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Keith Jacobs

Director, Housing and Community Research Unit (HACRU) at University of Tasmania

Summary

Director of the Housing Community Research and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts, University of Tasmania, Keith has an extensive track record in social policy research. He is author of: 'The dynamics of local housing policy' (1999); 'Social constructionism in housing research' (edited with J. Kemeny and T. Manzi) (2004); 'Experience and representation: contemporary perspectives on migration in Australia' (2011); and 'Ocean to outback: cosmopolitanism in contemporary Australia (edited with J. Malpas) (2011). Keith is a member of the editorial board of the journal 'Housing Studies'.

Experience

  • Researcher, University of Tasmania 2002 – present

Education

  • Birkbeck College, University of London, PhD, 1997

Research Areas

  • Housing Markets, Development, Management (120503)
  • Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross Cultural Studies (200209)