Dr Kath Hulse

BA (Hons) (Exon), MSocSci (Birm), PhD (Swinburne)

Kath is Director of the Swinburne-Monash Research Centre of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research.

Her primary research interests are in social policy, particularly the restructuring of social policies in the context of cultural, social, political and economic change. She has a strong interest in comparative social policy. Over the last few years, Kath’s research has focused on housing and social policy including the linkages between social cohesion and housing/place; the role of housing and place in shaping economic and social participation, and new approaches to social and affordable housing. She has also undertaken research which questions traditional assumptions about housing tenure in the light of significant economic and social changes.

Kath brings extensive, high level experience in policy development, applied research and management of social programs from a long career in government and the not for profit sector. She has particular experience in housing, urban development and community services. She is a long-term Director of Melbourne Affordable Housing, a housing association registered in Victoria.

Publications in the Swinburne Research Bank

Office: EW114
Telephone: +61 3 9214 5321
Email: khulse@swin.edu.au