Contact Details
| Organization: | Architecture, Building and Planning |
| Position: | SENIOR LECTURER - URBAN PLANNING |
| Email: | |
| Work: | 83447596 |
| Fax: | 8344532 |
| Room: | 227 |
| Level: | 02 |
| Building: | Architecture And Planning Building |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Dr Nichols teaches in urban planning history, theory and social planning. He has published in 20th century Australian planning and urban history as well as on cultural, socio-historical and heritage issues. He has recently completed work on a major research project on 20th century civic buildings in Australia and his current research includes work on the use of planning themes in fiction texts and issues of cultural sustainability in regional areas.
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honours Thesis on "Darlington and the University of Sydney" | University of Sydney | 01-Jan-1995 | |
| Leading Lights: The Promotion of Garden Suburb Plans and Planners in Interwar Au | Deakin University | 01-Apr-2002 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Architecture (ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT) (310101)
- Heritage and Conservation (ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT) (310102)
- Urban and Regional Planning (ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT) (310103)
- Landscape Planning (ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT) (310104)
- History of the Built Environment (ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT) (310105)
- Social Policy and Planning (SOCIOLOGY) (370102)
- Urban Sociology and Community Studies (SOCIOLOGY) (370104)
- Social Change (SOCIOLOGY) (370107)
- Counselling, Welfare and Community Services (SOCIAL WORK) (370204)
- Urban and Regional Studies (HUMAN GEOGRAPHY) (370401)
- Social and Cultural Geography (HUMAN GEOGRAPHY) (370402)
- Legal History (LAW) (390113)
- Legal Education (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF LAW PRACTITIONERS) (390203)
- Music (PERFORMING ARTS) (410101)
- Film and Video (CINEMA, ELECTRONIC ARTS AND MULTIMEDIA) (410301)
- Cultural Theory (CULTURAL STUDIES) (420302)
- Screen and Media Culture (CULTURAL STUDIES) (420304)
- Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies (CULTURAL STUDIES) (420308)
- Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified (CULTURAL STUDIES) (420399)
- History: Australian (HISTORICAL STUDIES) (430101)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Housing (PLANNING) (680101)
- Other (PLANNING) (680199)
- Housing (DESIGN) (680201)
- Mental health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730211)
- Preserving institutional and histories (WORK) (750104)
- The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and dance) (ARTS AND LEISURE) (750201)
- National identity (COMMUNITY SERVICE EXCL. WORK) (750308)
- Community services not elsewhere classified (COMMUNITY SERVICE EXCL. WORK) (750399)
- Civics and citizenship (GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS) (750604)
- Preserving the built environment (HERITAGE) (750801)
- Urban planning (HERITAGE) (750803)
- Regional planning (HERITAGE) (750804)
- Understanding Australia's past (UNDERSTANDING PAST SOCIETIES) (750901)
- Visual communication (COMMUNICATION) (751003)
- Studies in human society (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780107)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY TOWNS, AMENITY, MOBILITY AND EVERYDAY LIFE | Chief Investigator | UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) | 01/01/2009 |
Contracts
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORY OF WOMEN IN PLANNING IN VICTORIA | Chief Investigator | WOMENS PLANNING NETWORK | 19/09/2008 |
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.