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Dr Mike Harris

Dr Mike Harris

Senior Lecturer
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Built Environment

Mike is Associate Director of Mobility with the City Futures Research Centre and Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at 黑料网大事记鈥檚 School of Built Environment. With a professional background in public domain and urban design practice, and over a decade in academia, he brings a pragmatic, applied perspective to research and teaching. His work focuses on policy, governance, network planning, and streetscape design to help normalise micromobility as a safe, convenient, and enjoyable everyday mode of travel. He also investigates precinct- and neighbourhood-scale urban projects, examining how large-scale initiatives are reconciled with strategic infrastructure delivery, liveability objectives, and equitable urban access. Alongside his academic research, Mike advises government and private sector clients on micromobility planning and infrastructure design.
E-mail
mike.harris@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore,
  • Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, 'Barangaroo, Sydney', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 223 - 279,
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, 'Battery Park City, New York', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 23 - 68,
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, 'Conclusions', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 329 - 363,
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, 'Docklands, Melbourne', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 125 - 169,
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, 'Hudson Yards, New York', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 171 - 222,
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, 'Introduction', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 1 - 21,
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, 'North Harbour, Copenhagen', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 281 - 328,
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Harris MS, 2025, '脴restad, Copenhagen', in Mixed-Use Megaprojects and the Competitive City, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 69 - 124,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Harris M, 2022, 'Bicycle infrastructure and street politics Sydneys flagship cycleway to covid-19 pop-ups', in Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research, pp. 50 - 64,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Harris M, 2018, 'Coding the "Authenti-city": North Harbour and the 脜rhusgade Quarter, Copenhagen', in Laura L; Shannon B (ed.), Planning for AuthentiCITIES, edn. 1, Routledge, New York, pp. 287 - 308
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Harris MS, 2018, 'Barangaroo: Machiavellian megaproject or erosion of intent?', in Ruming K (ed.), Urban Regeneration in Australia Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change, Routledge, New York, pp. 111 - 134,
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Evans C; Harris MS; Taufen A; Livesley SJ; Crommelin L, 2025, 'What does it mean for a transitioning urban waterfront to 鈥渨ork鈥 from a sustainability perspective?', Journal of Urbanism, 18, pp. 349 - 372,
    Journal articles | 2025
    Harris MS; Harvey J; Roberts L; Lee JB; Pettit C, 2025, 'Community perceptions on the contribution of bicycle paths to street quality in cities new to cycling infrastructure', Case Studies on Transport Policy, 21,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Winters M; Fuller D; Cloutier MS; Harris MA; Howard A; Kestens Y; Kirk S; Macpherson A; Moore S; Rothman L; Shareck M; Tomasone JR; Laberee K; Stephens ZP; Sones M; Ayton D; Batomen B; Bell S; Collins P; Diab E; Giles AR; Hagel BE; Harris MS; Harris P; Lachapelle U; Manaugh K; Mitra R; Muhajarine N; Myrdahl TM; Pettit CJ; Pike I; Skouteris H; Wachsmuth D; Whitehurst D; Beck B, 2024, 'Building CapaCITY/脡 for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities', BMJ Open, 14,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Harris M; McCue P, 2023, 'Pop-Up Cycleways: How a COVID-19 鈥淧olicy Window鈥 Changed the Relationship Between Urban Planning, Transport, and Health in Sydney, Australia', Journal of the American Planning Association, 89, pp. 240 - 252,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hawken S; Avazpour B; Harris M; Marzban A; Munro PG, 2021, 'Urban megaprojects and water justice in Southeast Asia: Between global economies and community transitions', Cities, 113, pp. 103068 - 103068,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Harris MS, 2017, 'Competitive Precinct Projects: The five consistent criticisms of 鈥済lobal鈥 mixed-use megaprojects', Project Management Journal, 48, pp. 76 - 92
  • Reports | 2021
    Roberts L; Harris M, 2021, Designing for the 鈥業nterested but Concerned鈥: A literature review on cycling infrastructure design
    Reports | 2019
    Harris M, 2019, Hornsby Park Access & Circulation Investigation
    Reports | 2019
    Hawken S; Avazpour B; Harris M; Marzban A, 2019, The Impacts of Urban Megaprojects on Water and Sanitation Related Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Urban Water Resilience Lab 黑料网大事记, 黑料网大事记 Sydney, ,
    Reports | 2019
    Padgett Kjaersgaard S; Evans C; Harris M, 2019, Guide to Low Carbon Landscapes, http://builtbetter.org/node/7832,
    Reports | 2018
    Harris M, 2018, Kunshan West Slow Movement Strategy, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2018
    Harris MS, 2018, 黑料网大事记 BE LuminoCity Exhibition, 黑料网大事记 BE LuminoCity Exhibition, 01 September 2018 - 07 December 2018, at: https://www.be.unsw.edu.au/event/luminocity-2018
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2017
    Lochhead H; Harris M; Evans C; Tyrell M; Padgett Kjaersgaard SR, 2017, 2017 International Festival of Landscape Architecture, 2017 International Festival of Landscape Architecture, Overseas Passenger Terminal Circular Quay, 13 October 2017 - 14 October 2017, medium: Conference, at: http://www.aila.org.au/the3rdcity
    Creative Written Works | 2016
    Harris MS, 2016, Reconfiguring Sydney Streets: Copenhagen case studies and Sydney adaptations, Reconfiguring Sydney Streets: Copenhagen case studies and Sydney adaptations, Sustainable Transport Consultants,
    Creative Written Works | 2014
    Harris M; Simpson R; Phibbs P; Walton J, 2014, A guide to achieving good outcomes in precincts (the Bays in particular), The Fifth Estate,
  • Media | 2020
    Harris M, 2020, Are Pop Up Parks a New Way to Save Space, 2SER 107.3, ,
    Media | 2020
    Harris M, 2020, Radio interview: What does COVID mean for the CBD?, ,
    Media | 2020
    Harris M, 2020, Radio panel: The shift to more people riding bikes during and post COVID, ,
    Media | 2020
    Harris M, 2020, Sydney planning must focus on people, not cars, ,
    Media | 2020
    Harris M, 2020, The car is not our master - let's reclaim the streets for walk and play, ,
    Media | 2020
    Harris M, 2020, Will we reinvent Sydney's urbanity with work flexibility?, ,
    Media | 2019
    Harris M, 2019, Australian cities pay the price for blocking council input to projects that shape them, ,
    Media | 2019
    Harris M, 2019, Radio interview: Government roles in mixed-use megaprojects on public land, ABC, Sydney,

2026-2029 Project Delivery Harmonisation for Urban Micromobility Infrastructure
Project Partners: Australian Research Council, Vivendi Cities, Committee for Sydney, Cycling and Walking Australia and New Zealand (CWANZ), Transport for NSW
黑料网大事记 CIs: Mike Harris
Grant value:聽$365,100

2021-2023 Interactively Visualising Street聽Design Scenarios for Communicating聽Bike Infrastructure Options to聽Communities and Policymakers
Project Partners: Transport for NSW, iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre聽
黑料网大事记 CIs: Mike Harris (lead), Chris Pettit, Brian Lee, Vinayak Dixit
Grant value:聽$300,000

2019-2020 Hornsby Quarry Park Sustainable Access and Circulation Investigation
Project Partner: Hornsby Shire Council
黑料网大事记 CI: Mike Harris
Grant value: $49,800

2019 Guide to聽Low Carbon Landscapes
Project Partner: Collaborative research Centre (CRC) for Low Carbon Landscapes
黑料网大事记 CIs: Sara Padget-Kjearsgaard (lead), Mike Harris, Catherine Evans
Grant value: $10,000

2018 Kunshan West Slow Movement Strategy
Project Partner: Collaborative research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities & Realm Studios
黑料网大事记 CI: Mike Harris
Grant value: $5,200

AWARDS & HONOURS

2021 - Cycling advisor on one of three teams shortlisted for the Sydney Harbour Bridge Northern Cycleway Ramp design competition, with Realm Studios.

2020 -聽Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Award for Research, Policy and Communication:聽CRC For Low Carbon Living:聽Guide to Low Carbon Landscapes

2014-2015 - Waverley Council Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee

2014 -聽Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Postgraduate Scholarship

2014聽-聽Urban and Regional Planning Research Scholarship 鈥Awarded every alternate year to a commencing Doctor of Philosophy student of exceptional research promise, with a focus on city form and urban infrastructure.鈥澛

2014 - Lindsay Robertson Memorial Award聽 鈥Awarded every alternate year to encourage a 黑料网大事记 graduate in Landscape Architecture to undertake postgraduate study or research in Australia or overseas.鈥

2013 - Marjory and Lloyd Rees Prize for Urban Design

2013 - Invited as keynote speaker at UK national conference 'Cycle City' in Birmingham

2012 - Invited speaker and facilitator on urban mobility at the BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin: "A mobile laboratory travelling around the world to inspire innovative ideas for urban design and urban life."

2009 -聽Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Future Leaders Awards

2007 -聽Hassell Travelling Scholarship 鈥Awarded by HASSELL panel of directors for best graduating Landscape Architecture design project in Australia.鈥

My Research Supervision

Ela Glogowska -聽The cultural potential of the public square. The formation, use and meaning of urban public space in a densifying Sydney.

Josh Hernandez - Enabling the implementation of urban sound planning.

Kevin Cherian -聽Mega-events and Global Cities: Planning towards Sustainable Global Cities.

My Teaching

LAND2411 Urban Landscape Design Studio

LAND2421 Urban Public Domain Studio

LAND7201 Public Realm Studio