BIOGRAPHY - Michael Darcy

Participation in the Network's Paradigm and Applications Working Group (select the appropriate options)

Paradigm Working Groups

 Socio-spatial theory

 Methodologies, tools and techniques

 Scenarios and forecasting

 Sources, data quality and data integration

Application Working Groups

 National and regional socio-economic change

 Population, economic and information flows

 Social and economic networks

 Regional development and community capacity building

 Behaviour and well-being in socio-spatial settings

Publication 1:

Darcy, M & Manzi, T. Organisational Research:Conflict and Power within UK and Australian Social Housing Organisations in Jacobs, K., Kemeny, J, & Manzi, T. Social Constructionism in Housing Research 142-158, Aldershot: Ashgate 2004

Publication 2:

Darcy, M. “The Discourse of Community and the Re-invention of Social Housing in Australia”in Urban Studies 36 (1) pp.13-26 January 1999

Publication 3:

Darcy, M. & Georgiou, D. “Purpose, Professionalism and Management Culture - the challenges for housing providers and their staff in delivering community renewal” in Housing Works 2(1), 13-18 May 2004

Publication 4:

Jacobs, K, Marston, G. & Darcy, M. ‘Changing the mix’: contestation surrounding the public housing stock transfer process in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. in Urban Policy and Research 22 (3) Sept 2004

Publication 5:

Darcy, M. Community Housing: The Consumer Perspective National Shelter Research Research Paper No 2, Canberra: National Shelter 1996 (40 pp)

Publication 6:

Darcy, M “Housing: the Great Divide” in Connell, John (ed) Sydney: the Emergence of a World City Sydney: Oxford University Press 2000

Publication 7:

Darcy, M. (2004)Sydney as a case study of Housing and Social Justice in Australia in Leonard, R. (ed) Fair Go: Contexts of Social Justice in Australia Melboune: Common Ground

Publication 8:

Darcy, M. “Community Management: how management discourse killed participation” in Critical Quarterly Winter 2002

Publication 9:

Darcy, M & Stubbs J. Housing and Social Work Practice in Alston, M & McKinnon J. (eds) Social Work: Fields of Practice. Oxford University Press (forthcoming 2005)

Publication 10:

Darcy, M. “Markets, Markets Everywhere” in Australian Universities Review 46 (1), 17-18 August 2003

Current Research 1:

Redevelopment of social housing estates

Current Research 2:

Housing Costs and Work Location (key workers housing)

Current Research 3:

Social mix, social capital and locational disadvantage

Current Research 4:

Non government organisations providing social infrastructure