From Inside Airbnb to Housing Justice: The Role of Civic Urban Technology

This public event features presentations on civic urban technology, projects led by citizens and civil‑society organisations that have reshaped public debate on housing and planning by making hidden data visible and meaningful.

Together we will explore the role of civic technology initiatives within the broader political and policy landscape of planning and housing, the conditions required for impact, and the challenges - and possibilities, facing civic urban tech initiatives in an era of platformisation and AI.

Event Details

From Inside Airbnb to Housing Justice: The Role of Civic Urban Technology

Date: Tuesday, 28 April

Lecture: 5:00pm – 6:30pm AEST

Reception: 6:30pm - 7:00pm AEST

Venue: 

Lecture Room 1, Level 17, 133 Castlereagh St 

The University of Sydney CBD Campus

Speakers

Murray Cox, founder of Inside Airbnb and Aline Cruvinel, architect, urbanist, and researcher.

Murray is one of the world’s leading figures in civic tech, whose work has fundamentally reshaped how cities understand and regulate short‑term rentals. Murray and Aline will present their recently released Inside Airbnb data project, ‘The Threat of Short-Term Rentals to Housing’, which draws on data from 224 countries and territories, and mapped datasets covering 165 cities and regions to examine impacts of short term rentals on housing systems.

Dr Danielle Hynes, the University of Sydney.

Dr Hynes is a social researcher focused on data justice, housing, and urban inequality. She has recently joined the University of Sydney after a from Maynooth University, Ireland, where she worked on the Data Stories Project paying critical attention on the underlying evidence base for planning and property activity in partnership with a number of civil-society organisations.

Jack Moon, Data and Research Coordinator, Tenants' Union Of NSW