Sandy Horne

Ms Sandy Horne

Research Project Officer

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

Sandy is a Project Officer: Research for UniSA Business. She has worked for Professor Andrew Beer since 2012, initially as his Research Assistant at the Centre for Housing Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP) at the University of Adelaide, now continuing to support him since his move to the University of South Australia in late 2015.
Over her career, Sandy has been involved in many research projects on topics such as structural adjustment, housing and homelessness, just transitions, place-based leadership, population, regional development, regional housing and local governments.
Prior to her current role, Sandy was a student at the University of Adelaide. She graduated with a BA in 2012 majoring in Classical Studies and History. During the final stages of her degree she was selected for the university’s Arts Internship Program with the Migration Museum in Adelaide on the topic of Dutch migrants in South Australia. She was awarded a Summer Research Scholarship in 2011-2012.
Before pursuing her academic interests, Sandy had a long career in the printing and publishing industries as a desktop publisher. She has also served as an electoral officer for Local, State and Federal elections.

Date Institution name Country Title
2008 - 2012 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Arts

Year Citation
2024 Beer, A., Weller, S., Dinmore, H., Ratcliffe, J., Onur, I., Bailey, D., . . . Sotarauta, M. (2024). Just transitions in the Australian automotive sector?. Contemporary Social Science, 19(1-3), 178-198.
DOI Scopus14 WoS14
2023 Beer, A., Barnes, T., & Horne, S. (2023). Place-based industrial strategy and economic trajectory: advancing agency-based approaches. Regional Studies, 57(6), 984-997.
DOI Scopus64 WoS56
2021 Irving, J., Horne, S., & Beer, A. (2021). Long term population decline and the impacts of COVID-19 in South Australia's regions. Australian Population Studies, 5(2), 73-85.
DOI
2020 Morris, A., Beer, A., Martin, J., Horne, S., Davis, C., Budge, T., & Paris, C. (2020). Australian local governments and affordable housing: challenges and possibilities. Economic and labour relations review, 31(1), 13-33.
DOI Scopus19 WoS15
2020 Paris, C., Beer, A., Martin, J., Morris, A., Budge, T., & Horne, S. (2020). International perspectives on Local Government and housing: the Australian case in context. Urban Policy and Research, 38(2), 89-100.
DOI Scopus2
2015 Horne, S., Tually, S., Slatter, M., Faulkner, D., & Oakley, S. (2015). Private rental brokerage: Establishing the state of play. Parity, 28(5), 25-27.
2014 Horne, S. (2014). That Isaac Gorta – he was a good man’: Reconstructing the history of a Jewish migrant during Gympie’s gold rush period. Queensland History Journal, 22(5), 416-422.

Year Citation
2025 Dinmore, H., Houghton, K., Beer, A., & Horne, S. (2025). Planning for labour market change and energy transition in Lithgow. Australia: University of South Australia.
2023 Beer, A., Crommelin, L., Vij, A., Gharaie, E., Dodson, J., Li, T., . . . Horne, S. (2023). Disruption in regional housing: policy responses for more resilient markets. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
DOI Scopus2
2023 Vij, A., Ardeshiri, A., Leishman, C., Beer, A., Goel, S., Han, H. D., . . . Washington, L. (2023). The future of Australian cities and regions in a post-pandemic world. Australia: DITRDCA and the iMOVE CRC.
2023 Beer, A., Vij, A., Baker, E., Crommelin, L., Dodson, J., Gharaie, E., . . . Horne, S. (2023). 32307 Changing regional housing markets: work in progress report. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
2022 Peters, K., Beer, A., Irving, J., Porter, J., & Horne, S. (2022). Housing plus: futures 2030 research project final report. Australia: UniSA Business, University of South Australia.
2021 Beer, A., Peters, K., Porter, J., Horne, S., & Irving, J. (2021). Housing Plus: Futures 2030 Research Project, Desk Research Findings. Australia: University of South Australia.
2021 Porter, J., Beer, A., Vij, A., & Horne, S. (2021). Regional housing markets: final report. Australia: Regional Australia Institute.
2018 Beer, A., Morris, A., Martin, J., Budge, T., Paris, C., & Horne, S. (2018). Housing locally: a report on the Local Government and housing linkage project national survey. Australia: University of South Australia Business School.
2018 Beer, A., Davis, C., Morris, A., Martin, J., Budge, T., Paris, C., & Horne, S. (2018). Local Government and Housing in the 21st Century: A report on the Local Government and Housing Linkage Project national survey: Sydney Metropolitan results. Australia: University of South Australia.
2016 Beer, A., Lester, L., & Horne, S. (2016). A home for all: cost-benefit analysis of the Wyatt Trust Housing Initiative Grants. Adelaide: The Wyatt Trust.
DOI
2014 Thredgold, C., Beer, A., Cutler, C., & Horne, S. (2014). Interim community profile and literature review: Project 6.1: Social profile of the Eyre Peninsula and west coast region: literature review and community analysis. Australian: Great Australian Bight Research Program (GABRP).
2014 Beer, A., Thredgold, C., Horne, S. K., & Charlier, J. (2014). Public housing stock transfer – impacts and implications for local government. Adelaide, South Australia.
2014 Beer, A., Thredgold, C., Horne, S., & Charlier, J. (2014). Public housing stock transfer - impacts and implications for local government: final report. Australia: University of Adelaide Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning.
2013 Thredgold, C., Horne, S., Beer, A., Paris, C., & Tually, S. (2013). Showcasing innovation: case studies of recent homelessness initiatives. Australia: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
2013 Beer, A., Tually, S., Kroehn, M., Martin, J., Gerritsen, R., Taylor, M., . . . Horne, S. K. (2013). A Tool Kit … for assisting Australia’s country towns and communities.
2011 Horne, S. K. (2011). The invisible immigrants: Dutch migrants in South Australia.

  • The balance of housing assistance across Australia: insights and implications, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 27/03/2025 - 31/12/2026

  • Innovation for more efficient, resilient and responsive housing construction industry: international lessons (24/PRO/32341), Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/04/2024 - 30/05/2025

  • Disruption in regional housing: Policy responses for more resilient markets , Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 03/04/2023 - 18/06/2024

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