Paul Corcoran

Dr Paul Corcoran

Senior Lecturer

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am currently a Senior Lecturer (Surveying and Mapping) within UniSA: STEM. Before joining UniSA in 2006, I worked for Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency for 21 years and I use this extensive experience to add authenticity to my teaching and together with my natural enthusiasm, I create an engaging learning arena for students.
I am passionate about students positively engaging with their studies and university life. In particular, I view the First-Year experience as pivotal to student success and consequently, I promote quality Orientation and Transition activities to aid student Retention.

Participatory GIS,Geospatial Science Teaching and Learning

Year Citation
2023 Fewster Young, N., & Corcoran, P. A. (2023). Personalising the student first year experience - an evaluation of a Staff Student Buddy System. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 20(1, article no. 14), 1-30.
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2016 Alsharrah, S. A., Bouabid, R., Bruce, D. A., Somenahalli, S., & Corcoran, P. A. (2016). Use of shadow for enhancing mapping of perennial desert plants from high-spatial resolution multispectral and panchromatic satellite imagery. Journal of applied remote sensing, 10(3, article no. 036008), 1-15.
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2015 Alsharrah, S., Bouabid, R., Bruce, D., Somenahalli, S., & Corcoran, P. (2015). Multi-resolution satellite image analysis for mapping perennial arid vegetation in arid and semi-arid environments. International Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics, 3(1), 8-16.
2014 Corcoran, P., & Baker, D. (2014). 'Cultural revival, our survival': Aboriginal cultural mapping for sustainable development. Journal of Australian Indigenous issues, 17(3), 2-20.
2012 Corcoran, P. A. (2012). An assessment of the accessibility of spatial data from the Internet to facilitate further participation with geographical information systems for novice indigenous users in South Australia. Webology, 9(2, article no. 97), 1-13.
2012 Corcoran, P. A. (2012). Spatial information accessibility in South Australia from the Internet: a national comparison. Journal of internet business, (10), 2-25.
2012 Corcoran, P. A. (2012). An assessment of the accessibility of spatial data from the Internet to facilitate further participation with geographical information systems for novice indigenous users in South Australia. Webology, 9(2).
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2009 Corcoran, P. A. (2009). Spatial information in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lands and Water Management. South Australian Geographical Journal, 107, 103-116.
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Year Citation
2019 Nietschke, M., Corcoran, P., & Allen, S. (2019). Shared core curriculum for national Licensed Surveyor qualification. In 15th South East Asian Survey Congress (SEASC2019) (pp. 1-20). Australia: Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute.
2019 Corcoran, P., Moulton, D., Smith, E., & Quinn, D. (2019). Program roadmap - a visual, interactive and self-regulating digital representation of the student learning journey. In Proceedings of the AAEE2019 Conference Brisbane, Australia (pp. 1-8). Australia: University of Southern Queensland.
2018 Ahammed, F., Hassanli, R., Iqbal, A., & Corcoran, P. (2018). Effectiveness of teaching research nexus to enhance students' learnings. In Proceedings of the 7th World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF 2017) (pp. 434-438). US: IEEE.
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2017 Smith, K., Kehrwald, J., Smith, E., Moulton, D., & Corcoran, P. (2017). Becoming civil engineers: Embedding academic and professional communicative practices in the curriculum. In R. Walker, & S. Bedford (Eds.), Research and Development in Higher Education: Curriculum Transformation Vol. 40 (pp. 344-355). Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
2016 Quinn, D., Sutton, P., Corcoran, P., & Weber, D. (2016). Tracking discipline mastery: the development of an online program assessment and evaluation tool. In ASCILITE 2016 - Conference Proceedings - 33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Show Me the Learning (pp. 523-528). Australia: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education.
2015 Alsharrah, S. A., Bruce, D. A., Bouabid, R., Somenahalli, S., & Corcoran, P. A. (2015). High-spatial resolution multispectral and panchromatic satellite imagery for mapping perennial desert plants. In Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications VI Vol. 9644 (pp. 1-13). France: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2014 Corcoran, P. A., Moulton, D. H., James, P. R., & Rathore, P. (2014). Developing black belts, via a community of practice for blended science and engineering learning and teaching at UniSA. In Rhetoric and Reality: Ascilite 2014 (pp. 554-559). Australia & New Zealand: ASCILITE - Australasian Society for Computers in Le....
2013 Corcoran, P., & Bruce, D. (2013). University 'mapping' education in Australia: a confusing exposure?. In M. F. Buchroithner (Ed.), Proceedings of the 26th International Cartographic Conference (pp. 1-21). Switzerland: International Cartographic Association.
2013 Bruce, D., & Corcoran, P. (2013). Finding your 'old' place in the 'new' world?. In Proceedings of the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Conference 2013 (pp. 1-10). Australian Capital Territory: Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute.
2010 Corcoran, P. A., & Billiau, A. M. (2010). Mapping mountain bike trails and associated features. In J. Bonham, & P. Lumb (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second Australian Cycling Conference (pp. 109-120). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide.
2009 Corcoran, P. A. (2009). Organisational Participation Geographical Information systems (OPGIS): a case study of the Indigenous Land Corporation. In O. Ostendorf, & B. Bertram (Eds.), Proceedings of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference. Adelaide, Australia: SSSI.

Courses I teach

  • GEOE 1018 Introduction to Surveying and Spatial Sciences (2025)
  • GEOE 2026 Spatial Data Acquisition and Analysis (2025)
  • NASC 4020 Advanced Topics in Science (2025)
  • GEOE 1018 Introduction to Surveying and Spatial Sciences (2024)
  • GEOE 2026 Spatial Data Acquisition and Analysis (2024)
  • NASC 4006 Advanced Topics in Science 2 (2024)
  • NASC 4020 Advanced Topics in Science (2024)

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