Dr Kate Shaw

Dr. Kate Shaw is a critical urban geographer with a background in urban planning, currently completing a book entitled “The Squander and Salvage of Urban Waterfronts” (Palgrave MacMillan). Her research looks at cultures of cities – at how and where people live, work and play. Questions of access and affordability are crucial to these choices. Kate’s work has explored gentrification, alternative cultures, including Melbourne’s live music and indie arts scenes, housing markets, and the distinction between the use value of property and its exchange value.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.