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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
Research area keywords
- Sexuality
- Gender
- Feminism
- Urbanism
- Hypersexuality
- Gender equality
- Reduced Inequalities
Network
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Projects 2017 2020
Unequivocal Women’s Housing: Quality affordable housing and landscaping for women at risk of homelessness
Kalms, N., Dyring, S., Donnelly, S. & Stead, N.
2/01/20 → 20/12/20
Project: Research
Improving the Safety of Women and Girls on Public Transport
Taft, A., Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Matthewson, G., Hooker, L., Forsdike-Young, K. & Henry, N.
22/08/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Design Thinking Workshop: Moreland City Council
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Edwards, A., Korsmeyer, H. & Condliffe, Z.
3/06/19 → 20/12/19
Project: Consultancy
Investigating young women’s experiences of Sydney at Night
Kalms, N., Matthewson, G., Berry, J., Bawden, G. & Fileborn, B.
The Committee for Sydney Incorporated
3/12/18 → 15/02/19
Project: Research
Research Output 2008 2019
Designing Women
Kalms, N., 2019, Artichoke, 66, p. 118-121 4 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Short Review › Research
Safety after dark: Creating a city for women living and working in Sydney
Matthewson, G., Webb, I., Kalms, N., Committee for Sydney & Plan International, 2019, Sydney, NSW, Australia: Committee for Sydney. 32 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
'To design safer areas for women, city planners must listen to their stories' - SM - The Mandarin
Kalms, N., 2019, The Mandarin.Research output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access
File
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
What does gender-sensitive placemaking look like?
Kalms, N., 2019, Architecture Bulletin, 76, 2, p. 26-27 2 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Other
Prizes
2018 Dean's Award for Research Impact
Nicole Kalms (Recipient), Gene Bawden (Recipient), Pamela Salen (Recipient), Gill Matthewson (Recipient), Allison Edwards (Recipient) & Hannah Korsmeyer (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2019 Premier's Design Awards - Service Design: SHEcity - Finalist
Nicole Kalms (Recipient), Gene Bawden (Recipient), Jess Berry (Recipient), Pamela Salen (Recipient), Hannah Korsmeyer (Recipient), Allison Edwards (Recipient) & Zoe Condliffe (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Faculty Early Career Researcher Award 2016
Nicole Kalms (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Mollie Holman University Medal 2017
Nicole Kalms (Recipient), 27 Apr 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Monash Advancing Women’s Research Success Grant
Nicole Kalms (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
Activities 2012 2020
MPAVILION: 'MMeets Royal College of Art London x MPavilion Presents 'What is Home?'
Nicole Kalms (Contributor)11 Feb 2020
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
The Politics of Public Space
Nicole Kalms (Contributor)15 Apr 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Planning Institute Australia - Planning Congress 2019
Nicole Kalms (Keynote/plenary speaker)15 May 2019 → 17 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Global Leadership Program Innovative Leaders Series
Nicole Kalms (Keynote/plenary speaker)24 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
21st-century Family
Mary Featherston (Contributor), Skye Haldane (Contributor), Nicole Kalms (Contributor), Tristam Meecham (Contributor), Kate Rhodes (Contributor)24 Nov 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
THE AGE: 'I don't feel safe': Call for hotline to report gropes, leers and slurs'
17/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
2SER: 'Gendered Architecture & Design in out Cities - What are the Safety Ramifications?
12/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
ABC RADIO: 'Lights and cameras not enough to make Melbourne's parks safe'
9/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
THE AGE: 'How can Melbourne be made safer for women? Ask them'
7/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
ABC NEWS: 'Many women don't feel safe exercising in public, but is bright lighting the solution?'
Nicole Kalms, Sharon Goulds, Sophie Tanner & Gill Matthewson
11/11/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature