Dr Alan Morris
Senior Lecturer - coordinator for Social Science and Policy cluster
The University of New South Wales
School of Social Sciences
Phone: 612-9385 3541
Email: a.morris@unsw.edu.au
B SocSc, MSocSc Cape Town, PhD Witwatersrand
Research Summary
Housing policy; social policy; housing for older people; neighbourhoods; poverty; human rights; South Africa
At present he is doing research on the impact of different housing tenures and housing policy on the life circumstances of older people. He has also been working on energy poverty and its impact.
Research Areas
Alan has done research on a range of social policy issues. At present he is doing research on the impact of different housing tenures and housing policy on the life circumstances of older people. Most recently, Alan has been working on energy poverty and its impact. Alan is interested in the issue of urban marginality and how marginalised groups within the city respond to their situations.
Key words: Social policy, older people, migration, marginality, social housing, private renters
Publications
Books
Morris, A. (1999) Bleakness and Light: Inner-City Transition in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. 407 pages, reprinted 2001. Received "honourable mention" - 2000 Noma Award for publishing in Africa; "A scrupulous and fascinating micro-study of social behaviour and attitudes ... It stands among the best of empirical work conducted in the social sciences in Africa." Noma Award Jury
Morris, A & Bouillon, A (eds) (2001) African Francophone Immigrants in Johannesburg, Protea Publishers and Institut Francais d'Afrique du Sud (IFAS), Pretoria.
Peer reviewed journal articles since 1998
Morris, A (2012) Older Social and Private Renters, the Neighbourhood, and Social Connections and Activity, Urban Policy and Research, 30 (1): 43-58.
Patulny, R. & Morris, A. (2012) Questioning the need for social mix - the implications of friendship diversity amongst Australian social housing tenants. Urban Studies, DOI: 10.1177/0042098012442414, available on-line.
Morris, A. Jamieson, M.and Patulny, R. (2012) Is social mixing of tenures a solution for public housing estates?, Evidence Base, 1 (forthcoming).
Morris, A. (2012) The Trajectory towards Marginality: How do Older Australians find themselves Dependent on the Private Rental Market Social Policy and Society (forthcoming).
Morris, A. (2010) The lack of a right to housing and its implications in Australia, Journal of Australian Political Economy, 65: 28-57.
Morris, A (2009) Urban Justice and Sustainability: comparing the situation of older renters in public housing to that of older renters in private rented accommodation in Sydney, Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 14 (5): 417-430.
Morris, A. 2009) Living on the Margins: Comparing Older Private Renters and Older Public Housing Tenants in Sydney, Australia, Housing Studies, 24 (5): 697-711.
Morris, A.(2009) Contentment and Suffering: the Impact of Australia’s Housing Policy and Tenure on Older Australians, Australian Journal of Social Issues, forthcoming.
Morris, A. (2008) ''The government is the best landlord I've ever had': Older public housing tenants and social inclusion in inner Sydney', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 19 (1), 93-108.
Morris, A.(2007) On the edge: The financial situation of older renters in Sydney', Australian Journal of Social Issues,42 (3): 337-350.
Morris, A. (2006) 'Living on the margins: the worlds of older private renters in Sydney', Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol, 12, no. 1, 205-221.
Morris, A. (2006) Pain and mythology: Disability support pension recipients and work' Australian Review of Public Affairs, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 41-59.
Bounds M and Morris, A (2006) 'Second wave gentrification in inner-city Sydney', Cities, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 98-108.
Morris, A, Judd, B & Kavanagh, K.' (2005) Marginality amidst plenty: Pathways into homelessness for older Australians', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 40, 2, 241-251.
Bounds, M & Morris, (2005) A.'High rise gentrification: The redevelopment of Pyrmont Ultimo', Urban Design International, 10, 3/4, 179-188.
Morris, A, Judd, B, Kavanagh, K & Naidoo, Y. (2005) 'Older marginalised people: Pathways into and out of a marginal housing situation', Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 11, 1, 119-138.
Morris, A. '(2004) Is this racism? Representations of South Africa in the Sydney Morning Herald since the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki as president', Australian Humanities Review, no. 33, 1-13.
Morris, A. (2004) 'Decade of post-apartheid: Is the City in South Africa being remade?' Safundi, vol. 13/14, 1-13.
Morris, A. (2004) 'The right to adequate housing: The crisis in accommodating Australia's ageing population', Civil Liberty, vol. 196, 6-8.
Morris, A. (2002) ''The social costs of unemployment', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 13, 2, 207-225.
Morris, A & Bounds, M. (2001) 'Economic restructuring and gentrification in the inner city: A case study of Pyrmont Ultimo', Australian Planner, 38, 3/4, 128-132.
Morris, A. (2001) 'Progress and setbacks for local government: Democratisation and redistribution in Johannesburg in the 1990s', Social Dynamics, 27, 2, 86-108.
Morris, A, Gilbert, A & Crankshaw, O. (2000) 'Backyard Sowetto', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 24, 4,841-857.
Morris, A (1999) 'Tenant-landlord relations, the anti-apartheid struggle and physical decline in Hillbrow, an inner-city neighborhood in Johannesburg', Urban Studies, 36, 3, 509-526.
Morris, A (1999) 'Race relations and racism in a racially diverse inner-city neighborhood: A case study of Hillbrow, Johannesburg', Journal of Southern African Studies, 25, 4, 667-694.
Morris, A (1998) 'Fighting against the tide: The white right and the desegration of Johannesburg's inner-city', African Studies, 57, 1, 55-78.
Morris, A (1998) '"Our fellow Africans make our lives hell': The lives of Congolese and Nigerians living in Johannesburg', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 21, 6, 1116-1136.
Morris, A (1998) 'The city post-apartheid: Continuity or rupture', Social Research, 65, 4, 759-775.
Book chapters
Morris, A. (2012) Social Problems of Social Housing in C. Hamnett and S. Smith (eds), Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Oxford: Elsevier. .
Morris, A. (2012) Capabilities and older renters in K. Gelber and F. Panzironi (eds) The Capability Approach In the Asia-Pacific Region, Routledge. In press.
Morris, A (2011) Housing policy in Australia: Implications and alternatives in Argyrous, G. and Stilwell, F. (eds) Economics as a social science: Readings in political economy, third edition, Melbourne: Tilde Press.
Morris, A. (2010) Policies relating to homelessness and affordable housing in Australia', in A. Nevile (ed), Human Rights and Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Values and Citizenship in OECD Countries, Edward Elgar. pp 154-173.
Morris, A. (2002) 'Johannesburg', in M Ember & CR Ember (eds), Encyclopedia of Urban Culture: Cities and Cultures Around the World, Grolier, Danbury, pp. 430-437.
Morris, A. (2001) 'Introduction', in A Morris & A Bouillon (eds), African Immigration to South Africa: Francophone Migration of the 1990s, Pretoria, pp. 9-17.
Morris, A. (2001) '"Our fellow Africans make our lives hell": The lives of Congolese and Nigerians living in Johannesburg', in A Morris & A Bouillon (eds), African Immigration to South Africa: Francophone Migration of the 1990s, Pretoria, pp. 68-89.
Morris, A. (2001) 'Conclusion', in A Morris & A Bouillon (eds), African Immigration to South Africa: Francophone Migration of the 1990s, Pretoria.
Morris, A (1999), 'La desgregation de la Ville en Afrique Australe: Le cas des quartiers centraux de Johannesburg', in P Gervais-Lambony, S Jaglin & A Mabin (eds), La Question Urbaine in Afrique Australe: Prespectives de Recherche, IFAS-Karthala, Paris, pp. 67-79.
Morris, A (1999) 'Xenophobie a Johannesburg: L' experience des Congolais (RDC) et des Nigerians', in A Bouillon (ed.), Immigration Africaine en Afrique du Sud: Les Migrants Francophone des Annees 90, IFAS-Karthala, Paris, pp. 75-106.
Peer reviewed conference papers
Bridge, C., Davey, L., Judd, B., Flatau, P., Morris, A. and Phipps, P. (2011) Making do: housing quality and affordability in the low to moderate income age specific housing sector, State of Australian Cities Conference, University of Melbourne, 29 November-2 December.
Morris, A. (2010) The social worlds of older public and private renters in Sydney, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Macquarie University, 6-9 December.
Morris, A. (2010) Victims of a flawed housing policy. Older private renters battlign to survive in Sydney, 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, City Futures, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Morris, A. and Chester, L. (2010) Energy poverty: An escalating outcome of ‘liberalised’ energy markets, Eighth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, The University of New South Wales, 6-7 December.
Morris, A. (2008) Housing policy, past and present: Implications for older Australians, Seventh Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, The University of New South Wales, 8-9 December.
Morris, A. (2008) Belonging and exclusion: a study of older residents in a manufactured home village in Sydney, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Annual Conference, University of Melbourne, 3-5 December.
Morris, A. (2007) Comparign the life circumstances of older public housing tenants to older private renters in Sydney, TASA Annual Conference, Univ. of Auckland, 4-7 December.
Morris, A. (2007) 'Are public housing tenants socially excluded? the case of older public housing tenants in inner-Sydney, Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, The University of New South Wales, 10-11 December.
Morris, A. (2006) 'Housing tenure does matter: Social exclusion of older private renters in Sydney’. Fifth Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, University of New South Wales, December 11 and 12.
Morris, A. (2005) 'Disability support pension claimants and work: Perceptions and barriers to entry', Proceedings of the Creating a Culture of Full Employment Conference, G Wrightson (ed.), Newcastle, 8-9 December, pp. 324-332.
Morris, A. (1998) ''The city post-apartheid: continuities and breaks', Proceedings of the Refashioning Sociology: Responses to a New World Order Conference, M Alexander, S Harding, P Harrison, G Kendall, Z Skrbis & J Western (ed.), Brisbane, pp. 426-430 (refereed conference paper).
Peer reviewed monographs
Bridge, C., Davey, L., Judd, B., Flatau, P., Morris, A. And Phibbs, P. (2011) Age-Specific Housing Markets and Housing and Care for Low to Moderate Income Older Persons. Fina l Report. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Davey, L., Bridge, C., Judd, B., Flatau, P., Morris, A. And Phibbs, P. (2010) Age-Specific Housing Markets and Housing and Care for Low to Moderate Income Older Persons. Positioning Paper. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Seelig, T., Thomson, A., Burke, T., Penniger, S. McNelis, S. and Morris, A. (2009) Motivations of Investors in the Private Rental Market, Final Report. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (94 pages).
Seelig, T, Burke, T and Morris, A (2006) Motivations of investors in the private rental market. Positioning Paper. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p20280
Judd, B. Kavanagh. K. Morris, A. and Naidoo, Y. (2004) Housing Options and Sustainable Living Outcomes for Older People Who are Homeless, Final Report. Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI), Melbourne.
Judd, B. Kavanagh. K. Morris, A. and Naidoo, Y. (2003) Housing Options and Sustainable Living Outcomes for Older People Who are Homeless, Positioning Paper. Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI), Melbourne.
Commissioned Reports
Alan Morris, Karen Fisher, Ann Dadich, Kristy Muir, David Abello Kate Norris, Cassandra Bourne and Kristy Martire, (2005) Models of Centralised Intake and Waiting List Management Systems: Feasibility Report, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, April 2005.
Alan Morris, Karen Fisher, David Abello, Kate Norris, Kelly Sutherland and Sarah Yallop, (2005) Information Collection Systems in the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative Issues Paper, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, 2005.
Alan Morris, Karen Fisher, David Abelló, Kate Norris, Kelly Sutherland, Sarah Yallop, Ann Dadich and Kristy Muir, (2005) Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative, Evaluation Plan, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, February 2005.
Alan Morris, Kristy Muir, Ann Dadich, David Abelló and Michael Bleasdale, (2005) Housing and Accommodation Support Iniative: Summary Report I, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, April 2005.
Kristy Muir, Ann Dadich, David Abelló, Michael Bleasdale, Alan Morris and Karen Fisher, (2005) Housing and Accommodation Support Iniative: Report II, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, December 2005.
Alan Morris and David Abelló, (2005) Disability Support Pension New Customer Focus Groups, report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services, October 2005.
Alan Morris (2005) Evaluation of the Mercy Arms Day Centre (community connections) service. Report prepared for Catholic Health Care Services.
Morris, A. and Duarte, F. (2000) 'Needs Assessment for an After School Youth Service in Hurstville', Report prepared for Department of Community Services and Youthzone (Hurstville).
Morris, A. (2000) 'The Impact of the Sydney Casino on the Social Composition and Residential Amenity of the Residents of Pyrmont-Ultimo. Stage 2, Report 1', The Urban Studies Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. Co-authored with Michael Bounds. The research was commissioned by the Casino Community Benefit Fund.
Morris, A. (2000) “The Impact of the Sydney Casino on the Social Composition and Residential Amenity of the Residents of Pyrmont-Ultimo. Final Report.” The Urban Studies Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. Co-authored with Michael Bounds. The research was commissioned by the Casino Community Benefit Fund.
Morris, A. (1999) “Change and Continuity: A Survey of Soweto in the Late 1990s.” Edited by Alan Morris, contributions by B. Bozzoli, J. Cock, O. Crankshaw, L. Gilbert, D. Pose, Z. Tshandu and E. van Huyssteen. Commissioned by the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. The study involved an extensive household survey of Soweto. 102 pages.
Morris, A. (1999) “The History of Local Government in Johannesburg Since 1990.” Commissioned by the Centre for Development and Enterprise. 42 pages.
Morris, A. (1999) “Youth Unemployment and Poverty”. Commissioned by Africa Strategic Research Corporation. 11 pages.
Book reviews
Morris, A. (2006) Review of Visions of the City by David Pinder, University of Edinburgh Press, in Journal of Sociology, 42 (3): 331-332.
Morris, A. (2003) Review of ‘Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa’ edited by J. Crush and D. McDonald (South African Migration Project, 2002), in Journal of Southern African Studies, 29 (2): pp 572-574.
Morris, A. (2000) Ethnic and Racial Studies Review of Beyond Control: Immigration and Human Rights in a Democratic South Africa edited by Jonathan Crush. Southern Migration Project.
Other publications
Morris, A. (2011) Older renters in the private rental market, Parity, 24 (6), 17-18.
Morris, A. (2009) In defence of public housing despite Rosemeadown, The Daily Telegraph, 3 February.
Morris, A. (2009) Older renters in public housing and the private rental market, Around the Corner, 77, 3-6.
Morris, A. (2008) Catholic Healthcare Community Services Community Connections Program: Enhancing the quality of life of older people who have experienced homelessness, Parity, 21 (7), 39-40.
Morris, A., Judd, B. & Kavanagh, K. (2008) 'The older homeless and marginally housed: the forgotten group?' Parity, 21, 7, 3-4.
Judd, B., Morris, A. and Kavanagh, K. (2005) From exclusion to inclusion: Housing and support for people who are homeless or at risk, Parity, 18 (1).
Morris, A. (2000) HIV/AIDS in South Africa: A Crisis Relentlessly Unfolds. Human Rights Defender 9 (2):6-7.
Morris, A. (2000) Politics Spawns Another Olympic Village. Time.Com http://www.time.com/time/pacific/olympics2000/story/0,7614,54296,00.html#
The University of New South Wales
School of Social Sciences
Phone: 612-9385 3541
Email: a.morris@unsw.edu.au
B SocSc, MSocSc Cape Town, PhD Witwatersrand
Research Summary
Housing policy; social policy; housing for older people; neighbourhoods; poverty; human rights; South Africa
At present he is doing research on the impact of different housing tenures and housing policy on the life circumstances of older people. He has also been working on energy poverty and its impact.
Research Areas
Alan has done research on a range of social policy issues. At present he is doing research on the impact of different housing tenures and housing policy on the life circumstances of older people. Most recently, Alan has been working on energy poverty and its impact. Alan is interested in the issue of urban marginality and how marginalised groups within the city respond to their situations.
Key words: Social policy, older people, migration, marginality, social housing, private renters
Publications
Books
Morris, A. (1999) Bleakness and Light: Inner-City Transition in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. 407 pages, reprinted 2001. Received "honourable mention" - 2000 Noma Award for publishing in Africa; "A scrupulous and fascinating micro-study of social behaviour and attitudes ... It stands among the best of empirical work conducted in the social sciences in Africa." Noma Award Jury
Morris, A & Bouillon, A (eds) (2001) African Francophone Immigrants in Johannesburg, Protea Publishers and Institut Francais d'Afrique du Sud (IFAS), Pretoria.
Peer reviewed journal articles since 1998
Morris, A (2012) Older Social and Private Renters, the Neighbourhood, and Social Connections and Activity, Urban Policy and Research, 30 (1): 43-58.
Patulny, R. & Morris, A. (2012) Questioning the need for social mix - the implications of friendship diversity amongst Australian social housing tenants. Urban Studies, DOI: 10.1177/0042098012442414, available on-line.
Morris, A. Jamieson, M.and Patulny, R. (2012) Is social mixing of tenures a solution for public housing estates?, Evidence Base, 1 (forthcoming).
Morris, A. (2012) The Trajectory towards Marginality: How do Older Australians find themselves Dependent on the Private Rental Market Social Policy and Society (forthcoming).
Morris, A. (2010) The lack of a right to housing and its implications in Australia, Journal of Australian Political Economy, 65: 28-57.
Morris, A (2009) Urban Justice and Sustainability: comparing the situation of older renters in public housing to that of older renters in private rented accommodation in Sydney, Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 14 (5): 417-430.
Morris, A. 2009) Living on the Margins: Comparing Older Private Renters and Older Public Housing Tenants in Sydney, Australia, Housing Studies, 24 (5): 697-711.
Morris, A.(2009) Contentment and Suffering: the Impact of Australia’s Housing Policy and Tenure on Older Australians, Australian Journal of Social Issues, forthcoming.
Morris, A. (2008) ''The government is the best landlord I've ever had': Older public housing tenants and social inclusion in inner Sydney', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 19 (1), 93-108.
Morris, A.(2007) On the edge: The financial situation of older renters in Sydney', Australian Journal of Social Issues,42 (3): 337-350.
Morris, A. (2006) 'Living on the margins: the worlds of older private renters in Sydney', Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol, 12, no. 1, 205-221.
Morris, A. (2006) Pain and mythology: Disability support pension recipients and work' Australian Review of Public Affairs, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 41-59.
Bounds M and Morris, A (2006) 'Second wave gentrification in inner-city Sydney', Cities, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 98-108.
Morris, A, Judd, B & Kavanagh, K.' (2005) Marginality amidst plenty: Pathways into homelessness for older Australians', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 40, 2, 241-251.
Bounds, M & Morris, (2005) A.'High rise gentrification: The redevelopment of Pyrmont Ultimo', Urban Design International, 10, 3/4, 179-188.
Morris, A, Judd, B, Kavanagh, K & Naidoo, Y. (2005) 'Older marginalised people: Pathways into and out of a marginal housing situation', Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 11, 1, 119-138.
Morris, A. '(2004) Is this racism? Representations of South Africa in the Sydney Morning Herald since the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki as president', Australian Humanities Review, no. 33, 1-13.
Morris, A. (2004) 'Decade of post-apartheid: Is the City in South Africa being remade?' Safundi, vol. 13/14, 1-13.
Morris, A. (2004) 'The right to adequate housing: The crisis in accommodating Australia's ageing population', Civil Liberty, vol. 196, 6-8.
Morris, A. (2002) ''The social costs of unemployment', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 13, 2, 207-225.
Morris, A & Bounds, M. (2001) 'Economic restructuring and gentrification in the inner city: A case study of Pyrmont Ultimo', Australian Planner, 38, 3/4, 128-132.
Morris, A. (2001) 'Progress and setbacks for local government: Democratisation and redistribution in Johannesburg in the 1990s', Social Dynamics, 27, 2, 86-108.
Morris, A, Gilbert, A & Crankshaw, O. (2000) 'Backyard Sowetto', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 24, 4,841-857.
Morris, A (1999) 'Tenant-landlord relations, the anti-apartheid struggle and physical decline in Hillbrow, an inner-city neighborhood in Johannesburg', Urban Studies, 36, 3, 509-526.
Morris, A (1999) 'Race relations and racism in a racially diverse inner-city neighborhood: A case study of Hillbrow, Johannesburg', Journal of Southern African Studies, 25, 4, 667-694.
Morris, A (1998) 'Fighting against the tide: The white right and the desegration of Johannesburg's inner-city', African Studies, 57, 1, 55-78.
Morris, A (1998) '"Our fellow Africans make our lives hell': The lives of Congolese and Nigerians living in Johannesburg', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 21, 6, 1116-1136.
Morris, A (1998) 'The city post-apartheid: Continuity or rupture', Social Research, 65, 4, 759-775.
Book chapters
Morris, A. (2012) Social Problems of Social Housing in C. Hamnett and S. Smith (eds), Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Oxford: Elsevier. .
Morris, A. (2012) Capabilities and older renters in K. Gelber and F. Panzironi (eds) The Capability Approach In the Asia-Pacific Region, Routledge. In press.
Morris, A (2011) Housing policy in Australia: Implications and alternatives in Argyrous, G. and Stilwell, F. (eds) Economics as a social science: Readings in political economy, third edition, Melbourne: Tilde Press.
Morris, A. (2010) Policies relating to homelessness and affordable housing in Australia', in A. Nevile (ed), Human Rights and Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Values and Citizenship in OECD Countries, Edward Elgar. pp 154-173.
Morris, A. (2002) 'Johannesburg', in M Ember & CR Ember (eds), Encyclopedia of Urban Culture: Cities and Cultures Around the World, Grolier, Danbury, pp. 430-437.
Morris, A. (2001) 'Introduction', in A Morris & A Bouillon (eds), African Immigration to South Africa: Francophone Migration of the 1990s, Pretoria, pp. 9-17.
Morris, A. (2001) '"Our fellow Africans make our lives hell": The lives of Congolese and Nigerians living in Johannesburg', in A Morris & A Bouillon (eds), African Immigration to South Africa: Francophone Migration of the 1990s, Pretoria, pp. 68-89.
Morris, A. (2001) 'Conclusion', in A Morris & A Bouillon (eds), African Immigration to South Africa: Francophone Migration of the 1990s, Pretoria.
Morris, A (1999), 'La desgregation de la Ville en Afrique Australe: Le cas des quartiers centraux de Johannesburg', in P Gervais-Lambony, S Jaglin & A Mabin (eds), La Question Urbaine in Afrique Australe: Prespectives de Recherche, IFAS-Karthala, Paris, pp. 67-79.
Morris, A (1999) 'Xenophobie a Johannesburg: L' experience des Congolais (RDC) et des Nigerians', in A Bouillon (ed.), Immigration Africaine en Afrique du Sud: Les Migrants Francophone des Annees 90, IFAS-Karthala, Paris, pp. 75-106.
Peer reviewed conference papers
Bridge, C., Davey, L., Judd, B., Flatau, P., Morris, A. and Phipps, P. (2011) Making do: housing quality and affordability in the low to moderate income age specific housing sector, State of Australian Cities Conference, University of Melbourne, 29 November-2 December.
Morris, A. (2010) The social worlds of older public and private renters in Sydney, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Macquarie University, 6-9 December.
Morris, A. (2010) Victims of a flawed housing policy. Older private renters battlign to survive in Sydney, 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, City Futures, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Morris, A. and Chester, L. (2010) Energy poverty: An escalating outcome of ‘liberalised’ energy markets, Eighth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, The University of New South Wales, 6-7 December.
Morris, A. (2008) Housing policy, past and present: Implications for older Australians, Seventh Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, The University of New South Wales, 8-9 December.
Morris, A. (2008) Belonging and exclusion: a study of older residents in a manufactured home village in Sydney, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Annual Conference, University of Melbourne, 3-5 December.
Morris, A. (2007) Comparign the life circumstances of older public housing tenants to older private renters in Sydney, TASA Annual Conference, Univ. of Auckland, 4-7 December.
Morris, A. (2007) 'Are public housing tenants socially excluded? the case of older public housing tenants in inner-Sydney, Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, The University of New South Wales, 10-11 December.
Morris, A. (2006) 'Housing tenure does matter: Social exclusion of older private renters in Sydney’. Fifth Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, University of New South Wales, December 11 and 12.
Morris, A. (2005) 'Disability support pension claimants and work: Perceptions and barriers to entry', Proceedings of the Creating a Culture of Full Employment Conference, G Wrightson (ed.), Newcastle, 8-9 December, pp. 324-332.
Morris, A. (1998) ''The city post-apartheid: continuities and breaks', Proceedings of the Refashioning Sociology: Responses to a New World Order Conference, M Alexander, S Harding, P Harrison, G Kendall, Z Skrbis & J Western (ed.), Brisbane, pp. 426-430 (refereed conference paper).
Peer reviewed monographs
Bridge, C., Davey, L., Judd, B., Flatau, P., Morris, A. And Phibbs, P. (2011) Age-Specific Housing Markets and Housing and Care for Low to Moderate Income Older Persons. Fina l Report. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Davey, L., Bridge, C., Judd, B., Flatau, P., Morris, A. And Phibbs, P. (2010) Age-Specific Housing Markets and Housing and Care for Low to Moderate Income Older Persons. Positioning Paper. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Seelig, T., Thomson, A., Burke, T., Penniger, S. McNelis, S. and Morris, A. (2009) Motivations of Investors in the Private Rental Market, Final Report. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (94 pages).
Seelig, T, Burke, T and Morris, A (2006) Motivations of investors in the private rental market. Positioning Paper. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p20280
Judd, B. Kavanagh. K. Morris, A. and Naidoo, Y. (2004) Housing Options and Sustainable Living Outcomes for Older People Who are Homeless, Final Report. Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI), Melbourne.
Judd, B. Kavanagh. K. Morris, A. and Naidoo, Y. (2003) Housing Options and Sustainable Living Outcomes for Older People Who are Homeless, Positioning Paper. Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI), Melbourne.
Commissioned Reports
Alan Morris, Karen Fisher, Ann Dadich, Kristy Muir, David Abello Kate Norris, Cassandra Bourne and Kristy Martire, (2005) Models of Centralised Intake and Waiting List Management Systems: Feasibility Report, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, April 2005.
Alan Morris, Karen Fisher, David Abello, Kate Norris, Kelly Sutherland and Sarah Yallop, (2005) Information Collection Systems in the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative Issues Paper, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, 2005.
Alan Morris, Karen Fisher, David Abelló, Kate Norris, Kelly Sutherland, Sarah Yallop, Ann Dadich and Kristy Muir, (2005) Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative, Evaluation Plan, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, February 2005.
Alan Morris, Kristy Muir, Ann Dadich, David Abelló and Michael Bleasdale, (2005) Housing and Accommodation Support Iniative: Summary Report I, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, April 2005.
Kristy Muir, Ann Dadich, David Abelló, Michael Bleasdale, Alan Morris and Karen Fisher, (2005) Housing and Accommodation Support Iniative: Report II, report prepared for the NSW Department of Health, December 2005.
Alan Morris and David Abelló, (2005) Disability Support Pension New Customer Focus Groups, report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services, October 2005.
Alan Morris (2005) Evaluation of the Mercy Arms Day Centre (community connections) service. Report prepared for Catholic Health Care Services.
Morris, A. and Duarte, F. (2000) 'Needs Assessment for an After School Youth Service in Hurstville', Report prepared for Department of Community Services and Youthzone (Hurstville).
Morris, A. (2000) 'The Impact of the Sydney Casino on the Social Composition and Residential Amenity of the Residents of Pyrmont-Ultimo. Stage 2, Report 1', The Urban Studies Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. Co-authored with Michael Bounds. The research was commissioned by the Casino Community Benefit Fund.
Morris, A. (2000) “The Impact of the Sydney Casino on the Social Composition and Residential Amenity of the Residents of Pyrmont-Ultimo. Final Report.” The Urban Studies Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. Co-authored with Michael Bounds. The research was commissioned by the Casino Community Benefit Fund.
Morris, A. (1999) “Change and Continuity: A Survey of Soweto in the Late 1990s.” Edited by Alan Morris, contributions by B. Bozzoli, J. Cock, O. Crankshaw, L. Gilbert, D. Pose, Z. Tshandu and E. van Huyssteen. Commissioned by the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. The study involved an extensive household survey of Soweto. 102 pages.
Morris, A. (1999) “The History of Local Government in Johannesburg Since 1990.” Commissioned by the Centre for Development and Enterprise. 42 pages.
Morris, A. (1999) “Youth Unemployment and Poverty”. Commissioned by Africa Strategic Research Corporation. 11 pages.
Book reviews
Morris, A. (2006) Review of Visions of the City by David Pinder, University of Edinburgh Press, in Journal of Sociology, 42 (3): 331-332.
Morris, A. (2003) Review of ‘Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa’ edited by J. Crush and D. McDonald (South African Migration Project, 2002), in Journal of Southern African Studies, 29 (2): pp 572-574.
Morris, A. (2000) Ethnic and Racial Studies Review of Beyond Control: Immigration and Human Rights in a Democratic South Africa edited by Jonathan Crush. Southern Migration Project.
Other publications
Morris, A. (2011) Older renters in the private rental market, Parity, 24 (6), 17-18.
Morris, A. (2009) In defence of public housing despite Rosemeadown, The Daily Telegraph, 3 February.
Morris, A. (2009) Older renters in public housing and the private rental market, Around the Corner, 77, 3-6.
Morris, A. (2008) Catholic Healthcare Community Services Community Connections Program: Enhancing the quality of life of older people who have experienced homelessness, Parity, 21 (7), 39-40.
Morris, A., Judd, B. & Kavanagh, K. (2008) 'The older homeless and marginally housed: the forgotten group?' Parity, 21, 7, 3-4.
Judd, B., Morris, A. and Kavanagh, K. (2005) From exclusion to inclusion: Housing and support for people who are homeless or at risk, Parity, 18 (1).
Morris, A. (2000) HIV/AIDS in South Africa: A Crisis Relentlessly Unfolds. Human Rights Defender 9 (2):6-7.
Morris, A. (2000) Politics Spawns Another Olympic Village. Time.Com http://www.time.com/time/pacific/olympics2000/story/0,7614,54296,00.html#
