Christian A. Nygaard

Professor Christian (Andi) Nygaard is an applied housing and social economist in the City Futures Research Centre at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney). His primary research interests are in housing economics, urban transitions, institutional innovation, and policy / impact identification and evaluation. His housing economics research includes macroeconomics of housing affordability and housing market impact of housing supply / supply driven urban renewal. His urban transitions research includes long-term socio-spatial dynamics, the geological foundations of cities and urban dynamics, and sustainability transitions (decarbonising cities). His institutional research includes governance adaption and innovation for affordable housing provision, transitioning to circular economies and industrial policy making in resource rich countries. These research areas are connected by economic processes and social behaviours, such as housing markets and policy; persistence and path dependence; property rights and institutions; and, spatial social structures and social interactions, that inhibit and enable change.