Lyrian Daniel

Research Interests

Architectural Science and Technology Architecture Building Building & Construction Built Environment and Design Housing policy Residential energy efficiency Social determinants of health Climate change impacts and adaptation

Teaching Strengths

Architectural science and building performance
Urbanisation and cities
Research Methods

APrf Lyrian Daniel

Enterprise Fellow

School of Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Lyrian Daniel is a research-intensive Associate Professor and Enterprise Fellow in Architecture. She is Academic Lead: Research for the School of Architecture and Built Environment. Lyrian holds a Bachelor of Design Studies, Masters of Architecture and PhD in Architecture. 

My research focusses on the houses that we live in and the way that they shape our lives. Much of my work has centred on thermal conditions within homes, residents’ thermal comfort, indoor air quality and energy hardship. For example, recent work has investigated the prevalence and health effects of indoor cold. Current projects extend this to look at climate resilience within the Australian housing stock. A parallel stream of work takes a broader look at the quality and condition of houses, and the policy changes needed to realise large-scale uplift of housing standards. My work has been funded by the ARC, NHMRC, AHURI and Energy Consumers Australia. 

Date Position Institution name
2022 - 2025 Associate Professor University of South Australia
2022 - 2022 Senior Lecturer The University of Adelaide
2021 - 2021 Lecturer University of Adelaide
2018 - 2021 Research Fellow The University of Adelaide
2016 - 2017 ARC Research Associate University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
2012 - 2016 The University of Adeladie Australia PhD in Architecture
2010 - 2011 The University of Adelaide Australia Masters of Architecture
2007 - 2009 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Design Studies

Year Citation
2025 Barlow, C. F., Daniel, L., & Baker, E. (2025). New ways of measuring energy poverty: Moving beyond temperature sensor data to assess and measure cold housing. Energy Research & Social Science, 121, 103956-1-103956-9.
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2025 Bower, M., Scott, L. M., Smout, S., Donohoe Bales, A., Stapinski, L. A., Bryant, G., . . . Daniel, L. (2025). Locating the built environment within existing empirical models of climate change and mental health: protocol for a global systematic scoping review. BMJ Open, 15(4, article no. e093222), 1-7.
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2024 Baker, E., Barlow, C. F., Daniel, L., Morey, C., Bentley, R., & Taylor, M. P. (2024). Mental health impacts of environmental exposures: A scoping review of evaluative instruments. Science of The Total Environment, 912(169063), 169063-1-169063-9.
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2024 James, L., Daniel, L., Bentley, R., & Baker, E. (2024). Housing inequality: a systematic scoping review. Housing Studies, 39(5), 1264-1285.
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2024 James, L., Daniel, L., Bentley, R., & Baker, E. (2024). Housing niches: new directions for housing and urban policy. International Journal of Housing Policy, 24(3), 395-420.
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2023 Baker, E., Morey, C., Daniel, L., Beer, A., Bentley, R., Stone, W., . . . London, K. (2023). An Australian housing conditions data infrastructure. Scientific Data, 10(1), 817-1-817-5.
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2023 Bentley, R., Daniel, L., Li, Y., Baker, E., & Li, A. (2023). The effect of energy poverty on mental health, cardiovascular disease and respiratory health: a longitudinal analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 35(100734), 1-13.
DOI Scopus55 WoS51 Europe PMC16
2023 Daniel, L., Baker, E., Beer, A., & Bentley, R. (2023). Australian rental housing standards: institutional shifts to reprioritize the housing-health nexus. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 10(1), 461-470.
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2023 Sansom, G., Barlow, C. F., Daniel, L., & Baker, E. (2023). Social housing temperature conditions and tenant priorities. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58(3), 624-639.
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2023 Baker, E., Moore, T., Daniel, L., Caines, R., Padilla, H., & Lester, L. (2023). Sustainable social housing retrofit? Circular economy and tenant trade-offs.
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2023 Barlow, C. F., Daniel, L., & Baker, E. (2023). Cold homes in Australia: Questioning our assumptions about prevalence. Energy Research and Social Science, 100(article no. 103124), 5 pages.
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2023 Barlow, C. F., Daniel, L., Bentley, R., & Baker, E. (2023). Cold housing environments: defining the problem for an appropriate policy response. Journal of Public Health Policy, 44(3), 370-385.
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2022 Baker, E., Daniel, L., Beer, A., Rowley, S., Stone, W., Bentley, R., . . . Sansom, G. (2022). The impact of the pandemic on the Australian rental sector. Ahuri Final Report, (389).
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2022 Singh, A., Mizdrak, A., Daniel, L., Blakely, T., Baker, E., Fleitas Alfonzo, L., & Bentley, R. (2022). Estimating cardiovascular health gains from eradicating indoor cold in Australia.. Environ Health, 21(1), 12 pages.
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2022 Mansour, A., Bentley, R., Baker, E., Li, A., Martino, E., Clair, A., . . . Howden-Chapman, P. (2022). Housing and health: an updated glossary. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(9), 833-838.
DOI Scopus35 WoS37 Europe PMC17
2022 Baker, E., Daniel, L., Beer, A., Bentley, R., Rowley, S., Baddeley, M., . . . Lockwood, A. (2022). An Australian rental housing conditions research infrastructure. Scientific Data, 9(1), 33-1-33-5.
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2022 Thredgold, C. J., Daniel, L., & Baker, E. (2022). Reducing everyday consumption: Mapping the landscape of grassroots social movements and activist households in Australia. Energy Research and Social Science, 91(102741), 1-10.
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2021 Baker, E., Pham, A., Leishman, C., Daniel, L., & Bentley, R. (2021). Urban social housing pathways: a linked administrative data analysis. Urban Policy and Research, 39(1), 1-15.
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2021 Arakawa Martins, B., Barrie, H., Visvanathan, R., Daniel, L., Arakawa Martins, L., Ranasinghe, D., . . . Soebarto, V. (2021). A multidisciplinary exploratory approach for investigating the experience of older adults attending hospital services. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 14(1), 141-163.
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2020 Williamson, T., & Daniel, L. R. (2020). A new adaptive thermal comfort model for homes in temperate climates of Australia. Energy and Buildings, 210, 1-9.
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2020 Schweiker, M., Abdul-Zahra, A., André, M., Al-Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., . . . Zomorodian, Z. S. (2020). Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (Scientific Data, (2019), 6, 1, (289), 10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6). Scientific Data, 7(1), 1 page.
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2020 Schweiker, M., André, M., Al-Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., Alsaad, H., . . . Zomorodian, Z. (2020). Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?. Energy and Buildings, 211, 109761-1-109761-24.
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2020 Daniel, L., Moore, T., Baker, E., Beer, A., Willand, N., Horne, R., & Hamilton, C. (2020). Warm, cool and energy-affordable housing policy solutions for low-income renters. AHURI Final Report, (338), 1-75.
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2020 Beer, A., Daniel, L., Baker, E., & Lester, L. (2020). The shifting risk of homelessness among persons with a disability: Insights from a national policy intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 1-10.
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2020 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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2020 Baker, E., Bentley, R., Beer, A., & Daniel, L. (2020). Renting in the time of COVID-19: understanding the impacts.
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2020 Baker, E., Pham, N., Daniel, L. R., & Bentley, R. (2020). New evidence on mental health and housing affordability in cities: a quantile regression approach. Cities, 96, 1-7.
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2019 Beer, A., Baker, E., Lester, L., & Daniel, L. R. (2019). The Relative Risk of Homelessness among Persons with a Disability: New Methods and Policy Insights. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(22), 1-12.
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2019 Daniel, L. R., Baker, E., Beer, A., & Pham, N. T. (2019). Cold housing: evidence, risk and vulnerability. Housing Studies, 36(1), 110-130.
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2019 Schweiker, M., Abdul-Zahra, A., André, M., Al-Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., . . . Zomorodian, Z. S. (2019). The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data, 6(1), 289-1-289-10.
DOI Scopus38 WoS31 Europe PMC4
2019 Baker, E. L., Pham, N., Daniel, L., & Bentley, R. (2019). How does household residential instability influence child health outcomes? A quantile analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), 4189-1-4189-11.
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2019 Daniel, L., Baker, E., & Williamson, T. (2019). Cold housing in mild-climate countries: a study of indoor environmental quality and comfort preferences in homes, Adelaide, Australia. Building and Environment, 151, 207-218.
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2019 Singh, A., Daniel, L. R., Baker, E., & Bentley, R. (2019). Housing disadvantage and poor mental health: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 57(2), 262-272.
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2018 Soebarto, V., de Dear, R., Zuo, J., & Daniel, L. (2018). Editorial note for Virtual Special Issue on energy performance to indoor environmental quality. Energy and Buildings, 166, 317-318.
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2018 Daniel, L., Baker, E., & Lester, L. (2018). Measuring housing affordability stress: can deprivation capture risk made real?. Urban Policy and Research, 36(3), 271-286.
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2017 Daniel, L., Williamson, T., & Soebarto, V. (2017). Comfort-based performance assessment methodology for low energy residential buildings in Australia. Building and Environment, 111, 169-179.
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2017 Daniel, L. R. (2017). ‘We like to live in the weather’: cooling practices in naturally ventilated dwellings in Darwin. Energy and Buildings, 158, 549-557.
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2015 Daniel, L., Williamson, T., Soebarto, V., & Chen, D. (2015). Learning from thermal mavericks in Australia: comfort studies in Melbourne and Darwin. Architectural Science Review, 58(1), 57-66.
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2015 Daniel, L., Soebarto, V., & Williamson, T. (2015). House energy rating schemes and low energy dwellings: the impact of occupant behaviours in Australia. Energy and Buildings, 88, 34-44.
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- Soebarto, V., Barrie, H., Visvanathan, R., Wilson, A., Daniel, L., Martins, B., & Ranasinghe, D. (n.d.). Planning and Design of Public Spaces to Support Ageing Well.
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Year Citation
2018 Williamson, T., & Daniel, L. (2018). Development of a model of adaptive thermal comfort and preference for housing in Australia. In Proceedings of the 52nd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (pp. 3-10). online: ANZAScA.
2018 Daniel, L. R., Baker, E., & Lester, L. (2018). What if Australia’s Housing Affordability Stress Measure doesn’t actually measure Housing Affordability Stress?. In The State of Australian Cities Conference 2017 Proceedings (pp. 1-9). online: APO.
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2018 Williamson, T., & Daniel, L. R. (2018). Changing thermal comfort expectations: studies in Darwin, Australia. In Proceedings of the 10th Windsor Conference 2018: Rethinking Thermal Comfort Proceedings (pp. 68-86). UK: NCEUB.
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2018 Daniel, L., Baker, E., & Williamson, T. (2018). Residential wintertime comfort in a temperate Australian climate. In Proceedings of the 10th Windsor Conference 2018: Rethinking Thermal Comfort (pp. 852-864). UK: NCEUB.
2016 Daniel, L. (2016). Adaptive behaviours to achieve thermal comfort in low energy dwellings in Australia. In J. Zuo, L. Daniel, & V. Soebarto (Eds.), Proceedings of the 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association: Revisiting the role of architectural science in design and practice (pp. 627-636). Adelaide, Australia: The Architectural Science Association and The University of Adelaide.
2016 Daniel, L. (2016). Adaptive behaviours to achieve thermal comfort in low energy dwellings in Australia. In J. Zuo, L. Daniel, & V. Soebarto (Eds.), Proceedings of the 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association: Revisiting the role of architectural science in design and practice (pp. 627-636). Adelaide, Australia: The Architectural Science Association and The University of Adelaide.
2016 Daniel, L., Williamson, T., & Soebarto, V. (2016). Neutral, comfort or preferred: what is a relevant model for acceptable thermal environmental conditions for low energy dwellings in Australia?. In L. Brotas, S. Roaf, F. Nicol, & M. Humphreys (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Windsor Conference 2016: Making Comfort Relevant (pp. 445-465). Windsor, UK: NCEUB.
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2015 Daniel, L., Williamson, T., Soebarto, V., & Chen, D. (2015). A model for the cooling effect of air movement. In R. Crawford, & A. Stephan (Eds.), Living and learning: research for a better built environment: 49th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association: proceedings (pp. 1077-1086). Melbourne: Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne.
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2014 Daniel, L., Williamson, T., Soebarto, V., & Chen, D. (2014). A study of thermal mavericks in Australia. In F. Nicol, S. Roaf, L. Brotas, & M. Humphreys (Eds.), Proceedings of 8th Windsor Conference: Counting the cost of comfort in a changing world (pp. 1201-1216). UK: NCEUB.
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2014 Daniel, L., Carre, A., Williamson, T., & Chen, D. (2014). Development and application of air movement logger for thermal comfort research. In Indoor Air 2014 - 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (pp. 887-894). China: International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate.
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2013 Daniel, L., Soebarto, V., & Williamson, T. (2013). Assessing the simulation capability of the accurate engine in modelling massive construction elements. In E. Wurtz (Ed.), Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (pp. 2708-2715). Online: The International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference.
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2012 Daniel, L., Soebarto, V., & Williamson, T. (2012). Evaluating the suitability of the AccuRate engine for simulation of massive construction elements. In Proceedings of 46th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association, ANZAScA (pp. 1-8). CD: ANZAScA.
2011 Daniel, L., & Williamson, T. (2011). A study of the user behaviours in dwellings of earth construction. In Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (pp. 1-8). Australia: University of Sydney.
2010 Daniel, L., & Williamson, T. (2010). Deemed-to-comply wall requirements in the 2010 building code of Australia. In Proceedings of 44th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association (pp. 1-8). Auckland: ANZAScA.
2009 Daniel, L. (2009). Testing the life cycle performance of thermal mass wall and double glazing in a house design. In Proceedings of ANZAScA 2009 (pp. 1-8). Australia: UTAS.

Year Citation
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.
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 Zuo, J., Daniel, L., & Soebarto, V. (Eds.) (2016). Revisiting the role of architectural science in design & practice: 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, 7-9 December 2016, Adelaide, Australia: proceedings. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference. Adelaide: Architectural Science Association and The University of Adelaide.

Year Citation
2024 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. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited.
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2024 Baker, E., Coffee, N. T., Page, K., Daniel, L., & Sarkar, S. (2024). Improving small area population projections. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).
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2023 Baker, E., Moore, T., Daniel, L., Caines, R., Padilla, H., & Lester, L. (2023). Sustainable social housing retrofit? Circular economy and tenant trade-offs. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
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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.
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2020 Baker, E. L., Leishman, C., Bentley, R., Pham, N., & Daniel, L. (2020). Social housing exit points, outcomes and future pathways: an administrative data analysis: Source details - Title: AHURI Final Report. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
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2019 Baker, E. L., Leishman, C., Kellett, J., & Daniel, L. (2019). People and Neighbourhoods - Background paper.
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.

Year Citation
2018 Authors: Daniel L, Baker E. Title: Housing affordability stress affects one in nine households, but which ones are really struggling?. Extent: 797 words.
2017 Authors: Daniel L, Baker E. Title: Forget heatwaves, our cold houses are much more likely to kill us. Extent: 1000 words.

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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Year Citation
- Baker, E., Daniel, L., Beer, A., Baddeley, M., London, K., BENTLEY, R., . . . Lockwood, A. (n.d.). RENTAL HOUSING CONDITIONS CITIZEN SCIENCE PHOTO GALLERY.
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Year Citation
2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2023 Baker, E., Moore, T., Daniel, L., Caines, R., Padilla, H., & Lester, L. (2023). Sustainable social housing retrofit? Circular economy and tenant trade-offs.
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2020 Baker, E., Bentley, R., Beer, A., & Daniel, L. (2020). Renting in the time of COVID-19: understanding the impacts.
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2020 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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Select current projects:

  • Influence and Information: How Energy Performance Disclosures, Social Networks, and Professional Advice Shape Residential Energy Upgrade Decisions, Energy Consumers Australia, 2026
  • Achieving a climate resilient housing stock by 2050, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 2025 – 2027
  • Climate resilient homes and households, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 2025 – 2026
  • Climate change, place and mental health: towards future adaptative strategies and policies, Henry Halloran Trust Research Incubator, 2024 - 2027

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor Planning a creative profession: the role of creativity in Australian urban planning practice Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Darren Milton Starr

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2025 Co-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

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