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January 14, 2025 Milad Haghani, _UNSW Sydney_ The sheer scale of the Hindu festival makes it a disaster waiting to happen. From new underwater drones to AI surveillance, here’s what’s being
done to avoid deadly crushes. August 1, 2024 Joe Pavelka, _Mount Royal University_ All tourists want a good holiday, and no matter how uncomfortable overcrowding might be, thousands of
people going to the same place at the same time feels less risky than being on your own. December 19, 2023 Shane Ewen, _Leeds Beckett University_ Fire is a social equality issue. Amid fresh
concerns over rogue landlords and dangerous overcrowding, why have calls for change gone unheeded for so long? August 17, 2023 Amy Clair, _University of Essex_ Overcrowding is associated
with many other mental and physical health concerns. November 16, 2022 Toby Butler, _Royal Holloway University of London_ The tragedy this year shares similarities with the 1943 Bethnal
Green disaster in London. December 20, 2021 Andrea Mechelli, _King's College London_ With projections that 68% of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050, it’s important
we tackle loneliness now before it becomes epidemic. November 16, 2021 Tess Lea, _University of Sydney_; Arianna Brambilla, _University of Sydney_; John Singer, _Indigenous Knowledge_, and
Liam Grealy, _University of Sydney_ Climate change is a key risk for remote Indigenous communities in Australia. How can housing in remote and regional areas be improved to withstand extreme
weather conditions for these communities? September 16, 2021 Susan Green, _Charles Sturt University_ The COVID-19 crisis in Wilcannia demonstrates how entrenched neglect has led to a
community devastated by the global pandemic. September 1, 2021 Amy Clair, _University of Essex_ A new analysis shows how government policy led to thousands more overcrowded households in the
years ahead of the pandemic. August 31, 2021 Kalinda Griffiths, _UNSW Sydney_ The second wave of COVID-19 in New South Wales highlights concerns for the unvaccinated and those with multiple
risk factors - particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. May 27, 2021 Matthew Ankers, _Flinders University_ and Yvonne Parry, _Flinders University_ Nurse practitioners can
be the missing link between homeless children, housing services and schools, our study shows. June 29, 2020 Rebecca Bentley, _The University of Melbourne_ and Erika Martino, _The University
of Melbourne_ The hotspots in Melbourne align with areas of significant housing and financial stress. May 7, 2020 Sharon Bessell, _Australian National University_ and Angie Bexley,
_Australian National University_ With no place to wash hands and nowhere to physically isolate, many poor Indonesians are incredibly vulnerable as COVID-19 sweeps through the global south.
April 28, 2020 Ben Clifford, _UCL_ The size of our housing is linked to our physical and mental health. March 24, 2020 Nicole Gurran, _University of Sydney_; Peter Phibbs, _University of
Sydney_, and Tess Lea, _University of Sydney_ Improving the housing conditions of the most marginalised people among us is an important biosecurity measure for the whole community. February
24, 2020 Maurice Mutisya, _African Population and Health Research Center_ Overcrowding can have severe negative consequences for the education and safety of learners. September 6, 2019
Marilyn McMahon, _Deakin University_ There are now more legally innocent people in jail in Victoria than there were convicted prisoners in 2005. June 10, 2019 Jonathan Westaway, _University
of Central Lancashire_ Recent deaths and climate breakdown are leaving more and more bodies on Everest. A new way forward is needed to recover the mortal remains of climbers with dignity and
respect. May 29, 2019 Sharon Parkinson, _Swinburne University of Technology_; Deb Batterham, _Swinburne University of Technology_, and Margaret Reynolds, _Swinburne University of
Technology_ Homelessness in Australia is increasingly concentrated in the capital cities, where nearly two in every three people without a home are now found. That’s the finding of a study
of the data since 2001. June 19, 2018 Shanaka Herath, _University of Wollongong_ and Rebecca Bentley, _The University of Melbourne_ The standards we use today were designed to help avoid the
overcrowded housing that blighted cities in the past. But severe overcrowding is again on the rise, so what needs to be done?