MSD GRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS
THE MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN GRADUATE SCHOOL IN THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND PLANNING PRODUCES RESEARCH WHICH REDEFINES AND CONTRIBUTES TO DISCOURSE LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE AREA. WE ARE UNIQUELY INTERDISCIPLINARY RATHER THAN PROGRAM-BASED, ENCOMPASSING RESEARCHERS WORKING ACROSS EVERY FIELD OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT STUDIES.The School is research-led. Research strengths are organised into interdisciplinary groups bringing together staff and students to exchange knowledge and engage in debates on key topics.
Our research foci are:
- Cities and urban environments: creating and sustaining urban environments, especially in the Australian / Asian region and with particular regard to urban intensification and resource usage.
- Community infrastructures: planning, design and constructing critical community infrastructure, such as schools, judicial facilities, municipal services, libraries, healthcare and hospitals.
- Vulnerable communities: planning, designing and realising safer and healthy environments, with particular focus on communities vulnerable to the forces of nature.
- Design, theory and practice in the global environment: new modes of practice, methods of design, fabrication and construction. Faculty researchers have enjoyed considerable success in winning external funding to support their work. Current projects are supported by grants from the Australian research council and from government, cultural, industry and community organisations.
ABP hosts a number of leading built environment research centres and large projects. These include the Australasian centre for the Governance and Management of urban Transport (GAMUT) – a collaborative research centre dedicated to promoting and supporting sustainable urban transport in Australia and the Asia-pacific region, and the research group – Critical Research in Digital Architecture (CRIDA) engaging in digital research and teaching projects in the development of digital technologies, their cultural implications and emerging design futures.
MSD offers Graduate Research Programs - Masters and PhD - in all areas of the built environment. Our research students and staff are a vital part the School’s culture. Their work underpins our focus on producing graduates who meet industry needs and inform public policy and professional practice. PhD students have access to generous funding schemes to support their fieldwork and attend conferences, as well as to substantial scholarships, prizes and awards. They are supported in their research by dedicated teams of researchers and supervisors.
The cross-disciplinary experience offered in the Melbourne School of Design (MSD) will distinguish you as someone who can actively contribute to the future development of cities and regions across the globe. Our researchers have outstanding international reputations, publishing widely in international academic journals and participating in international research networks in the built environment fields. Our graduates become leaders of industry and academia, informing public policy and professional discourse.
For more detailed information on the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning research profile including research strengths, funded research and our online collections, visit our Research and Innovation page.
