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Melbourne best city three years in a row

For the third consecutive year Melbourne has been ranked the best city in the world to live, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) 2013 Global Liveability Survey.
It's no surprise to veski, and the growing number of leading scientists and researchers who have moved to the Victorian capital as veski innovation fellows, that the city has kept the top spot since taking the title from Vancouver after a run of almost a decade.
Not only is Melbourne the world's best city to live it also has growing science and innovation communities with a number of high profile research precincts and significant infrastructure to support groundbreaking research.
Australian cities dominated the rankings claiming four of the top ten spots, with Adelaide coming in equal fifth and Sydney and Perth falling one place in the rankings to seventh and ninth position respectively. Vienna once again came in second place with Vancouver (3), Toronto (4), Calgary (=5), Helsinki (8) and Auckland (10) rounding out the top ten.
The EIU’s Liveability Ranking, part of the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, assesses living conditions in 140 cities around the world by assigning a rating across five broad categories of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Melbourne scores highly in all of the EIU’s criteria and achieves perfect scores in the areas of healthcare, education and infrastructure. Ongoing investment in Melbourne’s world-class infrastructure was highlighted in the report for keeping Melbourne at the top of the index.
The news comes just weeks after the Monocle named Melbourne’s quality of life the second best in the world commenting that “The intelligent charm of Melbourne is being matched by clever city-wide ideas” as it commends the significant investment in infrastructure and cycle-ways.
Melbourne is well-known for its high quality of life, with its vibrant multicultural community, renowned arts scene and world famous food and wine, as well as Australia’s best shopping and leisure opportunities. Adding to this vibrant lifestyle, Melbourne is home to some of the world’s most prestigious cultural and sporting events - consistently being ranked as one of the world’s ‘Ultimate Sporting cities’ in the biennial SportBusiness awards.
As the world’s most liveable city, Melbourne attracts people from all over the world ensuring a steady supply of highly talented individuals including the veski innovation fellows who have brought their world-class research to Victoria.
Its enviable lifestyle, skilled and innovative workforce and competitive business environment all combine to make Melbourne one of the most dynamic cities in the world.
veski connection members in the news
Apr 2020 | Royal Society
Prof Jane Visavader, 2018 Victoria Prize for Science & Innovation recipient, elected to the Royal Societyin 2020
“The real benefit of increasing fabrication rates is the transition from prototyping, making one offs, to actually going into production.”
Assoc Prof Timothy Scott
Nov 2019 | Bionics Institute
Dr Thushara Perera, 2016 Victoria Fellow, received the prestigious AMP Foundation’s Tomorrow Fund
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