ACRN-SOAC

2023 marks 20th anniversary of the State of Australasian Cities Conference. The first #SOAC was held in #Sydney in 2003. It also marks the first time the conference has been held in #Aotearoa / #NewZealand. We look 4ward 2 seeing u in #Wellington. soac2023.com

Please send ur short expression of interest to Prof. Wendy Steele (rmit.edu.au) and Prof Iain White (waikato.ac.nz)

@ACRN_SOAC is seeking 3 new volunteer members & keen 2 receive EOIs that help support its mission of equity, diversity & inclusion. Plse send a EOI by Fri 16 Feb Name:  Position:  Institution/Faculty:  Career Status: ECR, MCR, SCR  Why u want 2 join ACRN Ctte (100 words max)

New @ConversationEDU article from @LouiseGrimmer & I on competition between #CBD retail, #ShoppingCentres & #onlineshopping & how this is reshaping #cities out now theconversation.com/how-the-retail… @UWAresearch @abcnews @abcperth @abcmelbourne @abcsydney @abcadelaide @abcbrisbane @6PR

Congratulations to the @ACRN_SOAC #soac2023 conveners esp @iain_white for a tremendous conference. Great presentations and conversations supported by generous whakawhanaungatanga/manaakitanga. Tino pai te hui! (And Wellington remains unbeaten on *3* good days)

The Incubator presented key findings @ACRN_SOAC w Elle Davidson speaking on Indigenous planning, @urbanizationist Jago Dodson as discussant & @DallasRogers101 recording as a podcast ep (TBA) @DrTooran @CrystalLegacy1 @Litt_on @FestUrbanism @Sydney_ADP @kinokofry @SearleGlen

Interesting paper on #informalhousing & #socio-spatial inequalities in Australian cities by @zahra_nasreen, Nicole & Pranita @ACRN_SOAC #SOAC2023

Some snapshots from our @ACRN_SOAC Conference 2023#urban studies#planning#Australasiancities

Great to have arrived in Wellington and on the Airport Express bus en route to @ACRN_SOAC #soac2023. I seem to have brought along a plane load of @RMIT_CUR colleagues. Its a cliche but: youtu.be/a4xNdyVPDJQ?si…

Excellent City Talk event not to miss this evening - Wednesday 6 December - allied to #SOAC2023 @ACRN_SOAC @VicUniWgtn Thanks @NZIArchitects for another engrossing year of City Talk(er)s and the warm-hearted hosting by @CityGalleryWgtn

Amazing to finally be back at SOAC seeing wonderful friends and colleagues and meeting new ones! #soac23 @ACRN_SOAC

#Wellington #Architecture #MashUp #Eclecticism #Blandscapes #Blendscapes #Brutalscapes #Brutopianscapes #

Enjoying lovely provocation & intimate reflection by @KathyMee10 & #MichelleDuffy on what it means to traverse the Australian outback by train for conferences. The talk cuts across many threads; work mobility, sticky #care and mobility/ immobility, #carbon impact & #ClimateChange

@CityByrne @Planographer @ACRN_SOAC @urbanmargin @iain_white @UPRJournal @drtonymatthews @Wellington_NZ @victoriauninews Wellington has a lot of wood housing. The second largest wooden building in the world (until 1998) now houses the VUW law school, down by the parliamentary precinct.

Haere mai to the urban nerds who will be descending on @VicUniWgtn for the @aecurn PhD Symposium prior to the 2023 State of Australasian Cities conference @ACRN_SOAC . Read more of the buzz at architecturenow.co.nz/articles/urban… and talkwellington.org.nz @JoelMacManus

#Wellington #NewZealand #Aotearoa #CBD #Retail #Urbanism #SOAC2023 #SOAC23 @ACRN_SOAC @urbanmargin @CityByrne @urbanizationist @LouiseGrimmer @WgtnCC

@CityByrne @Planographer @ACRN_SOAC @urbanmargin @LouiseGrimmer @WgtnCC Also, Wellington is a national capital, around the same population as Canberra, thus hosts large public service, but also has a wider economic base, eg port linked to regional production.

@ACRN_SOAC @urbanmargin @iain_white @CityByrne @urbanizationist @UPRJournal @drtonymatthews @Planographer @Wellington_NZ @victoriauninews talkwellington.org.nz/2023/400-urban…

Thnx 2 @Palavermedia & @TalkWelly 4 this feature on @ACRN_SOAC #SOAC2023 conference. Amazing effort by #NZ/#Aotearoa colleagues in pulling things 2gether 4 20th anniversary of #SOAC. This is largest SOAC conference EVER! 🤘🙏🤘 talkwellington.org.nz/2023/400-urban… @Wellington_NZ @radionz

@CityByrne @urbanizationist @ACRN_SOAC @urbanmargin @iain_white @UPRJournal @drtonymatthews @Wellington_NZ @victoriauninews The municipal/civic modernism here is fantastically eclectic.