• Housing Policy and Practice Unit

Professor Isobel Anderson is Chair in Housing Studies and Director of the Housing Policy and Practice Unit at the University of Stirling, where she has worked since 1994. She has broad-ranging research interests in housing, inequality and social exclusion with a particular focus on homelessness and health & well-being in the UK and international contexts. She is the founder and joint co-ordinator of the working group on Welfare Policy, Homelessness and Social Exclusion within the European Network for Housing Research. She was UK  researcher for the European Observatory on Homelessness (convened by FEANTSA, the EU association of national homelessness agencies) during 2001-2006 and she remains as an advisor to the group. She was a member of the Scottish Governmnent’s Homelessness Monitoring Group during 2004-2006. Isobel is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and is active in teaching on the MSc in Housing Studies and in designing Continuing Professional Development and Knowledge Exchange activities for housing and related professions.

Isobel has doctoral research supervision experience on areas such as the effectiveness of antisocial behaviour orders; communities and ethnicity; the factors influencing young people's transitions to independent living; and equal access to housing for people with physical impairments. She welcomes enquiries for doctoral studies on topics relating to housing, communities and well-being/quality of life. 

• Housing policy and the social welfare dimensions of housing
• Homelessness, housing rights and equalities in access to housing
• Housing, neighbourhoods and communities
• Housing governance, interprofessional working and issues of empowerment and participation

• Governance, Participation and Inclusion
• Scottish Addiction Studies

• HOUPA3-Policy and Strategy (Co-ordinator)
• HOUPA7-Renewal and Regeneration (Contributing Lecturer)
• HOUPA8-Housing, Health and Well-Being (Contributing Lecturer)
• HOUPA9-MSc Dissertation (Dissertation Supervisor)
• SPL9CZ-Honours Dissertation (Dissertation Supervisor)

Books

• Anderson, I. and Brown, A. with Nixon, J. and Hunter, C. (2008) Tackling Antisocial Behaviour in Scotland. An Action Framework for social housing practitioners and governing bodies. Chartered Institute of Housing and Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

• Crook, A., Kemp, P., Anderson, I. and Bowman, S. (1991) Tax incentives and the revival of private renting. York: Cloister Press.

Journal Papers

• Anderson,I. (2009) Challenges for Housing Policy in Cuba: Case Studies from Havana. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research 15(2):5-23.

• Sim, D., Barclay, A. and Anderson, I. (2009) Migrant worker experiences in Scotland: integration or exclusion? Scottish Affairs, No 69, Autumn, pp122-142

• Anderson, I. (2007) Tackling street homelessness in Scotland: the evolution and impact of the Rough Sleepers Initiative, Journal of Social Issues 63(3), pp623-640.

• Lauder, W., Anderson, I. and Barclay, A. (2005) Housing and self-neglect: the responses of health, social care and environmental health agencies, Journal of Interprofessional Care, 19(4), pp317-325.

• Anderson, I. (2004) Housing, homelessness and the welfare state in the UK, European Journal of Housing Policy, 4(3), pp369-389.

• Lauder, W., Anderson, I. and Barclay, A. (2005) A framework for good practice interagency interventions with cases of self-neglect, Journal of Pscychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 12, pp192-108.

• Anderson, I. (2003) Synthesizing homelessness research: trends, lessons and prospects, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 13(2), pp197-205.

• Anderson, I. and Christian, J. (2003) Causes of homelessness in the UK: a dynamic analysis, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 13, pp105-108.

• Anderson, I. (2003) Connecting with Cuba: housing problems and solutions, Property People, 368, pp8-9.

• Anderson, I. (2002) Against the odds: challenges for housing and regeneration in Cuba, Scottish Regeneration (23), pp6-7.

• Anderson, I. (1993) Housing policy and street homelessness in Britain, Housing Studies, 8(1), pp17-28.

Book Chapters

• Anderson, I. (2009) Homelessness policy in Scotland: A complete safety net by 2012?, Chapter 7, pp107-124 in Fitzpatrick, S., Quilgars, D. and Pleace, N., Homelessness in the UK: problems and solutions. Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing.

• Anderson, I., Dyb, E. and Finnerty, J. (2008) Homelessness policy and housing options in three European countries: Ireland, Scotland and Norway, pp44-55, in Downey, D. (ed) Perspectives on Irish Homelessness: past, present and future. Dublin: Homeless Agency. ISBN 978-0-9559739-0-1

• Anderson, I. (2008) The impact of legislative change for young homeless people: comparing Scotland and England, pp49-70 in Doherty, J. and Edgar, B., In my caravan, I feel like Superman, essays in honour of Henk Meert 1963-2006. Brussels: FEANTSA.

• Anderson, I.  (2004) Cuba, pp99-101 in Levinson, D. Encyclopedia of Homelessness. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Anderson, I. and Barclay, A. (2003) Housing and Health, pp158-183, in Watterson, A. Public Health in Practice. London: Palgrave.

• Anderson, I. (1999) Social housing or social exclusion: non-access to housing for single homeless people, pp155-172, in Clapham, D. and Hutson, S., Homelessness: public policies and private troubles. London: Cassals.

• Anderson, I. (1999) Young single people and access to social housing, pp35-49, in Rugg, J. (ed) Young people, housing and social policy in contemporary Britain. London: Routledge.

• Anderson, I. (1997) Homelessness and social exclusion: the situation of single homeless people in Great Britain, pp107-137, in Huth, M. J. and Wright, T., International critical perspectives on homelessness. Connecticut: Praeger.

Research Reports

• Anderson, I., Baptista, I., Wolf, J., Edgar, B., Benjaminsen, L., Sapounakis, A. and Schoible, H. (2006) The changing role of service provision: barriers of access to health services for homeless people. Brussels: FEANTSA.

• Anderson, I., Baptista, I., Wolf, J., Edgar, B., Sapounakis, A. and Schoible, H. (2005) The changing role of service provision: services for homeless people and interagency working. Brussels: FEANTSA.

• Anderson, I. and Thomson, S. (2005) More priority needed: the impact of legislative change on young homeless people's access to housing and support. London: Shelter.

• Anderson, I. (2004) Policy measures to ensure access to decent housing for migrants and ethnic minorities in Europe: United Kingdom National Report. Brussels: Report to FEANTSA and DG Employment and Social Affairs.

• Anderson, I. and Tulloch, D.  (2000) Pathways through homelessness: a review of research. Edinburgh: Scottish Homes.

• Yanetta, A., Third, H. and Anderson, I. (1999) National monitoring and interim evaluation of the rough sleeping initiative in Scotland. Edinburhg: Scottish Executive.

• Anderson, I. and Morgan, J. (1997) Social housing for single people: a study of local policy and practice. University of Stirling/Report to Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

• Anderson, I., Kemp, P. and Quilgars, D. (1993) Single Homeless People. London: Department of the Environment.

Edited Books

• Anderson, I. and Sim, D.  (2000) Social exclusion and housing: context and challenges. Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing and Housing Studies Association.

• Evaluation of the Scottish Rough Sleeping Initiative
• Housing and self-neglect
• UK Research Correspondent: European Observatory on Homelessness
• Impact of legislative change on access to housing and support for young homeless people
• Developing an Action Framework for Tackling Antisocial Behaviour in Scotland
• Resilience to housing crisis: factors influencing success for young people in social tenancies.
• The integration of health services in a comprehensive response to homelessness
• Continuity or change in Cuba? Housing, neighbourhood participation and state governance.