Stephanie Wyeth
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Associate Professor
Stephanie Wyeth
Email: : s.wyeth@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 336 53880
Positions
Associate Professor : School of Architecture, Design and Planning : Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Overview
Background
Associate Professor Stephanie Wyeth is a academic within the Urban Planning Program, and Director of Engagement for the School of Architecture, Design and Planning.
Stephanie is an experienced urban and social planning practitioner with significant research, project and leadership experience in the public and private sectors. She joined The University of Queensland in 2019 following several years as a Director with a multidisciplinary planning and design firm, where she led projects focussed on complex social, urban planning and development issues. Her motivation for joining academia is a belief that a values-led and practice intensive university experience is critical if the next generation of urban planning professionals are to be equipped with the skills, knowledge and mindsets to lead, sustained positive change in our cities, towns and communities.
As a pracademic, Stephanie seeks to bridge the theory – practice divide, by promoting the exchange of knowledge, ideas and capabilities across university, industry and community. She regularly facilitates and brokers opportunities for the university’s world-leading researchers to share their expertise with government and community for projects with a strong public interest focus. Stephanie is regularly invited to join advisory forums and judging panels, and to speak at industry and community events.
Between 2016 – 2022 Stephanie served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the South Bank Corporation. In 2020 she was appointed a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia for services to the profession. Her most recent panel appointments include Logan Urban Design Awards, Lord Mayor’s Business Awards (Brisbane), and an advisory committee for a national design project.
Memberships
- Planning Institute of Australia
- Committee for Brisbane
Teaching Responsibilities
PLAN1000 The Planning Challenge (Course Coordinator and Lecturer – 2019 to date)
PLAN1100 Foundational Ideas in Planning (Course Coordinator and Lecturer – 2019 to 2024)
PLAN4001/PLAN7120 Citymaking: Theory and Practice (Course Coordinator and Lecturer – 2020-2022)
PLAN4100 Advanced Planning Practice (Course Coordinator and Lecturer – 2021 to date)
PLAN4130 | PLAN7130 Planning Industry Placements (Course Coordinator and Lecturer – 2019 to February 2025 (Semesters 1, 2 and Summer)
ADPS3300 | ADPS7300 Industry Placement (Course Coordinator and Lecturer - 2025 to date)
ENVM3103 Regulatory Frameworks for Environmental Management and Planning (Guest lecturer 2021-2023)
Various guest lectures providing insights into urban planning, employability and professional practice.
Student supervision for PHD, Honours and research projects
Awards
2025 Industry Engagement Award - Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
2025 Research Award - Citizen Science - Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
2022 Teaching Award - Planning Program, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
2022 Staff Award, Organisation of Planning Students
Service and Engagement
Director of Engagement – School of Architecture, Design and Planning (2023 to date)
Academic Advisor for Bachelor of Urban Planning / Regional and Town Planning (2021 to date)
Deputy Director of Engagement - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (2022 – 2023)
Co-founder and Director of UQ City Impact Lab (2021 to date)
Research Affiliate – UQ Sustainable Infrastructure Research Hub (since 2022)
Member - UQ Community Engagement Community of Practice – Leadership Group (since 2023)
Planning Institute of Australia (Qld) - Fellow
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Availability
Associate Professor Stephanie Wyeth is: : Available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Built Environment and Design Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services Commercial services Design Education Environmental Sciences Environmental assessment and monitoring Strategy, management and organisational behaviour Tourism Urban and regional planning Urban and regional planning not elsewhere classified Urban design
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Urban Research, Strategic Planning and Planning Practice
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Read more Read less - #### Placemaking for Impact / Strategic Interventions in Place
Read more Read less - #### Housing Policy, Planning and Practice / Inclusive Planning and Design
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Research impacts
Stephanie’s research activity focuses on the role of the built environment and planning practice in supporting equity, fairness and social inclusion. Her current collaborations address topics including: citymaking and urban governance, climate and flood resilience, lived experience, life in the suburbs, young people’s use of public space, women and safety in the city, affordable housing, planning policy and practice, planning and design innovation.
Stephanie is co-founder and co-director of the UQ City Impact Lab. Established in 2022, the lab links internationally recognised research and capability in urban change, sustainable development and city-making with government and industry. The research team provides independent insight and evidence-based analysis to help government, industry and community partners deliver policy and place-based solutions.
Recent research efforts supported by the lab include:
- Housing affordability: Housing demand drivers in Queensland
- Colouring Brisbane is a free knowledge exchange platform designed to provide over fifty types of open data on Brisbane buildings, to help make the city more sustainable – prototype platform
- Flood resilience and neighbourhood change – exploratory research and teaching-focussed investigations
- Small data modelling to support analysis of urban change and development dynamics
As an experienced practitioner with strong industry networks, Stephanie is regularly invited to engage with policy-makers and planning practitioners, as well as academic colleagues. In the role of facilitator, she has designed and led the delivery of a range of activities:
2018 UQ Placemaking Summit – Future Suburbs
2019 UQ Placemaking Summit - Climate Change
2020 Australia New Zealand Association of Planning Schools (ANZAPS) National Conference
2022 Launch of UQ City Impact Lab
Stephanie is also active with research consultancy, and supports community-led projects through research and engagement capabilities:
Current Projects
(2023) Zonta International, Queensland Walks and The University of Queensland: Safe Cities for women and girls – Night Walks initiative
(2022 to date) Love and Kindness Project - Co-founder with Dr Kali Marnane
(2022 to date) Sharing with Friends – Older Women’s Housing Project
(2021 to date) Communify Inc - Bindi Bindi Place
Completed Projects
Brisbane City Council Local Voluntary Review
(2023) ARUP and Aurecon (Consultancy Project)
In collaboration with Dr Cristyn Meath (UQ Sustainable Infrastructure Research Hub), the delivery of strategic advice and coordination of engagement with selected UQ Subject Matter Expert to inform completion of the UN-Habitat Sustainable Development Goals Voluntary Local Review and UN-Habitat Sustainable Development Goals Gold Certification.
Logan Economic Development Vision & Strategy
(2019-2021) Logan City Council
Research consortium with SGS Economics and Planning Pty Ltd, Griffith Business School - Policy Innovation Hub, and UQ Planning. Co-lead with Dr Laurel Johnson including the design and delivery of strategy co-design process.
Queensland Housing Strategy 2017 - 2027 Research and Evaluation Program
(2019–2021) Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works
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Works
Search Professor Stephanie Wyeth’s works on UQ eSpace
All (19) Journal Article (5) Other Outputs (11) Conference Publication (1) Book Chapter (2)
Featured
2023
Other Outputs
A Love And Kindness Project: Patternbook Volume 1
Marnane, Kali and Wyeth, Stephanie (2023). A Love And Kindness Project: Patternbook Volume 1. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
A Love And Kindness Project: Patternbook Volume 1
2025
Journal Article
Building to the lowest common denominator: how uncertainty of approval, cost and delays discourage housing diversity in infill development projects
Gallagher, Rachel, Sigler, Thomas, Wyeth, Stephanie and Liu, Yan (2025). Building to the lowest common denominator: how uncertainty of approval, cost and delays discourage housing diversity in infill development projects. Cities, 165 106095, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106095
2025
Journal Article
Do housing preferences reduce feasibility of densification? Perspectives of planning and development experts and residents
Gallagher, Rachel, Sigler, Thomas, Wyeth, Stephanie and Liu, Yan (2025). Do housing preferences reduce feasibility of densification? Perspectives of planning and development experts and residents. Australian Planner. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2025.2541094
2024
Journal Article
Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland
Alidoust, Sara, Wyeth, Stephanie, Reddel, Tim, Cornish, Gillian, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Johnson, Laurel and Shaweesh, Maram (2024). Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland. Australian Planner, 60 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2024.2309352
Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland
2024
Other Outputs
Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision
Baille, Anna, Olsen, Jonathan, Pearce, Anna, Irwin, Sarah, Pangbourne, Kate, Corcoran, Jonathan, Johnson, Laurel, Lisa McDaid, Reddel, Tim, Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie and Glasgow, Queensland and Leeds Health and Equity Initiative (2024). Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Glasgow. doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.339527
2024
Book Chapter
The Queensland suburb: a singular vision
Johnson, Laurel and Wyeth, Stephanie (2024). The Queensland suburb: a singular vision. The next Australian city. (pp. 140-150) edited by Guy Gibson and Ross Elliot. Cleveland, QLD Australia: Connor Court Publishing.
The Queensland suburb: a singular vision
2023
Journal Article
Practice reflections on the pandemic from South East Queensland
Wyeth, Stephanie (2023). Practice reflections on the pandemic from South East Queensland. Australian Planner, 60 (2), 134-139. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2023.2286232
Practice reflections on the pandemic from South East Queensland
2022
Other Outputs
Housing demand in Queensland: Ageing and Regional Change
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Zheng, Shuangshuang, Wyeth, Stephanie, Hensley, Melissa and Sigler, Thomas (2022). Housing demand in Queensland: Ageing and Regional Change. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia.
Housing demand in Queensland: Ageing and Regional Change
2021
Journal Article
Gender bias in the planning industry and planning outcomes
Sahama, Ishara, Wyeth, Stephanie and Pojani, Dorina (2021). Gender bias in the planning industry and planning outcomes. Australian Planner, 57 (3-4), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2021.2017994
Gender bias in the planning industry and planning outcomes
2021
Other Outputs
Synthesis evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy’s First Action Plan 2017-2020
Reddel, Tim, Verstege, Emily, Johnson, Laurel, Porter, Dave and Wyeth, Stephanie (2021). Synthesis evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy’s First Action Plan 2017-2020. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Synthesis evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy’s First Action Plan 2017-2020
2021
Book Chapter
Communicating urban research
Wyeth, Stephanie and Johnson, Laurel (2021). Communicating urban research. Methods in Urban Analysis. (pp. 191-205) edited by Scott Baum. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-1677-8_11
2020
Other Outputs
Yarrabilba Community Hub measurement and evaluation framework
Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie, Johnson, Laurel, Porter, Dave and Reddel, Tim (2020). Yarrabilba Community Hub measurement and evaluation framework. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Yarrabilba Community Hub measurement and evaluation framework
2020
Other Outputs
Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Assessment Framework
Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie, Johnson, Laurel, Porter, Dave and Reddel, Tim (2020). Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Assessment Framework. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Assessment Framework
2020
Other Outputs
Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Insights Briefing
Johnson, Laurel, Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie, Porter, Dave and Reddel, Tim (2020). Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Insights Briefing. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Insights Briefing
2020
Other Outputs
Interim progress analysis for the evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027
Reddel, Tim, Porter, Dave, Verstege, Emily, Johnson, Laurel, Wyeth, Stephanie, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Lam, Jack and Fullerton, Ken (2020). Interim progress analysis for the evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Department of Housing and Public Works.
Interim progress analysis for the evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027
2020
Other Outputs
Evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Emily Verstege, Tim Reddel, Mark Western, Laurel Johnson, Stephanie Wyeth, Elin Charles-Edwards, Jack Lam, Caroline Salom, Dave Porter and Andrew Hawkins (2020). Evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
2020
Other Outputs
Queensland Housing Strategy: evaluation of action plan 1 – interim analysis
Reddel, Tim, Verstege, Emily, Porter, Dave, Johnson, Laurel, Wyeth, Stephanie, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Lam, Jack and Fullerton, Ken (2020). Queensland Housing Strategy: evaluation of action plan 1 – interim analysis. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Queensland Housing Strategy: evaluation of action plan 1 – interim analysis
2020
Other Outputs
Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027 Research and Evaluation Program: Policy and Practice Review
Laurel Johnson, Stephanie Wyeth, Dave Porter and Tim Reddel (2020). Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027 Research and Evaluation Program: Policy and Practice Review. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027 Research and Evaluation Program: Policy and Practice Review
2012
Conference Publication
More substance than froth: the role of planning in creating a child and youth friendly community
Johnson, Laurel and Wyeth, Stephanie (2012). More substance than froth: the role of planning in creating a child and youth friendly community. Planning Institute of Australia (Qld) Annual Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 3-5 October 2012. Brisbane, Australia: Planning Institute of Australia, Queensland Division.
More substance than froth: the role of planning in creating a child and youth friendly community
Funding
Current funding
- 2024 - 2027
T4-A6 Evaluating the Resilient Homes Fund
Natural Hazards Research Australia
Past funding
- 2019 - 2021
Queensland Housing Strategy 2017 - 2027 Research and Evaluation Program
Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
- 2025
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Thomas Sigler
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Stephanie Wyeth directly for media enquiries about:
- child and youth friendly cities
- citymaking
- community benefit
- community planning
- placemaking
- property and development
- social impact
- urban planning
- women and cities
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