An objective of the Centre for Housing Research is to develop links with academic institutions to advance the social housing research infrastructure. To this end the CHR has established a post-graduate research grants scheme which has been in operation since 2006. The Scheme is open to post-graduate students willing to conduct a piece of research in keeping with the Centre’s general aims with academic supervision and support. Applicants must nominate an academic in a recognised third level institution in the Republic of Ireland willing to undertake this role for them. Projects generally include one or a combination of the following:
- collection and analysis of primary data
secondary data analysis
literature review
comparative analysis
policy analysis
recommendations
Here are the successful applicants and their associated work for this scheme:
2009
Brian Portley (University College Dublin, ‘Housing New Immigrant Communities in Ireland’s Private Rented Sector: Access, Choice and Integration’) and Alana Smith (Trinity College Dublin, ‘Housing Pathways of Transnational Polish Labour Migrants in Dublin’) were the successful applicants in 2009. This work is ongoing and is scheduled for completion by summer 2010.
2008
Orla Crowe and Dr Padraic Kenna (NUI Galway) produced the following legal briefings:
Equality
Travellers
Anti-social behaviour
European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003
Alana Smith (Trinity College Dublin) produced the following paper on researching housing pathways, 'The Housing Pathways Approach - A Review of the Literature'
Ruth McKeever (Dundalk IT) is part of a team in Dundalk that have presented papers and displayed posters at the following conferences:
Carragher, L., Markey, F., Getty, D., Bond, R. and McKeever, R. (18-22 November 2009) ‘Place-based housing experiences and aspirations for later life’. Paper presentation to the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia.
Carragher, L., Getty, D., McKeever, R. and Bond, R. (16-17 September 2009) ‘To stay or not
to stay; health implications of place-based housing aspirations of older adults’. Poster presentation at CAP/SPARC Conference, Planning Together: Policies and Participation in Ageing Societies, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Getty, D., Carragher, L., Bond, R. and McKeever, R. (6-8 September 2009) ‘Place-based housing aspirations of older adults?’ British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Bristol, UK.
McKeever, R., Carragher, L., O’Hanlon, A. and Bond, R. (29 July 2008) ‘The Nestling Project: exploring the housing aspirations and needs of older people’. Poster presentation at the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC), Dundalk Institute of Technology.
McKeever, R., Carragher, L., Getty, D. and Bond, R. (5-9 July, 2009) ‘Place-based
housing aspirations of older adults’. Paper presentation at the 19th World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, France.
Bond, R., O’Hanlon, A., Carragher, L., and McKeever, R. (5-9 July 2009). ‘Measuring age-friendliness amongst mid-life and older people: the Louth age-friendliness measure’. Paper presentation at the 19th World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, France.
2007
Dermot Coates (Open University and University College Dublin) presented a paper (co-authors Paul Anand and Michelle Norris) at the European Network of Housing Researchers annual conference (Dublin, July 2008) 'Housing, Happiness and Capabilities: A Survey of the International Evidence and Models'
Yseault McDonald was part of team in University College Dublin considering housing regeneration. There have been two publications associated with this project:
Redmond, Declan and Russell, Paula (2008) ‘Social Housing Regeneration and the Creation of Sustainable Communities in Dublin’ Local Economy 23:3,168-179
Russell Paula and Redmond Declan (2009) ‘Social Housing Regeneration in Dublin: market-based regeneration and the creation of sustainable communities’ Local Environment 14:7,635-650
2006
Jacinta Cuneen (University of Limerick) 'Tackling anti-social behaviour, international problems, indigenous solutions'