Dr James O'Donnell
Areas of expertise
- Demography 1603
- Family And Household Studies 160301
- Urban Sociology And Community Studies 160810
Research interests
James is a demographer whose current research is focused on understanding and measuring social cohesion within and across neighbourhoods. His broader research interests include:
- housing and homelessness
- labour market and household dynamics
- social and demographic change.
Biography
James is currently working in the School of Demography on the ANU Social Cohesion project. This project involves researchers from disciplines across the University working to measure and analyse social cohesion within neighbourhoods and communities across Australia and develop and trial place-based interventions to improve cohesion.
James is the lead investigator on the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute's Mapping Social Cohesion study.
James was awarded a PhD in Demography in December 2019. This research was focused on measuring and understanding the patterns, prevalence and dynamics of different types of housing and homelessness.
Researcher's projects
- Scanlon Foundation Research Institute's Mapping Social Cohesion study
- ANU Social Cohesion grand Challenge
- The Patterns and Dynamics of Homelessness
Publications
- O'Donnell, J, Cardenas, D, Orazani, S et al. 2022, 'The longitudinal effect of COVID-19 infections and lockdown on mental health and the protective effect of neighbourhood social relations', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 297, pp. 1-Sep.
- O'Donnell, J & Evans, A 2021, 'The ethnic composition and population dynamics of local communities in Australia', Population, Space and Place, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1-21.
- O'Donnell, J 2021, 'Does social housing reduce homelessness? A multistate analysis of housing and homelessness pathways', Housing Studies, vol. Online36, no. 10, pp. 1702-1728.
- Raymer J and O'Donnell J (2021) The demography of migration. In The economic geography of cross-border migration, Kourtit K, Newbold B, Nijkamp P and Partridge M (Eds.), pp. 55-75. Springer, Cham.
- O'Donnell, J 2020, 'Estimating annual homelessness', Demographic Research, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 1-34.
- O'Donnell, J & Kingsley, M 2020, 'The relationship between housing and children's socio-emotional and behavioral development in Australia', Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 117, pp. 1-15.
- O'Donnell, J, Utomo, I & McDonald, P 2020, 'Premarital sex and pregnancy in Greater Jakarta', Genus - Journal of Population Sciences, vol. 76, no. 13, pp. 1-22.
- O'Donnell, J 2018, 'The Suburbanisation of Homelessness in Sydney, Australia', Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 333-354pp.
- Raymer J, Shi Y, O'Donnell J and Biddle N (2018) Multistate projections of Australia's Indigenous population: Interacting area group and identification status change. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 16, 135-162.
- O'Donnell J and Raymer J (2015) Identification change and its effect on projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Australia. Journal of Population Research 32(3-4):297-319.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Demographic trends in the ACT (Secondary Investigator)
- Mapping Social Cohesion (Primary Investigator)
