Rate My Professor Derlie Mateo-Babiano

Associate Professor Derlie Mateo-Babiano holds the position of Associate Professor in Urban Planning within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, where she also serves as Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion. Trained as an architect, urban planner, and transport planner, she earned her PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2008, a Master's degree from the same university, and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of the Philippines between 1990 and 1996. Prior to her current role, she was a Lecturer in Planning at the University of Queensland. Her academic career emphasizes sustainable transportation science, with research interests encompassing active transport—particularly bicycle sharing systems and pedestrianisation—gender and transport dynamics, Indigenous transport challenges, transport history, and policy implications in both Australian and Asian urban contexts. She leads the Women in Transport Leadership in Australasia Knowledge Network, dedicated to empowering women and fostering female leadership in transport across the region. Her investigations explore how interactions between people, land use, and transport generate mobility and accessibility issues, advocating for behavioral shifts toward active transport to foster sustainable and inclusive cities. The built environment's role in influencing transport participation is a central theme in her scholarship.