Staff profiles
Jan Gilbertson
BA (Hons), MA
Phone 0114 225 3539
E-mail j.m.gilbertson@shu.ac.uk
Jan Gilbertson is a senior research fellow in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research. She has an MA in Social Science Research Methods and has expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods. She has considerable experience of both longitudinal survey work and qualitative interviewing.
Jan has contributed on many successful research applications and has undertaken research for a range of policy clients including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Housing Corporation, the North West Regional Health Executivethe Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Communities and Local Government (CLG), the BIG Lottery and for various local authorities and Primary Care Trusts.
Jan has an urban regeneration background and her expertise centres on issues of health and well being in the urban environment, including the psychosocial determinants of health, fuel poverty, and the links between urban policy interventions, social capital and health issues. In recent years she has played a key role in developing and managing a number of large scale longitudinal projects which have examined the impact of housing investment programmes on the quality of life and well being of the tenants and residents involved. This work included a major role in the national health impact evaluation of the Government's Warm Front Scheme. With colleagues from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University College London Jan is currently involved in a project for the Department of Energy and Climate Change which is developing a model to quantify the health impacts of domestic energy efficiency measures.
Jan also has a track record of undertaking research on the impact of volunteering and was Principal Investigator of an ESRC project which examined methodological issues related to measuring participation at a local level. Recently, Jan has evaluated the impact of a volunteering programme in Doncaster which aimed to empower older people achieve a healthy lifestyle. She is currently involved in an evaluation of a financial capability project in Sheffield and a project which is assessing the impact of the voluntary and community sector in Derbyshire.
Research interests
- impact of housing investment on health and quality of life
- health impact assessment
- psychosocial determinants of health
- fuel poverty
- social capital and health
- regeneration and neighbourhood change
- qualitative and quantitative research methods
- measuring local participation
Current research projects
Please contact me for further details about these research projects and for summaries of the findings.
2011 Quantifying comfort and monetising the health impact of energy efficiency improvements, Department of Energy and Climate Change.
2011 The Voluntary and Community Sector in Derbyshire, Voice for the Voluntary Sector.
2010–2011 An Evaluation of Doncaster's Passion for life programme, NHS Doncaster and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC).
2010–2011 An Evaluation of Financial Inclusion Services Yorkshire (FISY) Financial Capability Project, FISY.
2010 Demonstrating Groundwork's Value and Benefits, Groundwork Trust.
2010 Developing the Evidence Base for Future Regional and Local Third Sector Infrastructure Provision, Economic and Social Research Council.
2010 BIG Sustainability Research, The BIG Lottery.
2009–2010 Developmental Work to Value the Impact of Regeneration, Communities and Local Government.
Selected reports (2001 onwards)
Please contact me for further details about these research projects and for summaries of the findings.
Wells, P., Gilbertson, J. and Gore, T. and Crowe, M. (2010) Measuring the Big Society? Approaches, problems and suggested improvements. Final Report. Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Wells, P., Gilbertson, J., Gore, T. and Crowe, M. (2010) A Big Society in Yorkshire and Humber? Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Gilbertson, J., Green, G., Ormandy, D. and Stafford, B. (2008) Decent Homes Better Health: Ealing Decent Homes Health Impact Assessment. Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Green, G. and Gilbertson, J. (2008) Health Impact Evaluation of the Warm Front Scheme. Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Gilbertson, J., Green, G. and Pugh, P. (2008) Healthy Ageing in the City of Sunderland. Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Gilbertson, J. and Manning, J. (2006) The dynamic of social capital, health and economy. Volunteering social capital and civic engagement in South Yorkshire coalfield communities. Sheffield, CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Gilbertson, J., Green, G. and Ormandy, D. (2006) Decent Homes better health. Sheffield, CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Cole, I., Gilbertson, J., Green, S., Hart, M., Tyler, P. and Warnock, C. (2005) Changing the Skyline: The Legacy of Liverpool Housing Action Trust. Sheffield, CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Gilbertson, J., Green, G., Grimsley, M. and Manning, J. (2005) The dynamic of social capital, health and economy. Sheffield, CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Critchley, R., Gilbertson, J., Green, G. and Grimsley, M. (2004) Housing investment and health in Liverpool. Sheffield, CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
Academic publications (2001 onwards)
Grimsley, M., Gilbertson, J. and Green, G. for the Warm Front Study Group (in press). Psychosocial routes from housing investment to health gain. Evidence from England's home energy efficiency scheme. Energy Policy.
Hong, S. H., Gilbertson, J., Oreszczyn, T., Green, G. and Ridley, I. (the Warm Front Study Group) (2009) A field study of thermal comfort in low-income dwellings in England before and after energy efficient refurbishment. Building and Environment, 44, pp. 1228-1236.
Gilbertson, J. and Wilson, I. (2009) Measuring participation at a local level: Be careful what you ask for! People Place and Policy Online, 3 (2), pp. 78-91.
Critchley, R; Gilbertson, J., Grimsley, M. and Green, G. (And the Warm Front Study Group) (2007) Living In Cold Homes after Heating Improvements Evidence from Warm Front, England's Home Energy Efficiency Scheme. Applied Energy, 84, pp. 147-158.
Gilbertson, J., Stevens, M., Stiell, B. and Thorogood, N. (For the Warm Front Study Group) (2006) Home is where the hearth is. Grant recipients views of the Warm Front Scheme. Social Science and Medicine 63, pp. 946-956.
Gilbertson, J. and Manning, J. (2006) Social participation and social capital in South Yorkshire coalfield communities. Voluntary Action, 8 (1).
Green, G., Gilbertson, J. and Grimsley, M. (2002) Fear of Crime and Health in Residential Tower Blocks: A Case Study in Liverpool, UK. European Journal of Public Health, 12 (1), pp. 10-15.
Recent conference and seminar papers
Please contact me for a copy of the following
Jan Gilbertson and Ian Wilson (2010) Measuring participation at a local level: what you ask for is what you get! Presentation for Volunteering Counts Conference, 1–2 March 2010.
Jan Gilbertson and Ian Wilson (2009) Finding the right questions: Overcoming methodological difficulties associated with measuring participation at a local level, NCVO Conference, September 2009.
Gilbertson, J. and Green, G. (2006) The dynamic of health social capital, health and economy. Presentation to South Yorkshire Research Forum Dissemination Event, Barnsley 28 February.
Gilbertson, J., Green, G. and Grimsley, M. (2005) The impact of housing investment on health and well being. Colloque International Substandard housing and health conference, Paris May 20–21.
Gilbertson, J. and Manning, J. (2005) Volunteering, civic engagement and trust in South Yorkshire coalfield communities. Volunteering Research: Frontiers and Horizons conference, Birmingham 28–29 November.
Green, G., Gilbertson, J. and Grimsley, M. (2004) The Warm Front Scheme - the impact of energy efficiency measures on the health and quality of life of grant recipients. Seminar to INLOGOV, University of Birmingham 13 May.
Green, G., Gilbertson, J. and Grimsley, M. (2004) Psychosocial routes to health gain. 2nd WHO Housing and Health Symposium, Vilnius Lithuania September 29–1 October.
