STAFF PROFILE
Professor Tony Dalton
Professor Tony Dalton is in the Centre for Urban Research. He contributes to the program of urban research and teaches research and urban studies.
Tony is a professor in the Centre for Urban Research. Following appointments in senior leadership positions at RMIT including Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation in the College of Design and Social Context (2004-2010) and Chair of Academic Board (2009-2010), Tony returned to research and teaching in 2011. He is currently Acting Deputy Director of the Global Cities Research Institute and he is also Chair of the RMIT Fair Trade Steering Committee.
The focus of Tony’s research has been on changing housing markets, distributional outcomes in a period of social and economic restructuring. More recently he has developed a research interest in the issues that climate change poses for urban housing provision. Throughout his research he has maintained a focus on the institutional context of policy so that we can better understand both policy outcomes and the way that different interests shape housing policy.
Tony is Acting Deputy Director of the
Current research themes
- Outer suburban land development institutional processes
- Rooming house provision and regulation
- Housing policies, labour force participation and economic growth
- Urban policies in Asia and Pacific countries
- Climate change and built environment professionals
Areas of recent and current PhD supervisions
- Sustainability and new suburban house construction
- Front line public housing management
- The connections between insecure housing and employment
- Packaging and corporate social responsibility
- Pathways in and out of homelessness
- Social infrastructure and labour productivity
- Housing policy and ageing
- PhD, RMIT, 1999
- M Soc Sci, Birmingham, UK, 1981
- Grad Dip Pub Pol, Melb, 1979
- Fel Dip Arch, RMIT, 1977
Tony’s research interests are connected to his involvement in non-government sector policy work and advocacy through Shelter, ACOSS, Hanover Welfare and Housing Justice Roundtable. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) (Services to the homeless) in 1991. He is currently a Director on the Board of Hanover Welfare Services, an NGO that provides a range of services to homeless people in Melbourne and advocates for policy change.
- Horne, R.,Dalton, T.,Moloney, S. (2016). Beyond the split incentive: Governing socio-technical relations in private rental housing retrofit In: Retrofitting Cities: Priorities, Governance and Experimentation, Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom
- Moore, T.,Dalton, T. (2016). Structuring housing provision for urban sustainability In: Sustainability citizenship in cities: Theory and practice, Routledge, Oxon, United Kingdom
- Iyer-Raniga, U.,Dalton, T. (2016). Challenges in aligning the architecture profession in Indonesia for climate change and sustainability In: Proceedings of the International High- Performance Built Environment Conference - A Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 Series (SBE16), iHBE 2016, Sydney, Australia, 17-18 November 2016
- Iyer-Raniga, U.,Dalton, T. (2016). A holistic view for integrating sustainability education for the built environment professions in Indonesia In: Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education, Springer, Sweden
- Taylor, E.,Dalton, T. (2015). Keynes in the Antipodes: the housing industry, first home owner grants and the Global Financial Crisis In: Housing in 21st Century Australia: People, Practices and Policies, Ashgate, Surrey, England
- Horne, R.,Maller, C.,Dalton, T. (2014). Low-carbon, water-efficient house renovations: an emergent niche? In: Building Research and Information, 42, 539 - 548
- Dalton, T. (2014). Housing Policy: Changes and Prospects In: Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia
- Horne, R.,Dalton, T. (2014). Transition to low carbon? An analysis of socio-technical change in housing renovation In: Urban Studies, 51, 3445 - 3458
- Dalton, T.,Hurley, J.,Gharaie, E.,Wakefield, R.,Horne, R. (2013). Australian suburban house building: industry organisation, practices and constraints-Final Report No. 213 In: AHURI Final Report Series, , 1 - 78
- Jacobs, K.,Berry, M.,Dalton, T. (2013). 'A dead and broken system?': 'insider' views of the future role of Australian public housing In: International Journal of Housing Policy, 13, 183 - 201
- Harnessing housing policy for economic productivity: A multilevel governance and spatial perspective. Funded by: AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants 2015 from (2015 to 2016)
- Inquiry into housing policies, labour force participation & economic growth (Administered by Curtin University). Funded by: AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants 2015 from (2015 to 2017)
- An Investigation into the Drivers of Housing Supply Responsiveness in Australia (15/PR0/81073) (Administered by Curtin University). Funded by: AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants 2015 from (2015 to 2016)
- Rooming house futures: governing for growth, fairness and transparency. Funded by: AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants 2014 from (2014 to 2015)
- Marginal rental housing and marginal renters: a typology for policy. Funded by: AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants pre-2014 from (2011 to 2013)
3 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions8 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions