Dr Christopher Standen
PhD
Master of Environmental Management
BSc (Hons.) Physics, computer science
I am a Research Fellow in urban development in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney.
I have two core research interests. First, improving decision making methods and tools used in urban planning (e.g., cost benefit analysis, health impact assessment and environmental impact assessment) - to better account for, and communicate, health and sustainability costs and benefits. Second, reorienting the focus of urban planning/transport education - away from speed and "travel time savings", and towards equity of access, health, liveability and sustainability.
I have a passion for teaching, evidenced by awards and consistently high student satisfaction scores. I am regularly invited by major media outlets to comment on urban planning and transport issues.
My areas of expertise include transport/land use planning, travel behaviour, health/environmental impact assessment, environmental management, planning law, welfare economics, econometrics, spatial data analytics, and data science.
Teaching experience includes transport policy, health impact assessment, supply chain planning/design, GIS/spatial data analytics, quantitative analysis for transport and logistics, data science, health inequalities, and visual data analytics.
Editorial board member for Oxford Open Infrastructure and Health and the Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research.
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
CPHCE Research Stream Seed Funding Scheme. "Embedding health literacy into urban planning education" (2023).
NSW Ministry of Health. “NSW Active Transport Health Model Phase 3” (2021).
Healthy Urban Environments Collaboratory Seed Funding Scheme. "Waterloo housing estate redevelopment: Longitudinal assessment/study of residents’ health needs and circumstances (pilot project)" (2020).
University of Sydney Business School Pilot Research Grant. "Looking for Positives: Health, Wellbeing and Active Transport Following a Pandemic" (2020).
Charles Perkins Centre Seed Funding Scheme. “Evaluation of the health impact of new urban motorway infrastructure” (2019).
City of Sydney Environmental Grants Program. “Profiling of George Street cycleway users for a community social marketing program” (2014).
Sydney Local Health District Innovation and Excellence Award: Health Innovation and Research, Highly Commended (2023)
Dean's Citation for Teaching, University of Sydney Business School (2020)
Australian Postgraduate Award Industry Scholarship (2013)
Expert witness
- NSW Parliament Inquiry into the impact of the Rozelle Interchange, May 2024
Consulting
- Health impact assessment for Sydney Metro West project
- Economic Active Transport Project to deliver a best-practice method to cost the health benefits of active transport in NSW
In the media
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The Sydney Morning Herald, July 18, 2024:
Rozelle Interchange has taken a toll, but for Sydney transport, the road ahead looks grim -
ABC NewsRadio, March 11, 2024:
Health impacts of SUVs -
news.com.au, December 7, 2023:
Urban planning expert says Rozelle interchange working as planned, despite chaos and community outrage -
The Sydney Morning Herald, December 6, 2023:
The Rozelle interchange is working exactly as planned -
ABC News, December 5, 2023:
Rozelle Interchange design issues will be a problem for Sydney's future, experts say -
The World Today, ABC Radio National, December 4, 2023:
Urgent changes being made to Australia's newest motorway maze -
The Sydney Morning Herald, March 14, 2022:
Brace yourself Sydney for more transport chaos -
The Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 23, 2019:
The M4 East: so much pain and public expense and for what? -
The Conversation, May 10, 2018:
Why the need for speed? Transport spending priorities leave city residents worse off -
The Conversation, Sep 7, 2017:
People take to their bikes when we make it safer and easier for them -
The Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 18, 2016:
Who’s planning Sydney? Not Lucy Turnbull, as Haberfield shows -
The Sydney Morning Herald, May 12, 2016:
Sydney needs congestion on its roads so we don't have complete gridlock
My Teaching
Teaching experience includes:
- Transport policy
- Health impact assessment
- Environmental health
- Supply chain planning/design
- GIS/spatial data analytics
- Quantitative methods for transport/logistics
- Inequalities, inequities and health
- Data science
- Visual data analytics