Deb Batterham
Biographic Data
| ID | 6706984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deb Batterham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deb |
| FAMILY NAME | Batterham |
| SIGNATURE | BATTERHAM D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swinburne University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9798-2906 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Better futures: Supported accommodation for unaccompanied children and young people experiencing homelessness
Workplace trauma on the social housing and homelessness frontline
Understanding Housing Justice in Shared Housing
The Promise and Problems of Applying the Capabilities Approach to Housing Policy and Research
Kim’s paper (the main focus article) provides an insightful discussion of how the capabilities approach may be used to reorient housing policy towards the human and social dimensions of housing. I raise three key issues in response to Kim's piece. The first is that the process for deriving and specifying any housing-related capabilities must be clear and defensible. The second is that there must be a clear line of argument between the concept of …
Homelessness as Capability Deprivation: A Conceptual Model
Many prominent definitions pose homelessness as the opposite or lack of home, while at the same time reducing the concept of home to aspects of adequate housing. As a result, many definitions struggle to fully account for the complexity and multidimensional experience of homelessness. This paper tackles these conceptual issues by building on recent work applying the capabilities approach. It argues that homelessness is a type of capability depriv…
Defining “At-risk of Homelessness”: Re-connecting Causes, Mechanisms and Risk
A key focus of homelessness policy across the Anglophone world is to prevent homelessness by targeting interventions to those considered “at-risk”, yet the term “at-risk of homelessness” remains ambiguous. A solid definition is required. Typically, risk is defined using those factors that are over-represented in the population of interest. However, this approach tends to obscure the relationship between risk factors and their broader causes. It i…
Homelessness as Capability Deprivation: A Conceptual Model
Many prominent definitions pose homelessness as the opposite or lack of home, while at the same time reducing the concept of home to aspects of adequate housing. As a result, many definitions struggle to fully account for the complexity and multidimensional experience of homelessness. This paper tackles these conceptual issues by building on recent work applying the capabilities approach. It argues that homelessness is a type of capability depriv…
Defining “At-risk of Homelessness”: Re-connecting Causes, Mechanisms and Risk
A key focus of homelessness policy across the Anglophone world is to prevent homelessness by targeting interventions to those considered “at-risk”, yet the term “at-risk of homelessness” remains ambiguous. A solid definition is required. Typically, risk is defined using those factors that are over-represented in the population of interest. However, this approach tends to obscure the relationship between risk factors and their broader causes. It i…
The Promise and Problems of Applying the Capabilities Approach to Housing Policy and Research
Kim’s paper (the main focus article) provides an insightful discussion of how the capabilities approach may be used to reorient housing policy towards the human and social dimensions of housing. I raise three key issues in response to Kim's piece. The first is that the process for deriving and specifying any housing-related capabilities must be clear and defensible. The second is that there must be a clear line of argument between the concept of …
Defining “At-risk of Homelessness”: Re-connecting Causes, Mechanisms and Risk
A key focus of homelessness policy across the Anglophone world is to prevent homelessness by targeting interventions to those considered “at-risk”, yet the term “at-risk of homelessness” remains ambiguous. A solid definition is required. Typically, risk is defined using those factors that are over-represented in the population of interest. However, this approach tends to obscure the relationship between risk factors and their broader causes. It i…
Homelessness as Capability Deprivation: A Conceptual Model
Many prominent definitions pose homelessness as the opposite or lack of home, while at the same time reducing the concept of home to aspects of adequate housing. As a result, many definitions struggle to fully account for the complexity and multidimensional experience of homelessness. This paper tackles these conceptual issues by building on recent work applying the capabilities approach. It argues that homelessness is a type of capability depriv…
The Promise and Problems of Applying the Capabilities Approach to Housing Policy and Research
Kim’s paper (the main focus article) provides an insightful discussion of how the capabilities approach may be used to reorient housing policy towards the human and social dimensions of housing. I raise three key issues in response to Kim's piece. The first is that the process for deriving and specifying any housing-related capabilities must be clear and defensible. The second is that there must be a clear line of argument between the concept of …
Understanding Housing Justice in Shared Housing
Better futures: Supported accommodation for unaccompanied children and young people experiencing homelessness
Workplace trauma on the social housing and homelessness frontline
Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Capability approach (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)