1
L Johnson
(1992), pp. 52-73, Continental shift: globalisation and culture, Double Bay, N.S.W., B1-1
L Johnson
(1990), pp. 304-331, Feminist knowledge: critique and construct, London, Eng., B1-1
The challenge of feminist geography
Louise Johnson
(1989), Vol. 13, pp. 85-89, Journal of geography in higher education, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
WEAVING WORKPLACES - SEX, RACE, AND ETHNICITY IN THE AUSTRALIAN TEXTILE-INDUSTRY
L JOHNSON, L JOHNSON
(1989), Vol. 21, pp. 681-684, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A, C1-1
Louise Johnson
(1987), Vol. 43, pp. 141-145, New Zealand Geographer, London, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Landscape and Memory: the West Coast of Victoria
Prof Sanjay Srivastava, Prof Louise Johnson, Prof Michael Meehan, A/Prof Frances Devlin-Glass, A/Prof Dirk De Bruyn
ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2 APAI
- 2007: $12,813
- 2006: $25,113
Other Public Sector Funding
G21 Healthy Region Program - Business Plan
Dr Iain Butterworth, Prof Louise Johnson, Dr Kate Kerkin, Ms Sandy Austin
G21 Grant - Research - Geelong Region Alliance
- 2008: $5,684
- 2007: $29,840
Training for a new (Northern) Future
Prof Louise Johnson
Committee for Geelong - Northern Futures
- 2012: $6,000
Foundational principles and approaches to building better suburbs (Wyndham City Council)
Prof Louise Johnson, Dr Fiona Andrews, A/Prof Phil Connors, Prof Hisham Elkadi, Dr John Rollo, Dr Ian Warren
Wyndham City Council
- 2012: $25,000
Cotton On - Turning lives around 180o An evaluation
Prof Louise Johnson
Committee for Geelong - Northern Futures
- 2015: $6,000
Family and child friendly design: Stage 2
Dr Fiona Andrews, Dr Elyse Warner, Prof Louise Johnson, Prof Richard Tucker
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2021: $4,401
- 2020: $43,870
Industry and Other Funding
Landscape and Memory: the West Coast of Victoria
Prof Sanjay Srivastava, Prof Louise Johnson, Prof Michael Meehan, A/Prof Frances Devlin-Glass, A/Prof Dirk De Bruyn
Experimenta
- 2007: $2,500
- 2006: $5,000
Economic Independence and Social Inclusion? Evaluating the effectiveness of Northern Futures 2007-2015
Prof Louise Johnson
Norlane Community Centre - Northern Futures
- 2015: $33,520
Second Cities in Australia
Prof Louise Johnson, Prof Andrew Reeves, Ms Cora Trevarthen
Committee for Geelong Ltd
- 2019: $36,065
- 2018: $17,540
Micro-village Phase 1
Prof Richard Tucker, Dr Fiona Andrews, Prof Louise Johnson, Dr Nicole Johnston, A/Prof Ursula De Jong, Ms Fab Michaux, Prof Mirjana Lozanovska
Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation - General Grants
- 2019: $50,000
Homes for 'Grey Nesters': Social integration of a micro-village of small houses supporting community wellbeing in Geelong
Dr Fiona Andrews, A/Prof Ursula De Jong, Prof Richard Tucker, Prof Louise Johnson, Dr Elyse Warner
Geelong Community Foundation Grant - Research - ABN 41659735441
- 2019: $40,000
Revitalising Geelong: Recipes for success. Remaining challenges.
Prof Louise Johnson
Committee for Geelong Ltd
- 2020: $29,835
Supervisions
Caroline Lucy Denigan
Thesis entitled: Women's Home-made Houses: Sex, Gender and Self-build Housing in Australia 1970-2014
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Beth Brough
Thesis entitled: Jungian Psychology and the Deepening of Spirituality
Doctor of Philosophy, School of History, Heritage and Society
Eleanor Stretch
Thesis entitled: Using Site as the Medium of Image-Making at Tower Hill
Master of Arts, School of Contemporary Arts
Deanne Gilson
Thesis entitled: White Haze, Black Gaze: Redefining Aboriginal Women's Business through Contemporary Art
Doctor of Philosophy, NIKERI Institute
Simon Grennan
Thesis entitled: Landscape, Painting, and Consciousness
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Suresh Joshi
Thesis entitled: Understanding health behaviour trajectories of immigrants in Australia: a longitudinal investigation
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ruth Lee
Thesis entitled: Mary De Garis: Progressivism, Early Feminism and Medical Reform
Doctor of Philosophy, School of History, Heritage and Society
Atchara Sakrajai
Thesis entitled: Non-formal Education for Women Workers in Industry
Doctor of Education, School of Education
Jacqueline Sundbery
Thesis entitled: Culture Clash: Artistic Production and the School Environment
Master of Arts, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Joseph Hajdu
Thesis entitled: Japanese Investment on the Gold Coast
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Australian & International Studies
Annabel Celia Biles
Thesis entitled: 'LANDSCAPE AS TEXT' - INTERPRETING LANDSCAPE IN COLONIAL WRITINGS ON FRENCH INDOCHINA.
Master of Arts, School of Australian & International Studies