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Renee Zahnow
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# Renee Zahnow

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/12763
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60445

Associate Professor

# Renee Zahnow

Email:
:   [r.zahnow@uq.edu.au](mailto:r.zahnow@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 336 52167](tel:+61 7 336 52167)

## Positions

Core Member of Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing
:   Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
:   Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
:   Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Affiliate of Social Identity and Groups Network (SIGN) Research Centre
:   Social Identity and Groups Network
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Associate Professor
:   School of Social Science
:   Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

## Overview

### Background

Dr Renee Zahnow is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on place-based patterns of crime and victimisation; she is particularly interested in understanding the link between the regularities of daily human mobility, social and behavioural norms and the propensity for crime and deviance. She has published in various journals, including Criminology, Urban Studies, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Environment and Behavior and Crime and Delinquency.

Dr Zahnow has worked across a range of research projects including program evaluations and random-control trials. She has spatial and longitudinal modelling expertise and experience in working with police, ambulance and hospital data. She has established working ties with industry partners and international colleagues. Renee has expert knowledge in areas of environmental and urban criminology, social norms and collective social processes, youth and deviance and substance use.

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### Availability

Associate Professor Renee Zahnow is:
:   Not available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Qualifications

- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctoral Diploma, The University of Queensland

### Research interests

- #### Spatial Data analysis

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- #### Environmental Criminology

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- #### Urban Spaces and Sociability

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- #### Routine daily mobility

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- #### Longitudinal and big data analysis

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## Works

[Search Professor Renee Zahnow’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/77974)

[All
(128)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/12763/all)
[Journal Article
(87)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/12763/4748)
[Other Outputs
(9)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/12763/4749)
[Conference Publication
(27)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/12763/4751)
[Book Chapter
(5)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/12763/4752)

2026

Journal Article

##### Social pandemic? The effect of COVID-19 on familiar stranger encounters in a public transit network

Zahnow, Renee and Corcoran, Jonathan (2026). Social pandemic? The effect of COVID-19 on familiar stranger encounters in a public transit network. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 204 104793, 104793-204. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2025.104793

[Social pandemic? The effect of COVID-19 on familiar stranger encounters in a public transit network](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a20a053)

2025

Journal Article

##### Public open space, adverse live events and psychological distress in Melbourne, Australia

Ambrey, Christopher L. and Zahnow, Renee (2025). Public open space, adverse live events and psychological distress in Melbourne, Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning, 263 105443, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105443

[Public open space, adverse live events and psychological distress in Melbourne, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:672ee48)

2025

Journal Article

##### Understanding the impact of social connectedness on health and well-being among refugees in Australia

Song, Jingyeong, Corcoran, Jonathan and Zahnow, Renee (2025). Understanding the impact of social connectedness on health and well-being among refugees in Australia. Journal of Refugee Studies, 38 (4), 933-952. doi: 10.1093/jrs/feaf036

[Understanding the impact of social connectedness on health and well-being among refugees in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:33e97e3)

2025

Journal Article

##### Climate change inequalities: a systematic review of disparities in access to mitigation and adaptation measures

Zahnow, Renee, Rad Yousefnia, Ali, Hassankhani, Mahnoosh and Cheshmehzangi, Ali (2025). Climate change inequalities: a systematic review of disparities in access to mitigation and adaptation measures. Environmental Science & Policy, 165 104021, 104021-165. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104021

[Climate change inequalities: a systematic review of disparities in access to mitigation and adaptation measures](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a73a3a7)

2025

Journal Article

##### The resettlement journey: understanding the role of social connectedness on well-being and life satisfaction among (im)migrants and refugees: a systematic review

Song, Jingyeong, Corcoran, Jonathan and Zahnow, Renee (2025). The resettlement journey: understanding the role of social connectedness on well-being and life satisfaction among (im)migrants and refugees: a systematic review. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 12 (4), 2128-2144. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02036-7

[The resettlement journey: understanding the role of social connectedness on well-being and life satisfaction among (im)migrants and refugees: a systematic review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8289918)

2024

Journal Article

##### Social infrastructure, social cohesion and subjective wellbeing

Zahnow, Renee (2024). Social infrastructure, social cohesion and subjective wellbeing. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 7 100210, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2024.100210

[Social infrastructure, social cohesion and subjective wellbeing](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:73e5afe)

2024

Journal Article

##### Please mind the gap: examining regional variations in private vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption—The case of Australia

Lim, Kai Li, Lu, Ying, Kimpton, Anthony, Zahnow, Renee, Li, Tiebei, Dodson, Jago, Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). Please mind the gap: examining regional variations in private vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption—The case of Australia. Journal of Transport Geography, 121 104023, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.104023

[Please mind the gap: examining regional variations in private vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption—The case of Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:620688f)

2024

Journal Article

##### The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on crime across the world

Trajtenberg, N., Fossati, S., Diaz, C., Nivette, A. E., Aguilar, R., Ahven, A., Andrade, L., Amram, S., Ariel, B., Arosemena Burbano, M. J., Astolfi, R., Baier, D., Bark, H. M., Beijers, J. E.H., Bergman, M., Borges, D., Breetzke, G., Cano, I., Concha Eastman, I. A., Curtis-Ham, S., Davenport, R., Droppelman, C., Fleitas, D., Gerell, M., Jang, K. H., Kääriäinen, J., Lappi-Seppälä, T., Lim, W. S., Loureiro Revilla, R. ... Eisner, M. P. (2024). The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on crime across the world. Crime Science, 13 (1) 22, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s40163-024-00220-y

[The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on crime across the world](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c6bc846)

2024

Journal Article

##### Mapping and measuring neighbourhood social media groups. The case of facebook

Zahnow, Renee, Verrier, Jeremy, Hames, Sam and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). Mapping and measuring neighbourhood social media groups. The case of facebook. Applied Geography, 172 103415, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103415

[Mapping and measuring neighbourhood social media groups. The case of facebook](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a383e46)

2024

Journal Article

##### The importance of public familiarity for sense of belonging in Brisbane neighborhoods

Zahnow, Renee and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). The importance of public familiarity for sense of belonging in Brisbane neighborhoods. Journal of Urban Affairs. doi: 10.1080/07352166.2024.2407355

[The importance of public familiarity for sense of belonging in Brisbane neighborhoods](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:85fd922)

2024

Journal Article

##### Locality‐based social media: The impact of content consumption and creation on perceived neighborhood crime, safety, and offline crime prevention

Zahnow, Renee and Smith, Naomi (2024). Locality‐based social media: The impact of content consumption and creation on perceived neighborhood crime, safety, and offline crime prevention. Journal of Community Psychology, 52 (7), 895-909. doi: 10.1002/jcop.23135

[Locality‐based social media: The impact of content consumption and creation on perceived neighborhood crime, safety, and offline crime prevention](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:03b60cf)

2024

Journal Article

##### Reimagining the familiar stranger as a source of security: generating guardianship through everyday mobility

Zahnow, Renee and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). Reimagining the familiar stranger as a source of security: generating guardianship through everyday mobility. Security Journal, 37 (3), 432-450. doi: 10.1057/s41284-024-00437-1

[Reimagining the familiar stranger as a source of security: generating guardianship through everyday mobility](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7dbaffa)

2024

Journal Article

##### From communal places to comfort zones: Familiar stranger encounters in everyday life as a form of belonging

Zahnow, Renee and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). From communal places to comfort zones: Familiar stranger encounters in everyday life as a form of belonging. Urban Studies, 62 (4), 754-771. doi: 10.1177/00420980241265033

[From communal places to comfort zones: Familiar stranger encounters in everyday life as a form of belonging](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fe5eb0a)

2024

Journal Article

##### Active guardianship in urban public places: place attachment and social cohesion

Zahnow, Renee (2024). Active guardianship in urban public places: place attachment and social cohesion. Psychology, Crime & Law. doi: 10.1080/1068316x.2024.2368568

[Active guardianship in urban public places: place attachment and social cohesion](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:be18e93)

2024

Journal Article

##### Place type or place function: what matters for place attachment?

Zahnow, Renee (2024). Place type or place function: what matters for place attachment?. American Journal of Community Psychology, 73 (3-4), 446-460. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12722

[Place type or place function: what matters for place attachment?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a9e0795)

2024

Journal Article

##### Well-being from nature exposure depends on socio-environmental contexts in Paraguay

Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Fuller, Richard A. and Zahnow, Renee (2024). Well-being from nature exposure depends on socio-environmental contexts in Paraguay. Nature Cities, 1 (5), 335-345. doi: 10.1038/s44284-024-00058-0

[Well-being from nature exposure depends on socio-environmental contexts in Paraguay](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:996fccf)

2024

Journal Article

##### Virtual reality for nature experiences

Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Zahnow, Renee, O’Bryan, Christopher J. and Fuller, Richard A. (2024). Virtual reality for nature experiences. Nature Human Behaviour, 8 (6), 1-3. doi: 10.1038/s41562-024-01857-0

[Virtual reality for nature experiences](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:67f997b)

2023

Journal Article

##### How policy influences aggression in nightlife spaces: a proposed core aggression cycle

Taylor, Nicholas, Miller, Peter, Zahnow, Renee, Mayshak, Richelle, Ferris, Jason and Coomber, Kerri (2023). How policy influences aggression in nightlife spaces: a proposed core aggression cycle. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 84 (4), 624-635. doi: 10.15288/jsad.22-00358

[How policy influences aggression in nightlife spaces: a proposed core aggression cycle](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b6298d0)

2023

Journal Article

##### Examining regularity in vehicular traffic through Bluetooth scanner data: Is the daily commuter the regular road user?

Zahnow, Renee and Abewickrema, Wanuji (2023). Examining regularity in vehicular traffic through Bluetooth scanner data: Is the daily commuter the regular road user?. Journal of Transport Geography, 109 103578, 103578. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103578

[Examining regularity in vehicular traffic through Bluetooth scanner data: Is the daily commuter the regular road user?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:05b5368)

2023

Journal Article

##### Examining train stations as crime generators and the protective effect of “regular” riders

Zahnow, Renee (2023). Examining train stations as crime generators and the protective effect of “regular” riders. Crime and Delinquency, 71 (6-7), 001112872311607-1905. doi: 10.1177/00111287231160737

[Examining train stations as crime generators and the protective effect of “regular” riders](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f1bb9b2)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2024 - 2027

  T4-A6 Evaluating the Resilient Homes Fund

  Natural Hazards Research Australia

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60445)

### Past funding

- 2023 - 2024

  Community crime prevention: Understanding the link between online crime-talk and offline guardianship behaviours

  UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/55847)
- 2021 - 2023

  Longitudinal and spatial database of vehicle ownership and energy consumption

  Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/52406)
- 2021 - 2024

  Safety For All: Target Hardening for Australian Communities

  Neighbourhood Watch Australasia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58947)
- 2021 - 2023

  Evaluation of Blue EDGE Project Scope

  Queensland Blue Light Association Incorporated

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/50305)
- 2020 - 2025

  Preventing crime in public spaces: everyday guardianship & territoriality

  ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/38553)
- 2020 - 2021

  Review of the Triage Referral and Investigative Support Tool (TRIST)

  Australian Federal Police

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43485)
- 2019 - 2020

  Neighbourhood Watch and community participation in crime prevention

  Neighbourhood Watch Australasia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37754)
- 2017 - 2018

  Evaluation of the Queensland Government's Tackling Alcohol-fuelled Violence Policy (DPC-15-2016)

  Deakin University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/33338)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Associate Professor Renee Zahnow is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Effects of Community Support on Violence against Immigrant and Refugee Women in Australia

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Jonathan Corcoran](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1577), [Dr Rennie Lee](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29048)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Youth Offending in Queensland: Correlates of justice, taxonomy of offending, and pathways to desistance.

  Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Cultural variation in connection to urban nature

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Richard Fuller](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1992)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Uncovering State Terrorism in Indonesia: CSOs' Vital Role in Deradicalizing, Disengaging and Rehabilitating Extremists

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Adrian Cherney](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1532)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Ageing in Suburbia: Adaptive agency as a socio-spatial practice in later life

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Peter Walters](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1414)

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#### Completed supervision

- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Changes in Immigrant Threat Perceptions and Support for Restrictive Immigration and Refugee & Asylum Seekers Policies in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f1a5e93)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Suzanna Fay](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2281)
- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### ["Disaster Strains" : An exploratory, comparative, thematic analysis, of the 2010-11 Brisbane floods and COVID-19 pandemic, through the theoretical lenses of Agnew's General Strain Theory.](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:dd9367b)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Jonah Rimer](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24497), [Associate Professor Suzanna Fay](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2281)
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Urban nature health effects moderated by stressful contexts](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6960332)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Richard Fuller](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1992)
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Understanding the Progression to Violence: Background Characteristics and Risk Factors for Radicalisation to Violent Extremism](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:72ca640)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Adrian Cherney](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1532)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Crime, Perceptions of Safety, and Public Transit Ridership: A Space-Time Approach](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:10a546e)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Jonathan Corcoran](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1577)
- 2020

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [`Conservation' Criminology: Understanding and Preventing Illegal Fishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:940bed8)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Lorraine Mazerolle](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1074)
- 2017

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The Immigration-Crime Myth: Exploring the Impact of Immigration on Neighbourhood Violence](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:684766)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Jonathan Corcoran](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1577)

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## Media

### Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Renee Zahnow directly for media enquiries about:

- community
- crime
- delinquency
- mobility
- neighborhood
- population health
- resilience
- social ties
- youth

#### Need help?

For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team:

[communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-9443)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/ )
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55634491700)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=eirl5NAAAAAJ)

## Personal links

- [Help-seeking among steroid users (presentation Steroid Conference 2016)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQiZ4gGflKo)
- [Australian Community Capacity Study](http://www.uq.edu.au/accs)

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