Professor Jim Walmsley
Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
MA (Camb), PhD (ANU), MPIA, FASSA, FRGS Apptd January 1993
Contact
| Email: | dwalmsle@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Earth Sciences (C2) 325 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2863 (or +61 2 6773 2863 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3030 |
| Homepage: | http://www.une.edu.au/geoplan/Staff/JimWalmsleySummary.htm |
Jim was born in Lancashire, England, and did a degree at Cambridge University before migrating to Australia in 1968. After a PhD at the ANU in Canberra, he moved to a lectureship at UNE in 1971. He is now Professor of Geography and Planning.
Affiliations
He is a Member of the Planning Institute of Australia, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and Vice-President of the Institute of Australian Geographers.
Jim Walmsley has also been Editor of Australian Geographical Studies and on the Editorial Board of Geoforum, and Space and Polity. He is currently on the Editorial Board of The Australian Geographer and Vice-President of the Institute of Australian Geographers.Research interests
Jim’s research interests focus on two areas: urban living; and the significance of lifestyle, leisure, recreation and tourism in Australia. In terms of urban living, Jim is interested in (1) the way in which people cope with city living, (2) neighbourhoods and communities, (3) the way in which quality of life varies from place to place, and (4) the role of government in urban planning. In terms of lifestyle, leisure, recreation and tourism, Jim is interested in (1) the work-leisure collision, (2) the changing nature of leisure, (3) lifestyle-linked counter-urbanisation (both “sea change” and “tree change”), and (4) tourism’s role in regional development.
Consultancy
Jim is currently engaged in the following ARC projects: (1) ARC Discovery Grant 2005-2007 “Reinventing rural places? The extent and impact of festivals as regeneration strategies” (with Chris Gibson (UNSW), John Connell (Sydney), and Gordon Waitt (Wollongong)); and ARC Learned Academies Special Project 2005: “Patterns of population mobility and internal migration in Australia” (with the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia). Jim is also a member of the ARC Research Network for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences (ARCRNSISS, based at the University of Queensland).
Publications
Rolley, F., Walmsley, J., Weinard, H., 1999, Atlas of the Australian People, 1996 Census: New South Wales, Department of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs, Canberra, pp. 184,
Rolley, F., Walmsley, J., Weinard, H., 1999, , 1996 Census: Victoria, Department of Immigration, pp. 174,
Rolley, F., Walmsley, J., Weinard, H., 1999, Atlas of the Australian People, 1996 Census: Australian Capital Territory, Department of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs, Canberra, pp. 101,
Duncan, C., Epps, W.R., Walmsley, J., 1995, The NSW North Coast 1986-1991: who moved where, why amd with what effect, , AGPS, Canberra, pp. 96,
Linge, G.J.R., Walmsley, J., 1995, Global transformation and social development: an Australian perspective, Occasional Paper No.2, The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Canberra, pp. 79,
Sorensen, A., Walmsley, J., 1993, Contemporary Australia: explorations in economy, society and geography (2nd edition), , Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, pp. 397,
Walmsley, J., 1988, Urban living: the individual in the city, , Longman, London, pp. 204,
Lewis, G.J., Walmsley, J., 1993, People and environment: behavioural approaches in human geography, This is a substantially updated and revised version of an earlier book, Human geography: behavioural approaches, Longman, London, 1984 (with G.J. Lewis), Longman, London, pp. 285,
Walmsley, J., 1980, Social Justice and Australian Federalism, , Department of Geography & Planning, UNE, pp. 147,