Dr Braam Lowies is a Senior Lecturer in Property at the University of South Australia. Braam obtained a BCom (cum laude) in 1994 and a BCom (Hons) (Banking) in 1995, both at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 2007 he was awarded an MSc degree with a specialisation in Real Estate (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 2011 he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and was awarded full professional membership from the international body, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He was awarded a PhD (Finance) degree in 2013 from the University of Pretoria. Braam is an Associate of the Australian Property Institute (API) and serves on the National Committee of the API's Australian ... Read more
About me
Dr Braam Lowies is a Senior Lecturer in Property at the University of South Australia. Braam obtained a BCom (cum laude) in 1994 and a BCom (Hons) (Banking) in 1995, both at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 2007 he was awarded an MSc degree with a specialisation in Real Estate (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 2011 he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and was awarded full professional membership from the international body, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He was awarded a PhD (Finance) degree in 2013 from the University of Pretoria. Braam is an Associate of the Australian Property Institute (API) and serves on the National Committee of the API's Australian Property Research and Education Fund and the RICS South Australian Member Engagement Group. Braam is also a past Director of the UniSA Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).
His academic career started as a lecturer in financial management in 2000 after having worked in the banking industry for five years and he has undertaken contract work for the New Zealand Government Property Management Centre of Expertise in Wellington, New Zealand. He has been awarded academic scholarships (national and international), has widely published research articles in academic journals, and presented his work at academic conferences. He also recently won awards presented by both industry and UniSA for excellence in community and industry engagement through his research.
Braam’s research area is in the field of behavioural issues in housing and finance. More specifically his focus is on financial capability issues in the aged population in making housing, financial, and investment decisions. Further research interests include intergenerational financial decsion-making as well as alternative and disruptive property investment vehicles.
About me
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - Professional Member
The Australian Property Insitute - Member
About me
Date | Title |
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15/06/2022 |
Pre-retirees focus of new financial report, https://australianseniorsnews.com.au/finance/pre-retirees-focus-of-new-financial-report/ |
15/02/2022 |
Govt assistance to age in place adds to Millennials' housing woes, https://www.singletonargus.com.au/story/7619036/have-we-dashed-millennials-home-dreams/ |
05/02/2022 |
Older generations locking Millennials out of housing market, https://canberraweekly.com.au/older-generation-locking-millennials-out-of-housing-market/ |
03/02/2022 |
Contradictory policies to blame for locking millennials out of housing market, https://www.themandarin.com.au/180332-contradictory-policies-to-blame-for-locking-millennials-out-of-housing-market/ |
03/02/2022 |
Government policies to help ageing Aussies are hurting first homebuyers, research shows, https://www.realestate.com.au/news/government-policies-to-help-ageing-aussies-are-hurting-first-homebuyers-research-shows/?btr=3cc32459caf18d2963de9dd49afe33e1 |
03/02/2022 |
Not living dream: Millennials locked out of housing market by older generations, https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/not-living-dream-millennials-locked-out-of-housing-market-by-older-generations/ |
03/02/2022 |
Government policies to help ageing Aussies are hurting first homebuyers, research shows, https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/government-policies-to-help-ageing-aussies-are-hurting-first-homebuyers-research-shows/news-story/bb8a69eaf143c7c6b5175f9af4bfdce7?btr=3cc32459caf18d2963de9dd49afe33e1 |
03/02/2022 |
Investors' boom is first homebuyers' curse, https://www.apimagazine.com.au/news/article/investors-boom-is-first-homebuyers-curse |
10/07/2021 |
‘Don’t spend the difference’: where to put your money if you can’t buy your own home, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/10/dont-spend-the-difference-where-to-put-your-money-if-you-cant-buy-your-own-home |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Pretoria
Magister Scientiae University of Pretoria
Baccalaureus Commercii Honores University of Pretoria
Senior Lecturer, UniSA Business, University of South Australia (2015 - present)
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2013 - 2015)
Senior Business Adviser, New Zealand Government, (2012)
Lecturer, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria (2000 - 2011)
AHURI funded a research project to model a filtering process for expanding affordable rental supply.
AHURI funded a research project to investigate incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable private rental housing.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Evaluation Study of a Financial Scam Awareness Workshop, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, 17/07/2024 - 31/08/2025
Incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable housing, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 03/04/2023 - 30/06/2024
Preventing Pensioners from precarious housing; losing homeownership and community disconnection, Office for Ageing Well, 15/06/2023 - 14/06/2024
Review of Form 1 Vendor's Statement - Section 7 Land and Business (Sale and Conveyancing) Act 1994 (SA), SA Attorney General's Department, 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2022
AHURI - Housing models for precariously housed older Australians (20/PRO/32252), Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/04/2020 - 28/09/2021
The Financial Capability and Wellbeing of Older People, ANZ Bank, 01/12/2018 - 30/11/2019
Investigative Panel on Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Funding, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 30/03/2018 - 28/02/2019
Financial Literacy Australia - Financial capability and older people, Financial Literacy Australia Limited, 01/02/2018 - 30/11/2018
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
2
2
1
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
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2022 |
Open access
1
|
2022 |
5
5
8
|
2022 |
Open access
2
2
37
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
2
2
1
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
1
|
2022 |
5
5
8
|
2022 |
Open access
2
2
37
|
2020 |
Open access
7
5
|
2019 |
5
4
|
2019 |
15
13
8
|
2018 |
Open access
6
1
|
2017 |
Open access
10
5
|
2017 |
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2016 |
1
|
2016 |
31
4
|
2015 |
8
|
2014 |
Open access
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2013 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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Year | Output |
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2016 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2022 |
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
5
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2019 |
Open access
2
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2019 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
3
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Tually, S, Coram, V, Faulkner, D, Barrie, H, Shaman, A, Lowies, B, James, A, Bevan, K, Webb, E, Hodgson, H & Cebulla, A 2022, Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Australia.
Lowies, B, Kutin, J, Russell, R, Cornell, V, Altieri, B, Andrew, J, Marriner, T & Lushington, K 2022, The psychological wellbeing and financial decision-making of older Australians in times of uncertainty, University of South Australia, Australia.
Lowies, B., Lushington, K., Helliar, C., Hobbs, B., Whait, R. and Solomon, L. 2019. The Navigation of Home Care Packages by Older Australians, Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, Adelaide, Australia.
Lowies, B., Helliar, C., Lushington, K. & Whait, R. 2019. The Financial Capability of Older People, Submission to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission on the National Financial Capability Research Roadmap, Melbourne, Australia.
Research
AHURI funded a research project to model a filtering process for expanding affordable rental supply.
AHURI funded a research project to investigate incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable private rental housing.
2022: Recipient of the UniSA Busieness Public Intellectual of the Year Award
2020: Recipient of the UniSA Business Award for Research Excellence in Industry Collaborative Research.
2020: UniSA Business Dean: Research and Innovation peer-to-peer research award – Accomplisher.
2019: Recipient of the University of South Australia Higher Degree Supervisor – Best PhD Supervisory Team Award. The PhD candidate is investigating financial planning models for older Australian women.
2019: Recipient of the Journal of Property Investment and Finance Emerald Literati Award - Most Commended Paper: Lowies, B., Whait, R. B., Viljoen, C. & McGreal, W.S. 2018. “Fractional ownership – an alternative property investment vehicle”. Journal of Property Investment and Finance, 36(6) pp 513-522.
2018: UniSA Excellence in Community Research – Best Research Team award in the category of Community-Engaged Research. Our research team was recognised for the research and work completed on the investigation of the financial capabilities of older people project.
2018: UniSA Business Dean: Research and Innovation peer-to-peer research award – Team Focused Researcher.
2016: Recipient of the University of South Australia Excellence in Community Engagement Award in the category of Community-Engaged Research.
2016: Winner of the Research Into Ageing Award – COTA 2016 Positive Ageing Awards.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Beijing Technology and Business University | CHINA |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
ECH Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
Eindhoven University of Technology | NETHERLANDS |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Mahasaraswati Denpasar University | INDONESIA |
Massey University | NEW ZEALAND |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Ulster University | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Pretoria | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of Ulster | UNITED KINGDOM |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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MemberAustralian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists |
2020 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2018 |
AssociateAustralian Property Institute (API) |
2017 |
Director-AwardsPacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) |
2017 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2017 |
COTA Helping Hand Research into Ageing AwardCouncil of the Ageing South Australia and the Helping Hand Foundation |
2016 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2016 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2015 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2014 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2013 |
MemberProperty Institute of New Zealand (PINZ) |
2013 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2012 |
MemberSouth African Finance Association (SAFA) |
2012 |
MemberProperty Institute of New Zealand (PINZ) |
2012 |
Full Professional MemberRoyal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) |
2011 |
MemberSouth African Finance Association (SAFA) |
2011 |
MemberSouth African Finance Association (SAFA) |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Analysis of the factors influencing housing decisions of recent immigrants in Australia | Current |
Financial planning of older Australian women from different residential environments | Current |
An assessment of European environmental regulations: evidence from France and Italy | Completed |
An examination of whether demographic factors, behavioural characteristics and financial literacy affect recovery rates following the Black Saturday bushfire | Completed |
An investigation of CEO characteristics on financing and innovation | Completed |
Financial inclusion, fintech and human development | Completed |
Tax compliance in Jordan | Completed |
The development of a rating model for Australian finance academics | Completed |
The impact of Airbnb on metropolitan and non-metropolitan housing markets in Australia | Completed |
The nature and fundamentals of cryptocurrency prices | Completed |