School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Dr Dorina Pojani

Associate Professor in Urban Planni
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Chamberlain Building (35), Room 540
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Researcher biography

I am Associate Professor in urban planning. I joined The University of Queensland in 2015 upon completing my postdoctoral residency at TU Delft in the Netherlands. My research interests encompass built environment topics (urban design, transport, and housing) in both the Global North and South. I completed graduate studies in the United States and Belgium, in addition to my native Albania. I have held guest teaching and/or research positions in Austria, Chile, Italy, and Oman, and been a consultant for various UN agencies including the UNDP, UNESCAP, and UN Habitat. Prior to joining academia, I worked in urban design and planning in California. My latest books are Trophy cities: A feminist perspective on new capitals (Edward Elgar, 2021) and Alternative Planning History and Theory (Routledge, 2023). In addition to academic research, I publish broadly in non academic outlets, including The Conversation, and regularly give interviews on national and international media.

For a full list of publications, click the 'Publications' tab, which displays results live from UQ eSpace. To obtain the full text of the publications, visit the following pages:

Editorial Boards

International Journal of Sustainable Cities and Society (since 2023)

Journal of Transport Geography (since 2022)

Australian Planner (since 2022)

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (since 2021)

Journal of Planning Education and Research (since 2019)

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Qualifications

  • Postdoctoral Residency, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft, the Netherlands. 2012-2014.
  • PhD in Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tirana, Albania. 2007-2010.
  • Visiting PhD student, University of California at Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, Ca, USA. 2009.
  • Master in Urban Planning, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning, Cincinnati, Oh, USA. Full scholarship award. 2003-2005.
  • Visiting Master student, Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Architecture (St Lucas), Brussels, Belgium. Recipient of US government FIPSE grant. 2004.
  • Professional Degree in Architecture, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tirana, Albania. 1998-2003.

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Funded Projects*

  • 2022. Project: Minimising corruption in urban planning and development: What can the Balkans learn from Scandinavia? UQ Promoting Women Fellowship (PWF) Sole grant writer ($12,500).

  • 2022. Project: We don't know where to go or how to get there: Mapping out the mobility needs for tourists in urban destinations. UQ BEL Connect Grant. Grant co-writer ($18,500).

  • 2021-2022. Project: The impact of Covid-19 on Brisbane / Southeast Queensland. UQ Faculty of Science COVID Research Recovery Fund. Lead grant writer ($50,000).

  • 2021-2022. Project: Bikeability for Transportation: Tools and Data for Research and Practice. AURIN grant. Grant co-writer ($135,600).

  • 2017-2020. Project: Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and parking. Australian Research Council, Linkage grant. Grant co-writer ($358,000).

  • 2016. Project: Planning Tiger Cub City-Regions: Role Models and Policy Transfers in Sustainable Transport in Southeast Asia. Project based in Indonesia,the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand. UQ Early Career Researcher grant. Sole grant writer ($26,150).

  • 2015-2017. Project: Urban planning issues in planned capital cities in seven countries: Burma, India, Korea, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Brazil, and Australia. UQ Startup grant. Sole grant writer ($15,000).

  • 2014-2015. Project: Informal Housing in five Balkan countries: Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania, and Kosovo. Grant from: Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Stichting (EFL) Foundation, The Netherlands. Sole grant writer (€10,000).

*For a list of grants administered at UQ, see Grants.

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Research (HDR) Supervision (PhD and MPhil)*

2022: Shortlisted for UQ Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research (HDR) Training

  1. Els Leclercq [completed, associate]
  2. Roja Gholamhosseini [completed, principal]
  3. Annie McCabe [completed, principal]
  4. Renuka Bhoge [completed, principal]
  5. Deti Kusmalawati [completed, associate]
  6. Fahimeh Khalaj [completed, principal]
  7. Tigor Panjaitan [completed, principal]
  8. Melissa Hensley [completed, principal]
  9. Tmnit Hailu [completed, associate]
  10. Ksenia Nikolaeva [completed, associate]
  11. Nirma Yossa [completed, principal]
  12. Weichang Kong [completed, principal]
  13. Paula Grant [principal]
  14. Sufian Almubarak [principal]
  15. Krismiyati Tasrin [principal]
  16. Amjad Hossain Reyad [principal]
  17. Nadia Zaini [principal]
  18. Xuanbo Liu [associate]
  19. ‪Abolghasem Azhdari [associate]

*See also Supervision.

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Teaching Responsibilities

SEES Most Impassioned Teacher Award (2020)

The University of Queensland

  • Planning Theory (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Highly Commended course by AESOP]
  • Transport Planning (PLAN2100 / PLAN7116) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Dean's Commendation for Excellent Teaching, 2020 and 2021]
  • History of the Built Environment (PLAN2005) – Lecturer & Coordinator
  • Citymaking: Theory and Practice (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer

Internationally

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Languages

English, Albanian, Italian, Spanish, French.

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Service Roles (UQ)

  • Member of Executive Committee (SEES) [current]
  • Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (SEES) [current]
  • Deputy Chair of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (Faculty of Science) [current]
  • Member of Early and Mid-Career Researchers Reference Group (Faculty of Science) [past]
  • Member of Research Committee (SEES) [past]
  • Member of Health, Safety and Wellness Committee (SEES) [past]

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Featured projects Duration
Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and parking
Australian Research Council
 2016–2019

Publications

Books (3)
Book Chapters (22)
Journal Articles (109)
Conference Papers (8)
Research Report (1)
Data Collection (1)
Newspaper Articles (33)

Books

Pojani, Dorina (2021). Trophy cities: a feminist perspective on new capitals. London, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Pojani, Dorina (2020). Planning for sustainable urban transport in Southeast Asia : policy transfer, diffusion, and mobility. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-41975-2
Pojani, Dorina (2011). TRAFIK! Pushtimi i Tiranës nga automjetet (dhe si të çlirohemi). Tirana, Albania: Epoka University Press.

Book Chapters

Pojani, Dorina (2022). Planning History and Theory. Alternative Planning History and Theory. (pp. 1-14) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003157588-1
Kong, Weichang and Pojani, Dorina (2022). Low-carbon transport: policies to encourage cycling in sprawling cities. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. (pp. 1-7) Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_273-1
Kong, Weichang and Pojani, Dorina (2022). Low-carbon transport: policies to encourage cycling in sprawling cities. The Palgrave encyclopedia of urban and regional futures. (pp. 996-1002) edited by Robert C. Brears. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-87745-3_273
Pojani, Dorina, White, Jessica, Qiu, Feipeng, Lin, Xiaoyu, Qiang, Yishuai, He, Yuan and Liu, Mengqi (2022). Zero-Carbon Urban Design in a Warming World: Learning from Pre-modern Cities. Palgrave Studies in Energy Transitions. (pp. 1-35) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74380-2_37-1
Kimpton, Anthony, Pojani, Dorina, Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Parking policy and bay-sharing for unmooring automobility from cities. A modern guide to the urban sharing economy. (pp. 87-102) edited by Thomas Sigler and Jonathan Corcoran. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781789909562.00014
Fahimeh Khalaj, Pojani, Dorina and Alidoust, Sara (2021). Planning Active Travel and School Transport. International Encyclopedia of Transportation. (pp. 432-436) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-08-102671-7.10792-4
Pojani, Dorina (2021). Urban form of informal settlements in the Western Balkans. Informality through sustainability: Urban Informality Now. (pp. 277-292) edited by Antonino Di Raimo, Steffen Lehmann and Alessandro Melis. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429331701-18
Si, Keqi , Wereta, Tsega Gebrekrstos and Pojani, Dorina (2020). South–south policy transfer? Transit oriented development from China to sub-Saharan Africa. Handbook on transport and urban transformation in China. (pp. 404-420) London, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781786439246.00033
Panjaitan, Tigor, Pojani, Dorina and Darchen, Sebastien (2020). Global homogenization of public space? a comparison of Western and Eastern contexts. Companion to public space. (pp. 165-181) edited by Vikas Metha and Danilo Palazzo. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Pojani, Dorina, Chen, Jiashuo, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Bean, Richard and Corcoran, Jonathan (2020). Docked and dockless public bike-sharing schemes: research, practice and discourse. Handbook of sustainable transport. (pp. 129-138) edited by Carey Cutis. Cheltenham, Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781789900477.00025
Leclercq, Els and Pojani, Dorina (2020). Private, hybrid, and public spaces. Companion to public space. (pp. 249-266) New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351002189-20
Panjaitan, Tigor W. S., Pojani, Dorina and Darchen, Sébastien (2020). Global homogenization of public space?. Companion to public space. (pp. 165-181) New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351002189-14
Pojani, Dorina (2019). Informal settlements in the Balkans: squatters’ magic realism vs. planners’ modernist fantasy vs. governments’ tolerance and opportunism. The Routledge handbook on informal urbanization. (pp. 34-43) edited by Roberto Rocco and Jan van Ballegooijen. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315645544-4
Pojani, Dorina, Kimpton, Anthony, Sipe, Neil, Corcoran, Jonathan, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina and Stead, Dominic (2019). Setting the agenda for parking research in other cities. Parking: An International Perspective. (pp. 245-260) edited by Dorina Pojani, Jonathan Corcoran, Neil Sipe, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano and Dominic Stead. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-815265-2.00014-5
Stead, Dominic and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Dutch experiences of policy mobility in urban planning. Knowledge, policymaking and learning for European cities and regions: from research to practice. (pp. 123-134) edited by Nicola Francesco Dotti. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Stead, Dominic and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Learning across cities and regions: the limits to transferring “best practice”. Knowledge, policymaking and learning for European cities and regions: from research to practice. (pp. 58-67) edited by Nicola Francesco Dotti. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781786433640.00014
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2018). Past, present and future of transit-oriented development in three European capital city-regions. Preparing for the new era of transport policies: learning from experience. (pp. 93-118) edited by Yoram Shiftan and Maria Kamargianni. Cambridge, MA, United States: Academic Press (Elsevier). doi: 10.1016/bs.atpp.2018.07.003
Nguyen, Minh Hieu and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Why do some BRT systems in the global south fail to perform or expand?. Preparing for the new era of transport policies: learning from experience. (pp. 35-61) edited by Yoram Shiftan and Maria Kamargianni. Cambridge, MA United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.atpp.2018.07.005
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2017). The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: a comparative overview. The urban transport crisis in emerging economies. (pp. 283-295) edited by Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead. New York: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43851-1_14
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2017). The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: an introduction. The urban transport crisis in emerging economies. (pp. 1-10) edited by Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43851-1_1
Pojani, Dorina (2014). Bus rapid transit, design and engineering of. Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. (pp. 321-325) edited by Mark Garrett. Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781483346526.n119
Pojani, Dorina (2014). Women's issues/gender issues. Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. (pp. 1731-1734) edited by Mark Garrett. Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781483346526.n605

Journal Articles

Nguyen, Minh Hieu, Pojani, Dorina and Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy Quy (2023). What leads underage teenagers to ride motorcycles without a permit? Utility vs parental permissiveness. Journal of Transport and Health, 29 101569, 101569. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2023.101569
Zhllima, Edvin, Pojani, Dorina, Merkaj, Elvina and Imami, Drini (2022). Unlanded class: Albania's gender gaps in land ownership and inheritance. Feminist Economics, 1-32. doi: 10.1080/13545701.2022.2125167
Imami, Drini, Pojani, Dorina and Merkaj, Elvina (2022). Electoral Politics of Disaster: how earthquake and pandemic relief was used to earn votes. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsac042
Thomas, Naomi and Pojani, Dorina (2022). Changing gears? Gendered messaging in Australian car advertisements since the 1950s. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability , 1-22. doi: 10.1080/17549175.2022.2154079
Nguyen, Minh Hieu, Pojani, Dorina, Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy Quy and Nguyen Thi, Binh (2022). What if delivery riders quit? Challenges to last-mile logistics during the Covid-19 pandemic. Research in Transportation Business and Management 100941, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2022.100941
Halefom, Tmnit H., Pullar, David, Pojani, Dorina and Asamoah, Ernest Frimpong (2022). How much traffic stress can cyclists endure?. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10 (4), 2251-2261. doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2022.10.008
Azhdari, Abolghasem, Alidadi, Mehdi and Pojani, Dorina (2022). What drives urban densification? Free market versus government planning in Iran. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 0739456X2211266. doi: 10.1177/0739456x221126625
Kimpton, Anthony, Loginova, Julia, Pojani, Dorina, Bean, Richard, Sigler, Thomas and Corcoran, Jonathan (2022). Weather to scoot? How weather shapes shared e-scooter ridership patterns. Journal of Transport Geography, 104 103439, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103439
Milne, Caroline and Pojani, Dorina (2022). Public art in cities: what makes it engaging and interactive? . Journal of Urban Design, 1-20. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2022.2121272
Patton, Sean and Pojani, Dorina (2022). Some like it hot? Unequal provision of tree shading in Australian subtropical suburbs. Australian Planner, 58 (1-2), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2022.2091624
Buckland, Megan and Pojani, Dorina (2022). Green space accessibility in Europe: a comparative study of five major cities. European Planning Studies, 31 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2088230
Panjaitan, Tigor Wilfritz Soaduon, Pojani, Dorina and Darchen, Sébastien (2022). Alternative public space: experiences and lessons from Indonesian cities. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning, 175 (2), 56-66. doi: 10.1680/jurdp.21.00005
Soaduon Panjaitan, Tigor Wilfritz, Pojani, Dorina and Darchen, Sébastien (2022). The transformation of public space production and consumption in post-reformation Indonesian cities. City, Culture and Society, 29 100444, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ccs.2022.100444
Thuy Tran, Nguyen Anh, Nguyen, Ha Lan Anh, Nguyen, Thi Bich Ha, Nguyen, Quang Huy, Huynh, Thi Ngoc Lan, Pojani, Dorina, Nguyen Thi, Binh and Nguyen, Minh Hieu (2022). Health and safety risks faced by delivery riders during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Transport and Health, 25 101343, 101343. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101343
Nguyen, Minh Hieu and Pojani, Dorina (2022). Why are Hanoi students giving up on bus ridership?. Transportation, 1-25. doi: 10.1007/s11116-021-10262-9
Nguyen, Minh Hieu and Pojani, Dorina (2022). The emergence of recreational cycling in Hanoi during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Transport and Health, 24 101332, 101332. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101332
Soltani, Ali, Allan, Andrew, Pojani, Dorina, Khalaj, Fahimeh and Mehdizadeh, Milad (2022). Users and non-users of bikesharing: how do they differ?. Transportation Planning and Technology, 45 (1), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/03081060.2021.2017215
Sahama, Ishara, Wyeth, Stephanie and Pojani, Dorina (2021). Gender bias in the planning industry and planning outcomes. Australian Planner, 57 (3-4), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2021.2017994
Hieu Nguyen, Minh and Pojani, Dorina (2021). Covid-19 need not spell the death of public transport: Learning from Hanoi's safety measures. Journal of Transport and Health, 23 101279, 101279. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2021.101279
Kimpton, Anthony, Pojani, Dorina, Ryan, Connor, Ouyang, Lisha, Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Contemporary parking policy, practice, and outcomes in three large Australian cities. Progress in Planning, 153 100506, 1-25. doi: 10.1016/j.progress.2020.100506
Imami, Drini, Lami, Endrit and Pojani, Dorina (2021). Informal construction as political currency: a theory of ‘election-driven informality’. Land Use Policy, 112 105785, 105785. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105785
Nguyen, Minh Hieu, Pojani, Dorina, Nguyen, Thanh Chuong and Ha, Thanh Tung (2021). The impact of Covid-19 on children's active travel to school in Vietnam. Journal of Transport Geography, 96 103191, 103191. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103191
Bean, Richard , Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). How does weather affect bikeshare use? A comparative analysis of forty cities across climate zones. Journal of Transport Geography, 95 103155, 103155. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103155
Pojani, Dorina and Alidoust, Sara (2021). Lest we forget: media predictions of a post-Covid-19 urban future. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/17549175.2021.1944283
Leclercq, Els and Pojani, Dorina (2021). Public space privatisation: are users concerned?. Journal of Urbanism, 16 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/17549175.2021.1933572
McNee, Georgina and Pojani, Dorina (2021). NIMBYism as a barrier to housing and social mix in San Francisco. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 37 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s10901-021-09857-6
Kong, Weichang , Pojani, Dorina, Sipe, Neil and Stead, Dominic (2021). Transport poverty in Chinese cities: a systematic literature review. Sustainability, 13 (9) 4707, 4707. doi: 10.3390/su13094707
Paijmans, Hayley and Pojani, Dorina (2021). Living car-free by choice in a sprawling city: Desirable and … possible?. Case Studies on Transport Policy , 9 (2), 823-829. doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2021.04.001
Soltani, Ali, Allan, Andrew, Khalaj, Fahimeh, Pojani, Dorina and Mehdizadeh, Milad (2021). Ridesharing in Adelaide: Segmentation of users. Journal of Transport Geography, 92 103030, 103030. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103030
Pojani, Dorina, Sagaris, Lake and Papa, Enrica (2021). Special issue on ‘transport, gender, culture’. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 144, 34-36. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2020.12.002
Pojani, Dorina and Baar, Kenneth (2020). The legitimacy of informal settlements in Balkan States. Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 28 (2-3), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/25739638.2020.1833563
Neilsen, Vanessa and Pojani, Dorina (2020). Perspectives on built heritage preservation: a study of Queenslander homeowners in Brisbane, Australia. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 35 (4), 1055-1077. doi: 10.1007/s10901-020-09767-z
Pegler, Claudia, Li, Hankan and Pojani, Dorina (2020). Gentrification in Australia’s largest cities: a bird’s-eye view. Australian Planner, 56 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2020.1775666
Pojani, Dorina and Sipe, Neil (2020). Emerging narratives of parking supply and demand in contemporary cities. Journal of Urbanism, 14 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/17549175.2020.1762112
Leclercq, Els, Pojani, Dorina and Van Bueren, Ellen (2020). Is public space privatization always bad for the public? Mixed evidence from the United Kingdom. Cities, 100 102649, 102649. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102649
Khalaj, Fahimeh, Pojani, Dorina, Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2020). Why are cities removing their freeways? A systematic review of the literature. Transport Reviews, 40 (5), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/01441647.2020.1743919
Pojani, Dorina and Rocco, Roberto (2020). Edutainment: Role-playing versus serious gaming in planning education. Journal of Planning Education and Research. doi: 10.1177/0739456x20902251
Kimpton, Anthony, Pojani, Dorina, Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2020). Parking Behavior: Park ‘n’ Ride (PnR) to encourage multimodalism in Brisbane. Land Use Policy, 91 104304, 104304. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104304
Pojani, Dorina, Corcoran, Jonathan, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Sipe, Neil and Stead, Dominic (2020). Special issue on global transitions of urban mobility and land use. Land Use Policy, 91 104425, 104425. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104425
Bhoge, Renuka, Nolan, Hannah and Pojani, Dorina (2019). Designing the subtropical city: an evaluation of climate-sensitive policy effects in Brisbane, Australia. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63 (10), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1689934
Pojani, Dorina, Kimpton, Anthony and Rocco, Roberto (2019). Planning students’ conceptions of research. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 0739456X1988410. doi: 10.1177/0739456X19884107
Lee, Qian Yun and Pojani, Dorina (2019). Making cycling irresistible in tropical climates? Views from Singapore. Policy Design and Practice, 2 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2019.1665857
Hensley, Melissa, Mateo-Babiano, I., Minnery, J. and Pojani, D. (2019). How Diverging Interests in Public Health and Urban Planning Can Lead to Less Healthy Cities. Journal of Planning History, 19 (2), 153851321987359-89. doi: 10.1177/1538513219873591
Wang, Hongbing and Pojani, Dorina (2019). The challenge of opening up gated communities in Shanghai. Journal of Urban Design, 25 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2019.1625707
An, Ran , Zahnow, Renee , Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Weather and cycling in New York: The case of Citibike. Journal of Transport Geography, 77, 97-112. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.04.016
Ashmore, David P., Pojani, Dorina , Thoreau, Roselle, Christie, Nicola and Tyler, Nicholas A. (2019). Gauging differences in public transport symbolism across national cultures: implications for policy development and transfer. Journal of Transport Geography, 77, 26-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.04.008
Pojani, Dorina (2019). The self-built city: theorizing urban design of informal settlements. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 13 (2) ARCH-11-2018-0004, 294-313. doi: 10.1108/arch-11-2018-0004
Hooi, Enshan and Dorina Pojani (2019). Urban design quality and walkability: an audit of suburban high streets in an Australian city. Journal of Urban Design, 25 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1554996
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2018). When West–East planning policy advice fails to gain traction. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62 (8), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1497586
Pojani, Dorina, Olvera Garcia, Jaime, Sipe, Neil and Byrne, Jason (2018). Research Productivity of Australian Planning Academics: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 42 (1), 0739456X1880433-101. doi: 10.1177/0739456X18804330
Kwok, Melanie, Johnson, Laurel and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Discretion and the erosion of community trust in planning: reflections on the post‐political. Geographical Research, 56 (4), 382-392. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12310
Pojani, Elona, Van Acker, Veronique and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Cars as a status symbol: youth attitudes toward sustainable transport in a post-socialist city. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 58, 210-227. doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2018.06.003
Butterworth, Elizabeth and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Why Isn’t Australia a Cycling Mecca?. European Transport, 69 (69).
Gholamhosseini, Roja, Pojani, Dorina, Mateo Babiano, Iderlina, Johnson, Laurel and Minnery, John (2018). The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia. Journal of Urban Design, 24 (2), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1498293
Kerstens, Jack and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Urban living preferences of youth international migrants: an investigation of Asian students in Australia. Australian Planner, 55 (1), 36-45. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2018.1500379
Ashmore, David , Pojani, Dorina , Thoreau, Roselle , Christie, Nicola and Tyler, Nicholas (2018). The symbolism of ‘eco cars’ across national cultures: Potential implications for policy formulation and transfer. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 63, 560-575. doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2018.06.024
Bignon, Elise and Pojani, Dorina (2018). River-based public transport: why won't Paris jump on board?. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 6 (2), 200-205. doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2018.05.002
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2018). Policy design for sustainable urban transport in the global south. Policy Design and Practice, 1 (2), 90-102. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2018.1454291
Soltani, Ali, Pojani, Dorina, Askari, Sajad and Masoumi, Houshmand E. (2018). Socio-demographic and built environment determinants of car use among older adults in Iran. Journal of Transport Geography, 68, 109-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.03.001
McCabe, Annie, Pojani, Dorina and van Groenou, Anthony Broese (2018). Social housing and renewable energy: community energy in a supporting role. Energy Research and Social Science, 38, 110-113. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2018.02.005
Lee, Wen Hao, Ambrey, Christopher and Pojani, Dorina (2018). How do sprawl and inequality affect well-being in American cities?. Cities, 79, 70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.02.023
McCabe, Annie, Pojani, Dorina and van Groenou, Anthony Broese (2018). The application of renewable energy to social housing: a systematic review. Energy Policy, 114, 549-557. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.12.031
Thomas, Ren, Pojani, Dorina, Lenferink, Sander, Bertolini, Luca, Stead, Dominic and van der Krabben, Erwin (2018). Is transit-oriented development (TOD) an internationally transferable policy concept?. Regional Studies, 52 (9), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1428740
Lastra, Alejandro and Pojani, Dorina (2018). ‘Urban acupuncture’ to alleviate stress in informal settlements in Mexico. Journal of Urban Design, 23 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1429902
Pojani, Dorina (2017). Cities as story: redevelopment projects in authoritarian and hybrid regimes. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40 (5), 705-720. doi: 10.1080/07352166.2017.1360737
Parajuli, Ayush and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Barriers to the pedestrianization of city centres: perspectives from the Global North and the Global South. Journal of Urban Design, 23 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2017.1369875
Pojani, Elona, Boussauw, Kobe and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Reexamining transport poverty, job access, and gender issues in Central and Eastern Europe. Gender, Place and Culture, 24 (9), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/0966369X.2017.1372382
Chayacani Mallqui, Yngrid Yamili and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Barriers to successful bus rapid transit expansion: developed cities versus developing megacities. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 5 (2), 254-266. doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2017.01.004
Yang, Katie and Pojani, Dorina (2017). A decade of transit oriented development policies in Brisbane, Australia: development and land-use impacts. Urban Policy and Research, 35 (3), 347-362. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2017.1294537
Willing, Roxanne and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Is the suburban dream still alive in Australia? Evidence from Brisbane. Australian Planner, 54 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2017.1296875
Pojani, Dorina (2017). Tirana in cerca di identità: il territorio suburbano di ‘Durana’. Urbanistica Informazioni, 267-268, 53-58.
Kong, Weichang and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Transit-oriented street design in Beijing. Journal of Urban Design, 22 (3), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2016.1271700
Pojani, Dorina, Bakija, Dukagjin, Shkreli, Entela, Corcoran, Jonathan and Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina (2017). Do northwestern and southeastern Europe share a common “cycling mindset”? Comparative analysis of beliefs toward cycling in the Netherlands and the Balkans. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 17 (1), 25-45. doi: 10.18757/ejtir.2017.17.1.3178
Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Bean, Richard, Corcoran, Jonathan and Pojani, Dorina (2016). How does our natural and built environment affect the use of bicycle sharing?. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 94, 295-307. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.09.015
Pojani, Dorina (2016). Ideologjia e financimit të transportit urban në Tiranë: Të ardhurat e brendshme dhe impakti i ndihmës ndërkombëtare. Perpjekja, 21 (34-35), 203-214.
Pojani, Dorina, Johnson, Laurel, Darchen, Sebastien and Yang, Katie (2016). Learning by doing: employer expectations of planning studio education. Urban Policy and Research, 36 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2016.1221814
Wu, Irene and Pojani, Dorina (2016). Obstacles to the creation of successful bus rapid transit systems: the case of Bangkok. Research in Transportation Economics, 60, 44-53. doi: 10.1016/j.retrec.2016.05.001
Chakhtoura, Céline and Pojani, Dorina (2016). Indicator-based evaluation of sustainable transport plans: A framework for Paris and other large cities. Transport Policy, 50, 15-28. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.05.014
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2016). Post-rational planning and the shifting role of planning imagery. Journal of Urban Design, 21 (3), 353-385. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2016.1167590
Pojani, Dorina and Baar, Kenneth (2016). Multi-family housing management in postsocialist countries: the Albanian experience. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 31 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10901-016-9498-1
Pojani, Dorina and Buka, Migena (2015). From camaraderie to detachment: the effect of changing built environment forms on neighborhood relations in a post-communist context. Cities, 49, 66-75. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.07.007
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2015). Urban planning and design as verbal and visual rhetoric. Journal of Urban Design, 20 (5), 582-614. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1071653
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2015). Sustainable urban transport in the developing world: beyond megacities. Sustainability (Switzerland), 7 (6), 7784-7805. doi: 10.3390/su7067784
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2015). Transit-oriented design in the Netherlands. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 35 (2), 131-144. doi: 10.1177/0739456X15573263
Pojani, Dorina and Maci, Giulia (2015). The detriments and benefits of the fall of planning: the evolution of public space in a Balkan post-socialist capital. Journal of Urban Design, 20 (2), 251-272. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1009013
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2014). Going Dutch? The export of sustainable land-use and transport planning concepts from the Netherlands. Urban Studies, 52 (9), 1-19. doi: 10.1177/0042098014562326
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2014). Planning policy transfer to and from the Netherlands. Regions Magazine, 296 (1), 21-23. doi: 10.1080/13673882.2014.11431619
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2014). Planning Policy Transfer to and from the Netherlands. Regions, 296 (4), 21-22.
Mezinia, Ledita and Pojani, Dorina (2014). Defence, identity, and urban form: the extreme case of Gjirokastra. Planning Perspectives, 30 (3), 397-428. doi: 10.1080/02665433.2014.943267
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2014). Dutch Planning Policy: The Resurgence of TOD. Land Use Policy, 41, 357-367. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.06.011
Pojani, Dorina and Boussauw, Kobe (2014). Keep the children walking: active school travel in Tirana, Albania. Journal of Transport Geography, 38, 55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.05.012
Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2014). Ideas, Interests, and Institutions: Explaining Dutch Transit-Oriented Development Challenges. Environment and Planning A, 46 (10), 2401-2418. doi: 10.1068/a130169p
Pojani, Dorina (2014). Urban design, ideology, and power: use of the central square in Tirana during one century of political transformations. Planning Perspectives, 30 (1), 67-94. doi: 10.1080/02665433.2014.896747
Pojani, Dorina (2013). Contemporary issues in architecture and urban design education: findings from 1-ICAUD. Urbanismul: serie noua.
Pojani, Dorina (2013). From squatter settlement to suburb: the transformation of Bathore, Albania. Housing Studies, 28 (6), 805-821. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.760031
Pojani, Dorina (2012). Urban Planning Education in a Democracy with a Market Economy: Learning Economic, Political and Social Skills. International Journal of Arts and Sciences.
Pojani, Dorina (2011). Hammer and cycle: cycling post communism. Cycling Mobility (4), 18-21.
Pojani, Dorina (2011). Mobility, equity and sustainability today in Tirana. Tema: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 4 (2), 99-109.
Pojani, Elona and Pojani, Dorina (2011). Environmental taxation in Central and Eastern Europe: the case of Albania. Scientific Annals of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, 441-448.
Pojani, Dorina (2011). Urban and suburban retail development in Albania's capital after socialism. Land Use Policy, 28 (4), 836-845. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.02.001
Pojani, Dorina (2011). From carfree to carfull: the environmental and health impacts of increasing private motorisation in Albania. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 54 (3), 319-335. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2010.506076
Pojani, Dorina (2010). Public transport and its privatization in East Europe: the case of Tirana, Albania. European Transport, 45 (45), 64-82.
Pojani, Dorina (2010). Tirana. Cities, 27 (6), 483-495. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.02.002
Pojani, Dorina (2010). Strategji per permiresimin e transportit ne Tirane. Forum A+P, 5, 82-102.
Pojani, Dorina (2009). Urbanization of Post-communist Albania: economic, social, and environmental challenges. Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 17 (1), 85-97. doi: 10.1080/09651560902778394
Pojani, Dorina (2008). American downtown pedestrian "malls": rise, fall, and rebirth. Territorio.
Pojani, Dorina (2008). Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade: the failure and resurgence of a downtown pedestrian mall. Urban Design International, 13 (3), 141-155. doi: 10.1057/udi.2008.8
Pojani, Dorina (2007). Car-free areas in Tirana: fantasy or necessity?. Albanian Journal of Technical Sciences, 22 (2).
Pojani, Dorina (2007). Përmirësimi i kushteve të jetesës në Tiranë: Ulje e dendësisë së banorëve apo trafikut të automjeteve?. Bulletin of Technical Sciences.

Conference Papers

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2016). Processes of Urban Planning Policy Transfer and Learning. Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning in European Metropolitan Areas: Experiences and Approaches, Brussells, Belgium, 25 January 2016. Brussells, Belgium: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Pojani, Dorina (2015). Informal settlements in the Balkans Squatters’ magic realism vs. planners’ modernist fantasy vs. governments’ tolerance and opportunism. Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-16 July 2015. Prague, Czech Republic: Czech Technical University.
Pojani, Dorina, Bakija, Dukagjin and Shkreli, Entela (2015). Do the north and the south share a cycling mindset?. International Forum on Urbanism, Incheon, Republic of Korea, 22-24 June 2015. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI AG. doi: 10.3390/ifou-D012
Pojani, Dorina (2012). Noise pollution management issues in Tirana, the capital of Albania. International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society, Vienna, Austria, 14-16 May 2012.
Pojani, Dorina (2011). From slum to suburb: the success story of Bathore, Albania. ECA Housing Forum: Europe & Central Asia, Budaest, Hungary, 4-6 April 2011.
Pojani, Dorina (2011). Tirana, Albania: from car‐free and bicycle‐full to car‐full and bicycle Free. Velo-City, Seville, Spain, 23-25 March 2011.
Pojani, Dorina and Pojani, Elona (2011). Urban sprawl and weak regional transport in “Durana”. Regional Science Conference with International Participation, Peja, Kosovo, 3-4 June 2011. Zenica, Bosna i Hercegovina:
Pojani, Dorina (2010). Albania in transition: international assistance for roads but not public transport. International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society, Vienna, Austria, 18-20 May 2010.

Research Report

Pojani, Dorina and Baar, Kenneth (2021). Enhancing sustainability and inclusiveness of urban passenger transport in Asian cities. Bangkok, Thailand: UNESCAP.

Data Collection

Bean, Richard , Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). How does weather affect bikeshare use? A comparative analysis of forty cities across climate zones. Mendeley Data. (Dataset) doi: 10.17632/2nxpvtz935.2

Newspaper Articles

Halefom, Tmnit Hailu and Pojani, Dorina (2023, 01 30). What do cyclists want? The Fifth Estate
Buning, Richard, Corcoran, Jonathan, Rahbar, Maisie, McKercher, Bob, Pojani, Dorina, Sigler, Thomas, Zou, Frank and Hardy, Anne (2023, 01 25). Why e-scooters are the 'public mobility glue' for urban transport Contact Magazine
Pojani, Dorina (2022, 11 08). The challenge for ‘chauffeur mums’: navigating a city that wasn’t planned for women The Conversation
Pojani, Dorina and Karatela, Shamshad (2022, 11 02). How many trees equal a human life? The Fifth Estate
Pojani, Dorina (2022, 10 10). How public art can revitalise urban spaces The Fifth Estate
Kimpton, Anthony, Pojani, Dorina, Corcoran, Jonathan, Loginova, Julia, Bean, Richard and Sigler, Thomas (2022, 09 27). E-scooters are becoming wildly popular – but we have to factor in the weather
Pojani, Dorina (2022, 02 09). How not to build a capital: what Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes The Conversation
Bean, Richard, Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021, 10 06). We analysed 100 million bike trips to reveal where in the world cyclists are most likely to brave rain and cold The Conversation
Sipe, Neil, Kimpton, Anthony and Dorina Pojani (2019, 07 24). What can our cities do about sprawl, congestion and pollution? Tip: scrap car parking The Conversation
Bajracharya, Seetu, Pojani, Dorina and Sipe, Neil (2019, 07 03). Youth in, families out: 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne The Conversation
Sipe, Neil and Pojani, Dorina (2018, 11 27). The battle to be the Amazon (or Netflix) of transport The Conversation
Sipe, Neil and Pojani, Dorina (2018, 11 19). For Mobility as a Service (MaaS) to solve our transport woes, some things need to change The Conversation
Sipe, Neil and Pojani, Dorina (2018, 09 21). Can e-scooters solve the ‘last mile’ problem? They’ll need to avoid the fate of dockless bikes The Conversation
Stead, Dominic , Kimpton, Anthony , Pojani, Dorina , Mateo Babiano, Iderlina , Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2018, 09 13). Why driverless vehicles should not be given unchecked access to our cities The Conversation
Abhishek, Vineet and Pojani, Dorina (2018, 08 28). Bicycles and Pedestrians Are Key to Easing Congestion on Mumbai’s Suburban Trains Engineering for Change (E4C)
Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018, 06 29). Share bikes don't get cars off the road, but they have other benefits The Conversation
Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018, 06 14). Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn’t mean bike sharing schemes are dead The Conversation
Pojani, Dorina, Wardale, Dorothy and Brown, Kerry (2018, 04 18). Sexism and the city: how urban planning has failed women
Corcoran, Jonathan, Pojani, Dorina, Rowe, Francisco, Zhou, Jiangping, Kim, Jiwon, Wei, Ming, Tao, Sui, Sigler, Thomas and Liu, Yan (2018, 04 09). Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make
Pojani, Dorina, Kimpton, Anthony, Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2018, 03 20). Cycling and walking are short-changed when it comes to transport funding in Australia
Pojani, Dorina, Jaime Olvera Garcia, Sipe, Neil and Byrne, Jason (2018, 02 23). Australian cities are crying out for better planning, but the research funding is missing
Pojani, Dorina, Butterworth, Elizabeth, Cooper, Jim, Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2018, 02 05). Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cycling The Conversation
Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Pojani, Dorina, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bean, Richard (2017, 12 22). Here’s what bike-sharing programs need to succeed The Conversation
Pojani, Dorina, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2017, 10 30). Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities The Conversation
Darchen, Sebastien, Pojani, Dorina and Sipe, Neil (2017, 09 11). Movies and TV choose to tell us different stories about the cities of today The Conversation
Pojani, Dorina (2013, 01 01). Pushtimi i Tiranës nga automjetet: Si do të çlirohemi? Mjedisi Sot 12-13.
Pojani, Dorina (2012, 01 01). Si zgjidhet makthi i trafikut në Tiranë? Revista Java
Pojani, Dorina (2011, 09 08). Europa mbi biçikleta, Tirana në makina Shekulli
Pojani, Dorina (2011, 09 06). Tirana është e qytetarëve, jo e makinave ResPublica
Pojani, Dorina (2008, 12 01). Kostoja e varësisë ndaj automjeteve në Tiranë Mjedisi Sot 6-7.
Pojani, Dorina (2008, 04 02). Skemat Woonerven ose "Rruget-Kopshte" Ndërtuesi 22-25.
Pojani, Dorina (2008, 04 01). Skema Woonerven ose "Rruget-Kopshte" Ndertuesi
Pojani, Dorina (2007, 12 01). Kostoja e varësisë ndaj automjeteve në Tiranë Mjedisi Sot

Areas of research

UQ planning