
Ms Charmaine Thredgold
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
PhD Candidate
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Charmaine's PhD is part of the ARC Housing Energy Efficiency Transition research project. Her research is "Radical housing renovators and rule makers: rebellious retrofitting to achieve low-carbon urban transformation in Australian cities". She is supervised by Professor Emma Baker and Dr Lyrian Daniel. Publications are available through ORCID id.
Previously she was employed with the University of SA Business School and was the Research Fellow and project manager on an AHURI project on an effective homelessness services system; a project for the DSS reviewing tenancy laws as they relate to family and domestic violence; and the ARC Linkage project The Rise of the Consumer: Engagement of older people with Consumer Directed Care.
Prior to joining the University of South Australia, Charmaine took leave without pay from her position as Principal Planner in the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure to work at The University of Adelaide in the Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP). Charmaine’s main role with CHURP was to project manage Theme 6.1, Social profile of the Eyre Peninsula and west coast region: literature review and community analysis of the Great Australian Bight Research Program. She was lead author for the social profile and co-author of several other reports. Charmaine's research with CHURP also included: innovative case studies of recent homelessness initiatives; public housing transfers to community housing organisations; second homes; and the Kilburn and Blair Athol urban renewal project.
Charmaine has extensive research and practical experience in urban and regional planning; social analysis; urban design; structure planning; sustainable development; community engagement; developing urban and regional strategy and policy; and project management. Charmaine has 12 years' experience in strategic policy in the South Australian Government, including co-author of Prosperity through People: A Population Policy for SA (2004), draft Directions for creating a new Plan for Greater Adelaide (2009) and various volumes of the South Australian Planning Strategy.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2016 - 2017 Independent member, Development Assessment Panel City of Marion 2015 - 2019 Research Fellow University of South Australia 2015 - 2015 Research Fellow, Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP) University of Adelaide 2015 - 2015 Principal Planner, Structure Planning, Planning Division, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) 2013 - 2015 Research Fellow The University of Adelaide 2007 - 2013 Principal Planner, Structure Planning Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) 2005 - 2007 Senior Policy Officer Department of Trade and Economic Development (DTED) 2003 - 2004 Policy Officer Department of the Premier and Cabinet -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2002 - 2006 University of South Australia Australia Masters of Urban and Regional Planning 2000 - 2000 The Flinders University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Arts (Honours) 1994 - 1998 The Flinders University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Arts -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2022 Thredgold, C. J., Daniel, L., & Baker, E. (2022). Reducing everyday consumption: Mapping the landscape of grassroots social movements and activist households in Australia. Energy Research and Social Science, 91, 1-10.
2018 Pascoe, S., Beer, A., Michael, Y., & Steve, W. (2018). Establishing a social and economic baseline prior to the development of an offshore oil industry: an example from the Great Australian Bight. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies. - Thredgold, C., Beer, A., Zufferey, C., Peters, A., & Spinney, A. (n.d.). An effective homelessness services system for older Australians. AHURI Final Report, (321).
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Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2018 Beer, A., Beilby, J., Cornell, V., Faulkner, D., Karnon, J., & Thredgold, C. (2018). Consumer directed care: The expectations and experiences of people aged 50 years and over in Australia Final Report,. Adelaide: The University of South Australia.
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2018 - 2019 Member UniSA Business School Sustainability Committee University of SA Australia 2018 - 2018 Member UniSA Business School United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) working group University of SA Australia
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