20 Years of AHURI - Flipbook - Page 21
Professor Andrew Beer,
University of South Australia
“AHURI has reshaped the policy agenda in Australia and
created a profile that is unrivalled in the research sector in
the social sciences in Australia. It continues to foreground
important policy issues, while also bringing the best academic
research to policy attention.”
Yvette Berry MLA,
Minister for Housing and
Suburban Development,
ACT Government
“By definition, AHURI’s work lends itself to technical discussions
about housing policy. It’s an extremely valuable body for
us policy makers, a great source of evidence and a regular
reference point for government.”
Professor Geoff Meen,
University of Reading (UK)
“Housing researchers in other countries, including my own,
have for many years looked enviously at the Australian model
established through AHURI and consider it to be the gold
standard. Given the parallels between Australian and UK
housing problems, its publications are heavily cited in my own
research and have strongly influenced my own thinking and
discussions about UK housing policy.”
Deb Batterham,
Launch Housing
“The AHURI model brings researchers and policy makers
together to produce timely policy focused research. AHURI’s
work on homelessness has helped to keep homelessness and
housing linked for Australian policy makers and has enabled
work that would have been otherwise difficult to complete.”
Professor Keith Jacobs,
University of Tasmania
“AHURI has had an enormous impact on my career. The funding
opportunities that AHURI provide is a godsend for housing
scholars such as myself. There are countless academics in
Australia who are grateful for providing funds for our research.”
Adrian Pisarski,
National Shelter
“AHURI has provided a substantial evidence-base for the
development of policy and thinking by governments and from
which the NGO sector has been able to build evidence-based
advocacy for our own purposes. The have kept us informed
about critical aspects of housing that would be beyond our
reach if they weren’t around. Long may they continue, we are a
richer nation with them.”
