Professor Nicky Morrison
School of Social Sciences
nicky.morrison@westernsydney.edu.au
Nicky Morrison is Professor of Planning at Western Sydney University and a Senior Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University. She is a leading academic authority on overcoming barriers to securing affordable housing through the planning system and ways to deliver sustainable communities and inclusive growth through participatory planning practices.
Nicky has over 27 years of experience, working with interdisciplinary teams on high impact international and UK planning and housing research projects, attracting major competitive external funding from the European Commission, Norwegian, German, UK, and local governments, Shelter Homeless Charity and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
She has acted as a strategic advisor to Chinese Ministers as they implemented China’s first Public Housing Act and Amnesty International ‘Housing rights live here’ programme in Africa. Nicky is passionate about developing truly collaborative planning through effective partnerships between government, the private sector, NGOs, and community agencies.
She was a long-serving Board member of a UK community housing provider. She serves on Habitat International Editorial Board, WESTIR Ltd. Board, and the Planning Institute of Australia NSW Judging Panel for Planning Awards for Excellence.
In 2019, the Royal Town Planning Institute commended Professor Morrison for her recognised leadership and significant contribution to the planning profession.
