Rate My Professor Isara Khanjanasthiti

Khanjanasthiti has received several grants and honors, including the University of New England’s 2022 Early Career Researcher Grant ($3,000), an Early Career Travel Grant ($7,000) from the Institute of Australian Geographers (2024), the Australian Postgraduate Award (2014-2016), ResearchMaster Student Sponsorship Award (2014), Minister’s Town Planning Prize (Runner-up, 2012), Mirvac School of Sustainable Development Capstone Project Award (2010), HASSELL Prize for Best Graduating Undergraduate Student in Urban Planning and Design (2010), and Bond University Dean’s Scholarships (2008-2011). Key publications comprise 'Towards More Sustainable Planning Decisions Around Airports: Investigating Global Airport Classifications and Proposing a Four-Tiered System for Australia' (2025), 'Cross-Border Planning for Promoting Economic Development: A Case Study of Gold Coast Airport, Australia' (2025), 'Multi-Sectoral Systems Approach (MSSA) to Addressing Australian Social and Affordable Housing Challenges and Solutions: White Paper No. 1' (2024), 'Communication is a fundamental component of a ‘good’ planning system' (2024), and '‘Tree-change’ migration and its housing impact on Armidale: another pandemic legacy?' (2022). His scholarship has garnered 61 citations. He coordinates units such as Introduction to Planning History and Theory (GEPL121), Principles of Development Control (GEPL320/420/520), and Transport and Land Use Planning (GEPL350/450/550). Khanjanasthiti holds committee roles including Departmental Representative on the HASS Research Committee (2022-2025), HASS Advocacy and Assessment Committee (2022-2023), and editorial positions with the Planning Institute of Australia’s New Planner (Lead Editor for December 2022 and June 2026 editions). He is a full member of the Planning Institute of Australia since 2022 and the Institute of Australian Geographers since 2023.