This is the first article in a four part series looking at how infectious diseases have influenced our culture and evolution, and how we, in turn, have influenced them.

In 2013, the World Health Organisation declared...

This is the first of a series of articles to coincide with the 2017 World Ecocity Summit in Melbourne.

As Melbourne hosts the Ecocity World Summit this week, we might ponder the progress of Australia, a “nation of cities”, toward achieving sustainable urbanism.

Australian metropolitan planning has long subscribed to what urban geographer...

Government strategies to manage population ageing largely assume that older Australians are home owners. There is often an implied association between home ownership and ageing well: that is, older...