Dr Helen Barrie

Senior Research Fellow UniSA Business

email Helen.Barrie@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Built Environment
Housing
Age Friendly Cities
Urban Spaces
Migration

My research broadly investigates Australia’s changing population and the implications of this for society and communities. Much of this work involves an examination of population diversity and the impacts of diversity (including migration, age, gender and other forms of diversity) on social and civic systems. This includes the interaction between people and the built environment, including housing, access to green space, mobility and transport, and age friendly cities and communities. My background includes a PhD in Human Geography and Honours in Social Policy.

My most recent work explores how design of urban built environments influence wellbeing and more specifically, ageing well. This includes exploring housing choices and... Read more

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About me

In the media

Date	Title
13/12/2019	A tale of two towns trying to survive and thrive in regional Australia, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-13/inland-country-towns-tarpeena-and-nangwarry-holding-on-for-life/11783554?nw=0&r=HtmlFragment
16/11/2017	Disrupting ageing, https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/disrupting-ageing/9145690
10/11/2016	Unequal Ageing, https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/unequal-ageing/8009594

Research

Research focus

Clinical Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Public Health and Health Services
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Highlights

iMOVE CRC 'ACTA National Variable Pricing Matrix: Trial Assessment' 2024-25

ARC LP200300841: 'Determining the social value of extreme, mixed-use urban developments' 2022-25

The Hospital Research Foundation: 'AVOIDing Frailty to age well' 2024-25

AHURI ‘Housing temporary migrants: investigating challenges and policy opportunities’ 2023-24

City of Whyalla ‘Flourishing Whyalla – A community mapping project’ 2023-24

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Empowering Community Dwellers To AVOID Frailty and Age Well , The Hospital Research Foundation, 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025
iMove 6-030 National Variable Pricing Matrix, iMove Australia Limited, 18/12/2023 - 30/06/2025
Housing temporary migrants: Investigating challenges and policy opportunities, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 22/02/2023 - 23/07/2024
Incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable housing, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 03/04/2023 - 30/06/2024
TAASE Level 2 Funding - Department of Human Services, SA Dept of Human Services, 17/06/2019 - 30/06/2023
iMove 3.015 Promoting Community Readiness and Uptake of Connected and Automated Vehicles, iMove Australia Limited, 04/03/2021 - 30/03/2023
AHURI - Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians (20/PRO/32250), Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 06/05/2020 - 22/12/2022
AHURI - Housing aspirations for precariously housed older Australians (20/PRO/81253), Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 29/05/2020 - 29/10/2021
AHURI - Housing models for precariously housed older Australians (20/PRO/32252), Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/04/2020 - 28/09/2021

Other projects

Department of Health & Wellbeing, SA: Healthy Towns Challenge Evaluation 2022-23

AHURI Inquiry 'Housing Older Australians' 2020-23

NHMRC TRC: ‘Designing Indigenous aged care with a ‘whole of community’ perspective’ 2019-2022

NHMRC CRE (1102208) ‘Trans-disciplinary Research on Frailty’ 2015-2021

iMOVE CRC 'Community Perceptions of Autonomous Vehicles' 2020-21

iMOVE CRC 'Encouraging the continuation of work-from-home practices in a post-pandemic world' 2020-21

Office for Ageing Well 'Co-designing Age Friendly Cities through Citizen Science' 2020-21

AHURI ‘Public housing: an effective and appropriate tenure for ageing well?’ 2019-2020

SA Health & Wellbeing 'Citizen Science for a Greener Adelaide’ 2020

Research

Outputs

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 or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2018	O'Loughlin, K, Barrie, H & Kendig, H 2018, 'Australia's baby boomers as the future older generation', in TR Klassen eta al. (eds), Handbook on Ageing and Old Age in Asia-Pacific: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives, Routledge, UK, ch. 15, pp. 237-255. 3 1

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Wasserman, R, Barrie, H, Dikken, J, van Hoof, J & Soebarto, V 2025, 'Validating the age-friendly cities and communities questionnaire in Australia: revealing five distinct groups of older people in Greater Adelaide', Habitat International, vol. 156, article no. 103278, pp. 1-9. Open access 1
2024	Taylor, D, Theou, O, Barrie, H, Lange, J, Edwards, S, Wilson, D & Visvanathan, R 2024, 'The Healthy Ageing/Vulnerable Environment (HAVEN) Index: Measuring neighbourhood age-friendliness', Geographical Research, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 440-456. Open access 3 3 1
2023	Barrie, H, McDougall, K, Miller, K & Faulkner, D 2023, 'The social value of public spaces in mixed-use high-rise buildings', Buildings and Cities, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 669-689. Open access 7 5
2023	Croffi, J, Kroll, D, Soebarto, V, Barrie, H & McDougall, K 2023, 'Wellbeing fostered by design: a framework for evaluating indoor environment performance', Buildings and Cities, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 507-523. Open access 3 3 2
2023	Vij, A, Souza, FF, Barrie, H, Anilan, V, Sarmiento, S & Washington, L 2023, 'Employee preferences for working from home in Australia', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 214, pp. 782-800. Open access 3 3 101
2022	Parella, A, Pearson, O, Davy, C, Barrie, H, Mott, K, Morey, K, D'Angelo, S, Sambo, R, Aitken, R, Franks, C, Canuto, K, Brown, A & Braunack-Maye, A 2022, 'Understanding culturally safe aged care from the perspectives of older Aboriginal Australians in rural and remote communities', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 566-575. 10 11 2
2022	Street, J, Barrie, H, Eliott, J, Carolan, L, McCorry, F, Cebulla, A, Phillipson, L, Prokopovich, K, Hanson-Easey, S & Burgess, T 2022, 'Older adults' perspectives of smart technologies to support aging at home: insights from five world café forums', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 13, article no. 7817. Open access 24 17 8
2021	Arakawa Martins, B, Barrie, H, Visvanathan, R, Daniel, L, Arakawa Martins, L, Ranasinghe, D, Wilson, A & Soebarto, V 2021, 'A multidisciplinary exploratory approach for investigating the experience of older adults attending hospital services', Health Environments Research and Design Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 141-163. 2 2
2021	Martins, BA, Taylor, D, Barrie, H, Lange, J, Kho, KSF & Visvanathan, R 2021, 'Objective and subjective measures of the neighbourhood environment: associations with frailty levels', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 92, article no. 104257, pp. 1-7. 10 10 1
2021	Martins, BA, Visvanathan, R, Barrie, HR, Huang, CH, Matsushita, E, Okada, K, Satake, S, Edwards, S, Uno, C & Kuzuya, M 2021, 'Built environment and frailty: neighborhood perceptions and associations with frailty, experience from the Nagoya longitudinal study', Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 609-619. 9 11 4
2021	Taylor, D, Lange, J, Laurence, C, Beilby, J, Kitson, A, Barrie, H & Visvanathan, R 2021, 'General practice access in regional and remote Australia for ageing populations', Geographical Research, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 6-15. 3 3 15
2020	Arakawa Martins, B, Jadczak, AD, Dollard, J, Barrie, H, Mahajan, N, Tam, KL & Visvanathan, R 2020, 'Fifth-year medical students' perceptions of the importance of frailty and competence in assessing, diagnosing and managing frailty before and after a geriatric medicine course', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 472-477. 7 5
2019	Ankeny, RA & Barrie, H 2019, 'Learning not just from but with citizens: the importance of co-design in health-related social research', The American Journal of Bioethics, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 54-56. 6 5 2
2019	Arakawa Martins, B, Visvanathan, R, Barrie, H, Huang, CH, Matsushita, E, Okada, K, Satake, S, Uno, C & Kuzuya, M 2019, 'Frailty prevalence using Frailty Index, associated factors and level of agreement among frailty tools in a cohort of Japanese older adults', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 84, article no. 103908, pp. 1-8. Open access 36 37 2
2019	Barrie, H, Soebarto, V, Lange, J, Mc Corry-Breen, F & Walker, L 2019, 'Using citizen science to explore neighbourhood influences on ageing well: pilot project', Healthcare: the Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation, vol. 7, no. 4, article no. 126, pp. 1-13. Open access 28 21
2019	Taylor, AW, Pilkington, R, Dal Grande, E, Kourbelis, C & Barrie, H 2019, 'Health and welfare profile of Australian baby boomers who live in rented accommodation - implications for the future', Ageing and Society, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 685-702. Open access 4 4 3
2019	Taylor, D, Barrie, H, Lange, J, Thompson, M, Theou, O & Visvanathan, R 2019, 'Geospatial modelling of the prevalence and changing distribution of frailty in Australia - 2011 to 2027', Experimental Gerontology, vol. 123, pp. 57-65. Open access 35 31 8
2019	Ziaian, T, Miller, E, De Anstiss, H, Puvimanasinghe, T, Dollard, M, Esterman, A, Barrie, H & Stewart-Jones, T 2019, 'Refugee youth and transition to further education, training, and employment in Australia: Research protocol of a mixed methods study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 21, no. 7, article no. e12632, pp. 1-9. Open access 7 7 9
2018	Martins, BA, Barrie, H, Dollard, J, Mahajan, N & Visvanathan, R 2018, 'Older adults' perceptions of the built environment and associations with frailty: a feasibility and acceptability study', The Journal of Frailty and Aging, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 268-271. 3 3 3
2018	Taylor, A, Dal Grande, E, Fateh-Moghadam, P, Montgomerie, A, Battisti, L, Barrie, H, Kourbelis, C & Campostrini, S 2018, 'Comparison of health and risk factors of older, working-age Australians, Italians and Italian-born migrants to Australia, with data from an Italian (PASSI), and an Australian (SAMSS) risk factor surveillance system', Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 1190-1196. Open access 3 3 1
2018	Ziaian, T, Puvimanasinghe, T, Miller, E, de Anstiss, H, Dollard, M, Esterman, A, Barrie, H & Afsharian, A 2018, 'Challenges, facilitators and enablers of conducting research with youth from refugee backgrounds', Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 56-73. 5
2016	Faulkner, D, Feist, HB & Lewis, J 2016, 'Ageing research in Australia: reflecting on Graeme Hugo's four decades of contribution', Australian Geographer, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 399-415. 4 4 1
2016	Taylor, A, Pilkington, R, Montgomerie, A & Feist, H 2016, 'The role of business size in assessing the uptake of health promoting workplace initiatives in Australia', BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, article no. 353, pp. 1-8. Open access 46 44
2014	Taylor, AW, Pilkington, R, Feist, H, Dal Grande, E & Hugo, G 2014, 'A survey of retirement intentions of baby boomers: an overview of health, social and economic determinants', BMC Public Health, vol. 14, no. 1, article no. 355, pp. 1-9. Open access 30 27
2012	Melino, M, Gadd, VL, Walker, G V, Skoien, R, Barrie, HD, Jothimani, D, Horsfall, L, Jones, A, Sweet, MJ, Thomas, GP, Clouston, AD, Jonsson, JR & Powell, EE 2012, 'Macrophage secretory products induce an inflammatory phenotype in hepatocytes', World Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 18, no. 15, pp. 1732-1744. Open access 32 32
2011	McPherson, S, Powell, EE, Barrie, HD, Clouston, AD, McGuckin, M & Jonsson, JR 2011, 'No evidence of the unfolded protein response in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 319-327. 15 14
2011	Moschen, AR, Fritz, T, Clouston, AD, Rebhan, I, Bauhofer, O, Barrie, HD, Powell, EE, Kim, S-H, Dinarello, CA, Bartenschlager, R, Jonsson, JR & Tilg, H 2011, 'Interleukin-32: a new proinflammatory cytokine involved in hepatitis C virus-related liver inflammation and fibrosis', Hepatology, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1819-1829. Open access 80 78
2011	Smith, KR, Suppiah, V, O'Connor, K, Berg, T, Weltman, M, Abate, ML, Spengler, U, Bassendine, M, Mathews, G, Irving, WL, Powell, E, Riordan, S, Ahlenstiel, G, Stewart, GJ, Bahlo, M, George, J, Booth, D & Barrie, H 2011, 'Identification of improved IL28B SNPs and haplotypes for prediction of drug response in treatment of hepatitis C using massively parallel sequencing in a cross-sectional European cohort', Genome Medicine: Medicine in the Post-Genomic Era, vol. 3, no. 57, pp. 1-13. Open access 68 61
2010	Feist, H, Parker, K, Howard, NJ & Hugo, G 2010, 'New technologies: their potential role in linking rural older people to community', International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 68-84. 32
2008	Jonsson, JR, Barrie, HD, O'Rourke, P, Clouston, AD & Powell, EE 2008, 'Obesity and steatosis influence serum and hepatic inflammatory markers in chronic hepatitis C', Hepatology, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 80-87. Open access 68 60
2008	McPherson, S, Jonsson, JR, Barrie, HD, O'Rourke, P, Clouston, AD & Powell, EE 2008, 'Investigation of the role of SREBP-1c in the pathogenesis of HCV-related steatosis', Journal of Hepatology, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1046-1054. 45 43

Conferences

Year	Output
2023	Croffi, J, Soebarto, V, Kroll, D & Barrie, H 2023, 'Indoor environmental quality and occupants' satisfaction in highrise mixed-use buildings: preliminary results from a case study', in M Dewsbury & D Tanton (eds), 56th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, ANZAScA 2023, Architectural Science Association, pp. 390-404. Open access
2023	Shtykov, A, Gu, N, Barrie, H, Soebarto, V, Faulkner, D & Kroll, D 2023, 'Live data-driven digital twin approach for assessing social and environmental building performances in high-rise mixed-use developments: a conceptual framework and evaluation of the operational platforms for its implementation', in M Dewsbury & D Tanton (eds), 56th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2023, The Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), pp. 508-521. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2023	Faulkner, D, Sharam, A, James, A, Tually, S & Barrie, H 2023, Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians, AHURI, Australia. Open access
2022	James, A, Crowe, A, Tually, S, Sharam, A, Faulkner, D, Cebulla, A, Hodgson, H, OBrien, E, Coram, V, Singh, R, Barrie, H & Bevin, K 2022, Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians, AHURI, Australia. Open access 2
2022	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. Open access 5
2021	Barrie, H, McDougall, K & McCulloch, J 2021, Citizen science for co-designing age friendly cities, Office for Ageing Well, SA Department of Health and Wellbeing, Australia. Open access
2021	Faulkner, D, Verdouw, J, Cook, P, Tually, S, Liu, E, Judd, B, Barrie, H & Coram, V 2021, Ageing well in public housing, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), Australia. Open access 8
2020	McDougall, K & Barrie, H 2020, Retired not expired, SA Health, Australia. Open access
2019	Wasserman, R, Lange, J, Tran, D, McDougall, K & Barrie, H 2019, South Australia's multicultural population: change and diversity story map, University of Adelaide, Australia. Open access
2019	Ziaian, T, Barrie, H, Puvimanasinghe, T, Miller, E, Dollard, M, Esterman, A, de Anstiss, H & Afsharian, A 2019, Pathways to active citizenship: refugee youth and their transition from school to further education, training and employment, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2018	Barrie, H, Wasserman, R & McDougall, K 2018, Murray Bridge: a blueprint for good migrant settlement, Australian Migrant Resource Centre, Australia. Open access
2017	McDougall, K & Barrie, H 2017, South Australia Retirement Village Survey 2016, SA Health, Australia. Open access

Other outputs

Recent Reports

Faulkner, D; Verdouw J; Cook P; Tually S; Lui E; Judd B; Barrie H and Coram V. (2023) Ageing well in public housing AHURI Final Report

Barrie H., Cebulla A., Lange, J., Faulkner, D. and Sharam A. (2023) Mapping where older low-income renters live AHURI Final Report 32251

Tually, S., Coram V., Faulkner, D., Barrie H., James, A. and Sharam, A. (2022) Appropriate housing models for low-income precariously housed pre-retirement and retirement households AHURI Final Report

James, A ; Crowe, A; Tually, Sharam, A; Faulkner, D; Cebulla, A; Hodgson, H; Webb, E; Coram, V; Singh, R; Barrie, H and Bevin, K (2022) Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians AHURI Final Report

Barrie, H.; Lange J.; Walker, L. & Soebarto V. (2020) Citizen Science for a Greener Adelaide, Report for SA Health & Wellbeing, Health Parks, Healthy People

Barrie, H.; Lange J.; Walker, L. & Soebarto V. (2020) Quality Green Spaces for Ageing Well, Report for the Office of Ageing Well, SA Department of Health & Wellbeing

Barrie, H.; McCorry-Breen F.; Burgess, T.; Braunack-Mayer, A. & Street, J. (2020) Smart Technologies for Ageing Well, Report for the Office of Ageing Well, SA Department of Health & Wellbeing

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Afterpay	AUSTRALIA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Ca Foscari University of Venice	ITALY
Charite - Medical University of Berlin	GERMANY
Charles Sturt University	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Dalhousie University	CANADA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Health Observatory	ITALY
I-Shou University	TAIWAN
Konkuk University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Medical University of Innsbruck	AUSTRIA
Multicultural Youth SA	AUSTRALIA
Nagoya University	JAPAN
Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences	JAPAN
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology	JAPAN
National Center of Geriatrics and Gerontology	JAPAN
Nepean Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Newcastle University, United Kingdom	UNITED KINGDOM
Princess Alexandra Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Queensland Institute of Medical Research	AUSTRALIA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
South Australian Health and Medical and Research Institute (SAHMRI)	AUSTRALIA
The Hague University of Applied Sciences	NETHERLANDS
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Torrens University Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Bonn	GERMANY
University of Colorado Denver	UNITED STATES
University of Heidelberg	GERMANY
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Nottingham	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
University of Turin	ITALY
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	AUSTRALIA

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A Digital Twin-enabled approach to determining and visualising building performances incorporating social considerations: a case study of U City, a mixed-use vertical housing development	Current
Art of Place: Art and Culture as Neighbourhood Placemaking	Current
Exploring visually impaired tourists experience using electroencephalogram (EEG)	Current
Promoting the uptake of Battery Electric Vehicles: why and how should governments invest in the transition?	Current
The role of local governments in enabling active travel for older residents in South Australia	Completed
Transforming to an age friendly world: models of co-design for creating age-friendly public green spaces in urban neighbourhoods	Completed

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