Staff profiles
Aimee Walshaw
BA (Hons), MSc
Phone 0114 225 6297
E-mail a.walshaw@shu.ac.uk
Aimee Walshaw is a Research Fellow at CRESR where she has worked for the last three and a half years. During this time Aimee has worked on a diverse range of research projects in the fields of housing, immigration and the voluntary and community sector. Aimee has a particular interest in the related areas of sustainable housing and housing modernisation and as authored several peer reviewed publictions on these topics. She has recently managed a major evaluation of a housing modernisation programme, the largest of its kind in the UK, to a successful conclusion and is currently managing an ESRC funded study exploring user perspectives in low energy housing. An addition to this Aimee is currently working, inter alia, on a major evaluation of reforms to the Local Housing Allowance for the Department for Work and Pensions and a programme of research looking at the impact of recession in Northern Ireland for the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister. Aimee also has expertise in the use of social media in the research process and has successfully used photography, film and web-based data to generate and validate research findings.
Aimee is also a qualified town planner and practiced as a planner in Local Government for three years prior to joining CRESR. During this time Aimee was instrumental in the delivery of the Housing Market Renewal programme designed to support the development of sustainable communities across South Yorkshire and oversaw the development of several major masterplanning projects and redevelopment schemes.
She is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute
Research interests
- environmentally sustainable housing design
- housing modernisation
- social housing
- housing led regeneration
- alternative research methods
- voluntary and Community Sector led regeneration
Current research projects
2012-2013 - User perspectives in low energy housing, The Economic and Social Research Council. Role: Research Manager
2012-2014 - Research into the Impact of the Economic Downturn and the Rebalancing of Northern Ireland's Economy on it Neighbourhoods, Office of the First and Deputy First Minister
2012-2014 - Monitoring of the direct payments in the social rented demonstration projects, Department for Work and Pensions
2011-2014 - Monitoring and evaluating the impacts of the emergency budget and spending review measures for housingbenefit, Department of Work and Pensions.
2011-2012 - Research into the effectiveness of the EDF Energy Trust grant funding programme, Charis Grants
2011-2012 - Evaluation of the Village SOS programme, Big Lottery Fund.
2010-2012 - Evaluation of Small Projects Funded by the European Integration Fund, the European Refugee Fund and the Return Fund, UK Border Agency.
2010-2012 - Evaluation of the National Community Cohesion Strategy for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government.
Selected reports (2001 onwards)
Robinson, D. and Walshaw, A.(2011) New migration, neighbourhood effects and community change. (PDF, 363KB) The Arts and Humanities Research Council.
CRESR (2011) Making the most of capital funding: what makes benefits last? The Big Lottery.
Eadson, W., Platts-Fowler, D., Robinson, D. and Walshaw, A. (2011) Community Mapping and Tension Monitoring (PDF 2.72MB). Cardiff: Welsh Government.
Ferrari, E., Gore, T., Hickman, P. Platts-Fowler, D. and Walshaw, A. (2009) Portobello and Belle Vue Housing Impact Study - Third Annual Review Report - Executive Summary (PDF 384KB). Sheffield, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research.
Ferrari, E., Gore, T., Hickman, P. and Walshaw, A. (2009) Portobello and Belle Vue Housing Impact Study - Second Annual Review Report - Executive Summary (PDF 84KB). Sheffield, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research.
Academic publications (2001 onwards)
Walshaw, A. (2012) Understanding the impact of Housing Modernisation from the Bottom Up, Journal of Urban Design and Planning
Walshaw, A. (2011) From House to Home: Residents' Perceptions of Housing Modernisation. Journal or Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 4 (3)
Goodchild, B and Walshaw, A (2011) Towards zero carbon homes in England? From inception to partial implementation - Housing Studies, 26, (6), pp. 933-949.
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