b'Graduate Research ProjectThe Graduate Research Project provides students with the opportunity to re-search a critical aspect of urban development and design. Students may wish to return to, and explore in more critical depth, a topic area introduced previ-ously in the MUDD courses.Alternatively, students may have research ideas and interests inspired by current advances in practice. The result of the project must comprise an original piece of research work which answers a key question, or questions, in the field of urban development and design based on evidence Professorsystematically collected and analysed through established research methods, James Weirick presented in a prescribed format and defended before an expert panel.The range and depth of topics presented in the MUDD25 Graduate Research Projects is testament to the variety of skills, interests and capabilities that are evident in the cohort of students undertaking the MUDD Program. Research projects covered critical urban issues in the booming cities of Asia or addressed contemporary, and at times controversial, urban design outcomes in Sydney. Other students proposed new uses for redundant urban spaces, examined the impact of highly reflective glass towers or challenged us to think more critically about environmentally sustainable urban solutions and mass transit. In presenting their Graduate Research Projects, these students have demon-strated a willingness to critically engage with the cities around them at a highly advanced level and to challenge established ways of thinking about our cities. Their research endeavours add to an impressive body of knowledge that has been amassed by the MUDD Program over twenty-five years.133P5-20200301-FOLIO RESEARCH.indd 4 2020/3/8 11:24:53'