Staff profiles
Professor Ian Cole
Principal research fellow, BA, DipSocAdmin, MPhil
Phone 0114 225 4529
E-mail i.d.cole@shu.ac.uk
Ian Cole is professor of housing studies and a principal research fellow in CRESR. He has extensive experience of research, teaching and writing in the field of housing and regeneration policy and practice. He has directed research projects for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), Housing Corporation, regional bodies, local authorities and housing associations.
Professor Cole has been appointed as special adviser to the three House of Commons Select Committee inquiries on the impact of regeneration, low housing demand, and the role of Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders. He recently chaired a Ministerial Advisory Panel on the future of regulation in the social housing sector. He is an academic advisor to the ECORYS Research Committee, based in the Netherlands.
Professor Cole is a member of the CLG Expert Panels on Housing and Community Analysis and on Regeneration and Economic Development. He has been a member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Board of Examiners in Town Planning and of the JRF Housing and Neighbourhoods Committee.
Professor Cole is heading up the housing domain in the national evaluation of the New Deal for Communities (NDC) programme and leads the CRESR team that was part of the consortium undertaking the national evaluation of the Housing Market Renewal programme. He is currently directing a major three year qualitative research project on experiences of neighbourhood change in six areas of Britain, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Research interests
Ian has wide ranging research interests including
- housing market analysis
- housing, regeneration and social mix
- place-based and person-based approaches to tackling social and economic disadvantage
- the development and future direction of the social housing sector in Britain
- social cohesion and urban change in Britain
- cross-national comparisons of area-based programmes
Current research projects
Please contact me for further details about these research projects and for summaries of the findings.
2007–2010 Living through Change in Challenging Neighbourhoods, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Role: Project director.
2005–2008 Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Programme - National Evaluation, (Ecotec) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) / DCLG. Role, Project director.
2006–2007 Masterplanning in the NDC Programme: an Evaluation of Recent Practice, Department for Communities and Local Government. Role: Project director.
2006 Improving the Residential Offer in the Leeds City Region, West Yorkshire Housing Partnership. Role: Project director.
2006 Demands and Aspirations of Minority Ethnic Communities in the Manchester City Region, Ecotec. Role: Project director.
Selected reports (2001 onwards)
Please contact me for further details about these research projects and for summaries of the findings.
Cole, I (2008) The Housing Market Renewal Programme in Perspective: Maintaining momentum through difficult times. A Report to the Chairs and Directors of HMR Partnerships
Cole, I. and Flint, J. (2007) Housing Affordability, Clearance and Relocation in the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders. London, Chartered Institute of Housing.
Cole, I. (2006) Improving the Residential Offer in the Leeds City Region: Developing a Strategic Response to the Challenges of Economic Growth: Report to Leeds City Region Development Partnership. Annex to Leeds City Region Development Plan Submission 2. Leeds, Leeds City Council.
Cole, I (2006) Dealing with 'Problem' Private Rented Housing - Housing Research Summary No 228. London, DCLG.
Cole, I. and Tostevin. (2006) Manchester City Region- Demands and Aspirations of Minority Ethnic Communities. Report to Association of Greater Manchester Authorities. Manchester, Ecotec.
Cole, I. (2006) Addressing Housing Affordability, Clearance and Relocation Issues in the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders. JRF Findings, September. York, JRF.
Cole, I., Grimsley, M., Hickman, P. and PRS Internet Resource Pack (2006) Produced by IdEA/DCLG/Sheffield Hallam University. Accessed through www.idea.gov.uk.
Cole, I., Beatty, C., Grimsley, M., Hickman, P. and Wilson, I. (2005) Housing and the Physical Environment: Will Residents Stay and Reap the Benefits? London, DCLG.
Cole, I., Robinson, D., Champion, T., Reeve, K., Bennington, J., Coward, S., Goudie, R. and Hickman, P. (2005) A Review of the Evidence Base on Frequent Moving among Disadvantaged Groups. Report to Social Exclusion Unit. Sheffield, CRESR.
Cole, I. and Sprigings, N. (2005) Developing Socially Mixed Communities - A Triumph of Aspiration over Evidence? London, ODPM and HM Treasury.
Cole, I., Hickman, P. and Reeve, K. (2004) Interpreting Housing Market Change: the Case of Leeds. Sheffield, CRESR.
Cole, I. and Nevin, B. (2004) Road to Renewal. York, York Publishing Services.
Academic publications (2001 onwards)
Cole, I. (2006) 'Hidden from History? Housing Studies, the Perpetual Present and the Case of Social Housing in Britain. Housing Studies, 21 (2), pp. 283-296.
Cole, I. and Etherington, D. (2004) Neighbourhood Renewal and Housing Market Change in Britain and Denmark. European Journal of Housing Policy.
Cole, I. (2003) The Development of Housing Policy in the English regions: trends and prospects. Housing Studies, 18 (2), pp. 219-234.
Cole, I. (2003) Dangers in the Pursuit of Pure Relationships. Housing, Theory and Society, 20 (1), pp. 16-19.
Recent conference and seminar papers
Please contact me for a copy of the following:
Cole, I. (2006) Touching the Void; Changing Policies to Deal with Empty Housing in neighbourhood Regeneration. CRESR Seminar Programme.
Cole, I. (2006) The Case for State Intervention in Housing Markets. Housing Studies Association, York.
PhD supervision
Students supervised include
- Laura Twomey - 'Social Mix and The Development of Multi-Tenure Housing Schemes' - awarded 1999
- Sonia O'Toole - 'Low Housing Demand and Multi-Racial Settlement'
- Francesca Albanese - 'Asset Management and decision-making in Housing Associations' - awarded 2008
- Martin McNally - 'Local Housing Market Analysis and the Role of Stakeholder Institutions'
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