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About This Webinar
This free webinar presents findings from the AHURI research project — Understanding discrimination effects in private rental housing — led by Dr Sophia Maalsen, University of Sydney. This research examines discrimination and existing policy, law and practice in Australia’s private rental sector including the impact of informal tenancies and the increasing role of digital technologies.
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Dr Sophia Maalsen
University of Sydney
Sophia Maalsen is an ARC DECRA Fellow and senior lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney. She is currently researching how the translation of computational logics and technologies is being applied to ‘hack housing’ and address issues of housing affordability and innovation. Her research is predominantly situated at the intersection of the digital and material across urban spaces and governance, housing, and feminism. She is interested with the way digital technologies mediate and reconfigure housing, the urban and the everyday.
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John Engeler
CEO, Shelter NSW
John Engeler is CEO of Shelter NSW, the State’s peak body in the housing policy and advocacy space, and member of National Shelter’s executive committee. He has been involved in the formation, development and operation of social, affordable & specialist housing for most of his professional life, having spent a number of years in the private, public and community sectors. He has a masters degree in urban and regional planning, and has undertaken post-graduate legal studies. He especially enjoys the opportunity to contribute to innovative housing responses, delivering solutions to those for whom the market falls short. Having been raised in a modest house and the youngest of 9 children, he is especially buoyed by the increasing recognition of the housing needs of people in severe overcrowding!
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Dr Gina Zappia
Research Manager, AHURI
Gina is the Research Program Manager at AHURI, a role that focuses on ensuring the efficient operation of the National Housing Research Program. She is responsible for the development of the annual research agenda, the management of research contracts, and the advancement of expertise in the AHURI evidence base. Gina is a qualitative research professional with extensive experience in project design and stakeholder engagement. Prior to joining AHURI, Gina acquired skills and research expertise working within the university sector, state and local government and private consultancy. Gina was awarded her PhD in 2019. Her research focused on the housing experiences of older women living long-term in the private rental sector. Her research interests also include place-based disadvantage and stigma. Gina is also engaged in activities across the organisation in support of the AHURI national events program and AHURI’s Professional Services.
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