Rate My Professor Song Shi

Dr Song Shi is an Associate Professor of Property Economics at the School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney. He holds a PhD from Massey University, awarded in 2009. Prior to joining UTS in 2017, he served in the School of Economics and Finance at Massey University. His research focuses on housing market dynamics, real estate price indexing, price forecasting, the impact of perceived earthquake and flood risk on property values, solar panel adoption and energy transitions, and the performance of Chinese agents and developers in Australia and China. He has produced more than 115 research outputs, including one book chapter, 33 refereed academic journal articles, five professional articles, five commissioned reports, 32 conference papers, 19 invited seminars and keynote presentations, and 22 media interviews. Among the journal articles, two were published in A* journals and 13 in A or Q1 journals. Key publications include work on the effectiveness of using interest rates to control house prices in the Journal of Banking and Finance, capturing animal spirits in the housing market in Real Estate Economics, the ripple effect of local house price movements in the Journal of Property Research, and house price-volume dynamics in the Journal of Real Estate Research. His latest work, “How Much Did Chinese Investors Drive Up Sydney Home Prices?”, published in Housing Studies, has had significant social impact. He is currently working on automating housing market forecasts using AI. Song Shi teaches property finance, investment, and financial analysis subjects in the Bachelor of Property Economics program. He has received the DAB Faculty Award for Highest Impact Research Project or Achievement in 2023, UTS Australia-China Relations Institute Research Grants in 2020 and 2022, and the UrbanGrowth NSW University Roundtable Research Grant in 2019. He serves on the editorial boards of Property Management, Journal of Regional Economics, International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis, and Pacific Rim Property Research Journal. He is a regular keynote speaker and contributor to media commentary on housing markets.