20 Years of AHURI - Flipbook - Page 14
Timeline of achievements
1999
- AHURI successfully
established as
Australia’s largest
collaborative research
venture in the social
sciences
- First university
participants join the
AHURI network
2000
- Dr Owen Donald
appointed Executive
Director and Hon Rob
Knowles AO appointed
Chair
- Research reports made
accessible to the public
online for the first time
- First National Housing
Conference held in
Sydney
2001
- First AHURI PhD
scholarship top-ups
awarded to students at
AHURI Research Centres
- Research and Policy
Bulletins (RAPs)
introduced
- First projects examining
Indigenous housing
commenced
- Michael Lennon
appointed Chair and
Professor Mike Berry
appointed Executive
Director
2010
- Formation of the
National Homelessness
Research Network
- Launch of Executive
Director Briefings as
a dissemination and
engagement tool for
senior key stakeholders
with the release of each
major report
2012
2013
2003
- Dr Ian Winter appointed
Executive Director
- AHURI led the
consultations with key
stakeholders to shape
the renegotiation of the
Commonwealth State
Housing Agreement
- Established role
working closely with
key government
committees: the
Housing Ministers’
Council, Housing
Ministers’ Advisory
Committee, and related
structures
2014
- Establishment of the
Indigenous Housing
and Homelessness
Policy, Practice and
Research Network
- Two day National Urban
Policy Conference
hosted in Sydney on
the theme - Economic
productivity and the city
- Tony de Domenico
appointed as Chair
- Partner with COAG
Reform Council and
National Transport
Commission to deliver
workshop: Cities–how
are we faring?
- Launch of AHURI
Evidence Review – a
weekly online article
linking research findings
with contemporary
debates and media
discussions
- First AHURI Inquiries
commence – bringing
policy makers, industry
and academics together
- Beginning of Policy
Development Research
Model
2004
- Collaborative Research
Ventures (CRVs)
implemented
- Introduction of an
innovative Research
Quality Framework,
including an international
peer review program and
Editorial Board
2015
- Introduction of an
annual Policy Impact
Statement
- National Housing
Conference in Perth
- In partnership with
Housing Choices
Australia, created the
Professor Mike Berry
Award for Excellence in
Housing Research
