Participatory Action Research and Early Career Researchers: The Structural Barriers to Engagement and Why We Should Do It Anyway

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Acknowledgement

I am immensely grateful to the funders and supporters of the Transforming Housing Research Partnership; the University of Melbourne, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Launch Housing. Their support allows the Partnership to do important research, however research is defined.

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Katrina Raynor

Katrina Raynor PhD, is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her work focuses on affordable housing, urban consolidation and innovation and partnerships in housing projects. Her research explores the motivations of actors involved in the creation of housing and their priorities and motivations. Katrina has published in journals such as Urban Studies, Housing Studies and Urban Policy and Research. She is currently engaged in a Participatory Action Research program called Transforming Housing that aims to generate research and advocacy to support improved housing outcomes for low income households in Victoria, Australia. She is the National co-Chair of the Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network, where she works to create spaces for ECR contributions and opportunities within urban research.