Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
Professor Phillip O’Neill is Director of the Centre for Western Sydney at Western Sydney University. Previously he was Foundation Director of the Urban Research Centre at WSU, and Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Newcastle.
Phillip is a widely published international scholar with expertise relating to economic and industrial change especially in large cities.
He had held visiting research fellowships at Bristol University, The University of Massachusetts, the National University of Singapore, the University of Oxford and University College London. Phillip was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geographical Research 2010-14. He sits on the editorial boards of a number of leading international journals and is a member of the advisory board of iBuild, a leading UK infrastructure research venture.
Phillip has held six prestigious Australian Research Council grants including his current grants which investigate Australia’s obstinate infrastructure problems and international infrastructure financing trends.
Phillip writes regular columns for the Fairfax regional and community press and is a prominent media commentator.
In recent times he has completed a 25 year outlook study of employment for Western Sydney, an investigation of mortgage distress in significantly affected Western Sydney neighbourhoods, a detailed audit of Sydney’s threatened agricultural lands, and a path-breaking analysis of Sydney's fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains.
Recession will hit job-poor parts of Western Sydney very hard
Jul 02, 2020 15:55 pm UTC| Economy
This is the second of three articles based on newly released research on the impacts of a lack of local jobs on the rapidly growing Western Sydney region. After 2016 but before COVID-19, it should be said Western...
Congestion-busting infrastructure plays catch-up on long-neglected needs
Apr 03, 2019 10:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
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