Current Projects
Our current projects span diverse areas of housing, urban and regional planning research. From creating a data infrastructure around rental housing conditions to investigating the links between housing and health, our staff are on the cutting edge of field-leading research with real world impacts.
Understanding the impact of children's housing circumstances in Australia: a data framework
AHURI Unsolicited Data Project (2025-2026)
ACHR researchers: Amy Clair; Professor Emma Baker; Associate Professor Lynne Giles; Ms Claire Morey
Forging the New Australian Dream in a Post-Homeownership Nation
ARC Discovery (2025-2028)
ACHR researchers: Dr Amy Clair; Professor Emma Baker
Other CIs: Professor Andrew Beer; Professor Richard Ronald
Australian Housing Conditions: A Data Infrastructure
ARC Linkage Infrastructure (2022-2025)
ACHR researchers: Professor Emma Baker; Associate Professor Lyrian Daniel; Ms Claire Morey
Other CIs: Professor Andrew Beer; Professor Kerry London; Associate Professor Christian (Andi) Nygaard; Professor Steven Rowley; Professor Wendy Stone; Professor Rebecca Bentley
Healthy Homes 100
This project is supported by funding from the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics at the University of Adelaide.
ACHR researchers: Dr Amy Clair; Dr Cynthia Barlow; Associate Professor Lyrian Daniel; Professor Emma Baker; Mr Carl Grant
The Environmental Distress Index (TEDI)
The Environmental Distress Index (TEDI)
ACHR researchers: Professor Emma Baker; Associate Professor Megan Moskos, Associate Professor Miriam Forbes, Dr. Kristine Peters, Dr. Cynthia Barlow
Cold in Australian Homes
NHMRC Ideas Grant Project (2021-2024)
ACHR Researchers: Dr Lyrian Daniel; Professor Emma Baker; Dr Cynthia Isley; Professor Rebecca Bentley
Healthy Housing CRE
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (2020-2025)
ACHR researchers: Professor Emma Baker; Professor Rebecca Bentley; Dr Lyrian Daniel
Other CIs: Professor Andrew Beer; Professor Tony Blakely; Professor Alex Brown; Professor Sanda Eades; Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman; Dr. Natasha Howard; Professor David Jacobs; Professor Anton van den Hengel
External lead: The University of Melbourne
Spatial Data Enrichment for High-Resolution Spatial Modelling
ARC Linkage Infrastructure (2022-2025)
ACHR researchers: Professor Emma Baker, Professor Neil Coffee (adjunct)
External lead: University of Canberra
Evidence for action on cold, damp and mould in Australian homes
NHMRC Ideas grant (2021-2024)
ACHR researchers: Professor Emma Baker; Professor Rebecca Bentley; Dr Lyrian Daniel
Other CIs: Professor Tony Blakely; Professor Shyamali Dharmage; Dr. Lucy Telfar Barnard
External lead: The University of Melbourne
Academy of LIVed-Experience (ALIVE)
NHMRC grant (2021-2026)
ACHR researcher: Professor Emma Baker
Other CIs: Professor Sandra Eades; Associate Professor Amanda Neil; Associate Professor Victoria Palmer; Professor George Patton; Professor David Preen; Professor Amanda Wheeler
External lead: The University of Melbourne