Contact

Email

hannah.robertson@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
DECRA, Constructing Communities on Country
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Education
Doctorate
The University of Melbourne
Doctorate
University of Melbourne
Graduate Certificate
University of Melbourne
Masters Degree (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-0749-2787

Dr Hannah Robertson

DECRA, Constructing Communities on Country
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
41 Scholarly works
5 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Extremely Remote, Extremely Underfunded: A History of Infrastructure Funding on Australia's Indigenous Homelands in the Northern Territory
    DOI: 10.55939/a5523c1nyh
  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    Governance and Policy Frameworks for Remote Area Construction: Lessons from the Olkola Cultural Knowledge Centre Prototype
    DOI: 10.1142/9789819822898_0006
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Sustaining volunteer and pro bono technical partner engagement in community-led co-design projects
    DOI: 10.1080/15710882.2025.2586532
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Limitations to the Use of Government-Facilitated Post-disaster Resettlement Outcomes: An Explanatory Critique of Two Landslide Resettlement Projects in Sri Lanka
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-2583-3_9
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Sustainable Livelihoods on Country: Building Olkola's Knowledge Centre
  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Sustainable Livelihoods on Country: Building Olkola's Knowledge Centre
  • 2021

    Research Contracts

    Olkola Cultural Knowledge Centre Project
Hannah Robertson

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2019
Education Prize for Early Career Academics: Finalist, https://aasa.org.au/news/176/2019-education-prize-winnersannounced. Association of Architecture Schools Australasia
2019
John Grice Award (Dean's Honour Award): awarded for excellence in a PhD on architecture The University of Melbourne
2019
Chartered Institute of Building Research Award (Dean's Honour Award): Awarded for excellence in PhD on building research The University of Melbourne
2015
Henry and Rachael Ackman Travelling Scholarship: to undertake a research fellowship at the EPFL, Switzerland and SPA and CEPT Universities, India. The University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Original Creative Work

    Olkola Cultural Knowledge Centre Stage 1 Prototype
    DOI: 10.26188/28776038
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Building on Country: Co-Creating the Olkola Cultural Knowledge Centre as a Bridge Between Knowledge Systems
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Building on Indigenous homelands in Arnhem Land since the 1980s: Harnessing appropriate technology and partnerships as a new procurement vernacular
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350294349.ch-7
  • 2023

    Presentation

    "Remote Settlements", Parlour Lab 23
  • 2023

    Presentation

    Keynote Presentation at the Indigenous Knowledge Institute's International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Symposium 2023
  • 2023

    Presentation

    Getting back on Country: Digital storytelling as a means of collecting, preserving and sharing Indigenous Knowledge

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Co-Designing Housing for First Nations Prosperity
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    2026 Research Impetus Grants