Contact

Email

patrick.cobbinah@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Associate Professor, Urban Planning
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Education
Graduate Certificate
University of Melbourne
PhD
Charles Sturt University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ORCID

0000-0003-2522-9293

A/Prof Patrick Cobbinah

Associate Professor, Urban Planning
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
160 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Taking urban green space seriously: On environmental justice and equity
    DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2026.104582
  • 2026

    Journal article

    De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements
    DOI: 10.1177/00420980251391666
  • 2026

    Journal article

    On Urban Sustainability: Urbanization and Climate Change Collision
    DOI: 10.1002/sd.70382
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Informality in Globalizing African Cities: Hybridity Toward Southern Decoloniality
    DOI: 10.1177/08854122251360796
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Problematizing street vending: The uncanniness of a disembodied urban policy
    DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2024.2413588
  • 2023

    Research Grant

    Towards Climate Action: Leveraging New Cities in Africa for Urban Green Infrastructure Financing
  • 2019

    Research Contracts

    A Comparative Analysis of Land Policy in Urban Expansion Areas in Four African Cities
Patrick Cobbinah

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2022
Dean's Award for Excellence in Research 2021 Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
2021
Five best-performing social sciences early career researchers in Australia Australian Research Magazine
2021
Australia’s top 40 early career researchers Australian Research Magazine
2021
Top two urban studies & Planning early career researchers in Australia Australian Research Magazine

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS