About the Housing and Homelessness Working Group

The Housing and Homelessness working group brings together researchers in UCC interested in policy and provision in relation to housing, home and precarity. Such researchers come from a wide range of disciplines and Schools, including Social Policy, Sociology, Economics, Psychology, Planning, Architecture and the Built Environment. The cluster is eclectic, and welcomes different methodological, creative and theoretical approaches to housing research.

Objectives

To develop research capacity within UCC in housing research.

To develop novel methodological approaches.

To make a significant contribution to housing research nationally and internationally.

To support the translation of research into effective policy and practice.

To foster links with key stakeholders and civil society.

Research Projects

Research projects linked to the themes of the Housing and Homelessness Cluster include:

• ASPIRE: Social Economy Initiatives Supporting Ageing in Place (2025-2026)
• Pathways towards Stable Housing for Parents & Children Exiting Residential Services (2022-2023)
• Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands (2021-2022)
• Socioeconomic Impact of Cork Northwest Regeneration Programme (Phase 1-2) (2014-2021)
• Agency and Ageing in Place in Rural Ireland (2020-2021)
• Children and Housing Estate Regeneration: unheard voices (2012 - 2013)

Working Group Membership

Current Members of the Working Group: Dr Margaret Buckley, Dr Conor Cashman, Dr Joe Finnerty, Professor Cathal O'Connell, Dr Siobhan O'Sullivan.

Joining the Working Group

New members are very welcome. If you are interested in joining the Housing and Homeless WG, please contact Dr Joe Finnerty (J.Finnerty@ucc.ie) or the Research Coordinator, Dr. Margaret Scanlon (m.scanlon@ucc.ie).