Professor Susan Thompson
Professor of Planning, City Futures Research Centre, School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW, Sydney

Susan Thompson is Professor of Planning and Associate Director (Healthy Built Environments), City Futures Research Centre in the School of Built Environment, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture at UNSW Sydney. Susan is an urban planner, academic and teacher having devoted over 30 years of service to UNSW. Susan is one of the first urban planners in Australia to advocate for the importance of healthy built environments, enhancing the strategic relationship between urban planning and public health. She has made significant contributions to the field’s research evidence base, interdisciplinary educational curriculum, and body of scholarship, impacting legislation, policy and practice. Susan has received numerous awards for her work, including the prestigious Sidney Luker Medal (2015) and the Australian Urban Research Medal (2017).