| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Gill, P., Ooi, D., Chiodo, L., & Weir, J. (231002). Supporting Young Families to Obtain and Manage Private Rental Accommodation: Experiences of a Community-Based Homelessness Program. Australian Community Psychologist, (48-61). |
| 2021 | Callingham, T., Ooi, D., Fan, L., & Roddick, F. (210101). A triple bottom line approach to optimising odour removal from a residential water supply. H2Open Journal, 4(1), (63-76). |
| 2021 | Callingham, T., Ooi, D., Fan, L., & Roddick, F. (210101). A triple bottom line approach to optimising odour removal from a residential water supply. H2OPEN JOURNAL, 4(1), (63-76). |
| 2019 | Ooi, D., & Gill, P. (190501). Evaluation of the 'hope to home' model for transitioning young people into private rental accommodation in Melton and Whittlesea. Parity, 32(2), (36-37). |
| 2019 | Ooi, D., & Gill, P. (190501). Experiences of young parents in the 'hope to home' project in the outer growth corridors of Melbourne. Parity, 32(2), (40-41). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Community development & international development
- Urban and regional planning: Water supply
- Social studies of science and technology
- Anthropology of Latin America
- Youth homelessness
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
About Daniel Ooi
Daniel is a Senior Lecturer in the First Year College, who coordinates and teaches units in community and international development, sociology, and the human services. He is passionate about teaching students from culturally diverse backgrounds, those who are first-in-family, and those from working-class backgrounds, and drawing upon the rich life experiences and cultural knowledge they bring to student-centred learning.
His overarching academic interest is in social inclusion and participatory democracy in urban planning (especially in relation to water and the environment) in both Australia and Latin America. He has been at Victoria University since 2011, first starting as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the former Institute for Sustainability and Innovation.
His current research uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, and focuses on two main themes the social sciences. The first of these is how communities of people understand the value of, and behave towards, their natural environment (in particular, water). The second of these is how to reduce the social marginalisation suffered by young people, with specific reference to youth homelessness and youth (un)employment.
For 2022-2023, he is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), working on the following Victoria University projects (in many cases, as a social scientist working in multi-disciplinary settings alongside ecologists, economists, educationalists, and engineers):
• Next Generation Water Management in the Werribee River Catchment
• Collaborative Australia-Brazil Water Research knowledge exchange between Victoria University and Aliança Tropical de Pesquisa da Água (Tropical Water Research Alliance)
• An Investment Case for Eye Health and Restoring Women's Sight in Laos, Kenya, and Pakistan (with Dr Kim Sweeny and Delia Backstrom at the Victorian Institute for Strategic Economic Studies)
• Addressing youth homelessness in Northwest Melbourne (with Dr Peter Gill and Dr Laurie Chapin from Psychology)
• Resilience: Regenerative City Living Lab
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Melbourne, 2011
- MA, University of Sydney, 2003
- BPsych (Hons), University of Sydney, 2002
- GCHE, Victoria University, 2019
Key publications
Daniel has over 28 publications, with a selection listed here.
A more comprehensive list of Daniel's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.
Commissioned research report (showing 5)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Young, C., & Ooi, D. (210301). Building inclusive partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Melbourne: Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. |
| 2020 | Young, C., Jones, R., Ooi, D., Lung, S., Parry, N., & Heenetigala, K. (200301). Reimagining the workforce: building smart, sustainable and safe public transport. Workshop context paper. Melbourne, Australia: Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre. |
| 2020 | Young, C., Jones, R., Lung, S., Ooi, D., Parry, N., & Heenetigala, K. (200301). Reimagining the workforce: training for a future rolling stock workforce. Melbourne, Australia: Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre. |
| 2020 | Young, C., Jones, R., Heenetigala, K., Ooi, D., Lung, S., & Parry, N. (200301). Reimagining the workforce: the Victorian rolling stock context. Melbourne, Australia: Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre. |
| 2020 | Ooi, D., & Cormick, C. (200101). Reimagining the workforce: community perceptions of careers working with rolling stock. Melbourne, Australia: Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre. |
Journal article (showing 5 of 11)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2022
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Collaborative Water Research knowledge exchange between Victoria University (Australia) and Tropical Water Research Alliance (Brazil)
From: COALAR
Other investigators: Prof Mikel Duke
For period: 2022-2023
|
$39,428 |
2021
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Next Generation Water Management in the Werribee River Catchment
From: Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund
Other investigators: Ms Rowena Price, Ms Karen Jackson, Aspr Shobha Muthukumaran, Dr Ashok Sharma, Dr Dimuth Navaratna, Prof Mikel Duke, Mr Nitin Muttil
For period: 2021-2022
|
$500,000 |
|
Resilience: Regenerative City Living Lab
From: Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund
Other investigators: Dr Jean Hopman, Prof Debra Smith, Aspr Alison Baker, Dr Amy Quayle, Ms Karen Jackson, Dr Thinh Nguyen
For period: 2021-2022
|
$590,000 |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
Currently supervised research students at VU
| No. of students | Study level | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhD | Associate supervisor |
Currently supervised research students at VU
| Students & level | Role |
|---|---|
| PhD (1) | Associate supervisor |
Teaching activities & experience
In 2020, Daniel is the coordinator of the following units:
Media appearances
01st July 2017
‘Recycled water – a concept too hard to swallow?
Interview for Sustainability Matter, 2SER Radio, Sydney.
01st July 2016
Why we can get over the ‘yuck factor’ when it comes to recycled water’
The Conversation. Reprinted in The West Australian, December 22nd, 2016.
