PhD students’ housing experiences in suburban Sydney, Australia

Ruming, Kristian; Dowling, Robyn

doi:10.1007/s10901-017-9548-3

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“…Studentification is a significant process of urban change, tied to growing concentrations of university students, that has widely penetrated national public debates and policy‐orientated agendas during the last two decades (Moos et al., ; Nakazawa, ). As a highly contentious societal and economic issue (He, ; Holton, ), studentification is often represented in negative ways in pejorative media discourses across the globe, including Australia (Ruming & Dowling, ), China (Zhao & Zou, ), Hungary (Fabula et al., ), Malaysia (Ghani & Suleiman, ), South Africa (Ackermann & Visser, ), Spain (Garmendia et al., ) and the United States (Foote, ).…”

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New frontiers of studentification: The commodification of student housing as a driver of urban change

Kinton

Smith

Harrison

et al. 2018

Geographical Journal

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Studentification has permeated policy-orientated agendas on community cohesion in different national contexts and is of increasing public relevance at a time of changing systems of higher education. To date, studentification has been treated as a process of urban change that leads to the physical downgrading of neighbourhoods and social conflict, tied to concentrations of low-quality student houses in multiple occupations (HMOs). Our aim in this paper is to widen conceptual understandings of studentification, drawing upon a novel study of this process in Loughborough, UK. Focusing on the Kingfisher Estate, we provide the first investigation of the formation of a studentified neighbourhood, using data from administrative data sets to track tenurial transformations from owner-occupation to private rental shared housing. Our analyses are extended from a survey of student preferences for accommodation, and interviews with local community representatives, to reveal a production-consumption interface for high-quality student housing in Kingfisher. We argue that this is illustrative of a new frontier of studentification, which emphasises the volatility of student housing markets. Crucially, these dynamics are having a significant influence on broader changing urban geographies, such as the de-studentification of other neighbourhoods, and the overall supply of (affordable) housing. Our paper concludes by arguing for a wider conceptualisation of studentification that does not inherently view the process as a harbinger of downgraded urban environments. From a policy perspective, our research stresses the urgent need for different place-specific solutions and policy interventions to mitigate the challenges of studentification.

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New frontiers of studentification: The commodification of student housing as a driver of urban change

Kinton

Smith

Harrison

et al. 2018

Geographical Journal

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“…International students were purposely omitted, as they seem to have unique consumption practices (Collins 2010;Calvo, Nofre & Geraldes 2017). Following this reasoning, PhD students were also excluded in the sampling procedure because of their different life courses and socio-economic status (Ruming & Dowling 2017). Ultimately, a total of 1,059 university students in Lodz and 1,042 in Turin completed the questionnaires correctly and were included in the sample.…”

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Students’ leisure consumption patterns in cities: Three-dimensional pictures from Lodz and Turin

Zasina

2020

Miscellanea Geographica

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The research conducted relates to university students’ leisure practices in urban settings. A three-dimensional framework to picture and analyse students’ leisure, focusing on its temporal, economic and spatial dimensions, is proposed. The analysis is based on empirical evidence from two European cities, namely Lodz, Poland and Turin, Italy. First, the findings show that students’ leisure consumption goes beyond visiting music and disco clubs, and it is oriented towards meeting at home, visiting pubs and cafés, and also shopping for non-daily products. Secondly, the geographies of the majority of students’ leisure activities do not spatially overlap with the places of their education and accommodation. Thirdly, the data obtained on students’ leisure consumption in Lodz and Turin reveal many similarities, despite the contextual differences between the two cities.

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“…Research on students in the PRS shows variations between undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as between domestic and international students, typically grounded in socio-economic status (Fincher and Shaw 2009;Ruming and Dowling 2017;Holton 2016;Heath 2004;Petrova 2018). As Ruming and Dowling (2017: 814) have asserted, it is possible that international PhD students, in particular, experience discrimination in the rental market given their socio-economic positioning because of the 'reliance on scholarships, casual teaching and legislation limiting working hours'.…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding discrimination effects in private rental housing

Maalsen¹,

Wolifson²,

Rogers³

et al. 2021

AHURI Final Report

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AHURIAHURI is a national independent research network with an expert not-for-profit research management company, AHURI Limited, at its centre. AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians.Using high quality, independent evidence and through active, managed engagement, AHURI works to inform the policies and practices of governments and the housing and urban development industries, and stimulate debate in the broader Australian community. AHURI undertakes evidence-based policy development on a range of priority policy topics that are of interest to our audience groups, including housing and labour markets, urban growth and renewal, planning and infrastructure development, housing supply and affordability, homelessness, economic productivity, and social cohesion and wellbeing. AHURI Limited also gratefully acknowledges the contributions, both financial and in-kind, of its university research partners who have helped make the completion of this material possible. DisclaimerThe opinions in this report reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of AHURI Limited, its Board, its funding organisations or Inquiry Panel members. No responsibility is accepted by AHURI Limited, its Board or funders for the accuracy or omission of any statement, opinion, advice or information in this publication. AHURI journalAHURI Final Report journal series is a refereed series presenting the results of original research to a diverse readership of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. Peer review statementAn objective assessment of reports published in the AHURI journal series by carefully selected experts in the field ensures that material published is of the highest quality. The AHURI journal series employs a double-blind peer review of the full report, where anonymity is strictly observed between authors and referees.

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PhD students’ housing experiences in suburban Sydney, Australia

Cited by 26 publications

References 27 publications

New frontiers of studentification: The commodification of student housing as a driver of urban change

New frontiers of studentification: The commodification of student housing as a driver of urban change

Students’ leisure consumption patterns in cities: Three-dimensional pictures from Lodz and Turin

Understanding discrimination effects in private rental housing

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