Rate My Professor Kristian Ruming

Before joining Macquarie University, Ruming served as a Research Fellow at the City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales, and the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Newcastle. He has been Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery Projects examining urban regeneration, land assembly, resident-led collective property sales, and student housing provision. Ruming holds an ARC Future Fellowship (FT210100357) exploring university land and property development. Additional honors include former membership in the ARC College of Experts and appointment to the Australian Laureate Fellowships Selection Advisory Committee (2022-2023). He is a member of the editorial board of Geographical Research journal and has produced numerous planning and housing studies for state government departments and local councils. Key publications include Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change (2018, editor), Australian Planning System Reform (2014, with Nicole Gurran), Calculating the System-wide Supply Impacts of Social Housing Estate Renewal: New Measures and Methods (2025, with Alistair Sisson), Delivering Suburban Densification: Diverse Resident Groups and Strategies of Support and Resistance (2025), and Design Governance and the University: Assessing Design Excellence of University Developments (2025). His research, with over 1,700 citations, significantly influences Australian urban planning policy and academic discourse.