Julie Lawson

Adjunct Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Poland

Julie Lawson

Adjunct Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Poland
Dr Julie Lawson is principal author of the comprehensive UN published study #Housing2030, which examines a range of policy tools and good practices to promote affordable, inclusive and sustainable housing in 56 countries and co-author of several pathbreaking international reports on land policies, financial intermediaries and the governance of affordable housing, most recently co-authoring 'Rebuilding a place to call home', with Ukrainian researchers Anisimov, Fedoriv, Tkachenko and Buitelaar (launched May in Kyiv). She is adjunct professor with the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Australia (based in Warsaw, Europe) and also long time co-editor of the international housing journal Housing Theory and Society. Julie collaborates on several podcasts, co-producing the Housing Journal Podcast and Making a House a Home series on Housing2030 and Tools to tame financialization. For Australia and Europe, Julie's work has catalysed national housing and urban policy reforms through strategic international knowledge exchange, contributing to the establishment of National Housing Finance Investment Corporation in Australia, evaluating different pathways for investing in affordable housing, and undertaking needs assessments and costing for nation wide investment in social housing. She has also examined how housing policy can better fit within federal-state housing structures and is part of RMITs leadership team for the Inquiry into a National Housing Strategy for Australia. Her work has also informed the Inquiry into a Circular Economy Strategy for Housing with Louise Dorignon and Ralph Horne and contributed to the recent Inquiry into Home Ownership Assistance together with colleagues across the AHURI network.
Last updated: May 22, 2023

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