Rowland Atkinson joined the Glasgow University in 1997 after completing his doctorate at the University of Greenwich. His doctoral research was on household displacement from gentrification in London. His first degree is in Sociology, from the University of Kingston. Rowland has conducted research into a wide range of urban issues with a focus on neighbourhoods. This work has included: gentrification, social mix, gated communities, anti-social behaviour, public space, crime and control, the health impacts of regeneration, social capital, evictions in the social rented sector and strategies for managing the risks associated with sex offenders.
Rowland co-ordinates the gentrification Jiscmail email discussion list.
Rowland currently works at the Housing and Community Research Unit, School of Sociology and Social Work , University of Tasmania
FUNDED RESEARCH
Systematic Review of Mixed Communities, CNR 2004 This new review will look at the impacts of socially mixed neighbourhoods as found in existing international research on these impacts. The review will examine all robust methodological work which has looked at the impact of social different. For the sake of practicality this review will not include ethnicity as a component of mixed areas (with Ade Kearns, CNR and Sako Musterd, University of Amsterdam).
Economic Segmentation in Britain, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £80,000.
This research will look at the cause, consequences and appropriate policies to alleviate social segregation. The work will look at experiences of areas which been planned to be socially mixed using case studies as well as econometric analysis of census and other data (with Ken Gibb, Glasgow, and Geoff Meen, Reading University).
A National Acommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders in Scotland, Chartered Institute of Housing (Scotland), 2003-2004, £15,000.
This study developed recommendations for a national strategy following continuing concerns about the lack of engagement of housing providers in assessing and managing the risks associated with sex offenders. The work will feed into the development of a strategy by the Scottish Executive (with John Flint, University of Glasgow and Sarah Blandy of Sheffield Hallam University).
Evictions in the Social Rented Sector, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2003-2004, £147,000.
This study is looking to develop best practice guidance based on the experience of social landlords across England using a national survey and 16 case studies. The work has also involved interviews with tenant reps and evicted tenants (with John Flint, Jon Bannister, Carl Mills and Carol McKenzie, Glasgow, and Hal Pawson, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Atkinson, R. and Flint, J. (2004) Snowball sampling, in Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A. and Futing Liao, T. (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, London: Sage.
Atkinson, R., Blandy, S., Flint, J. and Lister, D. (2003) Gated Communities in England, London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Flint, J. Atkinson, R. and Scott, S. (2003) A Report on the Consultation Responses to Putting our Communities First: A Strategy for tackling Anti-social Behaviour, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
Atkinson, R. (Ed.) (2003) Special Issue: Gentrification in a New Century: Misunderstood saviour or vengeful wrecker? What really is the problem with gentrification?, Urban Studies (special issue), 40, 12, pp. 2343-2350.
Atkinson, R. (2003) Domestication by Cappuccino or a Revenge on Urban Space? Control and Empowerment in the Management of Public Spaces, Urban Studies, 40, 9, pp. 1211-1245.
Atkinson, R. and Kintrea, K. (2002) A consideration of the Implications of Area Effects for British Housing and regeneration Policy, European Journal of Housing Policy, 2, 2, pp. 1-20.
Parkes. A., Kearns, A. and Atkinson, R. (2002) What makes people dissatisfied with their neighbourhoods? Urban Studies, 39, 13, pp. 2413-2438.
Atkinson, R. (2002) Does Gentrification help or harm urban neighbourhoods? An assessment of the evidence-base in the context of the new urban agenda, Glasgow/Bristol: ESRC Centre for Neighbourhood Research.
Atkinson, R. and Kintrea, K. (2001) Disentangling Area Effects: Evidence from Deprived and Non-Deprived Neighbourhoods, Urban Studies, 38, 12, pp. 2277-2298.
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