Dr Thomas Sigler is Deputy Head of the School of the Environment, and an Associate Professor of Human Geography at The University of Queensland. His research focuses on housing and short-term accommodation from the perspectives of urban and economic geography. He holds a PhD and MSc from the Pennsylvania State University, and a BA from the University of Southern California.

Dr Sigler has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers on topics relating to housing, urban growth and development, economic connectivity, urban planning, and the sharing economy with collaborators in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. These publications appear in a wide range of academic journals, including Urban Geography, Environment and Planning A, PLoS One, Urban Studies, Regional Studies, Journal of Geography, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR), and the Bulletin of Latin American Research. Dr Sigler is an editorial board member of Urban Geography, Finance & Space, Global Networks and Geographical Research.