Dr Lisa Stafford
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Disability, Spatial Justice, Inclusive Communities and regions, Universal Design and Sustainable neighbourhood, transport and open-space planning, Social and economic participation, participatory research methods, lived Experiences & phenomenology, Children and young people with disabilities and diverse children's geographies, Place-based, Education to work pathways, Participation
Research field
Human Geography, Policy and Administration, Urban and Regional Planning
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) - Member Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) - Full Member Disability Leadership Institute (DLI) - Member Centre for Universal Design Australia - Member
Teaching
Supervision topics include:
- Disability Social & Economic Participation
- Disability and childhoods
- Inclusive Communities & Spatial Justice
- Universal Design
- Person Environment Studies & Everydayness
Supervision research methods include:
- Phenomenology - Lived experiences
- Interpretative Policy Analysis
- Post-occupancy evaluations
- Participatory research methods
Teaching: Current lecturer/unit coordinator - SWB306 - People, Community, Disability; SWB102 - Human Development and Behaviour; SWB212- Community and Place Base Practice in School of Public Health and Social Work. Past teaching: School of Design’s undergraduate theoretical subjects: DTB403 Design Psychology and DTB504 Design in Society. Also guest lectured in Masters level unit LCN601 – Designing Spaces for Learning on topics of inclusion and universal design.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Lisa, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Inclusive Community Planning for People with Disabilities in Regional Areas
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE190101512
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- Title
- Seamless Journeys to Work for Young Adults with Physical Disabilities
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100168
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Crippling Comedies: Symbolic Power in Comic Representations of Disability
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Barbara Adkins, Professor Bree Hadley