Urban Transformations Research Centre (UTRC)
Our Mission
The Urban Transformations Research Centre mission is three-fold:
- To transform our communities and infrastructure into sustainable, equitable and resilient futures.
- To deliver action-oriented research and innovation in partnership with industry and society.
- To lead urban transformations research and innovation in Western Sydney and across the world.
Highlights
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NSW Affordable Housing Network
UTRC is helping lead a new statewide collaboration to address one of the state’s most urgent challenges: housing affordability, supply, and long-term resilience.
The Right to Power Report Launch
Led by First Nations’ researchers and energy experts, including UTRC’s Dr Tom Longden, this report exposes the impacts of energy disconnections on community wellbeing and sets out community-led pathways to a fairer energy future.
Unlocking Possibilities with UTRC
The Urban Transformations Research Centre addresses one of the greatest challenges facing humankind: making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
News & Events
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Confronting the Global Housing Affordability Crisis Political Economies, Cities and Housing
Housing affordability has become one of the defining challenges facing cities across the advanced economic world. But why has the crisis become so entrenched – and why have governments and housing systems struggled to respond?
Dr Steffen Wetzstein will introduce the key arguments and insights from his new book, Confronting the Global Housing Affordability Crisis
New organisation could see international partners helping with social housing construction
The launch of the Thrive Inspiration International Design Lab could see China State Construction Engineering Corporation contributing to the manufacturing and construction of social housing in Australia.
The Bathla collapse exposes the financial problems in housing targets
The collapse one of Western Sydney’s largest housing development and construction groups brings another part of that delivery challenge sharply into view: finance.