Scott Eacott

Scott Eacott, PhD is Professor of Education and Principal Investigator of the Housing Affordability and the Teacher Shortage (HATS) Lab in the School of Education, and a Fellow of the City Futures Research Centre (CFRC) at UNSW Sydney. He has previously held appointments at the University of Newcastle, Australian Catholic University, and an Adjunct Professorship in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to academia, Professor Eacott worked as a teacher and school leader in the New South Wales Department of Education. Working with a consortium of education researchers, geospatial analysts, data visualisation experts, economists, and data scientists, Professor Eacott has been conducting groundbreaking work on the impact of housing affordability on the teacher workforce. This work has demonstrated that many teaching positions are located in areas where it is unaffordable for the school education workforce (especially early career teachers) to live. Without large-scale inter-departmental co-operation, and multi-factor intervention, many schools will be unable to find staff as housing and transportation costs make cities unaffordable for the school education workforce. Professor Eacott's distinctive approach has led to invitations to run workshops and give talks in Norway, Canada, the USA, Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica, China, and throughout Australia. He has authored more than 100 publications, led major research projects and contributed to teams winning over $5.6M in external funding and successfully translated his research into policy and practice. Typical projects involve working collaboratively with governments, systems, and professional associations to co-design plans to best meet the needs of all involved. educational leadership, educational administration, educational management, housing affordability, Specialist studies in education, Educational administration, management and leadership, Education systems, Housing markets, development and management, Housing policy, Urban analysis and development, Strategic, metropolitan and regional planning