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Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Geographical Visualisation, The University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Chris Pettit is the Strategic Implementation Coordinator of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN), the University of Melbourne. He is Chair of the ISPRS working group on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality. He has published more than 100 papers in the areas of geographical visualization, e-research, spatial planning and decision support systems. His current research interests lie in the design of user-centric participatory planning tools which can be applied to a myriad of spatial planning problems including climate change adaptation and managing the built and urban environment.

Experience

  • –present
    Strategic Implementation Coordinator of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN), The University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2002 
    University of Queensland, PhD
  • 1998 
    University of Queensland, Masters RTP
  • 1996 
    University of Queensland, Post Dip GIS
  • 1995 
    University of Queensland, Bachelor RTP (Honours)