Professor Robyn Dowling
Robyn Dowling is Dean of the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. In 2018, she was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. She is a leading researcher in the social and cultural geographies of cities, and in particular suburban homes, neighbourhoods and lives. Her current research is focused on the ways in which urban governance and urban life are responding to climate change and technological disruptions.
Funded by ARC Discovery grants in collaboration with Professor Pauline McGuirk of the University of Wollongong, Professor Dowling’s research builds upon the foundations of urban planning to explore the partnerships and complex relationships through which contemporary cities are governed, including the notion of smart cities. She is also researching the new forms of autonomous mobility that are being forged in cities, in particular car sharing and the challenges posed by autonomous vehicles (self-driving cars). She has conducted Australia’s first qualitative research on car sharing, which has been widely cited internationally.
Her long-term research on the suburbs and homes of Sydney, has been documented in international journal publications and her co-authored book Home, published by Routledge. In 2022, she released a significantly revised and updated second edition of the book. This work is currently being extended in a project on the ways in which living in pandemic times shapes experiences of home.
Professor Dowling is a regular reviewer for a wide range of international journals in urban studies. She has conducted research with a range of external collaborators, principally local governments. She is an enthusiastic mentor of early- and mid-career researchers, and in 2021 she was named as the leading researcher in geography and cartography by The Australian’s Research magazine.
The development of new researchers through joint and allied research projects characterises Robyn’s successful record as a PhD supervisor. She welcomes applications from those interested in urban governance, mobilities and climate change.
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Project title | Research student |
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Emerging Multi-Actor Urban Governance for Smart Cities | Sandy BURGOYNE |
Selected publications
(Routledge, 2022)
(Elsevier, 2012)
(Routledge London, 2006)
Publications
Books
- Blunt, A., Dowling, R. (2022). Home (2nd edition). Oxon: Routledge.
- Blunt, A., Dowling, R. (2006). Home. London: Routledge London.
Edited Books
- Smith, S., Elsinga, M., Fox O'Mahony, L., Eng, O., Wachter, S., Clapham, D., Datta, K., Dowling, R., Fitzpatrick, S., Gibb, K., et al (2012). International Encyclopaedia of Housing and Home. London: Elsevier.
Book Chapters
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Sisson, A. (2023). REINFORCING AND REFRACTING AUTOMOBILITY: Urban experimentation with autonomous vehicles. In F.Cugurullo, F.Caprotti, M.Cook, A.Karvonen, P.McGuirk, S.Marvin (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence and the City: Urbanistic Perspectives on Ai. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Sisson, A. (2023). REINFORCING AND REFRACTING AUTOMOBILITY: Urban experimentation with autonomous vehicles. In F.Cugurullo, F.Caprotti, M.Cook, A.Karvonen, P.McGuirk, S.Marvin (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence and the City: Urbanistic Perspectives on Ai, (pp. 23-37). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Howitt, R., Longhurst, R. (2022). Placing critical geographies: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In Lawrence D. Berg, Ulrich Best, Mary Gilmartin, Henrik Gutzon Larsen (Eds.), Placing Critical Geographies: Historical Geographies of Critical Geography, (pp. 294-312). London: Routledge. [More Information]
- Alizadeh, T., Sarkar, S., Burgoyne, S., Elton-Pym, A., Dowling, R. (2020). Enabling Smart Participatory Local Government. In Rob Roggema, Anouk Roggema (Eds.), Smart and Sustainable Cities and Buildings, (pp. 189-205). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Maalsen, S. (2019). Realising smart cities: Partnerships and economic development in the emergence and practices of smart in Newcastle, Australia. In Andrew Karvonen, Federico Cugurullo, Federico Caprotti (Eds.), Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation, (pp. 15-29). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Mc-Guirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2018). Governing carbon conduct and subjects: Insights from Australian cities. In Andres Luque-Ayala, Simon Marvin, Harriet Bulkeley (Eds.), Rethinking Urban Transitions: Politics in the Low Carbon City, (pp. 185-202). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2018). Smart Mobility: Disrupting Transport Governance? In Greg Marsden, Louise Reardon (Eds.), Governance of the Smart Mobility Transition, (pp. 51-64). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2016). Demonstrating retrofitting: Perspectives from Australian local government. In Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin (Eds.), Retrofitting Cities : Priorities, governance and experimentation, (pp. 212-231). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H., Brennan, C. (2016). Devising Low-Carbon Desires in the Australian Urban Economy. In Harriet Bulkeley, Matthew Paterson, Johannes Stripple (Eds.), Towards a Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Devices, Desires and Dissent, (pp. 37-50). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2016). The Future of Paratransit and DRT: Introducing Cars On Demand. In Corinne Mulley, John D. Nelson (Eds.), Paratransit: Shaping the Flexible Transport Future, (pp. 391-412). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2015). Parents, children and automobility: trends, challenges and opportunities. In R. Hickman, M. Givoni, D. Bonilla, D. Banister (Eds.), Handbook of Transport and Development, (pp. 526-538). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McKinnon, K. (2014). Identities. In Roger Lee, Noel Castree, Rob Kitchin, Victoria Lawson, Anssi Passi et al (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography, (pp. 627-648). London: Sage Publications. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Power, E. (2013). Domesticities. In Nuala C. Johnson, Richard H. Schein, Jamie Winders (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Cultural Geography, (pp. 290-303). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2012). Cities of Australia and the Pacific Islands. In Stanley D. Brunn, Maureen Hays-Mitchell, Donald J. Zeigler (Eds.), Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development, (pp. 523-556). Lanham, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Dowling, R., Power, E. (2011). Beyond McMansions and green homes : thinking household sustainability through materialities of homeyness. In Not known (Eds.), Material Geographies of Household Sustainability, (pp. 75-88). TBC.
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Gibson, C., Iveson, K., Mee, K. (2007). Urban vitality, culture and the public realm. In R Atkinson, T Dalton, B Norman and Wood G. (Eds.), Urban 45: New Ideas for Australia's Cities, (pp. 51-54). Melbourne: RMIT.
Journals
- Jones, R., Sadowski, J., Dowling, R., Worrall, S., Tomitsch, M., Nebot, E. (2023). Beyond the Driverless Car: A Typology of Forms and Functions for Autonomous Mobility. Applied Mobilities. [More Information]
- Maalsen, S., Wolifson, P., Dowling, R. (2023). Gender in the Australian innovation ecosystem: planning smart cities for men. Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 30(2), 299-320. [More Information]
- Sisson, A., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Baker, T., Maalsen, S. (2023). Innovating urban governance through ‘Challenges’. Journal of Urban Affairs. [More Information]
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2023). Smart city planning and the challenges of informality in India. Dialogues in Human Geography. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2022). Autonomous vehicle experiments and the city. Urban Geography, 43(3), 409-426. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Baker, T., Alistair, S., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S. (2022). Innovating urban governance: A research agenda. Progress in Human Geography, 44(6), 1391-1412. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Carr, C., McGuirk, P. (2022). Orchestrating energy transitions: from 'eco-bling' to tuning the building. Social and Cultural Geography, , 1-20. [More Information]
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2022). Smart city place-based outcomes in India: bubble urbanism and socio-spatial fragmentation. Journal of Urban Design, 27(4), 483-503. [More Information]
- Steinmetz-Weiss, C., Marshall, N., Bishop, K., Dutia, E., Wei, Y., Maalsen, S., Dowling, R., Baker, A. (2022). Smart regional spaces: ready set go!. Australian Planner, 58(3-4), 1-5. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Sadowski, J., McGuirk, P. (2021). How smart cities are made: A priori, ad hoc and post hoc drivers of smart city implementation in Sydney, Australia. Urban Studies, 58(16), 3299-3315. [More Information]
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2021). Multiscalar Smart City Governance in India. Geoforum, 121, 173-180. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Chatterjee, P. (2021). Municipal Statecraft For The Smart City: Retooling The Smart Entrepreneurial City? Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(7), 1730-1748. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2021). Urban governance dispositifs: cohering diverse ecologies of urban energy governance. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, (4), 759-780. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Baker, T. (2021). Urban governance innovation and COVID-19. Geographical Research, May(59), 188-195. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Emmanuel, L., Wolifson, P. (2020). Affordable housing in innovation-led employment strategies. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Final Report, 333, 1-50. [More Information]
- Maalsen, S., Dowling, R. (2020). Covid-19 and the accelerating smart home. Big Data & Society, 7(2), 1-5. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S. (2020). Familial mobilities beyond the private car: electric bikes and car sharing in Sydney, Australia. Applied Mobilities, 5(1), 53-67. [More Information]
- Marsden, G., Docherty, I., Dowling, R. (2020). Parking futures: Curbside management in the era of 'new mobility' services in British and Australian cities. Land Use Policy, 91, 1-10. [More Information]
- Gurran, N., Hulse, K., Dodson, J., Pill, M., Dowling, R., Reynolds, M., Maalsen, S. (2020). Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions. Final Report Series of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), 353, 1-58. [More Information]
- Carr, C., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2019). Geographies of energy transition: the case of high-performing commercial office space in the central business districts of Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Australian Geographer, 50(1), 29-48. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Gillon, C. (2019). Strategic or Piecemeal? Smart City Initiatives in Sydney and Melbourne. Urban Policy and Research, 37(4), 429-441. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Carr, C. (2019). The material politics of smart building energy management: A view from Sydney's commercial office space. Political Geography, 74, 1-10. [More Information]
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2018). Commercial Car Sharing, Complaints and Coping: Does Sharing Need Willingness? Urban Policy and Research, 36(4), 464-475. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Maalsen, S. (2018). Multiscalar governance of urban energy transitions in Australia: The cases of Sydney and Melbourne. Energy Research & Social Science, 44, 260-267. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Lloyd, K., Suchet-Pearson, S. (2018). Qualitative methods 3: Experimenting, picturing, sensing. Progress in Human Geography, 42(5), 779-788. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Kent, J. (2018). Sharing as socio-material practice: Car Sharing and the Material Reconstitution of Automobility. Geoforum, 88, 10-16. [More Information]
- Kent, J., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S. (2017). Catalysts for transport transitions: Bridging the gap between disruptions and change. Journal of Transport Geography, 60, 200-207. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Wilson, M. (2017). Digital doctorates? An exploratory study of PhD candidates use of online tools. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 54(1), 76-86. [More Information]
- Ruming, K., Dowling, R. (2017). PhD students' housing experiences in suburban Sydney, Australia. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 32(4), 805-825. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Mantai, L. (2017). Placing researcher identifications: labs, offices and homes in the PhD. Area, 49(2), 200-207. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Lloyd, K., Suchet-Pearson, S. (2017). Qualitative methods II: 'More-than-human' methodologies and/in praxis. Progress in Human Geography, 41(6), 823-831. [More Information]
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2016). "Over 1000 cars and no garage": How urban planning supports car(park) sharing. Urban Policy and Research, 34(3), 256-268. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H., Dowling, R. (2016). Configuring Urban Carbon Governance: Insights from Sydney, Australia. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106(1), 145-166. [More Information]
- Bulkeley, H., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2016). Making a smart city for the smart grid? The urban material politics of actualising smart electricity networks. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 48(9), 1709-1726. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Lloyd, K., Suchet-Pearson, S. (2016). Qualitative methods 1: Enriching the interview. Progress in Human Geography, 40(5), 679-686. [More Information]
- Lloyd, K., Howitt, R., Bilous, R., Clark, L., Dowling, R., Fagan, R., Fuller, S., Hammersley, L., Houston, D., McGregor, A., et al (2015). Geographic contributions to institutional curriculum reform in Australia: the challenge of embedding field-based learning. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39(4), 491-503. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Kent, J. (2015). Practice and public-private partnerships in sustainable transport governance: The case of car sharing in Sydney, Australia. Transport Policy, 40(May 2015), 58-64. [More Information]
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2015). Supporting the PhD journey: insights from acknowledgements. International Journal for Researcher Development, 6(2), 106-121. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Brennan, C., Bulkeley, H. (2015). Urban Carbon Governance Experiments: The Role of Australian Local Governments. Geographical Research, 53(1), 39-52. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H., Dowling, R. (2014). Practices, programs and projects of urban carbon governance: Perspectives from the Australian city. Geoforum, 52, 137-147. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Bulkeley, H. (2014). Repositioning urban governments? Energy efficiency and Australia's changing climate and energy governance regimes. Urban Studies, 51(13), 2717-2734. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2014). Retrofitting cities: Local governance in Sydney, Australia. Cities, 38, 18-24. [More Information]
- Boud, D., Brew, A., Dowling, R., Kiley, M., McKenzie, J., Malfroy, J., Ryland, K., Solomon, N. (2014). The coordination role in research education: emerging understandings and dilemmas for leadership. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 36(4), 440-454. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Simpson, C. (2013). 'Shift - the way you move': reconstituting automobility. Continuum: A Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 27(3), 421-433. [More Information]
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2013). Puncturing automobility? Carsharing practices. Journal of Transport Geography, 32, 86-92. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Ruming, K. (2013). Synergies between geography, planning and vocationalism in curriculum development and implementation. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(2), 204-219. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Gorman-Murray, A., Power, E., Luzia, K. (2012). Critical Reflections on Doctoral Research and Supervision in Human Geography: The 'PhD by Publication'. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36(2), 293-305. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Power, E. (2012). Sizing Home, Doing Family in Sydney, Australia. Housing Studies, 27(5), 605-619. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2011). Governing Social Reproduction in Masterplanned Estates: Urban Politics and Everyday Life in Sydney. Urban Studies, 48(12), 2611-2628. [More Information]
- Gorman-Murray, A., Dowling, R. (2011). Making home in contemporary Australia. Architecture Australia, 100(3, May-June 2011), 45-46.
- Kithiia, J., Dowling, R. (2010). An integrated city-level planning process to address the impacts of climate change in Kenya: The case of Mombasa. Cities, 27(6), 466-475. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2010). Geographies of identity: climate change, governmentality and activism. Progress in Human Geography, 34(4), 488-495. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Atkinson, R., McGuirk, P. (2010). Privatism, Privatisation and Social Distinction in Master-Planned Residential Estates. Urban Policy and Research, 28(4), 391-410. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2009). Geographies of identity: landscapes of class. Progress in Human Geography, 33(6), 833-839. [More Information]
- Atkinson, R., Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2009). Home/Neighbourhood/City/+. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 41(12), 2816-2822. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2009). Master-planned residential developments: Beyond iconic spaces of neoliberalism? Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 50(2), 120-134. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2009). Neoliberal privatisation? Remapping the public and the private in Sydney's masterplanned residential estates. Political Geography, 28(3), 174-185. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2008). Accommodating Open Plan: Children, Clutter, and Containment in Suburban Houses in Sydney, Australia. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 40(3), 536-549. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2008). Geographies of identity: labouring in the 'neoliberal' university. Progress in Human Geography, 32(6), 812-820. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2007). Home and homemaking in contemporary Australia. Housing, Theory and Society, 24(3), 161-165. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2007). Understanding master-planned estates in Australian cities: a framework for research. Urban Policy and Research, 25(1), 21-38. [More Information]
- Fagan, B., Dowling, R. (2005). Neoliberalism and suburban employment: Western Sydney in the 1990s. Geographical Research, 43(1), 71-81. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2005). Residential building in Australia, 1993–2003. Urban Policy and Research, 23(4), 447-464. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2005). Social and cultural geographies of Australia. Social and Cultural Geography, 6(5), 767-775. [More Information]
- MacNeill, D., Dowling, R., Fagan, B. (2005). Sydney/global/city: an exploration. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29(4), 935-944.
Conferences
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2022). An investigation of the smart city development in India: multiscalar governance, fragmented planning and transformative opportunities for Australasia. 10th State of Australasian Cities National Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Cities Research Network.
- Alizadeh, T., Sarkar, S., Burgoyne, S., Elton-Pym, A., Dowling, R. (2018). Enabling smart participatory local government: Preliminary Findings. Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE), Sydney: The Society of Building Science Educators.
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2016). "Getting real" in PhD students' researcher development. Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) Conference 2016, Adelaide, Australia: The QPR Organising Committee.
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2016). Doctoral experience and researcher development in different PhD workspaces. Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) Conference 2016, Adelaide, Australia: The QPR Organising Committee.
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2015). When what's mine isn't yours in collaborative consumption: the politics of parking for car sharing cars. 37th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Sydney: Australasian Transport Research Forum.
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2014). Supporting the PhD Journey: What Acknowledgements Tell Us. 11th Biennial Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) Conference, Adelaide, SA: The QPR Organising Committee.
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2013). Governing carbon in the Australian City: Local government responses. 6th State of Australian Cities National Conference (SOAC 2013), Sydney: State of Australian Cities Research Network.
- Dowling, R., Kent, J. (2013). The Challenges of Planning for Autonomous Mobility in Australia. 6th State of Australian Cities National Conference (SOAC 2013), Sydney: State of Australian Cities Research Network.
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- McGuirk, P., Goh, L., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Baker, T. (2023). Creative bureaucracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government. The Conversation, Published online: 1 Dec 2023.
Report
- Wessels, B., Humphry, J., Gangneux, J., Hanchard, M., Chesher, C., Joss, S., Maalsen, S., Merrington, P., Sadowski, J., Dowling, R., Goggin, G., Horst, H. (2020). Smart Publics: Public Perceptions of Smart Street Furniture in London and Glasgow: insights for Policy and Practice. Sydney: The University of Sydney and The University of Glasgow. [More Information]
Reference Works
- Dowling, R. (2012). Privacy, sanctuary and privatism [encyclopaedia entry]. In Susan J. Smith (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. (pp. 367-371). Oxford: Elsevier.
- Dowling, R. (2012). Suburban homes [encyclopaedia entry]. In Susan J. Smith (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. (pp. 60-65). Oxford: Elsevier.
- Dowling, R. (2009). Ethical issues in research [encyclopaedia entry]. In Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift (Eds.), (pp. 595-600). Elsevier Science.
Other
- Faulks, I., Irwin, J., Howitt, R., Dowling, R. (2013), 'Electric unicycles, minifarthings and the future of urban transport' in The Conversation.
2023
- Jones, R., Sadowski, J., Dowling, R., Worrall, S., Tomitsch, M., Nebot, E. (2023). Beyond the Driverless Car: A Typology of Forms and Functions for Autonomous Mobility. Applied Mobilities. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Goh, L., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Baker, T. (2023). Creative bureaucracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government. The Conversation, Published online: 1 Dec 2023.
- Maalsen, S., Wolifson, P., Dowling, R. (2023). Gender in the Australian innovation ecosystem: planning smart cities for men. Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 30(2), 299-320. [More Information]
- Sisson, A., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Baker, T., Maalsen, S. (2023). Innovating urban governance through ‘Challenges’. Journal of Urban Affairs. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Sisson, A. (2023). REINFORCING AND REFRACTING AUTOMOBILITY: Urban experimentation with autonomous vehicles. In F.Cugurullo, F.Caprotti, M.Cook, A.Karvonen, P.McGuirk, S.Marvin (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence and the City: Urbanistic Perspectives on Ai. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Sisson, A. (2023). REINFORCING AND REFRACTING AUTOMOBILITY: Urban experimentation with autonomous vehicles. In F.Cugurullo, F.Caprotti, M.Cook, A.Karvonen, P.McGuirk, S.Marvin (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence and the City: Urbanistic Perspectives on Ai, (pp. 23-37). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2023). Smart city planning and the challenges of informality in India. Dialogues in Human Geography. [More Information]
2022
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2022). An investigation of the smart city development in India: multiscalar governance, fragmented planning and transformative opportunities for Australasia. 10th State of Australasian Cities National Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Cities Research Network.
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2022). Autonomous vehicle experiments and the city. Urban Geography, 43(3), 409-426. [More Information]
- Blunt, A., Dowling, R. (2022). Home (2nd edition). Oxon: Routledge.
- McGuirk, P., Baker, T., Alistair, S., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S. (2022). Innovating urban governance: A research agenda. Progress in Human Geography, 44(6), 1391-1412. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Carr, C., McGuirk, P. (2022). Orchestrating energy transitions: from 'eco-bling' to tuning the building. Social and Cultural Geography, , 1-20. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Howitt, R., Longhurst, R. (2022). Placing critical geographies: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In Lawrence D. Berg, Ulrich Best, Mary Gilmartin, Henrik Gutzon Larsen (Eds.), Placing Critical Geographies: Historical Geographies of Critical Geography, (pp. 294-312). London: Routledge. [More Information]
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2022). Smart city place-based outcomes in India: bubble urbanism and socio-spatial fragmentation. Journal of Urban Design, 27(4), 483-503. [More Information]
- Steinmetz-Weiss, C., Marshall, N., Bishop, K., Dutia, E., Wei, Y., Maalsen, S., Dowling, R., Baker, A. (2022). Smart regional spaces: ready set go!. Australian Planner, 58(3-4), 1-5. [More Information]
2021
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Sadowski, J., McGuirk, P. (2021). How smart cities are made: A priori, ad hoc and post hoc drivers of smart city implementation in Sydney, Australia. Urban Studies, 58(16), 3299-3315. [More Information]
- Prasad, D., Alizadeh, T., Dowling, R. (2021). Multiscalar Smart City Governance in India. Geoforum, 121, 173-180. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Chatterjee, P. (2021). Municipal Statecraft For The Smart City: Retooling The Smart Entrepreneurial City? Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(7), 1730-1748. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2021). Urban governance dispositifs: cohering diverse ecologies of urban energy governance. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, (4), 759-780. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Baker, T. (2021). Urban governance innovation and COVID-19. Geographical Research, May(59), 188-195. [More Information]
2020
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Emmanuel, L., Wolifson, P. (2020). Affordable housing in innovation-led employment strategies. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Final Report, 333, 1-50. [More Information]
- Maalsen, S., Dowling, R. (2020). Covid-19 and the accelerating smart home. Big Data & Society, 7(2), 1-5. [More Information]
- Alizadeh, T., Sarkar, S., Burgoyne, S., Elton-Pym, A., Dowling, R. (2020). Enabling Smart Participatory Local Government. In Rob Roggema, Anouk Roggema (Eds.), Smart and Sustainable Cities and Buildings, (pp. 189-205). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S. (2020). Familial mobilities beyond the private car: electric bikes and car sharing in Sydney, Australia. Applied Mobilities, 5(1), 53-67. [More Information]
- Marsden, G., Docherty, I., Dowling, R. (2020). Parking futures: Curbside management in the era of 'new mobility' services in British and Australian cities. Land Use Policy, 91, 1-10. [More Information]
- Wessels, B., Humphry, J., Gangneux, J., Hanchard, M., Chesher, C., Joss, S., Maalsen, S., Merrington, P., Sadowski, J., Dowling, R., Goggin, G., Horst, H. (2020). Smart Publics: Public Perceptions of Smart Street Furniture in London and Glasgow: insights for Policy and Practice. Sydney: The University of Sydney and The University of Glasgow. [More Information]
- Gurran, N., Hulse, K., Dodson, J., Pill, M., Dowling, R., Reynolds, M., Maalsen, S. (2020). Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions. Final Report Series of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), 353, 1-58. [More Information]
2019
- Carr, C., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2019). Geographies of energy transition: the case of high-performing commercial office space in the central business districts of Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Australian Geographer, 50(1), 29-48. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Maalsen, S. (2019). Realising smart cities: Partnerships and economic development in the emergence and practices of smart in Newcastle, Australia. In Andrew Karvonen, Federico Cugurullo, Federico Caprotti (Eds.), Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation, (pp. 15-29). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Gillon, C. (2019). Strategic or Piecemeal? Smart City Initiatives in Sydney and Melbourne. Urban Policy and Research, 37(4), 429-441. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Carr, C. (2019). The material politics of smart building energy management: A view from Sydney's commercial office space. Political Geography, 74, 1-10. [More Information]
2018
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2018). Commercial Car Sharing, Complaints and Coping: Does Sharing Need Willingness? Urban Policy and Research, 36(4), 464-475. [More Information]
- Alizadeh, T., Sarkar, S., Burgoyne, S., Elton-Pym, A., Dowling, R. (2018). Enabling smart participatory local government: Preliminary Findings. Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE), Sydney: The Society of Building Science Educators.
- Dowling, R., Mc-Guirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2018). Governing carbon conduct and subjects: Insights from Australian cities. In Andres Luque-Ayala, Simon Marvin, Harriet Bulkeley (Eds.), Rethinking Urban Transitions: Politics in the Low Carbon City, (pp. 185-202). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Maalsen, S. (2018). Multiscalar governance of urban energy transitions in Australia: The cases of Sydney and Melbourne. Energy Research & Social Science, 44, 260-267. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Lloyd, K., Suchet-Pearson, S. (2018). Qualitative methods 3: Experimenting, picturing, sensing. Progress in Human Geography, 42(5), 779-788. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Maalsen, S., Kent, J. (2018). Sharing as socio-material practice: Car Sharing and the Material Reconstitution of Automobility. Geoforum, 88, 10-16. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2018). Smart Mobility: Disrupting Transport Governance? In Greg Marsden, Louise Reardon (Eds.), Governance of the Smart Mobility Transition, (pp. 51-64). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
2017
- Kent, J., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S. (2017). Catalysts for transport transitions: Bridging the gap between disruptions and change. Journal of Transport Geography, 60, 200-207. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Wilson, M. (2017). Digital doctorates? An exploratory study of PhD candidates use of online tools. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 54(1), 76-86. [More Information]
- Ruming, K., Dowling, R. (2017). PhD students' housing experiences in suburban Sydney, Australia. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 32(4), 805-825. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Mantai, L. (2017). Placing researcher identifications: labs, offices and homes in the PhD. Area, 49(2), 200-207. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Lloyd, K., Suchet-Pearson, S. (2017). Qualitative methods II: 'More-than-human' methodologies and/in praxis. Progress in Human Geography, 41(6), 823-831. [More Information]
2016
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2016). "Getting real" in PhD students' researcher development. Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) Conference 2016, Adelaide, Australia: The QPR Organising Committee.
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2016). "Over 1000 cars and no garage": How urban planning supports car(park) sharing. Urban Policy and Research, 34(3), 256-268. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H., Dowling, R. (2016). Configuring Urban Carbon Governance: Insights from Sydney, Australia. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106(1), 145-166. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2016). Demonstrating retrofitting: Perspectives from Australian local government. In Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin (Eds.), Retrofitting Cities : Priorities, governance and experimentation, (pp. 212-231). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H., Brennan, C. (2016). Devising Low-Carbon Desires in the Australian Urban Economy. In Harriet Bulkeley, Matthew Paterson, Johannes Stripple (Eds.), Towards a Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Devices, Desires and Dissent, (pp. 37-50). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2016). Doctoral experience and researcher development in different PhD workspaces. Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) Conference 2016, Adelaide, Australia: The QPR Organising Committee.
- Bulkeley, H., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2016). Making a smart city for the smart grid? The urban material politics of actualising smart electricity networks. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 48(9), 1709-1726. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Lloyd, K., Suchet-Pearson, S. (2016). Qualitative methods 1: Enriching the interview. Progress in Human Geography, 40(5), 679-686. [More Information]
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2016). The Future of Paratransit and DRT: Introducing Cars On Demand. In Corinne Mulley, John D. Nelson (Eds.), Paratransit: Shaping the Flexible Transport Future, (pp. 391-412). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. [More Information]
2015
- Lloyd, K., Howitt, R., Bilous, R., Clark, L., Dowling, R., Fagan, R., Fuller, S., Hammersley, L., Houston, D., McGregor, A., et al (2015). Geographic contributions to institutional curriculum reform in Australia: the challenge of embedding field-based learning. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39(4), 491-503. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2015). Parents, children and automobility: trends, challenges and opportunities. In R. Hickman, M. Givoni, D. Bonilla, D. Banister (Eds.), Handbook of Transport and Development, (pp. 526-538). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Kent, J. (2015). Practice and public-private partnerships in sustainable transport governance: The case of car sharing in Sydney, Australia. Transport Policy, 40(May 2015), 58-64. [More Information]
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2015). Supporting the PhD journey: insights from acknowledgements. International Journal for Researcher Development, 6(2), 106-121. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Brennan, C., Bulkeley, H. (2015). Urban Carbon Governance Experiments: The Role of Australian Local Governments. Geographical Research, 53(1), 39-52. [More Information]
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2015). When what's mine isn't yours in collaborative consumption: the politics of parking for car sharing cars. 37th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Sydney: Australasian Transport Research Forum.
2014
- Dowling, R., McKinnon, K. (2014). Identities. In Roger Lee, Noel Castree, Rob Kitchin, Victoria Lawson, Anssi Passi et al (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography, (pp. 627-648). London: Sage Publications. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H., Dowling, R. (2014). Practices, programs and projects of urban carbon governance: Perspectives from the Australian city. Geoforum, 52, 137-147. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Bulkeley, H. (2014). Repositioning urban governments? Energy efficiency and Australia's changing climate and energy governance regimes. Urban Studies, 51(13), 2717-2734. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2014). Retrofitting cities: Local governance in Sydney, Australia. Cities, 38, 18-24. [More Information]
- Mantai, L., Dowling, R. (2014). Supporting the PhD Journey: What Acknowledgements Tell Us. 11th Biennial Quality in Postgraduate Research (QPR) Conference, Adelaide, SA: The QPR Organising Committee.
- Boud, D., Brew, A., Dowling, R., Kiley, M., McKenzie, J., Malfroy, J., Ryland, K., Solomon, N. (2014). The coordination role in research education: emerging understandings and dilemmas for leadership. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 36(4), 440-454. [More Information]
2013
- Faulks, I., Irwin, J., Howitt, R., Dowling, R. (2013), 'Electric unicycles, minifarthings and the future of urban transport' in The Conversation.
- Dowling, R., Simpson, C. (2013). 'Shift - the way you move': reconstituting automobility. Continuum: A Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 27(3), 421-433. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Power, E. (2013). Domesticities. In Nuala C. Johnson, Richard H. Schein, Jamie Winders (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Cultural Geography, (pp. 290-303). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P., Bulkeley, H. (2013). Governing carbon in the Australian City: Local government responses. 6th State of Australian Cities National Conference (SOAC 2013), Sydney: State of Australian Cities Research Network.
- Kent, J., Dowling, R. (2013). Puncturing automobility? Carsharing practices. Journal of Transport Geography, 32, 86-92. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Ruming, K. (2013). Synergies between geography, planning and vocationalism in curriculum development and implementation. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(2), 204-219. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Kent, J. (2013). The Challenges of Planning for Autonomous Mobility in Australia. 6th State of Australian Cities National Conference (SOAC 2013), Sydney: State of Australian Cities Research Network.
2012
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2012). Cities of Australia and the Pacific Islands. In Stanley D. Brunn, Maureen Hays-Mitchell, Donald J. Zeigler (Eds.), Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development, (pp. 523-556). Lanham, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Dowling, R., Gorman-Murray, A., Power, E., Luzia, K. (2012). Critical Reflections on Doctoral Research and Supervision in Human Geography: The 'PhD by Publication'. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36(2), 293-305. [More Information]
- Smith, S., Elsinga, M., Fox O'Mahony, L., Eng, O., Wachter, S., Clapham, D., Datta, K., Dowling, R., Fitzpatrick, S., Gibb, K., et al (2012). International Encyclopaedia of Housing and Home. London: Elsevier.
- Dowling, R. (2012). Privacy, sanctuary and privatism [encyclopaedia entry]. In Susan J. Smith (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. (pp. 367-371). Oxford: Elsevier.
- Dowling, R., Power, E. (2012). Sizing Home, Doing Family in Sydney, Australia. Housing Studies, 27(5), 605-619. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2012). Suburban homes [encyclopaedia entry]. In Susan J. Smith (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. (pp. 60-65). Oxford: Elsevier.
2011
- Dowling, R., Power, E. (2011). Beyond McMansions and green homes : thinking household sustainability through materialities of homeyness. In Not known (Eds.), Material Geographies of Household Sustainability, (pp. 75-88). TBC.
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2011). Governing Social Reproduction in Masterplanned Estates: Urban Politics and Everyday Life in Sydney. Urban Studies, 48(12), 2611-2628. [More Information]
- Gorman-Murray, A., Dowling, R. (2011). Making home in contemporary Australia. Architecture Australia, 100(3, May-June 2011), 45-46.
2010
- Kithiia, J., Dowling, R. (2010). An integrated city-level planning process to address the impacts of climate change in Kenya: The case of Mombasa. Cities, 27(6), 466-475. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2010). Geographies of identity: climate change, governmentality and activism. Progress in Human Geography, 34(4), 488-495. [More Information]
- Dowling, R., Atkinson, R., McGuirk, P. (2010). Privatism, Privatisation and Social Distinction in Master-Planned Residential Estates. Urban Policy and Research, 28(4), 391-410. [More Information]
2009
- Dowling, R. (2009). Ethical issues in research [encyclopaedia entry]. In Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift (Eds.), (pp. 595-600). Elsevier Science.
- Dowling, R. (2009). Geographies of identity: landscapes of class. Progress in Human Geography, 33(6), 833-839. [More Information]
- Atkinson, R., Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2009). Home/Neighbourhood/City/+. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 41(12), 2816-2822. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2009). Master-planned residential developments: Beyond iconic spaces of neoliberalism? Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 50(2), 120-134. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2009). Neoliberal privatisation? Remapping the public and the private in Sydney's masterplanned residential estates. Political Geography, 28(3), 174-185. [More Information]
2008
- Dowling, R. (2008). Accommodating Open Plan: Children, Clutter, and Containment in Suburban Houses in Sydney, Australia. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 40(3), 536-549. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2008). Geographies of identity: labouring in the 'neoliberal' university. Progress in Human Geography, 32(6), 812-820. [More Information]
2007
- Dowling, R., McGuirk, P. (2007). Home and homemaking in contemporary Australia. Housing, Theory and Society, 24(3), 161-165. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. (2007). Understanding master-planned estates in Australian cities: a framework for research. Urban Policy and Research, 25(1), 21-38. [More Information]
- McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Gibson, C., Iveson, K., Mee, K. (2007). Urban vitality, culture and the public realm. In R Atkinson, T Dalton, B Norman and Wood G. (Eds.), Urban 45: New Ideas for Australia's Cities, (pp. 51-54). Melbourne: RMIT.
2006
- Blunt, A., Dowling, R. (2006). Home. London: Routledge London.
2005
- Fagan, B., Dowling, R. (2005). Neoliberalism and suburban employment: Western Sydney in the 1990s. Geographical Research, 43(1), 71-81. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2005). Residential building in Australia, 1993–2003. Urban Policy and Research, 23(4), 447-464. [More Information]
- Dowling, R. (2005). Social and cultural geographies of Australia. Social and Cultural Geography, 6(5), 767-775. [More Information]
- MacNeill, D., Dowling, R., Fagan, B. (2005). Sydney/global/city: an exploration. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29(4), 935-944.
Selected Grants
2023
- CON: Professional Service w Greater Cities Commission: Historical Development of Six Cities - PS0001544 - Robyn Dowling, Dowling R, McNeill D, Greater Cities Commission/Consultancy
- Workshop Funding fr The Academy of the Social Sicences in Australia: Australian Urban Robotic Futures: Potentials, Limits and Options: Prof Robyn Dowling, Dowling R, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia/Workshop Grant
2019
- Innovating urban governance: practices for enhanced urban futures, McGuirk P, Dowling R, Maalsen S, Baker T, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
- Population growth, regional connectivity, and city planning - international lessons for Australian practice, Gurran N, Searle G, Dowling R, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Ltd (AHURI)/Research Grant
2018
- Affordable housing implications of smart cities and innovation economies, Dowling R, Maalsen S, Alizadeh T, Dodson J, Taylora E, Gilbert C, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Ltd (AHURI)/Research Grant
- Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions, Gurran N, Hulse K, Pill M, Dodson J, Dowling R, Gilbert C, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Ltd (AHURI)/Research Grant
2017
- Participatory Local Government - Enabling community participation for Logan and Canada Bay, Alizadeh T, Dowling R, Tomitsch M, Sarkar S, Hespanhol L, Department of Industry, Science and Resources/Smart Cities and Suburbs Programme
- Valuing Adaptive Re-use of Heritage Buildings, McNeill D, Rogers D, Dowling R, Houston D, UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation/Research Support
2016
- Making Cities Smart: Emergent Geographies of Smart Urbanism, Dowling R, McGuirk P, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
2014
- Governing urban energy transitions: reconfiguring spaces, sites, subjects, McGuirk P, Dowling R, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
- Beyond the Private Car: Personal Mobility Futures in Australia, Dowling R, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
Research Recent Grants
2017-2019 |
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant |
Prof R Dowling; Prof P McGuirk |
Making Cities Smart: Emergent Geographies of Smart Urbanism |
2016-2017 |
UrbanGrowth NSW |
Prof R Dowling |
Urban policy & planning for autonomous vehicles |
2015 - 2017 |
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant |
Prof P McGuirk; Prof R Dowling |
Governing urban energy transitions: reconfiguring spaces, sites, subjects |
2014 - 2016 |
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant |
Prof R.Dowling |
Beyond the Private Car: Personal Mobility Futures in Australia |
2013 |
City of Ryde |
Prof R Dowling; J Irwin |
Pilot Trial of Personal Mobility Devices on the Macquarie University Campus |
2013 |
Parramatta City Council |
Prof R. Dowling, Dr K.Ruming |
Housing needs of PhD students |
In the media
Will Driverless Cars Trigger Shared Transport Revolution? ABC News September 2016
Smart cities: does this mean more transport disruptions? The Conversation August 2016
Making Home in Contemporary Australia ArchitectureAU August 2011