Dr. Vivian Romero
Lecturer - Public HealthSchool of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
My academic and professional achievements focus on methods of community engagement to understand and promote healthy, stimulating and resilient places. I have worked in the US, Philippines and UK to enliven people’s capacities to create and promote enduring spaces of individual and communal wellbeing. My doctoral thesis used a social-ecological lens to assess how the physical and social environment contributes to children’s active school travel as well as to explore the diverse and complex interpretations that children possess about walking. I am currently focused on innovation in public health, specifically, how we might improve the processes of community engagement through design thinking.
Awards
Advance Higher Education Fellowship
Professional Experience
Professional Memberships
Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia, Deputy Chair Early Career Academic Committee
Victorian Local Governance Association Child-Friendly Cities and Communities Advisory Committee
Child-friendly Cities Initiative Regional Network (Asia-Pacific)
Project for Public Spaces Placemaking Leadership Council
Professional Interests
Community engagement
Placemaking
Play
Human-centred design thinking
Child-friendly cities
Industry Reports
2007 Corkery, L., Grant, A., Roche, B., & Romero, V. ‘They should fix the crack’: Reflections on the built environment in the middle school years. Prepared for the NSW Architects Registration Board.
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 4206 Public health
- 3304 Urban and Regional Planning
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Urban and Regional Planning - Urban planning and health
Community engagement; neighbourhood environment
Other Education - Other education not elsewhere classified
Public health - Public health not elsewhere classified
Human-centred design thinking, participatory health research; active transport; play
