After completing his Bachelor of Commerce with Honours (First Class) in 2020, Ryan was offered a position at Curtin University’s PhD program with a scholarship from the Australian Research Council.
Under the PhD supervision of Professor Rachel Ong ViforJ and Dr Hiroaki Suenaga, Ryan has co-authored an academic paper that Urban Studies Journal has accepted for publication on the effect of housing tenure status, as age income and location vary, on subjective wellbeing.
Ryan has also co-authored the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute project, “The new normal: COVID-19 and changed patterns of dwelling demand and supply”, and the Bankwest Curtin Economic Centre 2023 Housing Affordability Report.