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Biography
Alistair commenced a Macquarie University Research Fellowship (MQRF) in the Discipline of Geography and Planning in January 2023. He is an early career researcher whose work focuses on housing, planning and urban development.
Research interests
Alistair is interested in the political and economic dynamics of housing and cities. His doctoral research examined the politics of public housing policy in Australia with a focus on estate redevelopment and the Waterloo estate in particular. His subsequent research has spanned the private rental sector, urban regeneration, and emerging trends in urban governance and planning.
Alistair’s current MQRF project is titled ‘The politics of housing data’. The project is a critical analysis of the ways that contemporary housing problems are quantified and how data is used to frame the housing crisis.
Teaching
In 2025 Alistair is teaching
- GEOP2010/6080 Theory and Methods in Geography and Planning
- GEOP3090 Thinking Space
- GEOP2070 Urban Dynamics: Population, Housing and Regeneration
- SCCI1002 Social Sciences in Action
Education/Academic qualification
Geography, PhD, University of Sydney
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Projects
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Housing supply and planning reform: a critical intervention
Ruming, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Sisson, A. (Chief Investigator), Randolph, B. (Chief Investigator) & van den Nouwelant, R. (Chief Investigator)
20/11/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Bloomberg's global mayoralty: philanthropy and the 'crisis of capacity' in city government
Baker, T., Sisson, A., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R. & Maalsen, S., Mar 2025, In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 49, 2, p. 267-284 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Calculating the system-wide supply impacts of social housing estate renewal: new measures and methods
Sisson, A. & Ruming, K., 2025, In: Housing Studies. 40, 8, p. 1821-1845 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enacting urban governance innovation: beyond strategic pathways to incremental "muddling through"
McGuirk, P., Baker, T., Dowling, R., Maalsen, S. & Sisson, A., 2025, In: Urban Geography. 46, 7, p. 1539-1563 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Housing and the 2025 Australian Federal Election: between crisis and inertia
Wilson, S., Spies-Butcher, B., Stebbing, A., Ruming, K. & Sisson, A., Oct 2025, Sydney: Macquarie University. 48 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Innovating urban governance through 'Challenges'
Sisson, A., McGuirk, P., Dowling, R., Baker, T. & Maalsen, S., 2025, In: Journal of Urban Affairs. 47, 4, p. 1229-1245 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)10 Downloads (Pure)