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Research capacity building

AHURI research capacity building measures are designed to benefit students and academics by building depth in their fields of research. They include Postgraduate Top Up Scholarships, the Postgraduate Symposium and a Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Postgraduate Top Up Scholarship

AHURI offers the NHRP Postgraduate Top Up Scholarship to assist students in their housing and homelessness research. Top Up Scholarships are only available to students of AHURI's partner universities.

In addition to funding, Top Up Scholars have the opportunity to attend the annual two-day AHURI Postgraduate Symposium, in which they are invited to present and discuss their research with peers and leading housing and urban researchers.

  • Current postgraduate scholars

    Roman Aizengendler, RMIT University
    In what ways and under what conditions can Indigenous housing providers and community- led organisations increase culturally responsive housing supply to meet expected demand and improve non-housing outcomes for Indigenous communities?

    Obed Ankrah, Adelaide University
    Harnessing water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) for climate change resilience: an analysis of planning policies and practices in Greater Adelaide, South Australia

    Sadaf Dalirazar, RMIT University
    The role of demonstration housing projects in facilitating the transition towards sustainable construction

    Dong Yue, Adelaide University
    Enhancing Housing Supply and Circularity: A Distributed Framework for Mass Customisation in Australian Prefabricated Housing Projects

    Samantha Floreani, Monash University
    The political economy of real estate technologies and housing injustice in Australia

    Any Flores, Swinburne University of Technology
    The Role of Housing as a Social Intervention Tool

    Carl Grant, Adelaide University
    A Comparative Analysis of Social Housing Solutions

    Joanna Hatcher, RMIT University
    Women and Children's Experiences of Homelessness: Intersections with Family Violence and Housing System Reform

    Linda Kennedy, RMIT University
    Indigenous Freedom and Healing

    Alice Kalbut, Queensland University of Technology
    Intergenerational Living and Learning Environments: Agency, Reciprocity and Liminality

    Chantell Langdon, Monash University
    From ‘Band-Aids’ to Bricks and Mortar: Improving long-term housing pathways for victim survivors of domestic

    Raphael Odunlade, Swinburne University of Technology
    Climate-Resilient Housing in Vulnerable Neighbourhoods

    Mina Safizadeh, Adelaide University
    The impact of urban geometry and greenery on users’ thermal comfort and activities (A case study of Adelaide)

    Margaret Shambrook, Curtin University
    Housing Australia’s ageing population: Delivering solutions that meet older people’s housing aspirations

    Willem van Wyk, University of New South Wales
    Urban planning policy construction in NSW: From flexibly applying to flexibly interpreting

    Lin Yiting, University of New South Wales
    Measuring TOD performance in the present and future: Towards successful TOD in Greater Sydney

Postdoctoral Fellowship

The AHURI NHRP Postdoctoral Fellowship aims to develop the careers of scholars in housing and homelessness research. Fellowships are offered every three years, or at the discretion of the AHURI board. They are available to scholars within AHURI's NHRP partner universities.

  • Current postdoctoral fellowship

    Nestor Agustin Guity Zapata, Swinburne University of Technology
    Community-led housing resilience: Integrating technologies and Indigenous knowledge for disaster recovery and futureproofing

Get in touch

Interested in finding out more about the National Housing Research Program? 

Contact a member of our team. 

Ph: +61 3 9660 2300