An international reputation for providing evidence and analysis to better support policy and practice on all issues affecting housing, planning and land use.

Bringing together theory and practice in our understanding of real estate, helping to drive the agenda in real estate funding, decision making and planning.

Interpreting and understanding economic phenomena and public policy. Public policy is the guiding force in the analysis and the emphasis is on a wide range of predominantly, but not exclusively, macroeconomic issues.

Developing the theoretical foundations for spatial analysis, dynamic simulation, geocomputation, geomatics and other geospatial areas. We build our best practice use of software and tools to aid better spatial understanding.

Researching the law of real property - land law, landlord and tenant law, aspects of trusts law and related matters connected with real property such as planning and environmental regulation.

Integrative research on the governance of environmental transitions. We study social and technological processes driven by environmental constraints and use our work to understand and direct changes in social organisation.

Working on resiliency and sustainability by enabling and researching good leadership, empowered people, the use of natural resources, and activities of ethical companies to enhance prosperity for all.