Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
History, Archaeology, Indigenous Studies and Geography
Gerti Szili is a Human Geographer with a background in urban and regional planning, environmentaI studies and anthropology. Her core research interests lie in investigating urban and regional regeneration practice and governance and understanding how communities negotiate landscapes in transition.
Other research interests include urban entrepreneurialism, tourism, environmental philosophy and politics, greenwash, place making and city marketing, sustainable development - theory & practice, qualitative research methodologies, and constructivist pedagogy.
BA (Environmental Studies & Anthropology) University of Adelaide
BA (Environmental Studies - Hons 1st Class) University of Adelaide
PhD (Urban & Regional Planning) University of South Australia
Thesis: Entrepreneurial governance and the green imperative: a critique of the environmental rescripting of Port Adelaide and Mawson Lakes, South Australia.
Discipline Lead, Geography
Human & Urban Geography; Environmental Studies; Urban & Regional Planning; Sustainable Development - Theory, Policy & Practice; Tourism.
Elected Councillor - The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia
Co-editor South Australian Geographical Journal
Full Academic Member, Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)