Staff profiles
Barry Goodchild
Professor of housing and urban planning, BA (Hons), M.Phil, MRTPI
Phone 0114 225 3531
E-mail b.j.goodchild@shu.ac.uk
Barry Goodchild is a reader and professor in the urban and regional studies subject area, where he also has responsibility for research leadership amongst academic staff.
Barry has contributed to numerous Anglo-French comparative studies, has worked for a wide variety of research clients in England, Scotland and France and has secured the publication of numerous articles in professional and academic journals.
Research interests
Barry has wide ranging research interests including
- theory development and application in housing and planning
- comparative, mostly Anglo-French comparisons of policy and practice in the housing and urban policy fields
- policy review and evaluation
Selected recent research projects
- Housing Design and Housing Quality Information Paper, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Housing Association Market Renting - a project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Social polarisation and access to public service (Anglo-French comparative study)
- Organisations and skills in urban policy (Anglo-French comparative study)
- Homes, cities and neighbourhoods - book contract for publication in 2008
