Dr Ian Winter

Dr Ian Winter is the Executive Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and has been in this role since 2003.

Ian is a housing and urban specialist who has conducted research and published on a wide range of matters for over 25 years. Now focussing upon evidence-informed policy development, he is an observer at the Housing Ministers’ Conference and a Special Advisor to Minister McClelland's Advisory Committee on Social Housing and Housing Assistance. He regularly advises Ministers and senior public servants on the policy implications arising from AHURI research, and is also a regular conference speaker, media commentator and expert facilitator of a variety of forums, seminars and roundtables.

Prior to working at AHURI, Ian was a Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Family Studies and lecturer at RMIT University. He is the author of numerous journal articles and books on housing and urban issues and continues to serve on the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Housing Policy, Housing Theory and Society, Housing Studies and Urban Policy and Research.