Projects
Below you will find a list of the current projects being undertaken by URP researchers.
Review of the Boarding Houses Act 2012
Project funded by Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, (opens in a new window)on behalf of the NSW Government
Contact: Dr Gabrielle Drake, (opens in a new window) Dr Hazel Blunden, (opens in a new window) Assoc Prof Michael Darcy, (opens in a new window) Kathy Newton, Professor Carolyn Sappideen and Esterina Lentini
Review of Boarding Houses in Parramatta
Project funded by Parramatta City Council (opens in a new window)
Contact: Assoc Prof Michael Darcy, (opens in a new window) Dr Hazel Blunden, (opens in a new window) Dr Gabrielle Drake, (opens in a new window) Fred Michna and Kathy Newton
From Street to Home: Rough Sleepers in Parramatta
Project funded by Parramatta Mission (opens in a new window)
Contact: Dr Gabrielle Drake, (opens in a new window)Dr Hazel Blunden, (opens in a new window)Assoc Prof Michael Darcy, (opens in a new window)
Tracing modes of infrastructure financing and their effects on cities
Project funded by the Australian Research Council (opens in a new window) (ACRG)
Contact: Professor Phillip O'Neill (opens in a new window)
Developing criteria to help solve Australia's urban infrastructure crisis
Project funded by the Australian Research Council (opens in a new window) (ACRG)
Contact: Professor Phillip O'Neill (opens in a new window)
Residents' Voices: Advantage, Disadvantage, Community and Place
Project funded by the Australian Research Council
(ACRG), St Vincent de Paul Society,
Loyola University Chicago,
Flinders University,
Tenants' Union of NSW
Contact: Assoc Prof Michael Darcy (opens in a new window)
Ethnic discrimination in the private rental housing market
Project funded by the Australian Research Council
(ACRG)
Contacts: Professor Kevin Dunn (opens in a new window) and Dr Rae Dufty-Jones (opens in a new window)
An exploration of the frequency, outcomes, enablers and constraints of bystander anti-racism
Project funded by the Australian Research Council
(ACRG)
Contact: Professor Kevin Dunn (opens in a new window)
Citizenship, concentrations of disadvantage and the manipulated mobility of the urban poor: The role of urban and social policy
Project funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (opens in a new window)(non ACRG)
Contact: Dr Dallas Rogers (opens in a new window)
Queering disasters in the Antipodes: investigating the experiences of LGBTI people in natural disasters
Project funded by the Australian Research Council (opens in a new window) (ACRG)
Contact: Dr Andrew Gorman-Murray (opens in a new window)
Determining the financial barriers in moving from welfare to work
Project funded by Pacific Link Housing Limited (opens in a new window)
Contacts: Assoc Prof Michael Darcy, (opens in a new window)Dr Hazel Blunden (opens in a new window) and Dr Dallas Rogers (opens in a new window)
Evaluation of the WorkFast Pilot Program
Project funded by Neami National (opens in a new window)
Contacts: Assoc Prof Michael Darcy, (opens in a new window) Dr Hazel Blunden (opens in a new window) and Dr Dallas Rogers (opens in a new window)
The opportunity of residential property investment vehicles in enhancing affordable rental housing supply
Project funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (opens in a new window)
Contacts: Dr Chyi Lin Lee (opens in a new window) and Professor Graeme Newell (opens in a new window)
The politics and practice of Chinese direct foreign investment into Australian housing
Project funded by a University Internal Research Grant
Contacts: Dr Dallas Rogers (opens in a new window) and Dr Chyi Lin Lee (opens in a new window)
Agonistic community engagement in planning: Understanding community knowledge, community demand and structural constraints
Project funded by the Henry Halloran Trust
Contacts: Dr Dallas Rogers, (opens in a new window) Dr Laura Schatz, (opens in a new window) Dr Awais Piracha (opens in a new window)and Dr Cameron McAuliffe (opens in a new window)