Concentrations of disadvantage in Australia's cities: key questions and hypotheses

Researchers funded through AHURI’s National Housing Research Program are currently undertaking a major project to investigate the location, nature and housing market dynamics of disadvantaged areas within Australia’s cities.

This three-year project, titled Addressing spatial concentrations of social disadvantage, will analyse the processes which result in concentrations of disadvantage, the experience of living in such areas and the policy responses enacted by federal and state governments.

This AHURI Research Seminar will highlight early research findings from the project, including the spatial distribution of disadvantaged areas and changes over time in geographical patterns of poverty.

The seminar will also present findings from a review of the Australian and international academic and policy literature on causes, consequences and policy responses as regards disadvantaged areas. In addition, researchers from the project are keen to use this opportunity to engage with seminar participants to inform the research questions, hypotheses and methodology for future stages of the project.

It will be facilitated by Dr Andrew Hollows (Deputy Executive Director, AHURI Limited) and will include presentations from the project leader Professor Hal Pawson (AHURI UNSW-UWS Research Centre) and members of the AHURI research team. It will also include presentations from international experts - Professor Paul Lawless (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) and Professor Peter Williams (Cambridge University, UK).

Event link: http://www.cvent.com/d/pcq98d