Biography

University responsibilities

• Member: RELM Research Working Group
• Member: Module Internal Scrutiny Panel
• Member RELM Advisory Committee
• PhD supervisor: Mega-urban projects
• Teaching and Learning Committee

Professional memberships

• Member: Chartered Institute Management Accountants (1996 - present)
• Member: CPA Australia (2010– 2013)

External Engagement

• Local planning and development projects

Peer reviewer:

• Journal of Property Management - Published by Emerald

External programs:

• AusAid (Indonesia) Course Strategic Planning

Research

Research Interests

• Foresight and strategy
• Urban development
• Project management and finance
• Valuation and feasibility analysis
• Green infrastructure investment
• Foreign investment, taxation, money laundering, capital inflows
• Emerging regional hubs (‘hotspots’)
• Creativity and regional innovation (talent, bohemians, university catalysts)
• Land rights and contention
• Place-making, dwelling, rootedness and emotional attachment
• Civilisation and cities in antiquity

Teaching

Programme Manager

• MSc Real Estate

Module leader

• PhD supervisor (3)
• Module Leader Real Estate Principles and Practice
• Module Leader Property Investment Finance and Valuation
• Module Leader Property Market Analysis
• Module Leader Real Estate Environment
• Module Leader Business Finance Real Estate
• Module Leader Real Estate Finance
• Teacher SDAU (China) Project Management
• Teacher SDAU (China) Urban Design Development

Publications

Articles

• Simon Huston and Ebraheim Lahbash (forthcoming 2018). ‘Land Value Capture and Tax Increment Financing: overview and considerations for sustainable urban investment.’ European Journal of Sustainable Development Research # EJS-00064-2018-02
• Wang R., Huston, S., Yuhuan, L., Huiping, M., Yang, P., and D. Lihua (2018). ‘Temporal stability of groundwater depth in contemporary Yellow River Delta, Eastern China’.  Sustainability 10(7), 2224; doi: 10.3390/su100722242018.
• Smart Urban Regeneration (2018),  Edited by: Simon Huston.  Routledge, Abingdon, forthcoming. ‘Introduction: urban conundrums’, ‘Ch1: Smart urban planning’,  ‘Ch 6: Mega-project screening and management, ‘Ch 8: Construction firm competitiveness, ‘Ch 13: Valuation systems: the case of Dubai’ and ‘Ch 17 Conclusion
• Jadevicius, A. Huston, S. and Andrew Baum (2017). ‘Two centuries of farmland prices in England’, Journal of Property Research, 34 (4): 72-94
• Jadevicius, A. and S. Huston (2017) ‘How long is UK property cycle?’ Journal of Property Investment & Finance. Vol. 35 Issue: 4, pp.410-426.
• Huston, S. and A. Jadevicius (2015). ‘Capitalisation: reflections and practice for project appraisal’, International Journal Series in Multidisciplinary Research, Vol 1, No 2 (2015)
• Huston, S., R. Rahimzad and A. Parsa (2015) ‘Smart sustainable urban regeneration: framework, partnerships and funding models.’ [JCIT-D-14-00474R2, doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.05.005] Cities, 48, November 2015: 66–75.
• Huston, S., Wadley, D. and R. Fitzpatrick. (2015) ‘Urban bohemianism: a structured literature review and compte rendu.’ [SC79751, doi 10.1080/09640568.2015.1035776, doi:10.1177/1206331215579751], Space and Culture, 18 (3): 311-323.
• Jadevicius, A. and S. Huston (2015) ‘Property market modelling and forecasting - simple vs. complex models.’ [JPIF-08-2014-0053.R2], Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 33 (4): 337
• Huston, S., A. Jadevicius and N. Minaei (2015). ‘Talent and private rented sector bottlenecks: a preliminary regional investigation.’ Property Management, 33 (3): 287 – 302.
• Jadevicius, A and S. Huston (2015). ‘ARIMA modelling of Lithuanian house price index.’ International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 8 (1) 1: 135 - 147.
• Searle, G., Darchen S. and S. Huston (2014). ‘Positive and negative factors for Transit Oriented Development: Case studies from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.’ [doi:10.1080/08111146.2014.931280], Urban Policy and Research 32 (4) 437-457
• Huston, S. and S. Darchen (2014). ‘Urban regeneration: Australian case study insights for cities under growth pressure.’ International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 7 (2): 266 – 282.
• Jadevicius, A. and S. Huston (2014) ‘A family of cycles - major and auxiliary business cycles.’ Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 32 (3):306 – 323.
• Huston, S. (2013). ‘Smart strategy: intelligence, gaming and agility.’ [doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2012.190.196], American Journal of Economics and Business Administration. American Journal of Economics and Business Administration 4 (3): 190-196.
• Huston, S. and C. Warren (2013). ‘Knowledge city and urban economic resilience.’ Journal of Property Investment & Finance 31 (1): 78 – 88, August 2012.
• Huston, S. and S. Darchen (2012). ‘Sustainable urban regeneration and the TOD development model.’ Pacific Rim Property Research Journal 18 (2): 95-105.
• Huston, S. Darchen, S. and E. Ladoucer (2012) ‘De-risking transport-oriented development (TOD) regeneration.’ Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 5(3): 224 - 234.
• Huston, S. (2011). ‘Disease in Eldorado’. Middle Eastern Studies 47(1):127–136.
• Huston S. (2011). ‘Elixir or delusion: general systems risk management and A-REIT entity performance.’ Journal of Property Investment & Finance 29 (1):49-58.
• Kozlowski, M. and S. Huston (2008) ‘Influence of urban design master plans on property sub-markets: two case studies in Brisbane.’ International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 1 (3):214-230.
• Huston, S. (2005) ‘Professional gamblers and rash speculators:  a summary of the dynamics of the housing market in Brisbane’s West End. International Association of Assessing Officers - Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration, 2 (2):23-29.

Conference Papers

• Lahbash, E., Huston, S. and A. Parsa. (2017). ‘Investigating UAE Residential valuation systems: results and recommendations’. 24rd European Real Estate Society Conference, June 28-01 July, 2017, TU Delft, Holland.
• Puying Li, Parsa, A., Huston, S., A. Kashyap and, J. Kempton (2017). ‘The International Competitiveness of Chinese Construction Firms’. 24rd European Real Estate Society Conference, June 28-01 July, 2017, TU Delft, Holland.
• Puying Li, Parsa, A., Huston, S., and A. Kashyap, (2016). ‘The International Competitiveness of Chinese Construction Firms’. 23rd European Real Estate Society Conference, June 8-11, 2016, Regensburg, Germany.
• Al Raeesi, E., Lahbash, E. and S. Huston (2016) Evaluating government valuation department performance in developing markets, 23rd European Real Estate Society  Conference, June 8-11, 2016, Regensburg, Germany.
• Lahbash, E., Huston, S. and A. Parsa. (2016). ‘Dubai residential valuation system: market exploration, embedded institutional participation, archival research and expert interviews’. 23rd European Real Estate Society Conference, June 8-11, 2016, Regensburg, Germany.
• Huston, E., Redmond P. and S. Huston (2016). ‘Emotional Attachment for Informal Second Language E-Learning’ 2016 International Education Conference June 5-9, 2016 Venice, Italy.
• Huston, S. (2016) ‘Sustainable housing development in the UK: implications for environmental/energy policy’, British Council Workshop on Global Environmental Policy Learning, Izmir University of Economics the 16^th-18 May 2016.
• Reyhaneh Rahimzad, Ali Parsa and Simon Huston (2015). ‘Evaluating mega urban regeneration projects: developing a new model’, 3rd International Congress on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Development, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, 29-31 December 2015.
• Huston, S. and A. Jadevicius (2015). ‘Capitalisation: reflections and practice for project appraisal’, International Journal Series in Multidisciplinary Research
• Jadevicius, A. and S. Huston (2015). ‘Measuring duration of commercial property cycles in the UK: smoothing and volatility [16007], American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) conference, Washington DC, July 6-9, 2015.
• Huston, S. Minaei, N., Jadevicius, A. and A. Parsa (2015). Regional emerging hubs-catalysts, drivers and constraints, 22nd European Real Estate Society, Istanbul 24-27 June 2015.
• Huston, S. Puying Li and Ali Parsa (2015). ‘International Competitiveness of China’s Construction Firms’, forthcoming 22nd European Real Estate Society, Istanbul 24-27June 2015.
• Ebraheim Lahbash, Ali Parsa and S. Huston (2015). ‘Residential valuation: Emirati perspectives’, 22nd European Real Estate Society, Istanbul 24-27 June 2015.
• Jadevicius, A. Huston, S. and Andrew Baum (2015). ‘Two centuries of farmland prices in England’, 22nd European Real Estate Society, Istanbul 24-27 June 2015.
• Huston, S. and E. Lahbash (2015). ‘Investigating the UAE residential valuation system: a framework for analysis’, abstract submitted for World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology (WASET) conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development, Dubai 11^th -12^th March 2015.
• Huston, S., A. Jadevicius and N. Minaei. (2014) ‘Talent and rental system bottlenecks: a preliminary investigation.’ 21^st ERES Conference, Bucharest, Rumania.
• Jadevicius A. and S. Huston (2014) ‘Understanding Commercial Property Cycles in the UK: Smoothing and Volatility’, 30^th Annual conference of the American Real Estate Society, San Diego, California p88
• Huston, S. (2013) ‘Future cities: learning from antiquity’. The 6th Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS-2013), Istanbul, Turkey.
• Mateo-Babiano and S. Huston (2013) ‘S. Huston, Vertical mixed-use communities: a solution to urban sustainability? Review, audit and developer perspectives.’ 20th European Real Estate Society Conference, Vienna, Austria.
• Searle, G., Darchen S. and S. Huston (2013). ‘Delivering successful TOD projects.’ Planning Institute of Australia National Congress, 23-27 March 2013. Canberra, Australia ISBN 978-0-646-90177-0.
• Huston, S., Darchen, S. and K. May. (2013). ‘Recent Ipswich CBD revitalisation –backdrop and reflections.’19th Annual Pacific-Rim Real Estate Society Conference 13-16 January 2013. Melbourne, Australia.
• Huston, S. (2012). ‘Phenomenological systems: financial pedagogy for urban redevelopment’ at 8thAnnual ERES Education Seminar, Aalto University, Finland
• Huston S. and C. Warren (2012). ‘Risk, resilience and the ‘Knowledge City.’ 2012 RICS COBRA Conference, September 11-13, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• Wadley, D. and S. Huston (2012). ‘Bohemians: structured review, modelling and roles in urban regeneration.’ UQ GPEM Seminar 02 May 2012. Brisbane, Australia.
• Huston, S. Darchen, S. and E. Ladoucer (2012) ‘De-risking TOD – the case of Albion Mill.’ 18^th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference. Adelaide, Australia.
• Warren, Clive M.J. and Huston, S. (2011). ‘Promoting energy efficiency in public sector commercial buildings in Australia.’: Proceedings of RICS Construction and Building Research Conference (COBRA):2011: 128-134, Salford, UK 12-13^TH September 2011.
• Huston S. (2010). ‘Framework for intelligent urban configuration (ICM).’ Knowledge Cities World Summit. Melbourne, Australia.
• Huston, S. (2010). ‘Management of property market risk.’ 17^th European Real Estate Society Conference. Milan, Italy.
• Huston, S., Elliott, P., and H. Hoon. (2010). ‘Homeownership risk appetite: disruption risk in a growing Sunbelt metropolis.’ 16^th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference. Wellington, New Zealand.
• Huston, S. (2009). ‘Overview of Dubai property market.’ Australian Property Institute UQ Property Conference. Brisbane, Australia.
• Huston, S. (2006). ‘Geographical drivers of dwelling price growth in Brisbane 1991 – 2004’. International Geographical Union. Brisbane, Australia.
• Huston, S. and Han, H. (2005). 'Housing market segmentation and housing careers: A discriminant analysis of the case of Brisbane.' State of Australian Cities. Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
• Huston, S. and Chetri P. (2005). ‘Patterns and drivers of residential property returns in Brisbane during the recent boom 1998-2004.’ Australian Property Institute. Brisbane, Australia.
• Huston, S., Yigitcanlar, T. and Han H. (2005). ‘Urban structure and change in Brisbane: exploring locations for property price premiums.’ Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Melbourne, Australia