Commissioned reports
Chapter 4: Recycling and plastics in apartments: Collaborating with householders beyond the attitude–behaviour–choice paradigm
Commissioned Report
The paper challenges consumer-focused approaches to plastic waste, arguing that more effective and equitable circular economy solutions must address the everyday realities, infrastructures and systems that shape household waste practices, particularly in apartment living.
Response to the Consultation on the proposed Regulations on Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses Submission to Department of Government Services
Commissioned Report
This policy submission supports stronger minimum energy efficiency standards for rental housing while proposing practical recommendations to ensure the transition is equitable, protects tenants, improves housing quality, and advances climate resilience.
Submission into the Inquiry into Climate Resilience, 28 June 2024 - Submission No 222 - RMIT University Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform
Commissioned Report
This submission draws together the collective experience and knowledge of a diverse set of RMIT specialists from across the university’s built environment disciplines. We are urban planners, geographers, engineers, architects, landscape architects and building scientists
Café Sector Action Plan
Report 2024
Commissioned Report
Developed with café sector stakeholders, this Sector Action Plan identifies practical pathways for small and medium cafés to reduce food waste, improve business outcomes, and contribute to Australia’s goal of halving food waste by 2030.
Insights Report A Qualitative Research – Householder interviews & fridge rummage
Commissioned Report
Investigating how refrigerator performance and household meat practices influence food waste, this research identifies opportunities for systemic interventions that support households in reducing meat waste beyond individual behaviour change.
Insights Report B Quantitative research – Refrigerator monitoring (winter round)
Commissioned Report
Investigating how refrigerator performance and household meat practices influence food waste, this research identifies opportunities for systemic interventions that support households in reducing meat waste beyond individual behaviour change.
Practices of meat consumption and cold storage in Australian households Consumer fridge behaviour and waste reduction of red meat
Commissioned Report
Examining the relationship between refrigerator performance and household meat practices, this pilot study identifies opportunities for improving storage behaviours, appliance design, and industry strategies to reduce household meat waste.
Multiple vulnerabilities – Examining the fuel and food poverty nexus
Commissioned Report
Drawing on qualitative research in Victoria, Australia, this study explores how energy and food practices intersect in households, using social practice theory and ontological security to understand everyday experiences of housing and sustainability transitions.
The lived experience of COVID-19: housing and household resilience
Commissioned Report
Examining the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study explores how housing vulnerabilities, including poor quality, affordability pressures, energy poverty, and health challenges, were intensified for Australian households.