Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Spatial Planning and Housing Studies Centre
About the Centre
- promote the significance of the applied social sciences and architecture and spatial design to benefit London’s social and economic wellbeing
- provide and develop up to date and relevant programmes for education and skills training
- provide an up to date ‘knowledge base’ for research and teaching
- open up opportunities for collaboration on research and projects within the University and with partners in other universities and public, private and third sector organisations
- undertake research, which has direct application in policy and professional practice
- involve students in ‘real-world’ research.
The Centre’s core personnel have long, practical, experience of policy development and research in local and regional government, and in central government agencies. Their particular expertise is in the following areas:
- Urban spatial planning
- Housing policy and strategy
- Housing with other social policy areas e.g. homelessness, health, social inclusion
- Sustainable communities
- City Regeneration
- Interaction of spatial planning and housing with architecture and spatial design
In addition, the staff have key skills in research design and management, data collection, analysis and interpretation and evaluation of policies and strategies, which are at the disposal of the sponsoring departments for interdisciplinary projects.
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Julia’s experience has been London’s housing. She headed a large housing research and statistics team in the Greater London Council (GLC), most of which was retained and funded by all London boroughs in the London Research Centre (LRC) from 1987 until 2000.
As director of the LRC Housing and Social Research team, Julia was responsible for developing and rolling out three London housing needs surveys and for the collation, analysis and publication of statistics about London’s housing, which have underpinned housing and planning policy and strategy development for many years.
In the LRC she was also responsible for a large income-generating research programme for a wide variety of clients - including central government - covering all aspects of housing and homelessness, social exclusion, equalities, health and social services and local government finance.
Until 2003, Julia headed the housing and homelessness team in the GLA and was the lead officer for the Mayor Ken Livingstone’s Housing Commission, published as ‘Homes for a World City’ in 2000.
Our main aim is to work with colleagues from within the University. However we do have a long established and good working relationship from our time in the Greater London Authority with the Three Dragons Consultancy. Three Dragons has research and policy making skills in all aspects of new housing provision and its role in the planning and development process, focusing especially on affordable housing.
