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Prof

Ruth Fincher

Honorary
Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
social sciences
geography
life sciences & biomedicine
science & technology
environmental sciences & ecology
environmental studies
13 climate action
melbourne
policy
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Ruth Fincher

 
Division
Science
 
Primary Interest
Urban planning
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Projects

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GETTING TO YES: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE FAMILY HOUSING IN THE INNER CITY

2012 - 2014
Completed
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GETTING TO YES: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE FAMILY HOUSING IN THE INNER CITY

2012 - 2014
Completed
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Equitable local outcomes in adaptation to sea-level rise

The project clearly falls within the priority goal of responding to climate change and variability in being about responding to sea-level ri..

2010 - 2013
Completed
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Equitable local outcomes in adaptation to sea-level rise

The project clearly falls within the priority goal of responding to climate change and variability in being about responding to sea-level ri..

2010 - 2013
Completed
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TRANSNATIONAL AND TEMPORARY: PLACE-MAKING,STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL MELBOURNE

Fostering a community in a place is place-making. When many residents are temporary and new arrivals, like tertiary students in central Melb..

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URBAN PLACEMAKING; SOCIAL EQUITY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

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TRANSNATIONAL AND TEMPORARY: PLACE-MAKING,STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL MELBOURNE

Fostering a community in a place is place-making. When many residents are temporary and new arrivals, like tertiary students in central Melb..

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Project Types

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Research Grant

3

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Epilogue: Throwntogetherness in the hostile encounters of migrants in cities

R Fincher

Journal article  |  2022  |  City

This epilogue provides an extended conclusion to the Special Feature’s consideration of what happens in the lives of migrants and ..

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Local Values and Fairness in Climate Change Adaptation

Sonia Graham, Jon Barnett, Ruth Fincher, Anna Hurlimann, Colette Mortreux

Book Chapter  |  2021

A key criterion of successful adaptation to climate change is that it avoids potential inequalities arising from climate impacts o..

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Together in difference: a review symposium on Everyday Equalities: Making Multicultures in Settler Colonial Cities, by Ruth Fincher, Kurt Iveson, Helga Leitner and Valerie Preston

Michele Lobo, Jayani J Bonnerjee, Helen F Wilson, Ruth Fincher, Kurt Iveson, Helga Leitner, Valerie Preston

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER

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Local values and fairness in climate change adaptation: Insights from Marginal Rural Australia Communities

S Graham, J Barnett, R Fincher, A Hurlimann, C Mortreux

Book Chapter  |  2021

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PUSHING DIVERSITY BEYOND RECOGNITION

Ruth Fincher

Book Chapter  |  2020

This chapter discusses some features and challenges of diversity-thinking that focuses on recognition of identity in the city. It ..

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Everyday Equalities

Ruth Fincher, Kurt Iveson, Helga Leitner, Valerie Preston

Book  |  2019

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Local values and fairness in climate change adaptation: Insights from marginal rural Australian communities

Sonia Graham, Jon Barnett, Colette Mortreux, Anna Hurlimann, Ruth Fincher

Journal article  |  2018  |  World Development

A key criterion of successful adaptation to climate change is that it avoids potential inequalities arising from climate impacts o..

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Iris Marion Young and urban geographies of difference

Kurt Iveson, Ruth Fincher, Brendan Gleeson

Journal article  |  2018  |  GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES B-HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

This paper examines the impact of Iris Marion Young’s work on the field of geography. We discuss two matters that were elucidated ..

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Remembering Graeme Hugo, Population Geographer

Ruth Fincher

Journal article  |  2016  |  AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER

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Place-making or place-masking? The everyday political economy of "making place"

Ruth Fincher, Maree Pardy, Kate Shaw

Journal article  |  2016  |  PLANNING THEORY & PRACTICE

As redevelopment and gentrification strategies globally continue to be aimed at attracting wealthier residents and consumers in an..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Human Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Adaptation To Climate Change
Construction Planning
Expanding Knowledge
Community Services
Policy and Administration
Government and Politics
Heritage
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2014

Member of the Order of Australia

2019

University of Melbourne
2015

University of Melbourne
2002

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Member Of The Committee Of Panel A (Anthropology, Demography, Geography, Linguistics And Sociology Disciplines) Representing Geography

Academy of the Social Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Clark University

Master of Arts

McMaster University

Bachelor of Arts

University of Melbourne