Emma Baker

Driving Change, Clever Supply, and Research Opportunities

Emma Baker is a Professor of Housing Research at the University of Adelaide, Deputy Director of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, AHURI Research Centre Director, and the Program Director of the Stretton Institute's 'Ideas for Australian Cities'. 

Utilising longitudinal, spatial and administrative big data, her work examines the human impacts of housing and location, producing academic, as well as policy-relevant research. She has lead the establishment of a series of research accessible national infrastructures, such as the Australian Housing Conditions Data Infrastructure and the parallel Australian Rental Conditions Data Infrastructure. 

Current funded projects include a multi-nation analysis of the role of housing in driving intergenerational inequality, a program of research on the mental health effects of housing, and a national study of cold and mould in Australian homes.