Associate Professor Simon Pinnegar
Simon is an an experienced senior researcher with interests in metropolitan planning, urban regeneration, and affordable housing policy. He takes a lead the Centre’s current work on housing markets and on the Centre’s research on public housing estate renewal, including the longitudinal analysis of the regeneration of Bonnyrigg, tracking resident outcomes tied to NSW’s first housing PPP. He is also a CI on the ARC Linkage project: Implementing Metropolitan Strategies: taking into account housing demand and on an ARC Discovery Project exploring the drivers of suburban reinvestment through the knockdown rebuild process.
Between January 2008 and December 2009, Simon was the Director of the UNSW-UWS AHURI Research Centre, and following rotation to our partner UWS, currently serves as the node’s Deputy Director. He has worked on, and led, a number of AHURI projects in recent years, including NRV3 Housing affordability for lower income Australians (Yates et al, 2007; Burke and Pinnegar, 2007) and as principal investigator on research into the potential for shared equity/shared homeownership initiatives in Australia (Pinnegar et al, 2008; 2009) and into the role of partnership working in the design and delivery of housing policy (Pinnegar et al, 2011). Research activity is complemented by teaching on the Masters of Planning course and supervision and joint supervision of six PhD students.
Simon graduated from the University of Oxford in 1992 with First Class Honours in geography, and subsequently completed an MSc in Geographical Information Systems at Keele University and an MA in geography (passed with distinction) from Carleton University and his PhD from University College London in 1999. His thesis examined how theoretical concepts of sustainable development became translated and presented through initial development, design and construction of a major visitor attraction created as part of the UK millennium celebrations.
Prior to joining City Futures in 2005, Simon was a Senior Research Officer at the Department for Communities and Local Government (then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) working across housing, urban policy and sustainable communities directorates. His remit involved analytical support and strategic briefing primarily on aspects of housing market analysis, urban regeneration and renewal, urban design, and the management of a wide variety of Government research commissions including national evaluations.
Books:
Davison, G., Gurran, N., Pinnegar, S., Randolph, W. G., & Van Den Nouwelant, R. (2012). Affordable housing, urban renewal and planning: emerging practice in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales (1 ed.). Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Book Chapters:
Legacy, C., Pinnegar, S., Tice, A., & Wiesel, I. (2014). Beyond the boundaries of strategic interest. In W. Steele, T. Alizadeh, L. Eslami-Andargoli, & S. Serrao-Neumann (Eds.), Planning Across Borders in a Climate of Change (pp. 150-151). London and New York: Routledge.
Pinnegar, S. (2013). Neighbourhood Planning. In S. J. Smith (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (1st ed., pp. 78-84). Oxford: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00526.9
Pinnegar, S., Freestone, R., & Randolph, W. G. (2010). Suburban reinvestment through ‘knockdown rebuild’ in Sydney. In M. Clapson, & R. Hutchison (Eds.), Suburbanisation in Global Society; Research In Urban Sociology (pp. 205-229). UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Retrieved from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1047-0042&volume=10&chapterid=1901696&show=abstract&PHPSESSID=657357sb24dhrv8tvm92a5lll7
Conference Papers:
Pinnegar, S. (2013). Negotiating the complexities of redevelopment through the everyday experiences of residents: the incremental renewal of Bonnyrigg, Sydney. In K. Ruming, B. Randolph, & N. Gurran (Eds.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings. Sydney: SOAC Research Network. Retrieved from http://www.soacconference.com.au/soac-conference-proceedings-and-powerpoint-presentations/
Wiesel, I., Freestone, R., Pinnegar, S., & Randolph, W. G. (2011). Gen-X-trification: The replacement of housing and residents in ageing neighbourhoods. In State of Australian Cities National Conference. Melbourne: Australian Sustainabile Cities and Regions Network (ASCRN).
Liu, E. Y., & Pinnegar, S. (2011). Understanding neighbourhood renewal through people-based outcomes: setting up a longitudinal panel study at Bonnyrigg, NSW. In 5th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference, 17-19 November 2010: refereed papers. Auckland, University of Auckland. Retrieved from http://www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/webdav/site/nicai/shared/about/research/architecture-planning/housing-researchers-conference/2010%20Conference%20Proceedings/Liu%20&%20Pinnegar%20AHRC%202010.pdf
Wiesel, I., Freestone, R., Pinnegar, S., Randolph, W. G., & Tice, A. J. (2011). ‘Knockdown-rebuild’ in Sydney: Drivers of suburban reinvestment. In World Planning Schools Conference Proceedings 2011. Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth, WA.
Conference Presentations:
Liu, E. Y., & Pinnegar, S. (2010). Understanding people-based outcomes experiencing neighbourhood renewal: a case of Bonnyrigg, NSW. In 5th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. Auckland, University of Auckland.
Journal Article:
van den Nouwelant, R., Davison, G., Gurran, N., Pinnegar, S., & Randolph, B. (2014). Delivering affordable housing through the planning system in urban renewal contexts: converging government roles in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales. Australian Planner, 1-13. doi:10.1080/07293682.2014.914044
Legacy, C., Pinnegar, S., & Wiesel, I. (2013). Under the strategic radar and outside planning’s ‘spaces of interest’: knockdown rebuild and the changing suburban form of Australia's cities. Australian Planner, 50(2), 117-122. doi:10.1080/07293682.2013.776978
Wiesel, I., Pinnegar, S., & Freestone, R. (2013). Supersized Australian Dream: Investment, Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Perceptions among "Knockdown-Rebuild" Owners in Sydney. Housing, Theory and Society, 30(3), 312-329. doi:10.1080/14036096.2013.782890
Randolph, W. G., Pinnegar, S., & Tice, A. J. (2012). The First Home Owner Boost in Australia: A case study of outcomes in the Sydney Housing Market. Urban Policy and Research, 31(1), 55-73. doi:10.1080/08111146.2012.711554
Pinnegar, S. (2012). For the City? The Difficult Spaces of Market Restructuring Policy. European Journal of Housing Policy, 12(3), 281-297. doi:10.1080/14616718.2012.709434
Pinnegar, S., Wiesel, I., Liu, E. Y., Gilmour, T., Loosemore, M., & Judd, B. H. (2011). Partnership working in the design and delivery of housing policy and programs. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Positioning Paper Series, 163, 1-103. Retrieved from http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?ShowSearch=False&Search=Properties&Keywords=Liu&Search-Author=True&Sort=Search-Title&Direction=DESC#results
Milligan, V., & Pinnegar, S. (2010). The Comeback of National Housing Policy in Australia: First Reflections. European Journal of Housing Policy, 10(3), 325-344. Retrieved from http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/969281_751309012_927199474.pdf
Gilmour, T., Wiesel, I., Pinnegar, S., & Loosemore, M. (2010). Social infrastructure partnerships: a firm rock in a storm?. Journal of Financial management of property and construction, 15(3), 247-259. Retrieved from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1366-4387&volume=15&issue=3&articleid=1892113&show=abstract
Ruming, K., Randolph, W. G., Pinnegar, S., & Judd, B. H. (2010). Urban renewal and regeneration in Sydney, Australia: Council reflections on the planning and development process. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 3(4), 357-369. Retrieved from http://henrystewart.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&eissn=1752-9646&volume=3&issue=4&spage=357
Reports:
Pinnegar, S., van den Nouwelant, R., Judd, B., & Randolph, B. (2013). Understanding Housing and Location Choices of Retiring Australians in the "Baby Boom" Generation. Sydney: City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australia. Retrieved from http://www.treasury.gov.au/PublicationsAndMedia/Publications/2012/housing-in-the-baby-boom-generation
Pinnegar, S., Liu, E., & Randolph, B. (2013). Bonnyrigg Longitudinal Panel Study First Wave: 2012: Research Report. UNSW, Sydney: City Futures Research Centre.
Liu, E. Y., Davison, G., & Pinnegar, S. (2012). Building Stronger Communities final evaluation report.
Pinnegar, S., Liu, E. Y., & Randolph, W. G. (2011). MOSAIC Final Report.