Dr Thomas Sigler
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Thomas Sigler

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Background

Dr Thomas Sigler is an Associate Professor of Human Geography, with a focus on urban and economic geography. He holds a PhD and MSc from the Pennsylvania State University, and a BA from the University of Southern California. He is Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute's (AHURI) UQ Research Centre. Dr Sigler has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers on topics relating to urban growth and development, economic connectivity, urban planning, and the sharing economy with collaborators in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. These publications appear in a wide range of academic journals, including Urban Geography, Environment and Planning A, Economic Geography, PLoS One, Urban Studies, Regional Studies, Journal of Geography, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR), and the Bulletin of Latin American Research. Dr Sigler is an editorial board member of Urban Geography, Finance & Space, Global Networks and Geographical Research.

Availability

Dr Thomas Sigler is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Human Society Human geography

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Southern California
  • Masters (Research) of Science, Pennsylvania State University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University

Research interests

  • Short-Term Rentals

    I am interested in how Airbnb and other digital platforms have altered the global accommodation landscape.

  • Housing

    I study the dynamic interaction between property and population, with regard to both global and local pressures and constraints.

  • Daylight Saving

    I am interested in solving the world's vexatious 'time zone problem'.

Research impacts

Dr Sigler is Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute's (AHURI) UQ Research Centre, and a recognised global expert on housing (especially short-term rentals), transport & urban development issues. Over the past decade, he has provided expertise to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, the Queensland Department of Tourism and Sport, and the Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning. Dr Sigler regularly appears on Australian television and radio, and has been featured in The Guardian, The Atlantic, South China Morning Post, ABC, The Australian, The Age, Courier-Mail, Brisbane Times, Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Financial Review.

Search Professor Thomas Sigler’s works on UQ eSpace

122 works between 2009 and 2026
All (122) Book (1) Journal Article (88) Other Outputs (4) Conference Publication (7) Book Chapter (9) Newspaper Article (13)

121 - 122 of 122 works

2009

Other Outputs

A rapid rural assessment of the charcoal briquette industry in the Northeastern DR Congo

Sigler, Thomas (2009). A rapid rural assessment of the charcoal briquette industry in the Northeastern DR Congo. The United States Agency for International Development.

A rapid rural assessment of the charcoal briquette industry in the Northeastern DR Congo

2009

Journal Article

Mixed-use megaprojects in the global context: lessons from Las Vegas

Sigler, Thomas (2009). Mixed-use megaprojects in the global context: lessons from Las Vegas. Human Geography: a new radical journal, 2 (2), 77-82.

Mixed-use megaprojects in the global context: lessons from Las Vegas

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Beyond the resource curse: redistribution and resource-led development (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Short Term Rental Accommodation Management Systems Regulation Study
    Queensland Government Department of Tourism and Sport
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Short-term rental accommodation review
    Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Who Benefits from the Sharing Economy? Disruption in Australian Cities
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Short Term Rentals in Australia
    Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    The globalisation of the resources sector(s) in Australian cities (ARC Discovery Project administered by The University of Western Australia)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Cities in the global economy: an analysis of inter-urban relations through multinational corporate locations
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Brisbane as a globally connected city
    Brisbane Marketing
    Open grant
  • 2014
    The Australian Urban Network: Understanding the Dynamics of Cities by Industries
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Australian Cities within the Global Urban Network
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Thomas Sigler is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • How does working from home (WFH) impact cities?

    Students are invited to express their interest in studying the spatial implications of the recent shift to large-scale remote work. This may be carried out in the Australian context, or in any other global context. Funding is contingent upon successful scholarship award.

  • The Globalisation of Social Class

    Students are invited to express their interest in studying spatial differentiation in social class from a cross-cultural perspective with regard to recent globalisation-induced shifts. This may be carried out in the Australian context, or in any other global context. Funding is contingent upon successful scholarship award.

  • Airbnb and Cities

    Students are invited to express their interest in studying how short-term rentals impact urban housing markets. This may be carried out in the Australian context, or in any other global context. Funding is contingent upon successful scholarship award.

  • Globalisation and Networks

    Students are invited to express their interest in studying how global firms are connected through financial networks. Funding is contingent upon successful scholarship award.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Thomas Sigler directly for media enquiries about:

  • Airbnb
  • Cities
  • Daylight Saving
  • Daylight Saving Time
  • Economic Geography
  • Housing
  • Land Use Planning
  • Population Growth
  • Sharing Economy
  • Urban Geography
  • Urban Planning

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