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Sustainable Cities Research Flagship - Current Projects

The built environment
Project, funding source, date commenced	Swinburne researcher(s)
Green Shoots? Exploring the Genesis and Development of a Green Economy in Australia, Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2011, DP110100543 website	Peter Newton and Stephen Glackin (with Peter Newman, Curtin University)
New Paradigms for Urban Transport Planning in Australia: Assessing the Capacity of Institutions and Infrastructure (with P Mees), Transport, Australian Research Council, Discovery Grant, 2011, DP110104738 PDF	Terry Burke and John Stone (with Paul Mees, RMIT University)
Opportunity Spaces - Community Engagement in the Planning, Use and Governance of Shared School Facilities, ARC Linkage Project, 2011, LP110200550 with Victorian Department of Education and Early childhood Development.	Ian McShane (with Denise Meredyth RMIT and Jerry Watkins University of Western Sydney
Towards a new development model for housing regeneration in greyfield precincts (Investigative Panel), AHURI, 2010 website	Peter Newton (with Shane Murray Monash University and Ron Wakefield RMIT University)
Housing and place
Project, funding source, date commenced	Swinburne researcher(s)
Spatial Disadvantage, AHURI multiyear research project, 2011	Terry Burke, Kath Hulse and Wendy Stone, members of research team including researchers from UNSW and University of Queensland, led by Hal Pawson, UNSW
Changes in the private rental system and the effects of long-term private rental, AHURI, 2011 website	Wendy Stone, Terry Burke, Kath Hulse, Liss Ralston
Understanding leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector, AHURI 2011 website	Kath Hulse (part of research team involving researchers from UNSW and the University of Western Australia, led by Vivienne Milligan UNSW)
Residual Incomes in Australia: Analysis and Implications, AHURI, 2010 website	Terry Burke and Liss Ralston (with Michael Stone University of Massachusetts)
Social inclusion and housing: a household and local area analysis, AHURI, 2010 website	Wendy Stone, Margaret Reynolds, Maryann Wulff and Kath Hulse
Housing, Public Policy and Social Inclusion, AHURI, 2009 website	Kath Hulse and Angela Spinney (with Keith Jacobs University of Tasmania and Kathy Arthurson Flinders University)
Secure occupancy in rental housing: A comparative analysis, AHURI, 2009 website	Kath Hulse (with Vivienne Milligan and Hazel Easthope UNSW in collaboration with OTB, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands)
The advantages and disadvantages of home ownership for low-moderate income households, AHURI, 2008 website	Kath Hulse, Terry Burke, Liss Ralston and Wendy Stone
Australia's private rental market: changes (2001-2006) in the supply of, and demand for, low rent dwellings, AHURI, 2008 website	Maryann Wulff, Margaret Reynolds and Kath Hulse (Dharmalingam Arunachalam Monash University and Judith Yates University of Sydney)
Housing in Victoria Website, commenced 2008, ongoing more information website	Sean McNelis and Liss Ralston
Homelessness
Project, funding source, date commenced	Swinburne researcher(s)
On the Margins: Boarding Houses and Caravan Parks, funded through the Homelessness Research Collaboration, Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2011	David Mackenzie (with Chris Chamberlain RMIT University)
Homelessness prevention for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence: innovations in policy and practice, AHURI, 2010 website	Angela Spinney, Kath Hulse (with Sarah Blandy University of Leeds)
Early Intervention Strategies to Reduce the Need for Women and Children to Make Repeated Use of Refuge and Other Crisis Accommodation, Homelessness Research Collaboration, Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 2010	Angela Spinney
The Geelong Project, Homelessness Research Collaboration, Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2010	David Mackenzie
Homelessness and Unemployment: Understanding the Connection and Breaking the Cycle, Homelessness Research Collaboration, Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2010	David Mackenzie (part of team led by Adam Steen, Australian Catholic University)
The cost of youth homelessness in Australia, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, 2009-2012, LP0991378	David Mackenzie and Monica Thielking with Paul Flatau (University of Western Australia and Adam Steen Australian Catholic University
Families on the Edge, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, 2008, LP0883848	Kath Hulse, David Mackenzie, Angela Spinney and Andrea Sharam
Other lines of enquiry
Project, funding source, date commenced	Swinburne researcher(s)
Safe from the Start, Tasmanian Aboriginal project, Salvation Army, Tasmania, 2011	Angela Spinney
Women and housing affordability survey, 2011, funded by Salvation Army website	Andrea Sharam
Exploring the experience of security in the Australian Vietnamese community, Australian Research Council Linkage project, 2008 website	Michael Gilding, Helen McKernan and James Scambary (with Nita Cherry Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Denise Meredyth and Trang Thomas RMIT University and Leanne Weber UNSW)
Census operations: non response to Census, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, 2008 website	Scott Ewing (with CI Andrew Flitman)

We also have a list of archived completed projects