Professor Peter Phibbs

Biography

Professor Phibbs is an urban planner with an international reputation in the area of housing studies. Formerly the Associate Dean (Staff) in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney, his research in recent years has been in two main areas: the non-shelter outcomes of housing and the broad area of affordable housing. Since 2001 he has supervised 14 PhD completions and five Masters by Research.

Since coming to the Urban Research Centre he has been Co-ordinator of Academic Programs. As part of this role he is convenor of the Master of Urban Management (which will become the Master of Urban Management and Planning in 2010) and the suite of short courses which makes up the Professional Development Program of the Urban Research Centre. He has a keen interest in the use of films in teaching and has produced a variety of short films that are used in the Centre’s short course and degree programs. He is the UWS co-ordinator for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Urban Planning, Economic Evaluation, Affordable Housing Development, Economic Modelling, Demography

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Grants / Current Projects

2009-10 'Lessons of Defence Housing Australia for Affordable Housing Provision', AHURI

2009-10 'Age specific housing markets and housing and care for low to moderate income older persons', AHURI

2009-10 'Local Government and Ageing: Towards 2030 – Planning for a Changing Population', Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care Research Grant Program.

2008-09 'Innovations in the Provision of Affordable Housing', AHURI

2008-09 'Reverse mortgages and older people: growth factors and implications for retirement decisions', AHURI

2008-09 'North-West and West-Central Sydney Employment Strategies, WSROC.

2006-07 'Approaches to evaluation of affordable housing initiatives in Australia', AHURI

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Publications

Book Chapters

Phibbs P and Young P (2009) 'Going once, going twice: A short history of public housing in Australia' in Glynn S (ed) Where the Other Half Lives (London, Pluto Press) 217-231.

Gurran N and Phibbs P (2008) Planning for sustainable change: a review of Australian local planning schemes in Gilmour T and Blakely E (eds) Dialogues in Urban Planning: Towards Sustainable Regions, (Sydney, Sydney University Press) Chapter 6.

Refereed Reports

Bridge K, Phibbs P, Kendig H, Mathews,M and Cooper B (2008) Costs and benefits of housing as the 'home base' for older people, AHURI Final Report, Melbourne

Milligan V, Phibbs P, Gurran N and Fagan K (2007) Approaches to evaluation of affordable housing initiatives in Australia, AHURI Final Report, Melbourne.

Journal Articles

Phibbs P (2008) 'Driving Alone: Sydney's Cross City Tunnel', Built Environment 34(3) 364-374.

Seelig T and Phibbs P (2006) Beyond the Normative; Low Income private renters’ perspectives of housing affordability and need for housing assistance, Urban Policy and Research 24(1) 53-66.

Refereed Conference Papers

Khan A and Phibbs P (2005) Education and Public Housing Building for Diversity, Proceedings of the 2005 National Housing Conference, Perth. 61-81

Gurran N and Phibbs P (2004) Indigenous Interests and planning education: Models from Australia, New Zealand and North America, Proceedings of the 2004 ANZAPS conference, Perth. 68-82.

Reports

Phibbs P and Young P (2005) Housing Assistance and Non-Shelter Outcomes, AHURI Final Report, Melbourne.

Milligan, V, Phibbs P., Fagan K and Gurran N (2004) A practical framework for expanding affordable housing services in Australia: learning from experience, AHURI Final Report, Melbourne


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Engagement

Advisor to an non-profit group (HOME) which is investigating new housing options for people with a disability.

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