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Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration (2021)
Journal Article
Lomas, M., Ayodeji, E., & Brown, P. (2021). Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration. Health and Place, 70, 102604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102604

Urban regeneration is an important policy focus across the European Union, with initiatives seeking to address inequalities in public health. Although theoretically such initiatives should produce benefits for mental wellbeing, this lacks strong supp... Read More about Experiences of place attachment and mental wellbeing in the context of urban regeneration.

Narrative : an ontology, epistemology and methodology for pro-environmental psychology research (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, P. (2017). Narrative : an ontology, epistemology and methodology for pro-environmental psychology research. Energy Research and Social Science, 31, 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.006

The actions of individuals are recognised as crucial in reducing energy demand and shifting people towards sustainable energy sources. Much of the work has occurred within environmental psychology and has been built upon a social cognitive paradigm w... Read More about Narrative : an ontology, epistemology and methodology for pro-environmental psychology research.

A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement (2015)
Journal Article
Swan, W., Fitton, R., & Brown, P. (2015). A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 168(3), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.14.00056

There is a growing body of evidence concerning the energy efficiency performance of domestic buildings in the UK, driven by policy-based agenda, such as the need for zero carbon dioxide homes by 2016 for new build homes, and Green Deal and energy com... Read More about A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement.

Changing homelessness services : revanchism, ‘professionalisation’ and resistance (2014)
Journal Article
Scullion, L., Somerville, P., Brown, P., & Morris, G. (2015). Changing homelessness services : revanchism, ‘professionalisation’ and resistance. Health and Social Care in the Community, 23(4), 419-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12159

This paper argues that the increasing international salience of homelessness can be partially explained by reference to the revanchist thesis (involving processes of coerced exclusion and abjection), but the situation on the ground is more complex. I... Read More about Changing homelessness services : revanchism, ‘professionalisation’ and resistance.

Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance (2014)
Journal Article
Whittle, N., Peris, E., Condie, J., Woodcock, J., Brown, P., Moorhouse, A., …Steele, A. (2015). Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance. Applied Acoustics, 87, 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.06.015

This paper outlines good practice guidelines for developing a social survey to investigate public annoyance in relation to environmental vibration. Drawing on the development of international good practice guidelines and research into noise and vibra... Read More about Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance.

Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom and the need to estimate population size (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, P., Martin, P., & Scullion, L. (2014). Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom and the need to estimate population size. People, Place and Policy, 8(1), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.0008.0001.0003

Within the political framework of the European Union (EU), there has been long standing recognition that the on-going exclusion of Roma represents a key challenge for human rights, justice and social inclusion agendas. By introducing a requirement fo... Read More about Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom and the need to estimate population size.

Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, P., Swan, W., & Chahal, S. (2014). Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology. Energy Efficiency, 7(4), 641-653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-013-9245-3

Retrofit has been described as one of the major engineering challenges of the twenty-first century (Kelly 2009). However, the industry needs to look beyond regarding the problem as restricted to the physical upgrade of properties. Asset managers, eng... Read More about Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology.

Using a qualitative approach to explore the human response to vibration in residential environments in the United Kingdom (2012)
Journal Article
Condie, J., & Brown, P. (2012). Using a qualitative approach to explore the human response
to vibration in residential environments in the United
Kingdom. ˜The œbuilt & human environment review, 2(1),

As a growing number of areas in the UK become ever more densely populated, increasing construction work is being undertaken and transportation networks built in order to cope with the growing population. The development of this infrastructure, coup... Read More about Using a qualitative approach to explore the human response to vibration in residential environments in the United Kingdom.

Young people living in the YMCA (2011)
Journal Article
Somerville, P., Brown, P., Morris, G., & Scullion, L. (2011). Young people living in the YMCA. Social Policy and Society, 10(4), 559-570. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746411000303

This article presents interim findings and reflections from a case study of multiple excluded homeless people in Stoke-on-Trent. The article focuses on the experiences reported by a group of twelve such people living in the YMCA hostel. From the inte... Read More about Young people living in the YMCA.

‘Doing research’ with gypsy-travellers in England: reflections on experience and practice (2010)
Journal Article
Brown, P., & Scullion, L. (2010). ‘Doing research’ with gypsy-travellers in England: reflections on experience and practice. Community Development Journal, 45(2), 169-185. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsp008

In order to bring the lives of Gypsy–Travellers in line with the sustainable communities’ agenda, there is now a duty for local planning authorities in England to assess the accommodation and related needs of Gypsy–Travellers. As such, there has been... Read More about ‘Doing research’ with gypsy-travellers in England: reflections on experience and practice.

Making sense?: The support of dispersed asylum seekers (2009)
Journal Article
Brown, P., & Horrocks, C. (2009). Making sense?: The support of dispersed asylum seekers. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 5(2), 22-34

Reforms of the system around the accommodation and support needs of asylum seekers entering the United Kingdom (UK), during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have meant that the support of asylum seekers has largely moved away from mains... Read More about Making sense?: The support of dispersed asylum seekers.

Migration and work in the United Kingdom: Mobility and the social order (2007)
Journal Article
Jordan, B., & Brown, P. (2007). Migration and work in the United Kingdom: Mobility and the social order. Mobilities, 2(2), 255-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100701387414

In this paper we seek to highlight the interconnectedness between work and migration and the maintenance of the new social order in the United Kingdom. The content of this article is based upon a number of qualitative research projects that the autho... Read More about Migration and work in the United Kingdom: Mobility and the social order.

The Sangatte work-visa holders: a 'natural experiment' in immigration policy (2006)
Journal Article
Jordan, B., & Brown, P. (2006). The Sangatte work-visa holders: a 'natural experiment' in immigration policy. Parliamentary Affairs, 59(3), 509-521. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsl016

In view of the prominence of immigration issues in the 2005 general election, research evidence on policy initiatives is at a premium. This article argues that, despite claims of evidenced-based principles, the Home Office has been selective in its i... Read More about The Sangatte work-visa holders: a 'natural experiment' in immigration policy.