Michelle Thompson-Fawcett is a New Zealand Māori academic of Ngati Whatua descent and is a full professor at the University of Otago.[1][2] She is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Michelle Thompson-Fawcett | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human geography |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral students | Gail Tipa |
Academic career
editAfter a 1998 PhD titled 'Envisioning urban villages : a critique of a movement and two urban transformations' at the University of Oxford, Thompson-Fawcett moved to the University of Otago, rising to full professor in 2017[1][3][4][5][6][7] and in 2022 was appointed distinguished professor at that university.[8] Notable doctoral students of Thompson-Fawcett include Gail Tipa.[9]
In March 2021, Thompson-Fawcett was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising her as a "world-leading expert in advancing contemporary mātauranga Māori and fostering Indigenous approaches to culturally sustainable environmental futures".[10]
Selected works
edit- Ancell, Sarah, and Michelle Thompson-Fawcett. "The social sustainability of medium density housing: A conceptual model and Christchurch case study." Housing Studies 23, no. 3 (2008): 423–442.
- Bond, Sophie, and Michelle Thompson-Fawcett. "Public participation and new urbanism: a conflicting agenda?." Planning Theory & Practice 8, no. 4 (2007): 449–472.
- Setiawan, Hery, Renaud Mathieu, and Michelle Thompson-Fawcett. "Assessing the applicability of the V–I–S model to map urban land use in the developing world: Case study of Yogyakarta, Indonesia." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 30, no. 4 (2006): 503–522.
- Thompson-Fawcett, Michelle, and Sophie Bond. "Urbanist intentions for the built landscape: examples of concept and practice in England, Canada and New Zealand." Progress in Planning 60, no. 2 (2003): 147–234.
References
edit- ^ a b Geography, School of. "Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett staff profile". www.otago.ac.nz.
- ^ Rātana, Liam (22 June 2023). "Meet the woman putting culture at the heart of urban planning". The Spinoff. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ Thompson-Fawcett, Michelle (10 January 2019). "A tale of tū cities: The role of Māori thinking in shaping our urban future".
- ^ McPhee, Elena (25 July 2018). "Geographer's work brings top honour". Otago Daily Times Online News.
- ^ "Māori professor at Otago receives top geography award". Māori Television.
- ^ Miller, Tim (14 September 2018). "Otago uni academic collects supreme award". Otago Daily Times Online News.
- ^ Gibb, John (20 December 2017). "Ritchie among 23 promoted to professor". Otago Daily Times Online News.
- ^ Lewis, John (2 November 2022). "Five professors named 'distinguished chairs'". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Tipa, Gail (2003). Indigenous communities and the co-management of natural resources: the case of New Zealand freshwater management (PhD thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago.
- ^ "Researchers and scholars elected to Academy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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