Connecting people and ideas for sustainable urban and regional futures. The Centre for Urban Research is a dynamic hub for in ... terdisciplinary urban research. Through its research, the Centre is directly responding to the globally important need to shape cities that are environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. We are strongly committed to interdisciplinary research, with staff expertise in urban planning, public policy geography, economics, environmental sciences, spatial analysis, history, and sociology. CUR provides an intellectual home base for a broad range of urban researchers at RMIT University and continues to successfully build strong global connections with universities, industry, not-for-profits, media and government. read more