University of Stirling

Prof Douglas Robertson

Staff Profile-Prof Douglas Robertson
Prof Douglas Robertson Chair in Housing Studies, Applied Social Science Room 3S7
School of Applied Social Science
Colin Bell Building
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
Scotland
UK +44 (0) 1786 467720
Sections
About
  • Joined the Department as its youngest lecturer on 1st September 1988, and am now the second longest serving member of the academic staff.
  • Hobbies: sustainable cycling, thoughtfull photography, purposeful hill walking, passive politics and slow cooking
  • Completed the Central Scotland Common Purpose course, and a number of courses as part of the Leadership Foundation Head of Departments programme.
Research
  • Social identity within contemporary society. The focus here has been on the creation and sustaining of social identies within a neighbourhood context. Previous work has also considered the English in Scotland as a distinctive minority.
  • Flat Living within the UK. Research work has focussed on the renewal of pre-1919 tenement flats throughout Scotland, with current work exploring the management of private flats throughout the UK, drawing upon international experience in both Australia and the USA.
  • Housing and Planning policy in Scotland, covering both the historic and contemporary. Research has involved detailed examinations of post-war planning policies for the Glasgow metropolitan area and the associated creation of Scotland's New Towns. Work has also been conducted on the history of government housing agency Scottish Homes and the new local government planning concept, Community Planning. Work is also about to progress on the history of council housing in Glasgow.
  • Research methods. This work has involved producing accessible, comprehensive and usable methods texts for both the housing and social welfare professions.
  • House buying and selling. Policy research has been conducted on the reform of the house buying and selling system in both England and Wales, and Scotland for the then DETR.
Research Groups
Teaching
Publications

Books
  • Robertson, D. (2008) Looking into Housing: A Practical Guide to Housing Research. Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing: Coventry, 290 p.

  • McIntosh, I., Robertson, D., and Sim, D., (2008) The English in Scotland: Them and us. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press.

  • Robertson, D., Smyth, J., and McIntosh, I., (2008) “Whaur are you fae?” A Study of People, Place and Identity in Stirling. York: Joseph Rowntre Foundation.
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  • Robertson, D. and Dearling, A. (2004) The Practical Guide to Social Welfare Research. Lyme Regis: Russell House Press, 243p.
  • Robertson, D. and Rosenberry, K. (2001) Home Ownership with Responsibility: Practical Governance Remedies For Britain’s Flat Owners. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation and YPS. 48 p
  • Robertson, D. (1998) Pulling in opposite directions: the failure of post war planning to regenerate Glasgow, Planning Perspectives, 13, 1, 53-67.

Journal Papers

  • Robertson, D., Smyth, J., and McIntosh, I., (2010) ‘Neighbourhood identity: The path dependency of class and place’, Housing, Theory and Society. 27, 3, 258-273.


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  • Robertson, D., and Smyth, J., (2009) ‘Tackling squalor: Housing’s contribution to the welfare state ’, Social Policy Review, 21, 87-108.
  • Robertson, D., Smyth, J., and McIntosh, I., (2008) ‘The Raploch: A history, perceptions and the future of a problem housing estate’, Architectural Heritage, XIX, 83-97.
  • McIntosh, I., Sim, D., and Robertson, D. (2004) '''It's as if you're some alien..." Exploring anti-English attitudes in Scotland', Sociological Research Online, 9, 2.

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  • McIntosh, I., Sim, D., and Robertson, D. (2004) ‘”We hate the English, but not you because your our pal”: A study of anti English sentiment in Scotland’, Sociology, 38, 1. 43-59.
  • Robertson, D., and Wagstaff, M., (2002), 'Homing in on reform', Housing Finance, 56, Winter, pp 43-54.
  • Robertson, D. (2001) Community planning: right sentiments, wrong approach, Scottish Affairs, 34, 68-90.
  • Bailey, N., and Robertson, D. (1997) Housing renewal, urban policy and gentrification, Urban Studies, 34, 4, 561-578.

Book Chapters
  • Robertson, D., (2008) ‘Drawing out the issues’ in Scanlon, K., and Whitehead, C., (eds.) Social housing in Europe II: A review of policies and outcomes.London: LSE. 287- 300 (A French language version will be published by the GIS, Paris).

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  • Robertson, D., et Smyth, J., (2007), ‘L’évolution du logement social en Écosse; de la norme a la mảrge’, dans Laflame, V., Levy-Vroelant, C., Robertson, D., and Smith, J., (éditeurs) (2007) Le logement précaire en Europe: Aux marges du palais. Paris. L'Harmattan, pp63-84.
  • Robertson, D. (2005) ‘Scotland's new towns: a corporatist experiment’, in Beech, J., Hand, O., Mulhern, M., Weston, J., (eds), Scottish Life and Society: The Individual and Community Life: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, Volume 9. Edinburgh: John Donald, in association with The European Ethnology Research Centre and National Museum of Scotland, pp 372-402.
  • Robertson, D., McIntosh, I., and Sim, D., (2005), The English in Scotland: Focusing on an invisible minority, in Beech, J., Hand, O., Mulhern, M., Weston, J., (eds), Scottish Life and Society: The Individual and Community Life: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, Volume 9. Edinburgh: John Donald, in association with  The European Ethnology Research Centre and National Museum of Scotland, pp 576-604.
  • Robertson, D. (2005) From hovels to houses, but why not homes?, in McAskill, K., (ed.) The Future of Scotland 2020: An Agenda for a New Scotland. Edinburgh: Luath Press.
  • Robertson, D. (2001) ‘Scottish Homes: A legacy’, pp.110-133, in Jones, C., and Robson, P. The Health of Scottish Housing. Aldershot: Avebury.190p.
  • Robertson, D. (2001) ‘Scottish Homes: A legacy’, pp.110-133, in Jones, C., and Robson, P. The Health of Scottish Housing. Aldershot: Avebury.190p.
  • Bailey, N., and Robertson, D. (1999) The renewal of older urban housing in Scotland, in: Andersen, H., and Leather, P., (eds.) Housing Renewal in Europe. Bristol: Policy Press.

Research Reports
  • Robertson, D., and Thomson, S., (2005) Understanding the Opportunities and Perceived Barriers to the Construction of Timber Frame Housing in Regeneration Projects. A Report to the Forestry Commission.
  • Robertson, D. (2003) The Potential Impact of the Home Information Pack in Low Demand, Low Value Housing Markets. London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
  • Robertson, D., and Whitehead, J., (2003) Buyers and Seller’s Perspectives of Home Information Packs in Low Demand, Low Value Housing Markets. London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
  • Wagstaff, M., and Robertson, D., (2002), Evaluation of a Pilot Seller's Information Pack: The Bristol Scheme, Final Report. London: Office of Deputy Prime Minister.
  • Wagstaff, M., and Robertson, D., (2002), Future Developments in Home Buying and Selling. London: Council of Mortgage Lenders.
  • Robertson, D. (2002) Literature Review of Arrangements for Common Repairs. A Report to Communities Scotland for the Scottish Executives Housing Improvement Task Force. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive. 43p.

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Edited Books
  • Laflame, V., Levy-Vroelant, C., Robertson, D., and Smith, J., (éditeurs) (2007) Le logement précaire en Europe: Aux marges du palais. Paris. L'Harmattan.
Research Projects

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