CEDA Global Matters Livestream - Housing, Human Behaviour and Rethinking Cities

Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught microeconomic theory, and occasionally urban and public economics, since 1992. He has served as Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. He has published dozens of papers on cities economic growth, law, and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992. His books include Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium (Oxford University Press, 2008), Rethinking Federal Housing Policy (American Enterprise Institute Press, 2008), Triumph of the City (Penguin Press, 2011), and Survival of the City: Mass Flourishing in an Age of Social Isolation (Penguin Press, 2021).

Cassandra Winzar was appointed CEDA’s Chief Economist in May 2023, after joining CEDA as a Senior Economist in 2020.

As Senior Economist Cassandra led CEDA’s portfolio of research identifying practical solutions to deliver better human services for Australians. She has authored reports in Aged Care, Disadvantage and Mental Health. Prior to joining CEDA, Cassandra was Principal Economist at the WA Department of Communities (Housing Authority). Cassandra has also held roles as the WA based Economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia, and in Transfer Pricing at EY.

Cassandra is Chair of the WA Women in Economics Network. She has a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and Bachelor of Asian Studies from the University of Western Australia.