Dr Andrew Clarke
PhD (sociology), University of Queensland, 2017
Honours (sociology), University of Queensland, 2011
Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland, 2010
Andrew is a sociologist with expertise in the areas of housing studies, social policy, urban sociology, and social theory. He researches a variety of topics including housing insecurity and homelessness, social housing provision, urban governance, and the role of charity in contemporary welfare systems. He is currently undertaking research into how evictions unfold in the Australian private rental sector and contributing to the biennial Australian 91成人版抖音lessness Monitor study, which investigates changes in rates and patterns of homelessness and developments in homelessness policy and interventions.听
Andrew鈥檚 methodological expertise lies in the use of ethnographic and other qualitative methods to investigate social policies and programs and their effects. He has a strong background in social theory and he is passionate about integrating theoretically-informed sociological analysis with applied social policy research. Andrew also has experience in combining ethnographic research with analysis of administrative data in policy and program evaluations.
Andrew is the Australasian editor of听Housing Studies听and a fellow with the City Futures Research Centre and the Australian Basic Income Lab. Prior to joining UNSW, Andrew held a series of research fellowships at the University of Queensland (2016-2022). Andrew received his PhD in sociology from the University of Queensland in 2017.
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Morris, A., Cheshire, C., Martin, C. & Clarke, A. Eviction: How private renters lose their homes and the consequences (2023-2025). Australian Research Council Discovery Grant.
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UNSW Early Career Researcher Network Award for 'Best Book Chapter or Journal Article 2023', awarded for paper听Clarke A, 2023, 'Can a basic income help address homelessness? A Titmussian perspective', Journal of Sociology, 59, pp. 860 鈥 878.
TASA Early Career Researcher Best Paper Prize 2021, awarded for paper 鈥楤ureaucratic encounters after neoliberalism: examining the supportive turn in social housing governance鈥, published in the British Journal of Sociology, 2020, 71(2).
TASA Honours Award 2011, awarded for the honours thesis Governing the Dieting Self: Conducting Weight-loss Via the Internet.