People for Cities

Paul Lewis Paul joined the Cities Programme in December 2015 as a project-management/research intern. He is currently completing his Master of Urban Planning student at Melbourne University, where his research has focused on land tenure rights in informal settlements, achieving equitable outcomes from urban competitiveness, and the urban governance of late-night economies, among other areas....

Darryn McEvoy Professor Darryn McEvoy is a leading climate change academic and practitioner. He has led the Climate Change Adaptation Program at RMIT University since 2009. He has also held the positions of Deputy Director for the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR, 2009 – 2014) and Senior Researcher at the International Centre...

Professor Jago Dodson Jago Dodson was appointed Professor of Urban Policy and Director of the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University in 2014. With a wide interest in theoretical and applied urban questions, Professor Jago Dodson has an extensive record of research into housing, transport, urban planning, infrastructure, energy and urban governance problems. He...

Ralph Horne Professor Ralph Horne is the Director of the Global Compact Cities Programme. Ralph’s expertise is in urban social and policy change for sustainable design and development. He has extensive experience of environmental techniques and sustainability appraisal and has a specific research interest in urban transitions, including socio-technical relations in the context of climate...

Sarah Pink Professor Sarah Pink is Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre, and Professor of Design and Media Ethnography at RMIT University. She is also Visiting Professor in the Schools of Civil and Building Engineering and Design at Loughborough University, UK, and in the Swedish Centre for Applied Cultural Analysis at Halmstad University, Sweden,...

Tony Dalton Tony Dalton is a Professor in the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University. Following appointments in senior leadership positions at RMIT including Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation in the College of Design and Social Context (2004-2010) and Chair of Academic Board (2009-2010), Tony returned to research and teaching in 2011. He...

Raisa Ashrafi Raisa Ashrafi joined the Global Compact Cities Programme as an intern in September 2012. Originally an international student from Bangladesh, Raisa attained her Master of Communication at RMIT University in 2013. Her project roles with the Cities Programme included developing a Project Management Framework and proposed International Hosted Postgraduate Research Placement Programme...

RMIT University RMIT is a global university of technology, design and enterprise, Australia’s largest tertiary institution and the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme’s lead partner and supporter. The International Secretariat of the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme is hosted by RMIT’s Research and Innovation Portfolio located in the University’s city campus in Melbourne....

Sam Barrett Sam Barrett undertook his internship with the Global Compact Cities Programme during the final semester of his Bachelor of Social Science (Policy & Research) studies at RMIT University. He completed his placement in October 2011 before heading overseas on his first international trip in late 2011/early 2012. He then commenced Honours study in...

Sascha Haselmayer Sascha Haselmayer trained at the Architectural Association and, in 2003, co-founded Living Labs Global (now co-branded ). Living Labs is a not-for-profit association working with 80 leading global cities, leading global research institutes and 1,000 innovative companies with a commitment to innovation and advancement in digital services in cities. In 2011, Sascha co-founded...