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Professor Robert Tanton has a PhD in Economics from the University of Canberra, and has been at NATSEM since June 2005.
Robert’s main interest is spatial disadvantage, and he is a recognised Australian and international expert on spatial disadvantage. The research conducted by him covers areas such as spatial housing disadvantage, economic disadvantage (poverty), income inequality and wellbeing. His principal areas of research are spatial disadvantage and wellbeing; spatial statistics and small area estimation; and community wellbeing.
Robert also leads work using a spatial microsimulation technique to derive small area estimates of many indicators of disadvantage and wellbeing. So far, this technique has been used to derive small area estimates of poverty and housing stress; and small area estimates of subjective wellbeing and indigenous disadvantage.
Robert has published extensively in the academic literature on spatial disadvantage and social exclusion, and has presented results of his work to a number of national and international conferences. He has also presented results from his research on spatial housing stress to the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability. He has been a Chief Investigator on a number of Australian Research Council grants, and has conducted commissioned work for a number of agencies including the Tasmanian Social Inclusion Unit; the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; the AMP; Commonwealth Bank; and Veda.
Robert is involved in the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN), and is on the academic sub-committee of this group.
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Member of Climate Change Adaptation Resilience and Recovery Network
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Methodologist advice for analytics projects
Tanton, R., Peel, D., Vidyattama, Y. & Prosser, B.
11/04/22 → 10/04/23
Project: Research
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Higher education research projects
Tanton, R., La, H. A., Li, J., Vidyattama, Y., Dean, J. & Miranti, R.
30/04/21 → 28/10/22
Project: Other
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Measuring national productivity impacts of chronic ill health on patients and carers and the potential benefits of health and policy interventions
Tanton, R., Schofield, D., Shrestha, R. N., Kelly, S., Carter, H., Li, J., Veerman, J. L. & Passey, M. E.
1/07/20 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Refreshable Panel for Research and Evaluation Services (RES Panel)
Tanton, R., Brown, L., Dare, L., Evans, M., Gong, X., LEWIS, P., Lupton, D., Miranti, R., Schirmer, J. & WATSON, L.
1/07/16 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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[Budget Forum 2022] Vehicle Taxing Dilemma Between Environment and Inequality
Vidyattama, Y., Tanton, R. & Nakanishi, H., Apr 2022, Austaxpolicy, 2022, April, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Bulletin › Article
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The built environment and early childhood development: qualitative evidence from disadvantaged Australian communities
Villanueva, K., Woolcock, G., Goldfeld, S., Tanton, R., Brinkman, S., Katz, I. & Giles-Corti, B., 7 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Children's Geographies. p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using an index of wellbeing for older people in small areas of Australia to assist identifying services required
Miranti, R., Tanton, R., Vidyattama, Y. & Tuli, S., 12 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining Evidence of Wellbeing indicators: A Practical Method of Assessment
Miranti, R., Tanton, R., Vidyattama, Y., Schirmer, J. & Rowe, P., 14 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Well-Being Assessment. p. 1-32 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining Trends in the Child Social Exclusion Index in Australia from 2011 to 2016: Have Geographical Patterns of Disadvantage Persisted Over Time?
Miranti, R., Brown, L., Li, J., Tanton, R., Vidyattama, Y., Tuli, S. & Rowe, P., Aug 2021, In: Child Indicators Research. 14, 4, p. 1519-1546 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (Journal)
Robert TANTON (Reviewer)
1 May 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work