Rate My Professor Graham Squires

Professor Graham Squires serves as Professor of Property Studies and Head of the Department of Land Management and Systems within the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He earned a BA (Hons) in Economics, an MA in Development Studies, a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and a PhD from the University of Manchester in 2009. Squires is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). His academic career features a visiting researcher position at the University of California, Berkeley, supported by the Fulbright Commission. Additionally, he directs the Bachelor of Land and Property Management programme at Lincoln University and operates a consultancy, The Property Knowledge.

Squires specializes in property studies, with research interests spanning housing and land use economics, sustainable urban development, housing affordability, affordable housing, blue-green spaces, energy efficiency, infrastructure investment and finance, land banking, intergenerational finance, neighbourhood and spatial effects, geographic information science, senior housing and ageing populations, real estate crowdfunding, regeneration and renewal, spatially targeted policy, spatial statistics, and land use instruments. He has authored six books published by Routledge on topics including economics, property, planning, urban and environmental studies, real estate development, and construction procurement. His scholarly output includes over 100 journal articles, conference papers, and research reports, garnering more than 1,200 citations on Google Scholar. Key publications encompass 'The Economics of Property and Planning: Future Value' (2021), 'The spatial effect of airport proximity on house prices' (2025, Applied Economics), 'Resilience and housing markets: Who is it really for?' (2019, Land Use Policy), and 'Intergenerational transfer, parental support and housing' (2024, Property Management). As Editor-in-Chief of Property Management (Emerald Publishing), Squires shapes discourse in the field. He has undertaken commissioned research for the World Bank, United Nations, national government departments, national research councils, and the Fulbright Commission, influencing policy and practice in property and housing markets.