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Personal profile
Biography
Nicole Kalms is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design and founding director of the Monash University XYX Lab which leads national and international research in Gender and Place. In this role, Dr Kalms is leading two significant research projects Urban Exposure: Interactively Mapping the Systems of Sexual Violence in Cites and Women and Girls Only: Understanding the Spaces of Sexual Harassment in Public Transport. These projects are in partnerships with state, national and international stakeholders.
Nicole has a PhD in Architecture from Monash University. She obtained her Bachelor Degree in Architecture from RMIT and practiced architecture for several years before undertaking a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture (RMIT). Nicole is currently a full-time member of Monash University's Faculty Art, Design and Architecture where she is focused on cross-disciplinary teaching and research.
Dr Kalms’ recent contributions include the monograph Hypersexual City: The Provocation of Soft-Core Urbanism (Routledge 2017) examining sexualized representation and precincts in neoliberal cities. Other research includes 'Urban exposure: Feminist crowd-mapping and the new urban imaginary' in the Routledge Companion to Urban Imaginaries (2018), ‘I’m Here’: Identity and Obscurity in Locative Safety Technology for Women in Neo-Liberal Cities' (2017) in the edited book series Critiques, 'Hypersexual Occupations' (2015) in the edited book Occupation: Ruin, Repudiation and Revolution and 'Hypersexual Transgressions' (2014) published in the Architectural Humanities Research Association's journal Architecture and Culture. Dr Kalms regularly writes for a diverse non-academic audience, and is frequently invited to speak to the public about sexuality and urban space at major national and international cultural institutions.
Research interests
Urbanism
Feminism
Spatial Practice
Spatial Media
Critical Studies
Interdisciplinarity
Gender
Co-Design
Gender Equality
Supervision interests
Urbanism
Feminism
Spatial Practice
Spatial Media
Critical Studies
Interdisciplinarity
Keywords
- Sexuality
- Gender
- Feminism
- Urbanism
- Hypersexuality
- Gender equality
- Reduced Inequalities
Network
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Projects 2017 2019
- 6 Finished
Investigating young women’s experiences of Sydney at Night
Kalms, N. K., Matthewson, G. M., Berry, J. L., Bawden, G. T. & Fileborn, B.
The Committee for Sydney Incorporated
3/12/18 → 15/02/19
Project: Research
Safer Cities
Kalms, N. K., Matthewson, G. M., Berry, J. L. & Bawden, G. T.
26/10/18 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
Research and Action on Gender Equity in Landscape Architecture
Matthewson, G. M., Stead, N. J. & Kalms, N. K.
1/07/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Family Planning Victoria: Future Planning and Strategic Engagement
Kalms, N. K., Matthewson, G. M. & Korsmeyer, H.
13/03/18 → 30/09/18
Project: Research
Safer Cities Project
Kalms, N. K., Bawden, G. T., Edwards, A., Matthewson, G. M. & Salen, P. J.
7/03/18 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2008 2019
Urban exposure: Feminist crowd-mapping and the new urban imaginary
Kalms, N., 2019, The Routledge Companion to Urban Imaginaries. Lindner, C. & Meissner, M. (eds.). Oxon, UK: Routledge, p. 159-170 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Coburg Townhouses
Kalms, N., 2018, Architecture Australia, 107, 3, p. 30-36 7 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Short Review › Research
Crowd-mapping gender equality – a powerful tool for shaping a better city launches in Melbourne
Kalms, N., 2018, Melbourne, Vic, Australia : The Conversation.Research output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access
Free To Be: Delhi
Kalms, N., Matthewson, G. & Tanner, S., 2018, Surrey, UK: Plan International. 24 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other › peer-review
Free To Be: Kampala
Kalms, N., Matthewson, G. & Tanner, S., 2018, Surrey, UK: Plan International. 24 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other › peer-review
Prizes
2018 Dean's Award for Research Impact
Nicole Katherine Kalms (Recipient), Gene Thomas Bawden (Recipient), Pamela Jane Salen (Recipient), Gillian Mary Matthewson (Recipient), Allison Edwards (Recipient) & Hannah Korsmeyer (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Faculty Early Career Researcher Award 2016
Nicole Katherine Kalms (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Mollie Holman University Medal 2017
Nicole Katherine Kalms (Recipient), 27 Apr 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Monash Advancing Women’s Research Success Grant
Nicole Katherine Kalms (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
Rising Star Scholarship, Women’s Planning Network,
Nicole Katherine Kalms (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Other distinction
Activities 2012 2018
Softcore City
Nicole Kalms (Contributor)12 Sep 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
A Design Thinking Workshop for Family Planning Victoria
Nicole Kalms (Speaker), Gill Matthewson (Speaker), Hannah Korsmeyer (Speaker)18 Apr 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Open House Melbourne - Gender Equity: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Nicole Kalms (Invited speaker), Ingrid Bakker (Invited speaker), Cameron Bruhn (Invited speaker), Justine Clarke (Invited speaker), Eugenia Lim (Session chair)16 Aug 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
WomenIn_
Nicole Kalms (Invited speaker)16 Oct 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Crowd-mapping: Workingshopping a new urban imaginary
Nicole Kalms (Director), Hannah Korsmeyer (Contributor), Gene Bawden (Contributor), Allison Edwards (Contributor), Pam Salen (Contributor), Gillian Matthewson (Contributor)21 Mar 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Press / Media
THE AGE: 'Sexual offences up by 60 per cent on public transport'
25/01/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
ABC RADIO: 'Does using public transport in and around Melbourne ever make you feel unsafe?'
21/01/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
ABC RADIO: 'Urban planners call for female-friendly cities'
19/01/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
THE AGE: '86 tram drivers wary of female students travelling alone in Bundoora'
18/01/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
LANDSCAPE AUSTRALIA: 'AILA census report reveals mixed progress in gender equity'
Nicole Katherine Kalms, Gillian Mary Matthewson & Naomi Jean Stead
20/12/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature