Richard Tomlinson is a Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne and a Visiting Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Previous academic roles:
- 2016-2018: Professor in Urban Planning in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
- 2009-2015: Chair of Urban Planning in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne.
- 1993-2008: Visiting Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, previously Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of Witwatersrand.
- 2007-2008: Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, Columbia University.
- 2002-2006: Member of the Board of Research Committee RC 21 Regional and Urban Development of the International Sociological Association.
- 1997: Guest Scholar at the New School for Social Research while researching material on comparative inner-city regeneration.
- 1991-1992: Guest Scholar at The Brookings Institution while writing book on Urban Development Planning. A Robert S McNamara Fellowship from The World Bank funded the research.
- 1991-1996: Corresponding Editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
- 1989-1997: Founder and Editor, then member of the Editorial Committee of the Urban Forum.
- 1989-1997: Member of the Editorial Committee of Development Southern Africa.
- 1986-1987: Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while writing book, Urbanization and Post-Apartheid South Africa. The research was funded by a grant from Anglo American and De Beers Chairman's Fund.
- 1981-1988: Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in the Department of Town and Regional Planning of the University of Witwatersrand.
Previous Business Experience:
- 1993 - 2008 Self-employed, consulting enterprise in Southern Africa in urban economic development, housing and related infrastructure, HIV/AIDS and mega events (while retaining academic commitments in a Visiting Professor capacity). Clients have included the South African Ministry in the Office of the President and the Departments of Housing and Provincial and Local Government, the Gauteng Provincial Government and the City of Johannesburg; the South African Cities Network; The World Bank, USAID and UN-HABITAT; international and local NGOs; and also the private sector.
- 1995 - 2000 Member of the Board of the Rural Finance Facility, a micro-enterprise lending section 21 (non profit) company.
- 1989 - 1993 Development Bank of Southern Africa - First Senior Specialist in the Urban Economic Policy Unit, then Co-ordinator and finally Manager of the Planning Unit in the Urban Development Group.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Research into metropolitan governance, big data and smart technologies
Writing academic papers arising from sabbatical research
Research into inner city economic development that led to academic publications and the preparation of Johannesburg's inner city economic strategy
Awarded a Robert S McNamara Fellowship by the World Bank for research and writing book - Urban Development Planning
Research and writing book - Urbanisation in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Recipient of the Richard Ward Research Award for research in industrial decentralisation and policies to prevent the urbanisation of Africans
Fulbright Scholar whilst at Rutgers University
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Architecture, Building And Planning
Education
Master of Business Administration
University of Witwatersrand
Doctor of Philosophy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Master of Science
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Master of City and Regional Planning
University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Arts
Rhodes University