Dr Susan Oakley

Biography/ Background

Susan is a trained sociologist. Her current research is a longitudinal study of large-scale waterfront redevelopments from a range of perspectives: urban entrepreneurialism, urban regeneration and how waterfront landscapes are transformed in terms of discursive constructions of place, work, housing, community and consumption. In addition Susan is involved in 2 ARC Linkage grants: 'Young Casual Workers and Workplace Citizenship' and 'Work, Housing Services and Community'.

Teaching Interests

Susan's teaching areas include Social Science in Australia , Social Research, Youth and Work, and the gendered nature of present and future workers.

Research Interests

Research Interests

Urban waterfront regeneration
Urban entrepreneurialism
Urban change and consumption
Contemporary youth issues

Publications

PUBLICATION

Oakley, S. (2009) 'Governing Urban Waterfront Renewal: the politics, opportunities and challenges for the inner harbour of Port Adelaide, Australia' Australian Geographer, 40(3): 297-317.

Oakley, S. (2007) 'The Role of Urban Governance in Re-constructing Place, Economic Function and Social Relations in Urban Waterfront Regeneration: The Case of Port Adelaide, South Australia', Space and Polity, 11(3): 279-295.

Oakley, S. (2007) 'Public consultation and place-marketing in the revitalisation of the Port Adelaide waterfront', Urban Policy and Research, 25(1): 113-128.

Rofe, M W and Oakley S (2006) 'Constructing the Port: External Perceptions and Intervention in the Creation of Place in Port Adelaide', South Australia, Geographical Research, 44(3): 272-284.

Beer, A., Delfabbro, P., Natalier, K., Oakley, S., Packer, J. and Verity, F. (2006)'Homelessness Amongst Young People in Rural Regions of Australia' in Paul Cloke and Paul Widdowfield (eds) International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness, Routledge.

Oakley, S. (2005) 'Working Port or Lifestyle Port: preliminary analysis of the Port Adelaide waterfront redevelopment', Geographical Research 43(3): 319-326.

Oakley, S. (2005) 'Where you live does make a difference: the experience of young homeless people accessing housing, employment and social support in Bunbury and Busselton', Western Australia, Parity 18(6): 23.

Oakley, S. (2004) 'Politics of recollection: examining the rise and fall of DURD and Better Cities through narrative', Urban Policy and Research 22(3): 299-314.

Oakley, S. and Verity, F. (2003) 'Revisiting urban entrepreneurialism � place based politics in the production of collective identity', Urban Policy and Research 21(2): 191-203.

Oakley, S., Pudsey, J., Henderson, J., King, D. and Boyd, R. (2000) (eds) Sociological Sites/Sights: multiple locations, multiple knowledges, multiple visions, TASA Conference Proceedings, Flinders University, Adelaide.

Oakley, S. (1998) 'Urban Spatiality: A (Re)interpretation of Space and Place', in C. Houston, F. Kurasawa, A. Watson (eds) imagined places: the politics of making space, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe University.

Oakley, S. (1997) Spatial (In)equity in Australian Cities: Implications for Social Policy, Working Paper No 13, Department of Sociology, Flinders University.

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Oakley, S. (2007) 'Discourses of community in urban waterfront regeneration: the case study of the Port Adelaide waterfront redevelopment', Refereed Paper at the State of Australian Cities: National Conference 07, Urban Research Program, Joint University of Adelaide, UNISA and Flinders University, Adelaide, 28 November - 30 November 2007, CDROM ISBN 978-0-646-48194-4.

Oakley, S. (2006)'Your Harbourâ�¦Your Dream': The Impact on Housing, Work and Community through the Urban Regeneration of the Port Adelaide Waterfront Redevelopment', Refereed Paper at the Australiasian Housing Researchers Conference, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, South Research Institute and the South Australian Housing Trust, Adelaide, 19 June - 21 June 2006.

Oakley, S. and Rofe, M. (2005) 'Global Space or Local Place? The Port Adelaide Waterfront Redevelopment and Entrepreneurial Urban Governance', Refereed Paper at the State of Australian Cities: National Conference 05, Urban Research Program, Griffith University, Brisbane, 30 November - 2 December, Electronic Proceedings, http://www.griffith.edu.au/confernce/soac2005/

Oakley, S. (2004) 'Revisiting the Situatedness of Institutional Urban Management: The Politics of Urban Policy in Australian Federal Governance', Refereed Paper presented in the Health/Urban Policy Stream, APSA Conference, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 29September-1 October 2004. APSA 2004 Refereed Papers, Electronic Proceedings, http://www.adelaide.edu.au/apsa/papers

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Sociology, Urban development
Expertise	Impact of waterfront redevelopments on place, community and work; urban governance; present and future work; youth and work
Notes	Alt phone: (08) 8303 3715

Entry last updated: Sunday, 22 Nov 2009