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Associate Professor Garrick Small

PhD., M.Comm., B.Surv., JP
Associate Professor/DL - EFP
School of Business and Law
Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains
(02) 9324 5023
0413 013 225 Alternative Phone
Sydney
Sydney Campus - 115
400 Kent Street
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Dr. Small is a property economist who gained his PhD from the University of Technology, Sydney in 2000. Previously he has studied Geomatic Engineering and Commerce at the University of New South Wales and Liberal Arts at the University of Sydney in addition to philosophy at the Centre for Thomistic Studies.

As an academic he has taught at the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of New South Wales, and Western Sydney University, before his current placement with CQUniversity. He has considerable industry experience in the property development industry in both the private and public sectors, where he worked for over a decade before moving into academia in 1988. He has maintained close connections to the property and development industry through intensive involvement with the Australian Property Institute and various consulting activities, especially with HillPDA and Estate Master.

He is the author of over one hundred and fifty publications spanning academic journals, book chapters and popular media. As an academic he has taught at the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of New South Wales, and Western Sydney University, before his current placement with CQUniversity. He is the author of over one hundred and fifty publications spanning academic journals, book chapters and popular media.

His academic interests focus on ethical and efficient business practices related to real estate. They include studies on the relationshiop between culture, society and property though the philosophy of property rights, the economic dynamics of investment, and also the mathematical modelling of property investments. These foundational interests support a wide spectrum of applied interests ranging from customary property policy and integration to the analysis of policy options for affordable housing to general investment modelling and behaviour.

General
Universities Studied At

University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, University of Technology, Sydney.

Universities Worked At

University of New South Wales

University of Technology, Sydney

Western Sydney University

Awards

2007 API S.F. Whittington Award

2005 API Meritorious Service Award

2003 RICS Thought Leadership Award

2002 API Property Leaders Award

Previous teaching

Topic areas:

Property economics theory

Property and Political Economy

Professional Ethics

Property and Development Finance

Plant and Machinery Valuation

Customary Property Rights and Management

Accounting

Management Finance

Land surveying

Computer Programming


Institutions:

University of Technology, Sydney,
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
University of New South Wales
University of Western Sydney
International Business & Management College, Singapore

Professional Experience

Over twenty years experience as an academic including various administrative roles. Industry experience includes property development consulting, property cash flow model development, GIS systems development, subdivision development and consultant land surveying. Experience includes employment in private, public and educational sectors.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Australian Property Institute

Member of:
 Pacific Rim Real Estate Society
 American Real Estate Society
 Society of Catholic Social Scientists
 Fellowship of Catholic Scholars
 Association for Social Economy
 Roepke Institute
 Golden Key Honour Society for academic achievement

Responsibilities

Discipline Leader for the Economics, Finance and Property Discipline Group

Professional Interests

Property rights and property theory; customary property rights; property forecasting; demographics and property; property markets; property development analysis; retirement living facilities, investment analysis

Key Achievements

2009                   Planning Institute NSW annual conference Invited Key Note Speaker

2006                   API (NSW) Kipara Day seminar Invited speaker

2005-2012         API National Education Board Member

2002                   South Pacific Land Tenure Conflict Symposium (Fiji) invited participant

2000                   Vilnius Philosophy Summer School (Lithuania) invited presenter

2002-2006           API/ASIBA Water Property Task Force member

Editor

2007-8                ARES Indigenous People and Real Estate Monograph Co-editor

2006                   PRPRJ Special Issue on Methodology Editor

2000-present       RICS “Our Common Estate” series editorial Board Member

2000                   Pacific Rim Property Research Journal Editor

1992-present       Pacific Rim Property Research Journal Editorial Board Member

Consultancy Work

Master planning policy: e.g. Hills End, Sydney Bay's Precinct

Retail economics

Affordable housing: policy, modelling and analysis

Ground rent and leasehold policy and strategy: e.g. Darling Harbour and other SHFA properties

Retirement development analysis and modelling

Property Markets: e.g. Rockhampton Flood Study

Research Supervision
Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

  • 3801 Applied Economics

Current Capacity
I am currently available to supervise more research candidates
Research Interests
Economics

Applied Economics - Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
Property economics and policy

Economics

Applied Economics - Financial Economics
Property finance; property cycles; property investment

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