Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Carl Grodach is Foundation Professor and Director of Urban Planning & Design at Monash University. Prof Grodach’s research areas include community and economic development, cultural planning and policy, strategic planning, and precinct-level urban revitalisation. His work is by nature interdisciplinary, focusing on issues significant across urban planning and policy, geography, sociology, and design fields.
He has published extensively in leading urban studies and planning journals including Cities, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Urban Studies. He is author of the book Urban Revitalization: Remaking Cities in a Changing World (Routledge, 2015) and editor of The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy: Global Perspectives (Routledge, 2013). His work has been funded by the Australian Research Council, City of Melbourne, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, US National Endowment for the Arts, New York Community Trust, and the Government of Canada.
Currently, he leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers on the Australian Research Council Discover Project Urban cultural policy and the changing dynamics of cultural production. The project aims to identify new directions for urban cultural policy through international comparative research around the emerging nexus between the cultural industries and manufacturing. Other projects include the Living Locally Research Project, which focuses on delivering community infrastructure to support the development of 20-minute neighbourhoods in outer suburban growth areas and Guiding Integrated Urban and Water Planning which aims to identify and resolve current constraints to the delivery of water sensitive urban planning. He is also part of an ARC-funded team of researchers from five Australian universities working to establish iHUB, a nationally networked digital infrastructure platform for built environment research, synthesis, and engagement.
Prof Grodach has taught a range of undergraduate and graduate level studio and seminar classes in community development, cultural planning, economic development, strategic planning, urban design, urban theory, and urban revitalization. He has also worked closely with his students to produce a diverse set of award-winning plans and studies for community organisations and government in Australia and the US.
Supervision interests
- Community development
- Creative industries, cultural policy and planning
- Industrial land use policy/urban manufacturing
- Local and regional economic development
- Spatial inequality, gentrification and neighbourhood change
- Urban redevelopment and revitalization
Education/Academic qualification
Urban Planning, Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles
Award Date: 1 Jun 2006
Research area keywords
- community development
- economic development
- creative industries
- cultural planning
- urban design
- urban geography
- urban planning
- urban politics
- urban sociology
Network
Projects
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Remaking Postindustrial Plans: Urban Industrial Zoning Past and Future
Grodach, C., Taylor, E. & Hurley, J.
1/03/21 → 28/02/24
Project: Research
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Measuring the benefits of reuse in the circular economy
Lane, R., Yates, J., Grodach, C. & Soker, O.
8/10/20 → 7/10/23
Project: Research
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Creative cities in Sri Lanka: Understanding the cultural heritage, modernity and the sustainability of a creative industry in Pilimatalawa.
Ranathunga, G. M., Karunarthne, P. V. M., R., R., Grodach, C. & Butt, A.
5/06/19 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
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Urban cultural policy and the changing dynamics of cultural production
Grodach, C., Gibson, C., O'Connor, J. & Gu, X.
21/02/17 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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iHUB:Smart urban research-synthesis-engagement platform for decision making
Newton, P., Burry, M., Pettit, C., Grodach, C., Morrison, G., Keller, J., Murray, S., Haeussler, M., White, M., Urich, C., Dia, H., Rohl, A., Liu, X., Kenway, S. J. & Gibbes, B.
17/04/19 → 16/04/20
Project: Research
Research output
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How’s your life under lockdown? Tweets tell the tale of how neighbourhoods compare
Gower, A., Grodach, C., Lukose, D., Webb, G. & Kamruzzaman, L., 2020, The Conversation Media Group.Research output: Other contribution › Other
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Navigating Economic Uncertainty in Post-Covid Cities: Employment Vulnerability and Resilience in Australian Capital Cities
Grodach, C. & Martin, D., 2020, Caulfield East, Vic, Australia: Monash University, 31 p.Research output: Working paper › Working Paper › Research
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Video Learning in Community Planning
Grodach, C., Dec 2020, In : Journal of Planning Education and Research. 40, 4, p. 482-490 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Why coronavirus will deepen the inequality of our suburbs
Grodach, C., 2020, The Conversation Media Group.Research output: Other contribution › Other
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Zoning in on urban manufacturing: industry location and change among low-tech, high-touch industries in Melbourne, Australia
Grodach, C. & Martin, D., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Urban Geography. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Submission on the Victorian Circular Economy Discussion Paper
Ruth Lane (Fellow), Julian Yates (Contributor) & Carl Grodach (Contributor)
31 Aug 2019Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Press / Media
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REALESTATE.COM.AU: 'COVID remote working puts spotlight on the 20-minute neighbourhood'
Carl Grodach, Liton Kamruzzaman & Laura Harper
13/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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HERALD SUN: 'Defence Force called in to help Victoria battle worsening coronavirus situation'
24/06/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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ABC TV - WEEKEND BREAKFAST NEWS: 'The Melbourne Experiment'
9/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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MEDIANET: 'New research supports '20-minute neighbourhoods' in Melbourne'
Carl Grodach, Liton Kamruzzaman & Laura Harper
9/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other