Research output per year
Research output per year
The University of Western Australia (M098), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Dr. Mariana Atkins is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact UWA since 2018. She is a human geographer and planner who has been involved in conducting evaluations and research projects across various areas including financial resilience and disasters, ageing and aged care, homelessness, unemployment and disability. Mariana has experience in program and evaluation design and the development of quantitative and qualitative research methods, and teaches in the Outcomes Measurement courses.
Mariana has extensive research and planning experience in developed and developing countries. She has a PhD. in Geography and Planning from the University of Western Australia, an MSc. (Distinction) in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and a BA(Hons) in Geography from University College London. Mariana is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.
Disaster resilience and preparedness
Ageing, Age-friendly design, Healthy Active Ageing, Aged Care
Homelessness
Unemployment
Disability
Refugee and migrant communities
Transport planning
Urban design
Board member: PerthALIVE
Board member: ADFAS Perth
Mentor: CANWA Dream, Plan, Do
English
Spanish
Conversant in French
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Geography and Planning, PhD, The geography of ageing in the city: an analysis of population dynamics and policy responses in Perth, Western Australia, The University of Western Australia
Award Date: 25 Oct 2017
Social Policy and Planning, MSc. with Distinction, Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Award Date: 30 Sept 1989
Geography, BA (Hons), Human Geography, University College London
Research output: Book/Report › Report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Other output
Research output: Book/Report › Other output
Liu, E. (Creator), Chomik, R. (Creator), Sisson, A. (Creator), Atkins, M. (Creator) & Judd, B. (Creator), UNSW Press, 2020
https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/cityviz/ageing-australia/
Dataset
Flatau, P. (Investigator 01), Lester, L. (Investigator 02), Atkins, M. (Investigator 03) & Abdul-Wahed, S. (Investigator 04)
1/02/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Flatau, P. (Investigator 01), Atkins, M. (Investigator 02) & Kaleveld, L. (Investigator 03)
Goldfields Indigenous Housing Organisation
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Flatau, P. (Investigator 01), Kaleveld, L. (Investigator 02) & Atkins, M. (Investigator 03)
1/07/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Flatau, P. (Investigator 01), Lester, L. (Investigator 02), Atkins, M. (Investigator 03), O'Shaughnessy, D. (Investigator 04) & Lester, R. (Investigator 05)
Western Australian Council of Social Service
28/08/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Flatau, P. (Investigator 01), Atkins, M. (Investigator 02) & Kaleveld, L. (Investigator 03)
31/07/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research