Dr Nicola Willand is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Property, Construction and Project Management and a member of the Sustainable Building Innovation Laboratory and the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University, Melbourne. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose profile represents the coalescence of housing, equity and the social, health and building sciences. Her research focuses on how housing and health outcomes are shaped by the intersection of dwelling quality, householder practices and the structural, geographical and social contexts. Her multi-method research brings together qualitative insights into lived experiences with quantitative assessments of health and the built environment.