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The Brian McLoughlin Postgraduate Award

The Brian McLoughlin Postgraduate Award had been established by Urban Policy and Research to honour the memory of Brian McLoughlin and to encourage new and emerging scholars in fields such as urban planning, human geography, urban sociology and housing studies. Brian, who died in 1994, was Chair of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Melbourne. His most well-known publication is probably Shaping Melbourne's Future. Town Planning, the State and Civil Society (1994), which presents a theorised and empirically-grounded study - still-unequalled in Australian planning literature - of the effects of planning policies and practices and their unintended consequences for urban spatial form.

The recipient of the Award will receive a cash amount of AUS $1,000 and one year's free subscription to Urban Policy and Research. In addition to the main prize Urban Policy and Research can award the designation of high commendation, with a year's free subscription to the journal, to those submissions that come close to the level of the award winner in a given year.

The paper must be based on work undertaken for a higher degree at a university in the Asia-Pacific Region. It can be submitted during the period of enrolment but no later than one year after the award of a higher degree. All papers must be single authored. Papers should be submitted to the Editors of Urban Policy and Research before the 15 October of each year. Manuscripts should not exceed 5000 words (excluding references) and it should be indicated that the paper is to be considered for the Award.  Three hard copies or one electronic copy of the paper should be submitted and must follow the style conventions of Urban Policy and Research (see "Notes for Contributors" in the journal).

The papers will be reviewed independently by at least two anonymous referees and considered for publication in the normal way. The editors will judge which paper receives the award although all papers deemed acceptable by the editors will be published in Urban Policy and Research. The Editors of the journal will have sole discretion as to whether the paper will be published.

Urban Policy and Research reserves the right not to make an award in any year.

Papers can be submitted either by post to:

Urban Policy and Research
School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning
RMIT University
GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne VIC 3001
Alternatively by email to upr@rmit.edu.au