Dr Edgar Yue Lap Liu

In the media

2023

• 27 April: House prices and rents are forcing adult children back home. How should we handle it?, Sydney Morning Herald, Samantha Selinger-Morris.
• 13 April: live radio broadcast 9multigenerational family living], ABC North Coast Breakfast, Bridie Tanner.
• 4 March: Three generations of Lisa's family live under one roof. Is this a growing trend?, SBS News, Emma Brancatisano.
• 15 February: My street's bedroom secrets could help solve the housing crisis, Sydney Morning Herald, Jenna Price.
• 7 February: live radio broadcast [multigenerational living], ABS Sydney's Evenings, Indira Naidoo.
• 17 January: Under one roof: How multi-generational living can work for everyone, House of Wellness, Andrea Beattie.

2022

• 15 December: Downsizing with flexibility: Multi-generational apartment living takes over Seafearers, urban.com.au, Alison Warters
• 9 November: 相見好同住呢？老中青三代同住背後的故事, SBS 中文, Xinyu Li.
• 8 November: 相见好 同住呢：澳洲多代同堂居住背后有怎样的故事？, SBS 中文, Xinyu Li.
• 1 November: Australia needs age-friendly cities to support elders, The Wire, Tamar Pilobisian
• 1 October: All in the family, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Jenny Brown.
• 14 September: live radio broadcast [share-housing in later life | multigenerational living], ABC Far North Drive, Adam Stephen.
• 5 September: Under one roof: The rise of multi-generational living, from parents who move in to kids who neve leave, realestate.com.au, Caroline Riches
• 31 August: live radio broadcast [multigenerational living], ABC Sydney Mornings, Cassie McCullagh.
• 30 August: live radio broadcast [multigenerational living], ABC Canberra Mornings, Adam Shirley.
• 30 August: Living with your parents no longer means you're 'lazy' - you're being practical. But do you save money faster than those who move out young?, ABC News, Angelica Silva.
• 8 August: Nina Xarhakos on the benefits of multi-generational living with her Greek mum, The Greek Herald, The Greek Herald
• 6 August: Could you live with your in-laws?, ABC News, Rhiannon Stevens
• 6 August: As rents and mortgage repayments rise, is multi-generational living the secret to thriving in tough economic times?, ABC News, Rhiannon Stevens
• 23 February: 'Kidults' - the young Australian who are yet to fly the coop, Australian Seniors, Paul Merrill
• January-February: Meet the kidults, DARE Magazine, Paul Merrill

2021

• 4 September: How 27yo scored Melbourne home with $65k salary, news.com.au, Alex Turner-Cohen
• 15 July: China Briefing, 15 July 2021: Cross-border coal funders; Megacities’ GHG emissions; ETS to launch ‘tomorrow’, Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief staff
• 14 July: Flexible designs for multi-generational homes, ABC Everyday, Matilda Marozzi
• 28 June: ‘Never too late to roller-skate’: lessons from living with a 92-year-old, The Guardian, Anna Featherstone
• 12 May: How might we respond to the rise of multi-generational living?, Indeisgnlive, Jarrod Reedie
• 13 April: AHURI to fund university research into retirement village affordability and contracts, The Weekly Source, Lauren Broomham
• 9 April: How this family makes it work with three generations living together, ABC Everyday, Carol Rääbus
• 29 March: Ageing in place? Think about future needs, The Senior, Geraldine Cardozo
• 17 March: live radio broadcast [multigenerational living], ABC Afternoons (Adelaide), Sonya Feldhof
• 16 March: live radio broadcast [multigenerational living], ABC Afternoons (Canberra), Georgie Stynes

2020

• 11 December: Locking down with Grandma: How multigenerational living can be beneficial for the oldest and youngest generations, WHYY PBS, Rachael Bongiorno
• 11 December: Full house: Multigenerational living and health, The Pulse.
• 17 November: Using the built environment to support ageing in place, Community Care Review, staff writers.
• 17 November: New book guide village developers, The Weekly Source, Lauren Broomham
• 9 November: Ageing in place: home is where our heart and health is, UNSW Newsroom, Ben Knight
• 21 October: Packed to the rafters, Sunrise, Shaun White
• 21 September: Talkback: How the pandemic is changing our households, Life Matters, Michael Mackenzie
• 11 September: Who's moving in together? Increase in multi-generational households during the pandemic, ABC Afternoons (Canberra), Paula Kruger
• 10 July: This pandemic will reshape the spaces in which we live, Canberra Times, Jenna Price
• 6 March: Family embrace: The rise of multi-generational living in Australia, Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald, Fenella Souter
• 29 February: How to save money: What it’s like when your parents move in, QWeekend, Courier-Mail, Leanne Edmistone
• 24 February: live radio interview [multigenerational living], ABC Afternoons, James Valentine
• 23 February: Grandparents must protect their interests when they move in with their children, Sun Herald, Editorial
• 1 February: Moving back in and limited choices plus housing for young and old, Real Estate Talk, Kevin Turner
• 24 January: Shacking up with the kids – one in five Australians now live in a multigenerational household, agedcare101, Lauren Broomham
• 16 January: All under one roof: Multigenerational households in Australia, Architecture & Design, Branko Miletic
• 15 January: Want to move in with your relatives? You’re not the only one, 2SER, Ruby Innes
• 14 January, Adults moving into parent’s house are not just cheapskates, Yahoo! Finance, Tony Yoo
• 13 January: live radio broadcast [multigenerational living], ABC Evenings, Bern Young
• 13 January: Why the kids are coming home, Smart Property Investment, Cameron Micallef
• 10 January: Moving back in: the rise of multigenerational households, UNSW Newsroom, Ben Knight

2019

• 16 December: live radio broadcast [adult share housing], ABC Focus, Sarah MacDonald
• 26 November: The rise of the middle-aged share house, UNSW Newsroom, Ben Knight
• 28 July: 'Space is sometimes an issue': High property prices reshape Sydney households, Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Taylor
• 30 May: Talkback - modern family, choosing multi-generational living, Life Matters, Hilary Harper [Apple podcast]
• 14 May: Almost one in five in their late 20s still living with the folks, ABC Radio AM, Lexi Metherell

2018

• 9 November: Speaking with: Chris Ho and Edgar Liu about diversity and high density in our cities, The Conversation, Dallas Rogers [Apple Podcast]
• 5 November: Low Carbon Homes for Low Income Households, Sourceable, Andrew Heaton
• 4 October: All together now, Inside Out Magazine, November 2018 issue, Johanna Leggatt
• 26 September: Diversity and Cities, City Road Podcast, Dallas Rogers
• 23 August: Boomers are crawling back to their children’s nests, Your Mortgage, Gerv Tacadena
• 22 August: Is a multigenerational home the way of the future? The pros and cons, Better Homes and Gardens, Laura Barry
• 20 August: Stupid house prices are forcing baby boomers to move back in with their kids, Vice, Gavin Butler
• 20 August: Multi-generational living: Why young Aussies are moving back home or not leaving, ABC News, Grace Jennings-Edquist
• 19 August: Baby boomers move in with adult kids as multi-generational housing trend changes how we live, ABC News, Charlotte Hamlyn
• 17 May: live radio interview, 2SER – Breakfast, Tess Connery
• 27 April: More than one-fifth of Australians in their mid 20s still live at home with parents: survey, Domain, Tawar Razaghi
• 2 March: live radio interview, 3AW – Drive, Tom Elliot
• 24 February: Multi-generational homes are changing the way we live, realestate.com.au, Astrid Taemets
• 8 February: live radio interview, ABC Sydney – Drive, Rosemarie Milsom
• 5 February: Communicating in vertical villages, Dockland News, Jannette Corcoran

2017

• 11 September: Multi-generational households on the rise, Sunrise, Shaun White
• 2 August: Multi-Generation Accommodation, Seven News, Chris Reason
• 13 July: live radio interview, ABC Sydney – Mornings, James O’Loghlin
• 13 July: More Australian adult children are living at home, census data shows, Domain, Christina Zhou
• 12 July: Petrol or power bills: energy costs hitting low income households, Life Matters, Amanda Smith
• 11 July: live radio interview, Breakfast (ABC South East), Simon Lauder
• 1 May: How the rise of multigenerational living is changing the way we build housing, Domain, Andrea Black
• 22 April: Tensions arise amid Sydney's apartment boom, Strait Times, Jonathan Pearlman
• 7 February: Empty your nest of adult children, Herald Sun, Susie O’Brien

2016

• 5 December: live radio interview, Breakfast (ABC Ballarat), Steve Martin
• 2 December: pre-recorded radio interview, Breakfast (ABC Far North Queensland), Meecham Philpott
• 2 December: live radio interview, Rhema’s Morning Show (NZ), Luke Weston
• 30 November: Why do adult children stay at home, 2UE, Tim Webster
• 29 November: The how and why of ‘kidults’, 2SER, Tess Connery
• 28 November: What to do when your kids won’t leave home, Sydney Morning Herald, Jenna Price
• 28 November: live television interview, ABC News 24, Gemma Veness
• 28 November, live radio interview, 6PR, Adam Shand
• 28 November: live radio interview, ABC Hobart Drive, Louise Saunders
• 28 November: Multigenerational living didn’t originate with Gen Ys, book shows, ABC The World Today, Imogen Brennan
• 24 October: Everyone under the one roof: discussing multigenerational living with Dr Edgar Liu and Anne Hollonds, RN Nightlife, Dominic Knight
• 2 August: Finding our “place” in Australia’s cities, UNSW Newsroom, Myles Gough
• 16 July: We adapt, so multi-gen living is growing, The Northern Star, John McGrath
• 29 April: Extended families changing home design in Australia, RN Drive – The Drawing Room, Barbara Heggen
• 27 April: Multigenerational homes on the increase, RN Drive – The Drawing Room, Patricia Karvelas

2015

• 5 September: Designing your house for three generations makes a lot of sense, The Australia, Michelle Singer
• 8 August: Granny flats and dual-key apartments surging in popularity, Financial Review, Sue Williams
• 10 March: live radio interview, 4BC Afternoons, Clare Blake
• 20 February: How to live with the in-laws and keep your sanity, The Daily Telegraph Home Magazine, Mercedes Maguire

2014

• 1 December: Multigenerational households in Australia, Domain, Carolyn Boyd
• 21 July: Housing the whole family: one-in-five homes now multi-generational, The Daily Telegraph, Brendan Wong
• 4 February: Home is where the history is as empty nesters resist downsizing, Domain, Lane Sainty

2013

• 28 November: Multi-generational housing is on the rise, Sydney Morning Herald, James Robertson & Alexia Attwood
• 11 September: A generation caught in the middle, Sydney Morning Herald, Kate Jones
• 6 July: Downsizing is looking up, Sydney Morning Herald, Antony Lawes
• 3 June: Crowded house: extended families make a come-back, Coming of Age, online blog, Adele Horin
• 11 April: It’s all relative, as research reveals generations living together, The Australian, Natasha Robinson

2012

• 29 November: Multi-generational households on the rise in Sydney, SBS Podcasts, Murray Silby
• 14 June: The sandwich generation, Sydney Morning Herald, Julie Power
• 3 March: Kids too comfy to want to leave home, Australian Financial Review, Rebecca Thistleton

2011

• 15 June: Building as a family bloc: Multi-generational living thrive as prices go through the roof, Courier-Mail, Michelle Hele

Memberships

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Urban Energy End-Use section [2020-present, Associate Editor]

Ageing & Society [2018-20, International Editorial Advisor; 2022- Editorial board]

Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network (AECURN) [2014-15, Secretary]

Organising committee:

• Energy Research and Social Science Conference (2022)

Review committees:

• Developing the evidence base: building and delivering suitable living environments and communities for an ageing population, Dunhill Medical Trust (UK)
• Sustainable Built Environments Conference international scientific committee (2016)
• Regional Urbanism in the Era of Globalisation scientific committee (2015)
• Australian Planner special issue, (Re)constituting Urban Research in a Neo-liberal Planning Climate (2015)

Peer review

• ABAC Journal
• Ageing & Society
• Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
• Atmosphere
• Australian Geographer
• Australian Population Issues
• BMC Public Health
• Cities
• City, Culture and Society
• Court of Conscience
• Cultural Geographies
• Energy & Buildings
• Geoforum
• Geographical Research
• Health Promotion International
• Housing Studies
• Housing, Theory and Society
• Journal of Community Practice
• Journal of Design and Built Environment
• Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
• Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
• Journal of Regional Science
• Journal of Sustainability Science and Management
• Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online
• Local Environment
• New Zealand Population Review
• Psychogeriatrics
• Resources, Conservation & Recycling
• Social Policy & Administration
• Sustainability
• The International Journal of Housing Policy
• Wellbeing, Space & Society
• Women’s Studies International Forum

Invited panels (non-academic):

• 2019: Identifying locational drivers of disadvantage, Catholic Social Services Australia, 26 September
• 2019: Developing a shared contemporary vision and narrative that defines a sustainable and effective housing system for New South Wales: Consultation workshop, Shelter NSW, 13 September
• 2018: Public hearing of the Senate Inquiry hearing into the Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving the Energy Efficiency of Rental Properties) Bill 2018, Park Royal Hotel, Melbourne Airport, 30 October
• 2018: Evaluation of housing complex and housing complex regeneration, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
• 2018: National Forum - Low Carbon Housing for Low Income Households, Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living
• 2017-18: AskIzzy open data platform alpha/beta testing, InfoXchange
• 2017-18: EnviroRental Expert Panel, University of Wollongong
• 2016: Targeted consultation: Environmental future funding package, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
• 2015: Inquiry into Housing decisions of older Australians, Productivity Commission

Other invited presentations:

• Easthope, H., Liu, E., Judd, B. and Burnley, I. (2014) “Feeling at home in a multigenerational household: The importance of control”, BE seminar, Faculty of Built Environment, University of NSW, 18 June 2014.
• Judd, B. and Liu, E. (2016) “Feeling the heat of energy poverty: Income barriers to low carbon living”, CRC for Low Carbon Living 2016 Participants Annual Forum, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 15-16 November 2016.
• Liu, E. (2011) “Transitioning to post-study roles: What not to do”, Institute of Australian Geographers Annual Conference postgraduate symposium, Wollongong, New South Wales, 3 July 2011
• Liu, E. (2017) “Lower income barriers to low carbon living”, Friends of the Earth Bill Busters campaign launch, The Settlement, Redfern, New South Wales, 11 March 2017.
• Liu, E. (2017) “Trust and opportunities”, CRCLCL Roadshow Engaging community and facilitating change, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils and Sydney Coastal Councils Group, Parramatta, New South Wales, 20 October 2017.
• Liu, E. (2018) “Ageing in multi-generational households”, New agency: Owning your future, Design Hub, RMIT University & Sibling Architecture, 31 August 2018.
• Liu, E. (2018) “Displacement without relocation: The impacts of council amalgamations on place attachment, sense of belonging and resident outcomes”, People and Place Research Cluster, Faculty of Built Environment, University of NSW, 23 May 2018.
• Liu, E. (2018) “Energy Efficiency Decision-Making in the NSW Social Housing Sector”, Energy Efficiency Decision Making Node Steering Committee meeting, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, 3 December 2017.
• Liu, E. (2018) “Energy Efficiency Decision-Making in the NSW Social Housing Sector”, CRCLCL Affordable and Social Housing roadshow, Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living, UNSW Sydney, 11 December 2018.
• Liu, E. (2018) “Lifting the energy efficiency standards of low-cost rentals”, UNSW Climate Change Week: BE pecha kucha, 19 October.
• Liu, E. (2018) “Low-income households and the energy conundrum”, National Forum on Low Carbon Homes for Low Income Households, Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living, University of Wollongong, 8 August 2018.
• Liu, E. (2018) “Policies & actions to address energy poverty”, Urban Resilience Asia Pacific Conference, UNSW Sydney, 7-8 November (invited panellist, session: Energy poverty in the Asia Pacific).
• Liu, E. (2018) “Social mix and relocation strategies”, Waterloo Redevelopment Public Forum, Viliganti, Sydney, NSW, 3 October 2018.
• Liu, E. (2019) “Ageing in multigenerational households”, 2019 UNSW Ageing Futures Institute Symposium, Sydney, 11 December 2019.
• Liu, E. (2019) “Assessing people outcomes of public housing estate renewals: Two case studies from suburban Sydney, Australia”, collaborative workshop on urban renewal, Fukuoka, Kyushu University, 6-9 March 2019.
• Liu, E. (2019) “Energy efficiency in lower income households: Opportunities and challenges”, Australia India Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Smart Energy Management, UNSW Sydney, 29 March 2019.
• Liu, E. (2019) “More energy efficient affordable housing” [poster], Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future Research Showcase, UNSW Energy Institute, 11 November 2019.
• Liu, E. (2019) “Multigenerational living as a housing option for the aged in Australia”, Sydney Design Festival (A Multi-Generational Future), Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, 4 March.
• Liu, E. (2020) “Australia’s social and affordable housing sector: A resilient response to COVID-19”, COVID - 19 Impact Interviews: member session with NHFIC (webinar), Community Housing Industry Association, 28 October.
• Liu, E. (2020) “The social infrastructure and policy needs for an active ageing Australia”, Economy and Policy - Research Theme webinar, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, 26 November.
• Liu, E. (2021) "What does it take to get funded in the current COVID-19 era?", Capacity Building webinar, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, 10 August.
• Liu, E. and Easthope, H. (2016) “Multigenerational family living: Evidence and policy implications from Australia”, People and Place Research Cluster, Faculty of Built Environment, University of NSW, 9 June 2016.
• Liu, E. and Judd, B. (2016) “Lower income barriers to low carbon living”, UNSW Climate Change Week: BE pecha kucha, 14 October.
• Liu, E. and Judd, B. (2017) “Lower income barriers to low carbon living”, Energy Consumers Australia Board Stakeholder Forum, Sydney, New South Wales, 23 August 2017. [VoxPop]
• Liu, E. and Judd, B. (2017) “Lower income barriers to low carbon living”, The Salvation Army, Redfern, New South Wales, 23 August 2017.