Kristian Ruming

Kristian Ruming is a Professor and ARC Future Fellow at Macquarie University's School of Communication, Society and Culture, affiliated with the Housing and Urban Research Centre. Holding a prominent academic rank, he contributes extensively to urban governance, housing policy, and planning reform research.

Research Interests include: urban regeneration planning, formal and everyday assemblages of renewal, planning reform impacts on development, social/affordable housing construction, and resident resistance to urban consolidation. His work examines the interplay between academic institutions and urban development.

• Current ARC Projects:
  • Universities as entrepreneurial urban actors (FT210100357)
  • Resident-led collective property sales (DP200101744)
• Past ARC Projects:
  • Community and government regeneration practices (DP130100582)

Scientific Awards include the ARC Future Fellowship. His 15 most recent publications reflect trends in:

• Urban densification strategies
• Housing market dynamics
• Planning reform analysis
• Collective property sales
• Community resistance to planning decisions
• Ontological security in housing

Supervision includes 1 current and 12 completed HDR students, with research topics spanning shared room housing, planning reform, and community housing models. His projects involve collaborations with institutions like AHURI and focus on policy evaluation, planning innovation, and housing equity.