Associate Director - City Futures - Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW
Professor Hal Pawson (http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/profile/hal_pawson) is a highly experienced researcher in the urban planning field. He joined UNSW’s City Futures Research Centre in 2011 from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.His key interests include the governance and management of social housing, private rental housing and urban renewal. His latest co-authored book, After Council Housing: Britain’s New Social Landlords was published in 2010.
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