Dr Hayley Henderson is Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy and teaches urban policy in the Master of Public Policy and Master of Public Administration. The urban policy elective, Public Policy in Cities, focuses on principles and methods for analysing and addressing problems in cities related to equitable and sustainable development.

Hayley is passionate about working with partners in practice to develop equitable and resilient cities. Hayley is Senior Researcher within the Institute for Infrastructure in Society (I2), where she works with colleagues on the social dimensions of infrastructure planning as well as urban policymaking and delivery. Specifically, her research is related to the social benefits and risks of urban policies and projects, as well as the institutional and governance settings that enables collaboration between stakeholders in urban governance. Hayley’s research is primarily focused on Australian and Argentine cities, though she also conducts comparative studies that involve other South American, European and North American cities.