
Dr Sharon Parkinson
Senior Research Fellow
PhD Urban Studies, RMIT, Australia
PhD Urban Studies, RMIT, Australia
Research interests
New Ways of Urban Living; Digital Transitions; Generational Change; Urbanisation; Sociology of Cities; Housing Precarity and Informality
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Associate Supervisor.
Fields of Research
- Urban And Regional Planning - 330400
- Human Geography - 440600
- Urban Sociology And Community Studies - 441016
Teaching areas
Housing and Urban Studies
Awards
- 2016, Swinburne, Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Award, Swinburne University of Technology
- 2011, National, AHURI Postdoctoral Fellowship, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute
Publications
Also published as: Parkinson, Sharon; Parkinson, S.
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2022: AHURi - Changes in supply/demand for affordable housing in the private rental sector, 2016?2021 (22/PRO/51285) *; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Fund Scheme
- 2022: Australian Data Maturity Assessment *; The Paul Ramsay Foundation
- 2022: Expanding ADII Data Queensland *; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- 2022: Investigative Panel on understanding poverty in Australian housing Intended start *; University of New South Wales
- 2022: RFQ: Digital Equity and Inclusion Program- Discover Phase - PROC1808 *; Department of Planning, Industry & Environment (NSW)
- 2021: Collaborative data analytics exploring family safety outcomes *; Department of Health and Human Services Fund Scheme
- 2021: Evaluation of the Homes Victoria Rental Relief Grant *; Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
- 2021: Measuring and Monitoring Digital Inclusion *; Good Things Foundation
- 2021: Regulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investment in changing rental markets *; AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects
- 2020: Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2020-2023 *; Telstra Digital Inclusion Index
- 2019: Agglomeration effects and housing market dynamics *; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Fund Scheme
- 2018: Changes in the supply of affordable rental housin in Australian cities, 2011-2016 *; AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects
- 2018: Understanding the changing geography of homelessness in Australia (2001-2016) *; AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects
- 2017: Older Australians and the housing aspirations gap *; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Fund Scheme
- 2016: Improving outcomes for lower-income private renter households: opportunities and challenges *; AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects
- 2016: LGBT Homelessness project ?secondary data analysis. *; GALFA funding grant
- 2016: The Future of the Private Rental Sector *; AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects
- 2016: Toward a capabilities approach in housing and homelessness service delivery: recent developments and their implications *; Brotherhood of St Laurence Fund Scheme
- 2014: Households at mid-life: 'life event' threats to housing security in old age *; Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund (LMCF)
- 2014: Housing assistance demand, dynamics and provision Australia: a household-based policy analysis *; AHURI National Housing Research Program - Research Projects
* Chief Investigator
Recent media
- 2020-03-26: Rough sleepers moved off street as homelessness tipped to spike - The Age Newspaper
- Airbnb exasperating rental affordability in some Australian suburbs - ABC Radio National Breakfast with Fran Kelly
- Aus: accommodation report sparks calls for more support - The PIE NEWS Anton Crace
- Black market': Why finding a rental is harder than ever - NorthernStar
- Calls for solution to Tasmania's housing crisis, with homeless at risk during winter cold - ABC Radio, PM Linda Mottram
- Casual workers face rent battle - Sydney Morning Herald Michelle Griffin
- Casualisation of the Workforce puts pressure on first time home owners - The Wire
- Casuals deserve job security - CourierMail Jane Fynes-Clinton
- Flat wages and soaring house prices are condemning Australians to a lifetime of renting - ABC 7.30 Report
- Gerv Tacadena Young Aussies hold off housing plans to prioritise education and career - Your Mortgage
- Grace Ormsby, Home-owning hopefuls mostly holed up with mum and dad - nestegg.com.au
- Homelessness and findings of the J2SI evaluation - FBI Radio
- Homelessness becoming concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne - The Guardian
- Homelessness greatest in cities - Canberra Times
- Homelessness greatest in suburbs - The Leader
- Homelessness surges, evolves in Australian capitals - News.com.au
- Homeownership a struggle - ABS News Radio Adelaide
- How and where older Australians want to live - The New Daily
- Informal renting - ABC Radio Sydney
- Jim Malo Young Australians show 'blind optimism' they'll own a home - Age Domain News