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Elaine Batty
BA (Hons), MA, MA
Phone 0114 225 4519
E-mail e.batty@shu.ac.uk
Elaine Batty is a research fellow in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University. She graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with an honours degree in housing and society in 1999, followed by a Masters degree in transport planning and management in 2003 and a Masters degree social science research methods in 2008. She has ten years experience using a range of different qualitative research approaches, more recently the use of visual methods.
She has knowledge and experience of work within communities, conducting focus groups, interviewing and surveys. She has undertaken a wide range of research projects, and has been responsible for the organisation of fieldwork and case study reports for various projects.
Her main research interests concern community involvement in regeneration and the role of community and voluntary organisations. She is involved in the National Evaluation of the New Deal for Communities (NDC) as a member of the central data team. She is also currently part of the team undertaking the national evaluation of Futurebuilders. Recent projects have included the evaluation of the National Commissioning and Procurement Support Programme, and the housing needs of homeless people with complex needs and improving health outcomes in NDC areas.
Elaine has been involved in research projects sponsored by a wide range of organisations including, central government departments, Equal Opportunities Commission, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), NAVCA and Yorkshire Forward.
Research interests
Her main research interests include
- community involvement in regeneration
- transport issues relating to community engagement and gender
- the role and funding of the voluntary and community sector
Current research projects
Please contact me for further details about these research projects and for summaries of the findings.
2011 Village SOS Project Evaluation. BIG Lottery. Role: Scheme co-ordinator.
2011 Female Participation in the Labour Market. Leicester City Council. Role: team member.
2010–2011 Review of Offender Employment Services DWP and Ministry of Justice. Role: team member.
2010–2011 Hidden Homelessness, CRISIS. Role: team member.
2009–2011 Evaluation of Intensive Intervention Projects, Department for Children, Schools and Families. Role: team member.
2009–2011 Evaluation of the National Commissioning and Procurement Support Programme, NAVCA. Role - team member.
2007–2010 Living through Change in Challenging Neighborhoods, JRF. Role - member of research team.
Selected reports (2001 onwards)
Please contact me for further details about these research projects and for summaries of the findings.
Batty, E., Gore, T. and Powell, R. (2011) Participation of Women in the Labour Market in Leicester: Qualitative Follow-up Study (PDF 1.75MB). Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University
Flint, J., Batty, E., Parr, S., Platts Fowler, D., Nixon, J. and Sanderson, D. (2011) Evaluation of Intensive Intervention Projects. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.
Wells, P., Dayson, C. with Batty, E., Crisp, R. and Parr. S. (2011) Social Investment and its Impact: The Evaluation of Charity Bank in the North (PDF 1.79MB). Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University
Cole, I., Batty, E. and Green, S. (2010) Low-income neighbourhoods in Britain - the gap between policy ideas and residents' realities. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Wells, P., Batty, E., Pearson, S., Dayson, C., Platts-Fowler, D., Trinnaman, J., Garner, S., Ardron, R., Wilson, M. and Macmillan, R. (2010) Evaluation of the South Yorkshire Social Infrastructure Programme - Report A: Summary Report. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.
Wells, P., Batty, E. and Dayson, C. (2009) Evaluation of the South Yorkshire Social Infrastructure Programme - Report D: Investment in Volunteer Centre. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.
Batty, E., Pearson, S., Wells, P. and Macmillan, R. (2009) Evaluation of the South Yorkshire Social Infrastructure Programme - Report F: Core Infrastructure Services. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.
Wells, P., Batty, E., Dayson, C., Ardron, R. and Wilson, M. (2009) Evaluation of the South Yorkshire Social Infrastructure Programme - Report H: Neighbourhood Infrastructure. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.
Ardron, R., Batty, E. and Cole, I. (2007) Devising and Delivering Masterplanning at Neighborhood Level: Some Lessons from the NDC Experience. London, Communities and Local Government.
Macmillan, R. with Batty, E., Goudie, R., Morgan, G. and Pearson, S. (2007) Building effective local VCS infrastructure: the characteristics of successful support for the local voluntary and community sector. Sheffield, NAVCA.
Batty, E., Hall, M., Jones, C., Macmillan, R. and Morgan, G. (2005) Looking ahead...Visions of voluntary and community sector infrastructure in Leicestershire. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
Pearson, S., Batty, E. and MacMillan, R. (2005) The Future of Neighbourhood Level Infrastructure in Rotherham. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
Haywood, R., Kevill, P., Solomon, J. and Batty, E. (2004) New Deal for Communities and Transport. Sheffield, CRESR.
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