Institute for Housing, Urban & Real Estate Research

The Institute for Housing, Urban and Real Estate Research (IHURER) is among the UK’s top social and urban policy research centres with 25 per cent of its research outputs classed as ‘world leading’ in the UK Government’s 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Led by Professor Glen Bramley the Institute also includes internationally renowned professors: Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Colin Jones, Hal Pawson and Ya Ping Wang.

IHURER members have a robust track record of externally funded research, including research council and charitable funding as well as commissions from a wide range of government departments and agencies throughout the UK and beyond. Strong scholarship credentials are evident in the Institute's publication record. Between 2005 and 2010, the Institute produced 9 research-based books and nearly 60 refereed journal articles. 

 

News & Events

Applications sought for 2 ESRC funded PhD studentships in Urban Planning and Real Estate [item added 21 Feb 2012]

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick tours Britain with US academic, Professor Dennis Culhane [item added 05 Feb 2012]

Research heralds new era in resident empowerment [item added 02 February 2012]

Professor Dennis Culhane, School of Social Policy & Practice, The University of Pennsylvania will be giving the first urban studies seminar of 2012. Professor Culhane - an international expert on homelessness - will give his seminar on Weds Feb 8th, at 1315 in William Arrol room 303. All welcome.

Research report Serving Deprived Communities in a Recession is published by JRF.  [item added 30 January 2012]

Report on Homelessness prevention is published [item added 28 October 2011]

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick becomes an Academician in the Academy of Social Sciences. [07 October 2011]

IHURER professors on the radio [07 October 2011].

 

Background

The Institute for Housing, Urban and Real Estate Research was set up in 2011, bringing together existing research groups within Heriot-Watt University’s School of the Built Environment (SBE), namely:

• Centre for Research into Socially Inclusive Services
• Housing and Urban Society
• Property Economics and Investment.

The new group also includes Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Dr Sarah Johnsen, following their move to Heriot-Watt from the University of York in July 2010.

The former SBE research groups were included within Heriot-Watt University’s submission to the Town and Country Planning Panel in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. The result was that 25% of the group’s research outputs within the relevant period were judged ‘world leading’, with another 30% ‘internationally excellent’.