Professor Hal Pawson
Hal Pawson is Professor Housing Research and Policy and Associate Director at UNSW鈥檚 City Futures Research Centre. In this role he has led numerous major research projects funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI),by the Australian Research Council (ARC), and by non-government agencies Hal鈥檚 key interests include housing policy governance and strategy, private rental housing, social and affordable housing, and urban renewal. From 2011-19 Hal served as Australasian Editor for the international journal Housing Studies; from 2019-23 he was a Housing Studies Managing Editor. Before moving to UNSW, Hal worked at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh from 1995-2011. He retains an Honorary Professorship at Heriot-Watt and is also an Associate of Sheffield University鈥檚 Department of Urban Studies and Planning. In 2023 he became a non-Executive Director of Community Housing Canberra.
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In the Media
Pawson, H. (2015, August 6). Experts set to address Far North Coast housing issues.听The Northern Star.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, July 22). The Australians Who Prefer to Rent Not Buy.听SMH/ Domain.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, July 17). Australia鈥檚 Housing Debate.听2SER Radio.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, July 2). Could First 91成人版抖音 Buyers be the new Drawcard for Developments?听狈别飞蝉.肠辞尘.补耻.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, June 26). The geography of homelessness.听Geographical Magazine.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, June 25). Victoria Considers Introducing 10 years Rental Leases.听ABC Radio.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, June 24). Tackling housing unaffordability: a 10-point national plan.听Gladstone Observer.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, March 20). Affordable housing solution.听The Canberra Times.听
Pawson, H. (2015, March 20). Super funds tipped for cheap rentals.听Sydney Morning Herald.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, February 4). 91成人版抖音lessness more widespread than official figures show, charities warn.听BBC News UK.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2015, February 4). 91成人版抖音lessness 鈥榦n the rise鈥 amid cuts to benefits.听The Telegraph UK.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2014, December 19). Australia Needs More than Dense Housing Arguments.听The Conversation.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2014, December 15). New generation of boarding houses go upmarket.听Sydney Morning Herald.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2014, November 16). Demand for public housing increases with sell-off.听The Sun Herald.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2014, November 15). Western Sydney鈥檚 overheated housing market.听SBS World News.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2014, March 20). Should we be selling public housing?听The Project.听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2013, May 7). Tenancy reviews don't cut waiting list.听The Age. 听Retrieved from听
Pawson, H. (2012, July 1). 91成人版抖音less run up $100 million hotel bill.听Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from听
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Membership
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Housing
Managing Editor (Australasia),听Housing Studies
My Research Supervision
David Lilley 鈥 PhD thesis: public health and urban renewal
Parian Hoseini 鈥 PhD thesis: studentification in Sydney
Rivver Baumgaertner 鈥 PhD thesis: COVID-19 effects on homelessness temporary accommodation
Lerisca Lensun 鈥 MPhil thesis: Affordable rental housing and employment
My Teaching
Post-graduate course leader:
- Housing Policy and Finance
- Urban Renewal