Scott Baum has had a long standing interest in understanding the social conditions that shape local communities and the lives of their residents. He is an Australian Research Council Fellow in the Urban Research Program at Griffith University. His work has appeared in international journals including Urban Studies, Papers in Regional Science, Accident Analysis and Prevention and The Journal of Sociology. Scott Baum is on the editorial board of Urban Policy and Research and is the secretary of the Asia Pacific Sociological Association.
