Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow aims to contribute to debate regarding the development and management of neighbourhoods, cities and regions. The Urban Studies Unit has over 30 academic staff, 20 doctoral students and 9 support staff.

Research is undertaken by a number of groups including the Housing, Real Estate and Urban Economics Research Group and the Commonwealth Games 2014 Research Cluster.  The Urban Studies website provides a comprehensive list of research projects undertaken since 2008. Current research areas in which the University is involved include the following:

Improving local communities' resilience to extreme weather

The Community Resilience to Extreme Weather project aims to develop a better understanding of the effects of climate change on extreme weather patterns, and construct a tool-kit for enabling better local-community resilience in light of more frequent and extreme weather events.

Reducing housing market volatility

The Housing Market Taskforce was established by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and aims to investigate the ways in which housing market volatility might be reduced and protected from market fluctuations. Publications are available on the Taskforce website.

Understanding the links between poverty, employment and housing

The Study on Housing Exclusion: Welfare Policies, Housing Provision and Labour Markets analyses EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) to scrutinise the links between income poverty, employment status and housing outcomes. It aims to fill the gaps in policy and research by examining welfare regimes and housing systems in a number of European countries.

Reducing the stigma of social housing

The study explores the causes of stigma in order to understand its effects and suggest policy interventions that encourage a more positive public perception of social housing. The Final Report is anticipated in December 2010.

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Author:

Katherine Parkes

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

20-Sep-11

Categories:

Education, PERN 

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