Michelle Thompson-Fawcett

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 materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsHuman geography
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Academic career

After 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]

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".[9]

Selected works

  • 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

  1. Geography, School of. "Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett staff profile". www.otago.ac.nz.
  2. Rātana, Liam (22 June 2023). "Meet the woman putting culture at the heart of urban planning". The Spinoff. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. Thompson-Fawcett, Michelle (10 January 2019). "A tale of tū cities: The role of Māori thinking in shaping our urban future".
  4. McPhee, Elena (25 July 2018). "Geographer's work brings top honour". Otago Daily Times Online News.
  5. "Māori professor at Otago receives top geography award". Māori Television.
  6. Miller, Tim (14 September 2018). "Otago uni academic collects supreme award". Otago Daily Times Online News.
  7. Gibb, John (20 December 2017). "Ritchie among 23 promoted to professor". Otago Daily Times Online News.
  8. Lewis, John (2 November 2022). "Five professors named 'distinguished chairs'". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. "Researchers and scholars elected to Academy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 March 2021.



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