Research

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Academic Qualifications

2020– PhD (Global Urban Social Studies / Computer Science), RMIT University

2015–2018 Master of Biostatistics, University of Melbourne / Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia

2014–2015 Master of Public Health (MPH) – Epidemiology/Biostatistics, University of Melbourne

Received First Class Honours for Masters capstone thesis “Early morbidity and mortality in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria patients in Papua, Indonesia: Survival analysis of linked clinical and laboratory surveillance data, from 2004 to 2013”.

2007–2009 Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Tasmania

Honours (First Class) in Asian Studies

2001–2006 Bachelor of Arts–Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania

Majors: Asian Studies, E-media, Philosophy

Academic Appointments

2022– Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Lab, Center for Urban Research, RMIT University

2016–2022 Research Officer, Healthy Liveable Cities Lab, Center for Urban Research, RMIT University

2015–2018 Research Assistant for Prof. Lesleyanne Hawthorne, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

2015–2016 Spatial data analyst, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

2015 Sessional Teaching Associate: HSC3041 Disease Prevention and Control. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University (Caulfield, Vic)

2015 Research Assistant, Melbourne Atopy Cohort Study (MACS) and Respiratory Health in Northern Europe Switzerland Spain and Australia (Rhinessa) study, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Melbourne (Parkville, Vic)

2014–2015 Data analysis intern: Survival analysis of malaria presentations and Stata resource audit, Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Melbourne (Parkville, Vic)

2014–2015 Data verification intern: Global Alliance for Chronic Disease - Controlling Hypertension in Rural India study, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University (Clayton, Vic)

2010–2012 Research Assistant, Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre, University of Tasmania (Hobart, Tas.)

Awards

2023	Planning Institute of Australia National Award for Planning Excellence - Planning Research, for the project 'Benchmarking Healthy and Sustainable Cities Globally', awarded to Billie Giles-Corti, Carl Higgs and Jonathan Arundel (RMIT), Ester Cerin (ACU) and Melanie Lowe (University of Melbourne) on behalf of the Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration.
2022	Planning Institute of Australia (Victoria) Award for Planning Excellence - Planning Research, for the project 'Benchmarking Healthy and Sustainable Cities Globally', awarded to Billie Giles-Corti, Carl Higgs and Jonathan Arundel (RMIT), Ester Cerin (ACU) and Melanie Lowe (University of Melbourne) on behalf of the Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration.
2021	Planning Institute of Australia 2021 Awards for Planning Excellence – Victoria (Planning Research) Commendation (The Urban Liveability Index Indicators Framework)
2019	RMIT Vice Chancellor's Research Award for Excellence – Team (Centre for Urban Research)
2018	Planning Institute of Australia, National award for Planning Excellence (Cutting Edge Research) for the Creating Liveable Cities in Australia study (Healthy Liveable Cities Group)
2018	Planning Institute of Australia, Victorian Division award for Planning Excellence (Cutting Edge Research) for the Creating Liveable Cities in Australia study (Healthy Liveable Cities Group)

External grants

2021 Higgs C, Giles-Corti B. Liveability indicator linkage for VicHealth Covid19 survey participants (AUD 5000)

2019 Higgs C, Alex Saunders, Joe Hurley. Urban Monitor interactive data visualisation for New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage (AUD 6,224)

2016 Higgs C, Mavoa S. NEArbY (NEighbourhood Activity in Youth study) GIS analyses Measurement of neighbourhood environments for Victorian youth for Deakin University (AUD 23,396)

2019 Giles-Corti B, Norzahari F, Higgs C. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications National Cities Performance Framework: Walkable neighbourhoods and social infrastructure access indicators (AUD 20,000)

2018 Giles-Corti B, Arundel J, Rozek J, Roberts R, Higgs C. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications National Cities Performance Framework: Public transport and public open space access indicators (AUD 20,000)

University grants

2021	Higgs C, Simons K, Badland H, Giles-Corti B. RMIT Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2023 open access publishing grant (AUD 2,500)
2021	Kelly D, Maller C, Davern M, Higgs C, Farahani L. RMIT Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2023 open access publishing grant (AUD 3,044)
2021	De Gruyter C, Gunn L, Kroen A, Saghapour T, Davern M, Higgs C. RMIT Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2023 open access publishing grant (AUD 3,400)
2015	Higgs C, Mavoa S, Badland H. Validating and creating critical national spatial datasets. McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit (AUD 10,000)

Peer-reviewed journal articles

1. Adlakha D, Higgs C, Sallis F. Growing evidence that activity-friendly neighbourhoods can mitigate non-communicable and infectious disease risk. Cities and Health (Manuscript submitted)

2. Higgs C, Lowe M, Hooper P, Mavoa S, Arundel J, Gunn L, Simons K, Giles-Corti B. Policy relevant health related liveability indicator datasets for addresses in Australia’s 21 largest cities. Sci Data 10, 113 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02013-5

3. Wright A, De Livera A, Lee KH, Higgs C, Nicholson M, Gibbs L, Jorm A (2022) A repeated cross- sectional and longitudinal study of mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdowns in Victoria, Australia. BMC Public Health 22:2434. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14836-9

4. Villanueva K, Badland H, Alderton A, Higgs C, Turrell G, Goldfeld S (2022) Examining the contribution of the neighbourhood built environment to the relationship between neighbourhood disadvantage and early childhood development in 205,000 Australian children. Academic Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2022.11.014

5. Giles-Corti B, Saghapour T, Turrell G, Gunn L, Both A, Lowe M … Higgs C. Spatial and socioeconomic inequities in liveability in Australia’s 21 largest cities: Does city size matter? Health & place. 2022;78:102899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102899

6. Higgs C, Rozek J, Alderton A, Giles-Corti B et al. (2022) Policy relevant spatial indicators of urban liveability and sustainability: scaling from local to global. Urban Policy and Research. SOAC 2021 Special Edition.. https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2022.2076215

7. Chandrabose M, Cao Y, Hadgraft N, Higgs C, Shuvo F, Dunstan DW, Owen N, Sugiyama T (2022) Neighbourhood walkability and dietary attributes: effect modification by area-level socio-economic status. Public health nutrition. 25(9):2593-2600. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022001197

8. Liu S, Higgs C, Arundel J, Boeing G, Cerdera N, Moctezuma D, Cerin E, Adlakha D, Lowe M, Giles- Corti B (2022) A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data. Geographical Analysis. 54(3):559-582. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12290

9. Lowe M, Adlakha D, Sallis JF, Salvo D, Cerin E, Moudon AV, Higgs C et al. (2022) City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e882–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00069-9

10. Giles-Corti B, Moudon AV, Lowe M, Cerin E, Boeing G, Frumkin H, Higgs C et al. (2022) What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence- informed policy. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e919–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214- 109X(22)00066-3

11. Giles-Corti B, Moudon AV, Lowe M, Adlakha D, Cerin E, Boeing G, Higgs C et al. (2022) Creating healthy and sustainable cities: what gets measured, gets done. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e782–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00070-5

12. Cerin E, Sallis JF, Salvo D, Hinckson E, Conway TL, Owen N, Higgs C et al. (2022) Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e895–906. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00068-7

13. Boeing G, Higgs C, Liu S, Giles-Corti B, Sallis JF, Cerin E, et al. (2022) Using open data and open- source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e907–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00072-9

14. Villanueva K, Alderton A, Higgs C, Badland H, Goldfeld S (2022) Data to Decisions: Methods to Create Neighbourhood Built Environment Indicators Relevant for Early Childhood Development. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9):5549. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph29095549

15. Both A, Gunn L, Higgs C, Davern M, Jafari A, Boulange C, et al. (2022) Achieving ‘Active’ 30 Minute Cities: How Feasible Is It to Reach Work within 30 Minutes Using Active Transport Modes? ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 11(1):58. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11010058

16. Higgs C, Simons K, Badland H, Giles-Corti B (2021) Cross-sectional evidence of the cardiometabolic health benefits of urban liveability in Australia. npj Urban Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021- 00039-5

17. Kelly D, Davern M, Farahani L, Higgs C, Maller C (2022) Urban greening for health and wellbeing in low-income communities: A baseline study in Melbourne, Australia. Cities. 120:103442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103442

18. Alderton A, Nitvimol K, Davern M, Higgs C, Correia J, Butterworth I, et al. (2021) Building Capacity in Monitoring Urban Liveability in Bangkok: Critical Success Factors and Reflections from a Multi- Sectoral, International Partnership. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(14):7322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph28147322

19. Alderton A, Higgs C, Davern M, Butterworth I, Correia J, Nitvimol K, et al. (2020) Measuring and monitoring liveability in a low-to-middle income country: a proof-of-concept for Bangkok, Thailand and lessons from an international partnership. Cities & Health. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1813537

20. Gunn L, Kroen A, De Gruyter C, Higgs C, Saghapour T, Davern M. (2020) Early delivery of equitable and healthy transport options in new suburbs: Policy, place and people. Journal of Transport & Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100870

21. Horne R, Correia J, Badland H, Alderton A, Higgs C (2020) From Ballarat to Bangkok: how can cross- sectoral partnerships around the Sustainable Development Goals accelerate urban liveability?. Cities & Health. 12:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1698938

22. Lowe M, Arundel J, Hooper P, Rozek J, Higgs C, Roberts R, Giles-Corti B (2020) Liveability aspirations and realities: Implementation of urban policies designed to create healthy cities in Australia. Social Science & Medicine. 245:112713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112713

23. Alderton A, Davern M, Nitvimol K, Butterworth I, Higgs C, Ryan E, Badland H (2019) What is the meaning of urban liveability for a city in a low-to-middle-income country? Contextualising liveability for Bangkok, Thailand. Globalization and health. 15(1):51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0484-8

24. Higgs C, Badland H, Simons K, Knibbs LD, Giles-Corti B (2019) The Urban Liveability Index: developing a policy-relevant urban liveability composite measure and evaluating associations with transport mode choice. International Journal of Health Geographics. 18(1):14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-019-0178-8

25. Davern M, Gunn L, Whitzman C, Higgs C, Giles-Corti B, Simons K, et al. (2018) Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing. Cities & Health, 1:2, 194-209, https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2018.1443620

26. Badland H, Foster S, Bentley R, Higgs C, Roberts R, Pettit C, et al. (2017) Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context. Health & Place.43:17-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.003

27. Minstrell M, Bentley M, Bucher H, Morrissey M, Higgs C, Robinson A & Stirling, C (2014) Open referral policy within a nurse-led memory clinic: patient demographics, assessment scores, and diagnostic profiles. International Psychogeriatrics.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610214002361

Policy briefs

1. Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Collaboration (2022). Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report Series: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally. RMIT University. Series (46 reports across 16 languages). Higgs C, Lowe M, Giles-Corti B (Eds.). https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.c.6012649

2. Gunn LD, Davern M, Higgs C, Both A, Roberts R, Rozek J, Giles-Corti B (2020). Measuring liveability for the 21 largest cities in Australia: Liveability Reports [21 city series]. Melbourne: RMIT University, Centre for Urban Research. https://auo.org.au/measure/scorecards/

3. Badland H, Higgs C, Giles-Corti B (2019). The Healthy Liveable Communities Urban Liveability Checklist. RMIT University, Melbourne. https://cur.org.au/cms/wp- content/uploads/2019/10/urban_livability_checklist4pp-a3-aw-002.pdf

4. Hooper, P., Rozek, J., Gunn, L., Lowe, M., Arundel, J., Higgs, C., . . . Giles-Corti, B (2018). Creating liveable cities in Australia: A scorecard and priority recommendations for Perth https://cur.org.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/perth-scorecard.pdf

5. Gunn L, Rozek J, Hooper P, Lowe M, Arundel J, Higgs C, Roberts R, Giles-Corti B (2018) Creating liveable cities in Australia: a scorecard and priority recommendations for Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney (series). https://cur.org.au/project/creating-liveable-cities-australia-scorecard-priority- recommendations-perth-sydney-melbourne-brisbane/

6. Davern M, Warr D, Higgs C, Dickinson H, Phillimore J (2015) Superdiversity in Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia. McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, University of Melbourne. https://government.unimelb.edu.au/ data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2654447/superdiversity-final-report- sept-2015.pdf

Print, broadcast and online media engagement

1. Higgs C (2022) Census data released as Excel files?! Australian Bureau of Statistics only released 2021 Mesh Block dwelling-person data as XLSX tables— let’s get it machine-readable as CSV! Medium. https://medium.com/@carlhiggs/census-data-released-as-excel-files-6d22da9dc09d

2. Higgs C (2022) Triple R interview with Carl Higgs on walkability in Australia cities (5 June 2022). Radio Therapy. RRR. https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/radiotherapy/episodes/5927-healthy-liveable- cities-and-end-of-life-planning

3. Higgs C (2022) ABC Radio interview with Carl Higgs about walkability in Adelaide (13 May 2022). Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff. ABC Radio Adelaide.

Published data, code and apps

1. Higgs C, Rozek J, Roberts R, et al (2022) The Australian National Liveability Study 2018 datasets: spatial urban liveability indicators for 21 cities. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.15001230

2. Higgs C (2022) ABS 2021 Mesh Block dwelling counts to CSV (code and data). https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.20746609

3. Higgs C (2022) Scorecard software for the Global Healthy and Sustainable Cities Indicator Collaboration Study. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.20499288

4. Higgs C, Both A (2022) Tidy Transit Headway analysis for the Australian National Liveability Study 2018. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.20488203

5. Higgs C (2022) Bangkok Liveability v1.2 software framework. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.19977116

6. Higgs C, Liu S, Boeing G, et al (2021) Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicator Study Collaboration - 25 Cities spatial indicators datasets. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.15072009

7. Higgs C, Simons K, Badland H, Giles-Corti B (2021): Urban Liveability Index (15 indicators; Melbourne, 2012) dataset. RMIT University. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.13322984

8. Higgs C, Simons K (2021) Urban Liveability Index code. RMIT University. Software. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.14956209

9. Davern M, Gunn L, Higgs C, Rozek J, Roberts R, Arundel J ... Giles-Corti, B (2020) Australian Urban Observatory. RMIT University, Australia. Available from: https://auo.org.au/

Lectures, workshops, conference and video presentations

1. Higgs C (presenting), Boeing G, Liu S, Arundel J, Giles-Corti B, Sallis JF, Cerin E, Lowe M, Adlakha D, Hinckson E, Moudon AV, Salvo D (2022) Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities in diverse global contexts. [Presentation] Urban Transitions 2022 Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. 10 November 2022.

2. Higgs C (presenting), Lowe M, Vernez-Moudon A, Adlakha D, Boeing G, Liu S, Salvo D, Hinckson E, Cerin E, Sallis J, Arundel J, Giles-Corti B (2022) Data making a difference: research translation of spatial urban indicators for healthy and sustainable cities. [Poster] Urban Transitions 2022 Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. 10 November 2022.

3. Higgs C (2022) Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features to assess whether cities are healthy, sustainable and equitable. [Presentation] In Symposium: Are urban design and transport policies creating healthy, sustainable equitable cities across the world? Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Study Collaboration. International Conference on Urban Health, Valencia. 26 October 2022.

4. Higgs C (2022) Bright Spot Deeper Dive: Healthy Liveable Cities Liveability Indicators Research Programme. International Society for Urban Health Achieving City Equity project Oceania Working Group Meeting. 18 October 2022.

5. Higgs C (2022) Research data management for open science. [Presentation] in webinar Research Data Management: Planning, Engagement and Impact, RMIT Library Research Spotlight series. 12 October 2022.

6. Higgs C (2022) Spatial Indicators of Urban Liveability and Sustainability: local to global. Guest lecture for 'Global Environmental Change: Disasters, Disease and Sustainability' theme of Human Geography undergraduate course. RMIT University. 3 October 2022.

7. Higgs C (2022) Adelaide Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Spatial indicators of urban design and transport features. The Lancet Global Health Series on urban design, transport and health – Launch Event (Adelaide). Wellbeing SA. 20 September 2022.

8. Higgs C (2022) Making a difference with spatial urban indicators: from local to global. Presentation to SA Health. 20 September 2022.

9. Higgs C (2022) Training video for Bangkok Liveability. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.19976123.v1

10. Higgs C (presenting), Boeing G, Liu S, Arundel J, Giles-Corti B, Sallis JF, Cerin E, Lowe M, Adlakha D, Hinckson E, Moudon AV, Salvo D (2022) Spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities: a 25-city study. 17 June 2022. Planetary Futures of Health and Wellbeing, Turku, Finland [online]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_wj5P2kNU&t=1360s

11. Higgs C (2022) How can cities find out about whether their city is healthy and sustainable?. The Lancet Global Health Series on urban design, transport and health – Launch Event (global). 11 May 2022. https://youtu.be/4zcodai5LjI?t=3115

12. Higgs C (2022) Indicator results and international comparisons for Melbourne and Sydney. The Lancet Global Health Series on urban design, transport and health – Launch Event (Melbourne & Sydney). 11 May 2022. https://youtu.be/sYsbRCIVoZ8?t=185

13. Higgs C (2021) Spatial indicators of urban liveability: scaling from local to global. Lecture. Postgraduate Course in Urban Planning and Health: Urban Planning as a Health Tool. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña · Barcelona Tech – UPC (online). 3 December 2021.

14. Higgs C, Rozek J, Alderton A, Giles-Corti B et al (2021) Calculation of policy-relevant spatial indicators of urban liveability: Experiences of scaling a research programme from local to global. 2021 State of Australasian Cities (SOAC) Conference: Melbourne, Australia. November 2021.

15. Giles-Corti B, Saghapour T, Turrell G, Gunn L, Rozek J, Roberts R, Badland, H, Davern M, Both A, Higgs C (2021) Liveability and spatial disadvantage in Australia’s 21 largest cities: does city size matter? 2021 State of Australasian Cities (SOAC) Conference: Melbourne, Australia. November 2021.

16. Lowe, M, Adlahka D, Giles-Corti B, Cerin E, Higgs C, Liu S, Salvo D (2021) Urban policy to create healthy and sustainable cities: Evaluating and comparing Australasian cities in a global context. 2021 State of Australasian Cities (SOAC) Conference: Melbourne, Australia. November 2021.

17. Alderton A, Nitvimol K, Higgs C, Butterworth I, Correia K, Davern M, Badland H (2021) Translating urban health research in Bangkok: partnership framework for building capacity in monitoring liveability. International Epidemiological Association. World Congress of Epidemiology 2021: Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Supplement_1). doi:10.1093/ije/dyab168.026. September 2021.

18. Badland H, Alderton A, Higgs C, Davern M, Butterworth I, Correia J, Nitvimol K (2021) A research- policy partnership for the achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Bangkok. International Epidemiological Association. World Congress of Epidemiology 2021: Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Supplement_1). doi:10.1093/ije/dyab168.051. September 2021.

19. Higgs C (2021) Git and GitHub: Tools for management of code, documents and projects. Healthy Liveable Cities Lab - Lunch and Learn Series. RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia. July 2021.

20. Higgs C and the Global Healthy Liveable Cities Collaborators (2021) Estimating population access to built environment features across global cities: data, methods and some findings. Centre for Urban Research Seminar Series. RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia. May 2021.

21. Higgs C, Badland H, Giles-Corti B, Simons K (2020) Urban liveability: a social determinants of health perspective on walkability. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) 2020 Conference invited presentation and discussion for symposium ‘S.3.39 How can research help deliver more walkable streets?’. Auckland, New Zealand (virtual session, international). June 2020.

22. Higgs C (2019) Measuring healthy liveable cities: Calculating local liveability for 21 cities nationally. The Australian Partnership Prevention Centre project Webinar. RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia. July 2019.

23. Higgs C, Badland H, Giles-Corti B, Simons K (2019) Developing a flexible, high resolution and policy- relevant composite index of urban liveability in Australia. SGS Economics & Planning: Melbourne, Australia. November 2019.

24. Higgs C, Alderton A (2018) Observatory: Use in practice. Workshop. Melbourne, September 2018.

25. Higgs C (2018) The Observatory (prototype). NHMRC CRE Healthy Liveable Cities: Melbourne, September 2018.

26. Higgs C (2018) Power to detect a difference in correlations: Applications for twin studies. Research project presentation. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne: Melbourne, Australia. May 2018.

27. Higgs C, Badland H, Giles-Corti B, Simons K (2018) Developing a flexible, high resolution and policy- relevant composite index of urban liveability in Australia. Planning Institute of Australia: Melbourne, Australia. March 2018.

28. Higgs C, Badland H, Giles-Corti B, Simons K (2018) Developing a flexible, high resolution and policy- relevant composite index of urban liveability in Australia. University of California – San Diego (UCSD) Institute for Public Health: San Diego, California, United States. January 2018.

29. Higgs C, Badland H, Giles-Corti B, Simons K (2018) Developing a flexible, high resolution and policy- relevant composite index of urban liveability in Australia. International Conference on Health Policy Statistics. Poster presentation. Charleston, South Carolina, United States. January 2018. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.15001386

30. Higgs C (2017) Applications of a policy-relevant composite indicator of urban liveability. Designing Healthy Liveable Cities conference: Melbourne, Australia. October 2017.

31. Higgs C (2017) Construction and visualisation of a parcel level Liveability Index. RMIT Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform Workshop: Melbourne, Australia. August 2017.

32. Higgs C, Badland H, Giles-Corti B, Simons K (2017) Developing a flexible, high resolution and policy- relevant composite index of urban liveability in Australia. NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence Health Liveable Communities, Advisory Board: Melbourne, Australia. August 2017.

33. Higgs C, Badland H, Giles-Corti B, Simons K (2017) Developing a policy relevant liveability index for the Australian urban context. Victorian Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP): Melbourne, Australia. August 2017.

34. Higgs C (2017) Developing a policy relevant liveability index for the Australian urban context. Pilot Liveability Index Advisory Group webinar: RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. August 2017.

35. Badland H, Higgs C, Arundel J, Giles-Corti B (2017) Planning for liveable urban environments. Victorian Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP): Melbourne, Australia. June 2017.

36. Davern M, Arundel J, Higgs C (2017) Planning and measuring healthy liveable cities using a National Liveability Index and dissemination and translation of evidence for research impact. RMIT University Beyond Research conference: Melbourne, Australia. May 2017.

37. Higgs C (2017) Developing a policy relevant liveability index for the Australian urban context. 15th World Congress on Population Health. Public Health Association of Australia: Melbourne, Australia. April 2017.

38. Higgs C (2017) Spatial process modelling: the built environment and perceived safety walking at night in a regional Victorian city. Research project presentation. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne: Melbourne, Australia. May 2017.

39. Higgs C (2015) What is the comparative impact of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax on early admission and death in patients with diagnosed malaria; and how does treatment impact risk of admission and death? MPH Capstone presentation. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne: Melbourne, Australia. October 2015.

40. Minstrell M, Bucher H, Morrisey M, Higgs C, Stirling CM (2013) Can features of memory clinics improve access to early cognitive assessments? In:. 2013 Available from: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/96552

Technical reports

1. Higgs C, Alderton A, Nitvimol K, Badland H (2022) Bangkok Liveability - Release 1.2. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.19976126

2. Higgs C (2021) Victorian liveability indicator linkage for the VicHealth Covid19 study: Linkage of local neighbourhood liveability indicators for residential address points from the 2018 Australian National Liveability Study with Victorian participants in the VicHealth Covid19 survey. Healthy Liveable Cities Lab, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia

3. Higgs C (2021) AusDiab linkage with Urban Liveability Index (2012) - Methods and data dictionary. Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia

4. Higgs C, Alderton A, Nitvimol K, Badland H (2020) Bangkok Liveability. Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia

5. Higgs C (2020) The High Life study: Creation of local neighbourhood liveability and transport indicators. Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia

6. Higgs C (2020) Disability and Health Liveability indicators: Creation of SA1 and SA2 area level local neighbourhood liveability indicators. Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia

7. Higgs C. (2020) The AEDC Study: Creation of local neighbourhood liveability indicators and linkage with Australian Early Development Census participants. Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia

8. Pauli N, Maller C, Mata L, Farahani L, Porter L, Arabena L, Davern M, Higgs C et al (2020) Perspectives on understanding and measuring the social, cultural and biodiversity benefits of urban greening: Discussion paper. Available from: https://research- repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/perspectives-on-understanding-and-measuring-the-social- cultural-a.

9. Higgs C., Norzahari, N, Roberts, R, Giles-Corti, B (2019) National Cities Performance Framework: Liveability Indicators 2019. RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia

10. Alderton A, Villanueva K, Higgs C, Badland H, Goldfeld S (2019) The importance of the neighbourhood built environment for Australian children’s development. A report on a data linkage pilot project. Melbourne: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and RMIT University.

11. Davern M, Roberts R, Higgs C (2019) Neighbourhood Liveability Assessment of Benalla: Using Indicators to understand and plan for liveability in the town of Benalla. Melbourne: RMIT University.

12. Davern M, Roberts R, Higgs C (2019) A Liveability Assessment of the Gannawarra Shire: An investigation of Kerang and Cohuna. Melbourne: RMIT University.

13. Davern M, Roberts R, Higgs C, Both A (2019) A Liveability Assessment of the Neighbourhoods of Manningham: The application of indicators as evidence to plan for a healthy and liveable community. Melbourne: RMIT University.

14. Higgs C (2018) Stony Creek Survey - Baseline descriptives reference document. Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia.

15. Arundel, J., Lowe, M., Hooper, P., Roberts, B., Rozek, J., Higgs, C., & Giles-Corti, B (2017). Creating liveable cities in Australia. Mapping urban policy implementations and evidence-based national liveability indicators. Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University: Melbourne, Australia.

16. Davern M, Warr D, Higgs C, Dickinson H, Phillimore J (2015). Superdiversity in Melbourne. McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, University of Melbourne: Melbourne, Australia.

Academic Service

Member of Study Executive for the Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Collaboration (2018—).

Reviewed manuscripts (2018—) for: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science; International Journal of Geo-Information; Journal of Housing and the Built Environment; Cities & Health; Landscape & Urban Planning

Member of the CUR Computing Group and advocate for CUR/DSC computing needs as part of the RMIT Research Infrastructure Working Group contributing to RMIT’s Decadal Plan (2022—)

Assisting senior colleagues Distinguished Professor Billie Giles-Corti, Professor Hannah Badland and Associate Professor Melanie Davern with slides and diagrams for presentations relating to the Urban Liveability Index, 2018 National Liveability study, and Australian Urban Observatory map portal; and providing technical advice on interpretation and usage of the outputs from these projects to our internal team and external stakeholders (2017-2021).

Administered team Basecamp, Jira, Confluence, Trello and GitHub online project management and collaboration sites (2017—), and maintained a forum for technical, data and analysis resources and discussion topics, including Frequently Asked Questions pages for the team’s spatial indicators programme.

Maintained a shared server computer for collaborative team usage (2020—).

Served as Spatial Team Lead from 2018 to 2020, when I commenced my PhD; a role in which I was charged with responding to and tracking data access requests and providing quotes for the spatial team’s services.

Memberships

2022— International Society for Urban Health 2022— Australian Health Promotion Association 2022— Association for Computing Machinery 2020— Statistical Society of Australia 2014—2017 Australasian Epidemiological Association 2015—2016 Public Health Association of Australia

Short courses and Training

RMIT AWS Serverless Training Day, RMIT University, March 2023

Advancing Your Scientific Presentations, Nature Masterclasses Online, June 2022 Managing Research Data, Nature Masterclasses Online, June 2022

Requirements Elicitation and Analysis, LinkedIn Learning, June 2022 Software Architecture: Domain-Driven Design. LinkedIn Learning. May 2022.

HDR Supervision: Respectful Research Training, RMIT Module/Seminar, April 2022

The Future Professional: Crossing the Bridge - Industry, Academia and You. ATN Frontiers. October 2021. ECSSC Science Communication Series, Statistical Society of Australia, May-June 2021

Quality of multisource statistics, International Statistical Institute, May 2021 Research Integrity Training and Education (RITE), RMIT, April 2021

Research Integrity: Concise, Epigeum Online (Oxford University Press), April 2021

Introduction to Julia for Statistics and Data Science, Statistical Society of Australia / UQ, July 2020 Machine Learning with Python, Statistical Society of Australia / Eliiza, July 2020

Project Management for Researchers, RMIT, June 2019 MADIP DataLab training, ABS, December 2018

Tableau skills workshop, RMIT SCCAR, September 2018

Health care analytics [and] big data: Case studies in Python and Apache Spark, ICHPS, Jan 2018 IPEN project management / accelerometer training workshop, ACU, August 2017

Using MPlus for Structural Equation Modelling, ACU, November 2016 Python for Positive Psychology, Alistair Walsh, UoM, March 2016

Multilevel Statistical Methods: Concept and Application, SV Subramanian, UoM, March 2016 Modern Demographic Methods in Epidemiology using R, Bendix Carstensen, UoM, Nov 2015 Teaching Associate Coaching programme, Monash SPHPM February 2015

Going Places with Spatial Information, ESRI (online) November 2014

Technical proficiencies

Programming/design languages: Python, R, Stata, Java, SQL, Javascript, Bash, LaTeX, HTML, CSS Code and Project management: Git / GitHub, Docker, Jira, Confluence, Agile methodologies Spatial analysis software (other than statistical packages above): PostGIS, QGIS, ogr2ogr, ArcGIS Bibliography management: EndNote, Zotero

Microsoft Office 365 Suite (including PowerBI)

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Audition, et cetera)

Languages other than English: intermediate Spanish; beginner Chinese, German and Portuguese