Dr Liz Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design
Monash University
Dr. Liz Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at Monash University. She has previously worked in research fellowship roles at RMIT and at Melbourne University. Often using spatial and historical perspectives, her research develops understanding of long-term urban change and the role of policy settings in it. Her research interests include car parking policies, liquor licensing history, Australia’s new city projects, affordable housing, and industrial land. She is the author of "Dry Zones: Planning and the hangovers of liquor licensing history", and host of podcast "This must be the place".
She grew up in Ballarat (Mount Clear) and is an enthusiast of country swimming pools.