​World Habitat Awards Advisory Group

The World Habitat Awards Advisory Group, who select the finalists of the World Habitat Awards, include housing experts with a wide range of experience.

The Advisory Group has a changing membership and includes new members every year, and in 2023 consists of: 

• Christophe Lalande – Head of Housing Unit, UN-Habitat
• Dr Claudia Murray – Research Fellow at the School of Real Estate and Planning, University of Reading
• David Ireland OBE – Chief Executive, World Habitat
• Juha Kaakinen – Housing and Homelessness Expert, Professor in Practice, University of Tampere 
• Julieta Perucca – Deputy Director, The Shift 
• Louise Winterburn – Deputy Chief Executive, World Habitat
• Professor Nabeel Hamdi – Professor Emeritus at Oxford Brookes University
• Nick Murphy – Board member at Trident Group, Tuntum Housing Association and World Habitat.
• Rumana Kabir – Civil servant and Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University
• Terrie Alafat CBE – Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Housing
• Professor Yves Cabannes – Development Planning Unit, University College London