Alan Morris

Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney

Alan Morris is a professor in the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Technology Sydney. His most recent books are The Private Rental Sector in Australia: Living with Uncertainty (co-authored with Kath Hulse and Hal Pawson); Gentrification and Displacement: The Forced Relocation of Public Housing Tenants in Inner-Sydney (Springer, 2019); The Australian Dream; Housing Experiences of Older Australians (CSIRO Publishing, 2016) and A Practical Introduction to In-Depth Interviewing (SAGE, 2015). He is the lead Chief Investigator for an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project looking at the eviction of private renters and an ARC Linkage project examining the circumstances of applicants on the social housing waiting list and the impacts of waiting https://waitingforsocialhousing.com/2021/09/10/203/.

Experience

2016–present

Chair professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, UTS

Education

1996

The University of the Witwatersrand, PhD
1985

University of Cape Town, M.Soc.Sc

Professional Memberships

The Australian Sociological Association
International Sociological Association

Research Areas

Social Policy (160512)
Human Rights And Justice Issues (220104)
Urban Sociology And Community Studies (160810)
Housing Markets, Development, Management (120503)