Professor Emma Baker
Professor
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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Emma Baker is a Professor of Housing Research at the University of Adelaide, Deputy Director of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, AHURI Research Centre Director, and the Program Director of the Stretton Institute's 'Ideas for Australian Cities'. Her work examines the human impacts of housing and location in urban and regional environments, producing academic, as well as policy-relevant research. Driving this work is a conceptual focus on housing and location as a social determinant of health and an interest in analyses that utilise longitudinal, spatial and administrative big data. She has lead the establishment of a series of research accessible national infrastructures, such as the Australian Housing Conditions Data Infrastructure and the parallel Australian Rental Conditions Data Infrastructure. Current funded projects include a multi-nation analysis of the role of housing in driving intergenerational inequality, a program of research on the mental health effects of housing, and a national study of cold and mould in Australian homes.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2014 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2023 Research Award Research Impact Award The University of Adelaide Australia - 2017 Award Executive Deans Commendation Award for Research - - - 2016 Award Executive Deans Award for Excellence in Research - - - 2015 Award 2015 Executive Deans Award for Excellence in Research University of Adelaide Australia - 2015 Award 2015 Berry award for Excellence in Housing Research - Australia - 2014 Award Executive Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Research University of Adelaide Australia - 2011 Nomination VicHealth Award for outstanding achievements and innovative contributions to health promotion VicHealth Australia - 2006 Award Australian Housing Minister’s Early Career Researcher Award - Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 1998 - 2002 University of Adelaide Australia PhD -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2018 coffee, N., lange, J., & Baker, E. (2018). Visualising 30 Years of Population Density Change in Australia’s Major Capital Cities. In N. Klocker, & O. Dunn (Eds.), Population, Migration and Settlement in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Routledge. 2017 Baker, E. (2017). Australia's demand for housing. In Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) (Ed.), Housing Australia (pp. 67-78). Melbourne: CEDA. 2016 Stone, W., Baker, E., Ralston, L., Phibbs, P., & Bentley, R. (2016). By 2030, ‘no Australian child will be living in poverty’ – why can’t we promise
that?. In J. Watson (Ed.), The Conversation Yearbook 2016: 50 Standout articles from Australia's top thinkers (1 ed., pp. n/a). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.2016 Baker, E. L., bentley, R., & beer, A. (2016). Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end. In Croakey.org (Ed.), Acting on the Social Determinants of Health - for a fairer distribution of health (pp. 91-93). 2012 Beer, A., & Baker, E. (2012). Adaptation, adjustment and leadership in Australia's rural margins. In M. Sotarauta, L. Horlings, & J. Liddle (Eds.), Leadership and Change in Sustainable Regional Development (1 ed., pp. 103-120). United Kingdom: Routledge.
DOI Scopus102012 Beer, A., & Baker, E. (2012). Adaptation, adjustment and leadership in Australia’s rural margins. In Leadership and Change in Sustainable Regional Development (pp. 103-120). Routledge.
DOI Scopus2- Baker, E., Daniels, L., Pawson, H., Baddeley, M., Vij, A., Stephens, M., . . . Jacobs, K. (n.d.). Rental Insights A COVID-19 Collection. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).
DOI- Baker, E., Daniels, L., Pawson, H., Baddeley, M., Vij, A., Stephens, M., . . . Jacobs, K. (n.d.). Rental Insights A COVID-19 Collection. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2022 Dorraki, M., Liao, Z., Abbott, D., Psaltis, P. J., Baker, E., Bidargaddi, N., . . . Verjans, J. W. (2022). Cardiovascular disease risk prediction via machine learning using mental health data. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. OXFORD UNIV PRESS. 2019 Bentley, R., Baker, E. L., Clair, A., & Pham, N. (2019). Stability and children’s health and academic performance: should
our focus be on locational, educational or tenure stability?. Poster session presented at the meeting of European Network for Housing Research. Athens, Greece.2019 Daniel, L., Baker, E. L., Beer, A., & Pham, N. (2019). The social production of cold housing. Poster session presented at the meeting of European Network for Housing Research. Athens, Greece. 2018 Daniel, L., Baker, E., & Beer, A. (2018). More than just climate: socio-economic determinants of cold houses. Poster session presented at the meeting of ENHR 2018: More together, more apart. Book of abstracts. Uppsala: European Network of Housing Research. 2018 Baker, E., Reeves, A., Smith, S., Ronald, R., & Mason, K. (2018). Exploring intergenerational inequalities in housing and health. Poster session presented at the meeting of ENHR 2018: More together, more apart. Book of abstracts. Uppsala: European Network of Housing Research. 2017 Baker, E. L., Stone, W., Bentley, R., & Phibbs, P. (2017). Housing Australia’s children and young people: Toward an essential policy and intervention evidence base. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. Melbourne. 2017 Bentley, R., Baker, E. L., Daniel, L., & Lester, L. (2017). Are there lifetime health effects of inadequate housing during childhood?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. Melbourne. 2017 Daniel, L., Baker, E. L., & Lester, L. (2017). Material deprivation: Housing affordability risk made real. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. Melbourne. 2016 Lange, J., Coffee, N., & Baker, E. (2016). Donut & Latte Densities - Analysing Urban Population Change Between Cities and Over Time. Poster session presented at the meeting of Spatial Information Day (SID) 2016. Adelaide, South Australia. 2016 Baker, E., Lester, L., Mason, K., & Bentley, R. (2016). Evidence on the long run health effects of unaffordable housing. Poster session presented at the meeting of European Netowrk of Housing Researchers. Belfast, Ireland. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2022 Baker, E., Daniel, L., & Sansom, G. (2022). Victorian Renters: Affordability, Experiences and Aspirations. 2020 Baker, E., Bentley, R., Beer, A., & Daniel, L. (2020). Renting in the time of COVID-19: Understanding the impacts (340). Mebourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited.
DOI Scopus182019 Baker, E. L., Leishman, C., Kellett, J., & Daniel, L. (2019). People and Neighbourhoods - Background paper. 2019 Baker, E. L., Kellett, J., & South Australian Planning Commission. (2019). People and Neighbourhoods Policy Discussion Paper. http://www.saplanningportal.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/584993/People_and_Neighbourhoods_Policy_Discussion_Paper.pdf. 2018 Baker, E., Daniel, L., Bentley, R., Pawson, H., Stone, W., Rajagopalan, P., . . . Randolph, B. (2018). The Australian Housing Conditions Dataset: Technical Report. Adelaide: University of Adelaide - Healthy Cities Research. 2014 Peters, K., Thredgold, C., & Baker, E. (2014). Informing Future Development in Kilburn and Blair Athol. 2013 Baker, E. L., Lester, L., Beer, A., & Bunce, D. (2013). Households responses to declining housing affordability. University of Adelaide. 2013 Beer, A., Synnot, C., Baker, E., Slatter, M., Womersley, R., Talbot, C., & Wilson, G. (2013). Working to 'Turn off the Tap' : The role of frontline services in addressing homelessness. 2013 (Australia): Australian Homelessness Clearinghouse. Online: Department for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. 2011 Mallett, S., Bentley, R., Baker, E., Mason, K., Keys, D., Kolar, V., & Krnjacki, L. (2011). Precarious housing and health inequalities: what are the links?: summary report. Hanover Welfare Services, University of Melbourne, University of Adelaide, Melbourne Citymission. 2010 Flood, J., & Baker, E. (2010). Housing implications of economic, social and spatial change: AHURI Final Report No. 150. Melbourne, Victoria: AHURI.
Scopus92009 Flood, J., & Baker, E. (2009). Housing implications of economic, social, and spatial change - key issues: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Report. No. 116 (paper no. 116). Melbourne, Victoria: AHURI. 2008 Beer, A., Tually, S., Faulkner, D., Baker, E., & Cutler, C. (2008). Aspirations and Expectations of Older Age Cohorts in South Australia, Research Report Stage 3, Qualitative Outcomes. -
Original Creative Works
Year Citation 2018 Authors: Daniel L, Baker E. Title: Housing affordability stress affects one in nine households, but which ones are really struggling?. Description: N/A. Extent: 797 words. 2017 Authors: Daniel L, Baker E. Title: Forget heatwaves, our cold houses are much more likely to kill us. Description: N/A. Extent: 1000 words. 2016 Authors: Baker E, Bentley R, Beer A. Title: Good Quality Housing in Australia? Get Real!. Description: N/A. Extent: 4. 2016 Authors: Baker E, Coffee N, Lange J. Title: Density, sprawl, growth: how Australian cities have changed in the last 30 years. Description: N/A. Extent: article. 2016 Authors: Bentley R, Baker E, Reeves A. Title: Housing: the hidden health intervention. Description: N/A. Extent: https://theconversation.com/housing-the-hidden-health-intervention-65465. 2016 Authors: Baker E, beer A, Bentley R. Title: Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end. Description: N/A. Extent: Cities feature. 2016 Authors: Baker E, Stone W, Ralston L, Phibbs P, Bentley R. Title: By 2030, ‘no Australian child will be living in poverty’ – why can’t we promise that?. Description: N/A. Extent: Cities feature. 2014 Authors: Baker E, King T, Bentley R. Title: Housing affordability & health: who wins, who loses and why isn’t it on the political agenda?. Description: N/A. Extent: 4 pages. -
Working Paper
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Datasets
Year Citation 2019 Baker, E. L., Beer, A., Zillante, G., Daniel, L., London, K., & Bentley, R. (2019). The Australian Housing Conditions Dataset.
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Preprint
Year Citation 2025 Gurran, N., Werner, G., Buckle, C., Yanotti, M. B., Baker, E., & Han, H. (2025). Inquiry into projecting Australia’s urban and regional futures: population dynamics, regional mobility and planning responses.
DOI2024 Baker, E., Daniel, L., Beer, A., Rowley, S., Stone, W., Bentley, R., . . . Sansom, G. (2024). The impact of the pandemic on the Australian rental sector.
DOI2024 Baker, E., Coffee, N. T., Page, K., Daniel, L., & Sarkar, S. (2024). Improving small area population projections.
DOI2024 Baker, E., Beer, A., Leishman, C., Vij, A., Stone, W., Morey, C., . . . Pomeroy, S. (2024). Planning for a two-tenure future.
DOI2024 Daniel, L., Lang, M., Barlow, C., Phibbs, P., Baker, E., & Hamilton, I. (2024). A national roadmap for improving the building quality of Australian housing stock.
DOI2024 Daniel, L., Lang, M., Barlow, C., Phibbs, P., Baker, E., & Hamilton, I. (2024). A national roadmap for improving the building quality of Australian housing stock.
DOI2024 Baker, E., Beer, A., Leishman, C., Vij, A., Stone, W., Morey, C., . . . Pomeroy, S. (2024). Planning for a two-tenure future.
DOI2024 Beer, A., Vij, A., Baker, E., Crommelin, L., Dodson, J., Gharaie, E., . . . Horne, S. (2024). Disruption in regional housing: Policy responses for more resilient markets.
DOI2023 Baker, E., Moore, T., Daniel, L., Caines, R., Padilla, H., & Lester, L. (2023). Sustainable social housing retrofit? Circular economy and tenant trade-offs.
DOI2023 Horne, R., Dorignon, L., Lawson, J., Easthope, H., Dühr, S., Moore, T., . . . Fairbrother, P. (2023). Informing a strategy for circular economy housing in Australia.
DOI2022 Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Dockery, M., Baker, E., & Pham, A. (2022). ‘What works’ to sustain Indigenous tenancies in Australia.
DOI2022 Leishman, C., Aminpour, F., Baker, E., Beer, A., Crowe, A., Goodall, Z., . . . ViforJ, R. O. (2022). Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic housing policy responses.
DOI2022 ViforJ, R. O., Singh, R., Baker, E., Bentley, R., & Hewton, J. (2022). Precarious housing and wellbeing: a multi-dimensional investigation.
DOI2020 Baker, E., Bentley, R., Beer, A., & Daniel, L. (2020). Renting in the time of COVID-19: understanding the impacts.
DOI2020 Daniel, L., Moore, T., Baker, E., BEER, A., Willand, N., Horne, R., & Hamilto, C. (2020). Warm, cool and energy-affordable housing policy solutions for low-income renters.
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Recent Grants and Projects
- An Australian rental housing conditions data infrastructure (ARC, Linkage Infrastructure)
- An Australian housing condition data infrastructure (ARC, Linkage Infrastructure)
- Closing the housing gap: A spotlight on intergenerational inequalities (ARC, Discovery)
- Housing energy efficiency transitions (ARC, Linkage)
- Pathways to Health & Well-being through Housing (ARC, Discovery)
- ALIVE National Research Translation Centre to implement Mental Health Care at Scale (NHMRC Special Initiative)
- Centre of Research Excellence for Healthy Housing (NHMRC, CRE)
- Evidence for action on cold, damp and mould in Australian homes (NHMRC, Ideas Grant)
- COVID-19 Rapid Rental Insights Module (AHURI)
- Social Housing exit points, outcomes, and future pathways: An administrative data analysis (AHURI National Research Program)
- Warm, cool and energy-affordable housing solutions for low-income renters (AHURI National Research Program)
- Precarious housing, housing assistance and wellbeing: a multi-dimensional investigation (AHURI National Research Program)
- What works to sustain Indigenous tenancies (AHURI National Research Program)
- 2019, 2020 Program Director, Master of Planning
- 2017 - 2019 Planning Theory and Practice
- 2016, Architecture and Planning Development Studio, University of Adelaide.
- 2014, Convenor and lecturer, Geographic Information Systems, University of Adelaide.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 Co-Supervisor A Comparative Analysis of Social Housing Solutions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Carl Trevor Douglas Grant 2025 Principal Supervisor Housing affordability for whom? How planning policies and regulations can support affordability in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kim Anh Le 2024 Principal Supervisor Diversification of Housing Tenure in Australia: Beyond Home Ownership and Rental Dominance Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Miss Karri Rushworth-Nott 2024 Co-Supervisor Putting spatial dynamics in housing equality: the polarisation of wealth through the housing market Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Miss Kira Page 2017 Principal Supervisor Understanding the role of green space in cities: The contribution of the Adelaide Park Lands Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr James William Daly -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Housing inequality: a conceptual model for understanding and influencing social outcomes, residential dwelling, and advantage in Australia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Laura James 2013 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Consolidating the Australian Dream: Reconfiguring the Multi-Unit Housing Network Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Jasmine Samantha Palmer -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2021 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Housing and Health among Refugee Communities The University of Adelaide - Doctorate Full Time Sheenagh McShane 2020 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Housing and Helth in the Rental Sector The University of Adelaide - Doctorate - Amber Howard 2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Young adults housing inequality in the post homeownership era The University of Amsterdam, The University of Melbourne, The University of Adelaide - Doctorate Full Time Amber Howard 2009 - 2011 Principal Supervisor Precarious housing, psychological wellbeing and mobility Flinders University of South Australia - Doctorate Full Time Janet Adkins 2006 - 2012 Co-Supervisor Psychology and sociology of adjustment to retrenchment in the automotive industry Flinders University of South Australia - Doctorate Full Time Hans (Johannes) Pieters 2005 - 2008 Co-Supervisor Growing old in non-metropolitan regions: Intentions and realities from South Australia and Northern Ireland Flinders University of South Australia - Doctorate - Amity James
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2019 - ongoing Board Member Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity Australia 2014 - ongoing Member Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning Reference Committee University of Adelaide Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2000 - ongoing Member European Network of Housing Researchers Netherlands -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2020 - ongoing Theme Director, Building a City for the Future Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide Australia 2016 - ongoing Coordinator, Residential Context of Health Working Group European Network of Housing Researchers Sweden
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