Joined UNSW in 2001, on contract, as a Lecturer and Research Officer. Prior to an academic career in Australia, worked as a private planning consultant in Canada specialising in public involvement, facilitation and specialised research, with a focus on qualitative data management and analysis. Preceding that, was a community development facilitator in local government also in Canada for several years. This included working with grassroots organisation in an effort to more efficiently and effectively deliver parks, recreation and facilities within communities. The position also involved policy research and plan-making.
Nancy is an active member of both the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). Was the Chair and member of the Provincial Planning Education and Practice Review Committee for the Alberta Association, Canadian Institute of Planners from 1995-1997 which was the provincial, professional planning accreditation body for CIP. Was a national, Senior Editor for the professional planning Plan Canada from 1997-2002. Sat as a member of the quasi-judicial Subdivision and Development Appeal Board for the City of Calgary from 1994-1997.
Professional affiliation and membership
- Corporate Member, Planning Institute of Australia
Teaching
Urban Sociology, Integrated Planning · Communication, Local Planning, General City Planning, Social and Cultural Planning and Qualitative Methods. Also supervises thesis students.
Research
Research interests include public involvement and innovative research methods with the intent to inform social, public policy; state ideology and urban governance structures including professional organisations, and urban and regional migration patterns and motives within Australia, particularly regarding low-income support recipients. The latter interest was supported in 2002 and 2003 by two large AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute) grants. These migration studies focussed on housing and the net-welfare· benefits of living in both urban and rural localities.
Recent Publications
Papers & Book Chapters
Marshall, NG. & Steinmetz, CA., 2008, 'Y Planning Education', in Planning Education in a Globalised World, Conference Proceedings, ANZAPS Conference 2008, eds S. Thompson, N. Gurran, P. Phibbs and G. Searle, Sydney, Sydney, pp. 189 - 204
Marshall, NG. & Roberts, R., 2008, 'That Thing Called Public Involvement', in A Reader in Canadian Planning, eds Jill Grant, Thomson Nelson, US.
Wu, C., Marshall, NG., Corkery, LF., Evans, CB. & Zehner, RB. 'Urban Wetland Environment Management : Public perception and Evaluation'. In: Proceedings of CRIOCM 2007 International Research Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. Sydney, CRIOCM, UNSW and Shenzhen University, pp. 39 - 49 2007.
Quinlan, AM., Corkery, LF. & Marshall, NG. 'Revealing Student Perceptions of Excellence in Student Design Projects'. In: Proceedings of the ConnectED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, University of New South Wales, 9-12July, 2007. Sydney, UNSW, 2007.
Quinlan, AM., Corkery, LF. & Marshall, NG. 'Positioning the Design Tutor's presence in the Design Studio for successful student design learning'. In: Proceedings of the ConnectED 2007 International Conference on Design Education. Sydney, UNSW, 2007.
Marshall, NG. & Demirbilek, OR. 'Design and Non-Design Final Year Student Experiences in the Faculty of the Built Environment'. In: Proceedings of Connected 2007 International Conference on Design Education. UNSW, Sydeny, UNSW, 2007.
Burnley, IH., Marshall, NG., Murphy, PA. & Hugo, G. 'Housing Factors in Welfare Migration to and from Metropolitan Cities in Australia'. Urban Policy and Research 2007; 25(No. 3): pp. 287 - 304.
Marshall, NG. 'Planning as a Profession'. In: Susan Thompson, eds. Planning Australia: An Overview of Urban and Regional Planning. First. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Marshall, NG. & Zehner, RB. 'Community Participation: To be Involved or Not to be Involved - Is That the Question?'. In: Susan Thompson, eds. Planning Australia: An Overview of Urban and Regional Planning. First. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Marshall, NG., 2006, 'Cross-Disciplinary Design: Teaching, Learning and Professional Perspectives', in 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, eds Andrew Burge, Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 141 - 157
Marshall, NG., 2006, 'A History of National Urban Planning Practice and the Canadian Planning Profession', in 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, eds Andrew Burge, Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 83 - 103
Marshall, NG., Murphy, PA., Burnley, IH. & Hugo, G., 2006, 'Australian Intrastate Migration - The Story of Age Pensioners', in Australian Social Policy Journal, vol 2005, pp. 65 - 86.
Demirbilek, OR., Sener, B., Marshall, NG. & Jonker, A., 2004, 'A Rendevouz with the Cartoon Characters in Consumer Products', in Fourth International Design and Emotion Conference in Consumer Products, eds Aren Kurtgozu, Ankara; Middle East Technical University, Ankara, pp. 1 - 15
Burnley, IH., Marshall, NG., Murphy, PA. & Hugo, G., 2004, 'Why Sea Changers Move: Income Support Recipients', in Sea Change: Movement from Metropolitan to Arcadian Australia, eds , UNSW Press, Sydney, Australia.
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