Stephen Hamnett studied as an undergraduate at the University of Oxford and completed his PhD at the University of Reading in 1981. Prior to coming to Adelaide in 1984, he held academic positions in The Netherlands, the UK and Queensland. Stephen became South Australia's first Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in 1990. He held the chair of planning for 20 years until he left the University of South Australia to become a full-time Commissioner of the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia in February 2010. The title of Emeritus Professor was conferred by the university in August of the same year. Stephen Hamnett is also a Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and was given that Institute's... Read more
About me
Stephen Hamnett studied as an undergraduate at the University of Oxford and completed his PhD at the University of Reading in 1981. Prior to coming to Adelaide in 1984, he held academic positions in The Netherlands, the UK and Queensland. Stephen became South Australia's first Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in 1990. He held the chair of planning for 20 years until he left the University of South Australia to become a full-time Commissioner of the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia in February 2010. The title of Emeritus Professor was conferred by the university in August of the same year. Stephen Hamnett is also a Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and was given that Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. Stephen's longstanding research interests focus on Asian cities, planning law and metropolitan planning. In 2013 his book 'Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience' (with Dean Forbes) was published internationally by Routledge UK and in 2016 he co-edited a special issue of the international journal Built Environment on 'Australian Cities in the 21st Century'. In November 2017 Stephen Hamnett was awarded the prestigious Australian Cities Research Network (ACRN) Urban Research Medal for distinguished service to urban scholarship and practice in Australia. His book on 'Planning Metropolitan Australia', co-edited with long-term collaborator Professor Robert Freestone of UNSW, was published in 2018 and won the Planning Institute of Australia's 'Cutting Edge Research And Teaching Award' in November 2018. Stephen was a visiting professor at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at the Singapore University of Technology & Design in 2017 and 2018. His most recent book, with Belinda Yuen, entitled 'Planning Singapore: The Experimental City' was published by Routledge in 2019 and launched at a ceremony in Singapore in December of that year. A new paperback edition of the book was published in 2021.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Reading
Master of Arts University of Oxford
Bachelor of Arts University of Oxford
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included.
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2019 |
Hamnett, S & Yuen, B 2019, Planning Singapore: the experimental city, Routledge, US.
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| 2011 |
Hamnett, S & Forbes, D 2011, Planning Asian cities: risks and resilience, Routledge, UK.
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| 2023 |
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
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| Department of Transport Energy and Infrastructure - South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Singapore University of Technology | SINGAPORE |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Urban Research MedalAustralian Cities Research Network (ACRN) |
2017 |
CommissionerSA Environment Resources and Development Court |
2015 |
Lifetime Achievement AwardPlanning Institute Australia |
2015 |
Life Fellow, Planning Institute of Australia
Presiding Member, Adelaide Hills Council Assessment Panel
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| An examination of the response of South Australia's coastal communities to rising sea levels: who's taking charge? | Completed |
| E-education: telecommuting potential in a higher education institute in Malaysia | Completed |
| Entrepreneurial governance and the green imperative: a critique of the environmental (re)scripting of Port Adelaide and Mawson Lakes, South Australia | Completed |
| Investigating travel choice in a suburban rail corridor: an Adelaide case study | Completed |
| Justice for all? The construction and validation of 'justice' in planning | Completed |
| The challenge of integrating affordable housing in transit-oriented development | Completed |
| The role of local government to support community carbon reduction: an analysis of capacity to act and climate change governance | Completed |
