City Futures Research Centre is a national leader in scholarly applied research on urban planning, housing, development, social policy, and health & well-being
Sydney, Australia
Joined April 2013
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Missed the "Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024 - Unpacking the findings"?
No problems. Find this recording featuring Prof Hal Pawson, Dr. Andrew Clarke and Kate Colvin on the CFRC YouTube reflecting on the report's findings.
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Don't forget to register for today's event to hear from Dr Balamurugan Soundararaj on "MapAI – Creating a GIS enabled Generative AI System capable of Geo-Spatial Analysis"
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Join us this Friday for the next City Futures seminar to hear from Prof Hazel Easthope and Dr Edgar Liu on "Facilitating social cohesion in rapidly densifying neighbourhoods: A case study on inner suburban Sydney, Australia"
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🎉 City Futures Q3 Newsletter is out, and it's jam packed!
Check out what the team has been up to over the last quarter here: mailchi.mp/77bfd9fe78fb/city…
Join us this Friday for the next City Futures seminar to hear from Dr Fatemeh Aminpour who will be presenting on "The effectiveness of private rental assistance in managing access to housing"
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UNSW City Futures Research Centre retweeted
Parliament is currently considering a new bill from @DavidPocock and @KyleaTink that calls for housing to be considered a fundamental human right. Read @dr_chris_martin from @UNSWCityFutures on how this could work and why housing should be a human right. theconversation.com/a-new-bi…
Join us this Friday for the next CFRC Seminar to hear from Dr Maryam Bostanara on Urban Dynamics and Household Decisions: Advanced Statistical models in Household Decision-Making in Land Use &Transportation
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Join us for the next CFRC Seminar Series to hear from @dr_chris_martin on "Legislating for better housing policy: the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill"
Register for either in-person or online here:
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Do renters have a right to heating and aircon? 🥶
As Aussie homes get colder in the winter months, what rights do tenants have to ask for better heating? @dr_chris_martin discusses in UNSW Newsroom here:
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🏡 A Human Right to Housing? 🏡
@dr_chris_martin features in the @ConversationEDU discussing new bill by @KyleaTink & @DavidPocock to recognize housing as a human right & the call for a 10-year National Housing & Homelessness Plan.
Read more: theconversation.com/a-new-bi…
CFRC's Q2 Newsletter is out!
Follow the link below to find out what the team has been up to the last quarter!
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🚶♀️🌆 New paper!
Check out "A participatory mapping approach to capturing perceived walkability" by @JosephineRoper4 @mattnkm @jonnyhuck & @CPettit47. Discover how citizens' views on walkability in Sydney are captured using an innovative mapping tool
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Join us for the next CFRC Seminar this Friday to hear from international guests Professor Kenneth Gibb and Professor Alex Marsh on "Homes for All: what would a well-functioning housing system look like?"
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UNSW City Futures Research Centre retweeted
As we were saying… from Professor Hal Pawson @UNSWCityFutures
A good reminder that while making big strides Queensland has a lot of ground to cover - social housing stock has been allowed to decline. Now at a paltry 3% of stock. 30 years of neglect.
theconversation.com/the-hous…
📚 New paper alert! "Coupling Cellular Automata and What If? Models for Residential Expansion Simulation: Southwest Sydney" by Dr. Yi Lu, Prof ShawnLaffan, Prof@CPettit47 .
The study shows an effective CA-What If? model for urban growth.
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
New CityBlog from @dr_chris_martin and Prof Hal Pawson
summarising their newly published journal article comparing Australia with seven other countries on approaches to assisting first home ownership.
Read here:
blogs.unsw.edu.au/cityfuture…
Join us next Friday to hear from Dr Fatemeh Aminpour on "Design for neurodiversity: Inclusive design principles in early years learning spaces"
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🎉 The City Futures Q1 Newsletter is here! 🎉
Click the link below to see what the team have been up to this quarter.
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Join us next Friday for the next installment of the CFRC Seminar Series to hear from Dr Charlie Gillon, PhD on "Diverse density decisions: What kinds of apartment buildings do owner-occupiers want to buy into in New South Wales?"
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Don't forget to register for tomorrow's event to hear from @rg_rupa and Laurence Troy speaking on "A breakdown of urban citizenship and spatial reordering of cities"
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