Bruce was born in Swaziland and spent much of his childhood in Zimbabwe and Tanzania, returning to complete his final two years of school in Canberra. He studied at SRES from 1996-2004, completing a BSc(REM) and a PhD. After obtaining his PhD, Bruce moved to a different part of the ANU and spent eighteen months as a postdoctoral fellow at the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), within the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS).

Professional Activities

My initial GIS-based research focused on wildlife management issues. My honours project involved a spatio-temporal investigation of car-kangaroo collisions in the Australian Capital Territory. When undertaking a PhD, I adapted some of the analytical techniques used in my honours research to look into spatio-temporal aspects of the fear of crime in Wollongong, NSW. The focus of the thesis was to develop a GIS-based analytical framework to look at collective responses to fear of crime in the Central Business District of Wollongong. The information resulting from the spatial analysis of fear of crime, in particular mapping the spatio-temporal distribution of collective avoidance behaviour, provided a means of investigating links between fear of crime, disorder and the actual occurrence of crime. Interpreted in relation to The Broken Windows thesis and other "disorder decline" models, the results gave rise to a range of new insights and strategic management implications for the organisations responsible for addressing the problem. As a postdoctoral fellow, I assisted in developing GIS-based methodologies with which to investigate gambling accessibility. At the Fenner School, I aim to continue developing GIS-based approaches to biophysical and social issues through teaching and research initiatives.

My teaching centres around two GIS courses. "Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems" provides a theoretical background to the area as well as a practical basis for using GIS to assist in decision making. "Applied Geographic Information Systems" exposes continuing students to a more sophisticated range of applications to investigate biophysical and urban problems.

Selected Publications

Doran, B., McMillen, J. and Marshall, D. A GIS-based investigation of gaming venue catchments Forthcoming, Transactions in GIS. 11(4): 575?595

McMillen, J. and Doran, B. 2006. Problem gambling and gaming machine density: Socio-spatial analysis of three Victorian localities, International Gambling Studies, Vol. 6(1).

Doran, B and Lees, B. 2005. Investigating the spatio-temporal links between disorder, crime, and the fear of crime. The Professional Geographer, 57 (1): 1-12.

Olsen, P. and Doran B. 2002. Climatic modelling of the Australian distribution of the grass owl Tyto capensis: is there an inland population? Wildlife Research, 29: 117-125.

Doran, B and Lees, B. 2000. Modelling the ecology of fear: an analysis of car-kangaroo collisions in an urban area, paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling (GIS/EM4): Problems, Prospects and Research Needs. Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 2 - 8, 2000.