John Cooper
John Cooper is a PhD student at the Centre for Social Impact at Flinders University (CSI Flinders).
John is an active company director and former CEO of businesses across a range of industries and business sectors, including internationally. Sectors include logistics/transport, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, agribusiness, correctional/security and justice support services, technology, and specialist consultancy services. John’s university qualifications cover business, law, economics and engineering.
His prior doctoral research focused on corporate governance and its intersection with strategy/execution, crisis management, and performance for private companies.
His current PhD research through CSI Flinders touches on affordable housing through a specific international lens. The research is an exploratory study of a 100 year old building and its long-term residents as they navigate gentrification in one of New York City’s grittiest neighbourhoods.
The residents are from a range of socio-economic backgrounds, and the research explores concepts of space and community.
The thesis title is 'Centrality of place and community as a New York neighbourhood gentrifies: A narrative research study of an East Village building from pre-1960s to 2020s'.