Our people

Professor Laurie Buys

Healthy Ageing
FHS

Areas of expertise: healthy ageing; social gerontology; aged care; senior living

Email: Laurie.Buys@acu.edu.au

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8917-0863

Laurie is an experienced social science researcher and research manager, who frequently collaborates with scientists from various disciplinary backgrounds on complex research initiatives. Her main research interests fall under the broad headings of social gerontology and social sustainability, focusing specifically on issues associated with community engagement and active and healthy ageing.

Laurie's research directly explores the understanding of, and accountability for, the real effects felt by older people resulting from changes in their physical, economic and social life. She has established strong collaborative partnerships with a wide variety of community, industry and government organisations to investigate the dynamics and impacts of ageing within our communities, centred around the belief that prevention rather that mitigation of impacts can be achieved through a multidisciplinary approach and the development of appropriate strategies. The majority of her research involves multidisciplinary projects that examine issues such as quality of life, engagement and well-being.

Select publications

• The Lived Experience of Residents in an Emerging Master-Planned Community. Buys, Laurie, Newton, Cameron and Walker, Nicole (2021). The Lived Experience of Residents in an Emerging Master-Planned Community. Sustainability, 13 (21), 12158. doi: 10.3390/su132112158
• Kennedy, Rosemary and Buys, Laurie (2021) "Making the most of life: The longevity bonus is a design issue" in Architecture Australia, September 2021 pp58-60.
• Sustainable urban development for older Australians: understanding the formation of naturally occurring retirement communities in the greater Brisbane region. E, Jiaxuan, Xia, Bo, Buys, Laurie and Yigitcanlar, Tan (2021). Sustainable urban development for older Australians: understanding the formation of naturally occurring retirement communities in the greater Brisbane region. Sustainability, 13 (17) 9853, 9853. doi: 10.3390/su13179853
• Understanding the dynamic behaviour of the Australian retirement village industry: a causal loop diagram. Xia, Bo, Chen, Qing, Walliah, Jerry, Buys, Laurie, Skitmore, Martin and Susilawati, Connie (2021). Understanding the dynamic behaviour of the Australian retirement village industry: a causal loop diagram. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 25 (5), 346-355. doi: 10.3846/ijspm.2021.15063 (Q2)
• Online health communities, contributions to caregivers and resilience of older adults. Kamalpour, Mostafa, Rezaei Aghdam, Atae, Watson, Jason, Tariq, Amina, Buys, Laurie, Eden, Rebekah and Rehan, Syed (2021). Online health communities, contributions to caregivers and resilience of older adults. Health and Social Care in the Community, 29 (2), 328-343. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13247
• What older adults do in online communities when they co-create and co-destruct value. Kamalpour, Mostafa, Eden, Rebekah, Syed, Rehan A., Buys, Laurie, Tariq, Amina and Watson, Jason (2021). What older adults do in online communities when they co-create and co-destruct value. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 13 (3), 433-455. doi: 10.1108/IJQSS-03-2020-0043
• How can online communities support resilience factors among older adults. Kamalpour, Mostafa, Watson, Jason and Buys, Laurie (2020). How can online communities support resilience factors among older adults. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 36 (14), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2020.1749817
• Improving the sustainable retirement village framework: from theory to practice. Hu, Xin, Xia, Bo, Chong, Heap-Yih, Skitmore, Martin and Buys, Laurie (2020). Improving the sustainable retirement village framework: from theory to practice. Journal of Cleaner Production, 248 119290, 119290. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119290
• Retirement can wait: A phenomenographic exploration of professional baby-boomer engagement in non-standard employment. Niesel, Christoph, Buys, Laurie, Nili, Alireza and Miller, Evonne (2020). Retirement can wait: A phenomenographic exploration of professional baby-boomer engagement in non-standard employment. Ageing and Society, 1-25. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X20001555
• Sustainable living environment in retirement Villages: what matters to residents? Xia, Bo, Chen, Qing, Buys, Laurie, Skitmore, Martin and Walliah, Jerry (2020). Sustainable living environment in retirement Vvllages: what matters to residents?. Journal of Aging and Environment, 35 (4), 370-384. doi: 10.1080/26892618.2020.1848965
• Benefit assessment of battery plus solar for customers and the grid. Boulaire, Fanny, Narimani, Afsaneh, Bell, John, Drogemuller, Robin, Vine, Desley, Buys, Laurie and Walker, Geoffrey (2019). Benefit assessment of battery plus solar for customers and the grid. Energy Strategy Reviews, 26 100372, 100372. doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2019.100372
• Fashion exposure: Sri Lankan apparel industry designer interactions with the world of fashion. Gopura, Sumith, Payne, Alice Ruth, Buys, Laurie and Bandara, Deepthi Chandrika (2019). Fashion exposure: Sri Lankan apparel industry designer interactions with the world of fashion. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 23 (4), 466-486. doi: 10.1108/JFMM-10-2018-0137
• Photovoice in aged care: What do residents value? Miller, Evonne, Buys, Laurie and Donoghue, Geraldine (2019). Photovoice in aged care: What do residents value?. Australasian Journal On Ageing, 38 (3), E93-E97. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12641
• The happiness initiative: changing organizational culture to make 'brilliance' mainstream in aged care. Miller, Evonne, Devlin, Nicole, Buys, Laurie and Donoghue, Geraldine (2019). The happiness initiative: changing organizational culture to make 'brilliance' mainstream in aged care. Journal of Management and Organization, 26 (3), 1-13. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2019.59
• Fostering social sustainability through intergenerational engagement in Australian neighborhood parks. Washington, Tracy L., Cushing, Debra Flanders, Mackenzie, Janelle, Buys, Laurie and Trost, Stewart (2019). Fostering social sustainability through intergenerational engagement in Australian neighborhood parks. Sustainability, 11 (16) 4435. doi: 10.3390/su11164435
• Aging, exercise and motivating engagement. Boulton-Lewis, G. M., Buys, L., Lewis, C. O., Vine, D. and Dendle, K. (2019). Aging, exercise and motivating engagement. Educational Gerontology, 45 (6), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/03601277.2019.1641308
• The fashion designer's evolving role in the apparel value chain: Perspectives from Sri Lankan designers. Gopura, Sumith, Payne, Alice and Buys, Laurie (2019). The fashion designer's evolving role in the apparel value chain: Perspectives from Sri Lankan designers. Fashion Practice: the journal of design, creative process and the fashion industry, 11 (2), 175-196. doi: 10.1080/17569370.2019.1607224
• What hinders the development of Chinese continuing care retirement community sector? A news coverage analysis. Hu, Xin, Xia, Bo, Hu, Yi, Skitmore, Martin and Buys, Laurie (2019). What hinders the development of Chinese continuing care retirement community sector? A news coverage analysis. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 23 (2), 108-116. doi: 10.3846/ijspm.2019.7436
• Yigitcanlar, T, Kamruzzaman, Md., Buys, L, Ioppolo, G, Sabatini-Marques, J, da Costa, E M, et al. (2018) Understanding 'smart cities': Intertwining development drivers with desired outcomes in a multidimensional framework. Cities. (2018)
• Hu, X, Xia, B, Chen, Q, Skitmore, M, Buys, L, & Wu, P (2018) A practice mining system for the delivery of sustainable retirement villages. Journal of Cleaner Production, 203, pp. 943-956.
• Hu, X, Xia, B, Buys, L, & Skitmore, M (2018) Providing a sustainable living environment in not-for-profit retirement villages: A case study in Australia. Facilities, 36(5/6), pp. 272-290.

Projects

• LP200301123
  Prof Lidia, Morawska, Dr Duzgun, Agdas, Prof Laurie Buys, plus 29 additional researchers or industry partners
  $898,014
  2022-2024
  Making Australia resilient to airborne infection transmission
• DP170101208
  Dr B Xia, Prof L Buys
  $117,000
  2017-2020
  Sustainable retirement villages for Ageing Australians
• LP160101341
  Dr D Cushing, Dr T Washington, Prof L Buys, Prof S Trost, Mr W Mortensen, Mr T Volbert
  $242,580
  2017-2020
  Intergenerational park design for active and engaged communities
• ARC Linkage LP140100923
  Prof G Ledwich, Prof L Buys*, Prof K Mengersen, Prof R Drogemuller, Prof J Bell, Mr G Walden
  $527,644
  2014-2017
  Customer Responsive Risk-Managed Network Planning
• ARC Linkage LP130100036
  A/Prof E Miller, Prof L Buys, Ms N Delvin
  $260,224
  2013-2015
  Facilitating active ageing in residential aged care: strategies, opportunities and future directions
• ARC Linkage LP110201139
  Prof G Ledwich, Prof L Buys*, Prof A Ghosh, Prof J Bell.
  $420,000
  2011-2014
  Electricity Demand Side Management: Models, Optimisation and Customer Engagement
• ARC Linkage LP110200419
  Prof A Beer, Prof L Buys, Prof G Lewin, Dr R Bentley, Prof A Tinker.
  $348,151
  2012-2014
  Emerging from the shadows: the evaluation of intervention strategies to reduce social isolation amongst the aged
• ARC Discovery DP110105127
  Prof M Brereton, Prof P Roe, Prof L Buys, Assoc Prof Mark Taylor.
  $210,000
  2010-2012
  Cooperation and reciprocity at the local scale enabled by social and mobile technologies: an empirically derived theoretical framework
• ARC Linkage LP0883447
  Prof L Buys, Assoc Prof E Miller, Prof G Boulton-Lewis, Prof M Courtney, A/Prof R Nayak, Prof D Andersen.
  $397,547
  2009-2011
  The Neglected Dimension of Community Liveability: Impact On Social Connectedness And Active Ageing
• ARC linkage LP0668911
  Prof L Buys, Prof P Grace, Prof C Wilson, Ms R Kennedy, Prof M Hefferan, Ms J Ryan.
  $450,540
  2008-2010
  Managing the social, environmental & economic impacts of high density-living within inner-urban sub-tropical environments
• ARC LinkageLP0560536
  Prof L Buys, Dr M Knox, Prof G Boulton-Lewis, Prof H Edwards, Prof C Bigby.
  $192,894
  2007-2009
  Developing an Integrative Active Ageing Model for Policy Makers and Service Providers to Support Older People with Lifelong Intellectual Disability

Accolades and Awards

• National President of the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) (2007-09),
• AAG President-Elect (2004-06) and Immediate Past President (2010-11)
• AAG Fellow (2008)
• AAG Distinguished Member (2008).

Appointments and Affiliations

• Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology
• Honorary Professor, University of Queensland

International journal review panels

• Sustainability: 2019 to present
• Journal of Aging and Longevity: 2021 to present

Grant agency review panels

• Australian Research Council 2010 to present