Yr Athro Peter Mackie

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Cymrawd Ymchwil Anrhydeddus
Ysgol Daearyddiaeth a Chynllunio
Cymrawd Ymchwil Anrhydeddus
Athrawon anrhydeddus

Peter's research and teaching focus on three broad themes. Firstly, he has a keen interest in urban livelihoods and the informal economy, focussing on the use of public space, conflicts with government and the potential of rights based approaches to address issues of exclusion. Secondly, he is a leading expert in the field of housing and homelessness in a developed world context. His research in this area has focussed on the housing pathways of very vulnerable people and again he has examined rights-based approaches as a potential solution to housing poverty. Children and young people have been a key focus in Peter's urban livelihoods studies and his housing and homelessness research, hence this constitutes the third theme of Peter's research. In all of Peter's research he has sought to understand the experiences of people in poverty from their own perspectives by adopting and developing participatory research methods, including the peer approach.

His research has been funded by a range of organisations, including the Welsh Government, local authorities, the Big Lottery, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and the British Academy. Peter is currently the FEANTSA Research advisor for the UK and convenor of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) Housing Research Network.

Advisory/Governance Roles

Member, Welsh Government Ministerial Advisory Group on Welsh Homelessness Guidance.
Member, Welsh Government Ministerial Advisory Group on Rough Sleepers.
Trustee, Llamau.

Presentations and Papers

2013

Plenary presentation, International Homelessness Conference, Philadelphia
Plenary presentation, Cymorth Cymru Annual Conference, Cardiff
Plenary presentation, Unequal Wales Seminar, Cardiff
Plenary presentation, Shelter Cymru Annual Conference, Swansea
Plenary presentation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation Conference on Intergenerational Housing Issues, St. George's House, Windsor Castle

2012

Plenary presentation, CiH Cymru Annual Conference, Cardiff
Session paper, Britain on the Move Conference, RGS-IBG, London
Session paper, Taking the Right Steps: Children's Rights, Wales and the World Conference, Swansea University
Session paper, CiH Scotland Annual Conference, Edinburgh
Session paper, Policy and Politics Conference, Bristol
Plenary presentation, Scottish Council for Single homeless Annual Conference, Edinburgh
Session paper, Shelter Cymru Annual Conference, Swansea

2011

Plenary presentation, Scottish Council for Single homeless Annual Conference, Edinburgh

2010

Session paper, FEANTSA European Homelessness Research Conference, Paris
Session paper, ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg
Plenary presentation, JRF Young People and Housing Events, London and Cardiff

Date
Type

2017

MacKie, P. et al. 2017. Informal economies, conflict recovery and absent aid. Environment and Urbanization 29 (2), pp.365-382. (10.1177/0956247817719868)
MacKie, P. K. , Thomas, I. and Bibbings, J. 2017. Homelessness prevention: Reflecting on a year of pioneering Welsh legislation in practice. European Journal of Homelessness 11 (1), pp.81-107.
Brown, A. M. B. and MacKie, P. 2017. Urban informality and 'rebel streets'. In: Brown, A. M. B. ed. Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy: Street Trade and the Law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City Routledge. , pp.1-16.
MacKie, P. , Swanson, K. and Goode, R. 2017. Reclaiming space: street trading and revanchism in Latin America. In: Brown, A. M. B. ed. Rebel Streets and the Informal Economy: Street Trade and the Law. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City Routledge. , pp.63-76.
MacKie, P. and Kaczmarek-Day, A. 2017. Bridging the divide: the potential role of contemporary geographical research in schools. Journal of Geography 116 (5)(10.1080/00221341.2016.1267787)

2016

MacKie, P. K. 2016. Young people and housing: identifying the key issues. International Journal of Housing Policy 16 (2), pp.137-143. (10.1080/14616718.2016.1159273)

2015

MacKie, P. K. 2015. Homelessness prevention and the Welsh legal duty: lessons for international policies. Housing Studies 30 (1), pp.40-59. (10.1080/02673037.2014.927055)

2014

Clapham, D. et al., 2014. The housing pathways of young people in the UK. Environment and Planning A 46 (8), pp.2016-2031. (10.1068/a46273)
MacKie, P. 2014. The Welsh homelessness legislation review: delivering universal access to appropriate assistance?. Contemporary Wales 27 (1), pp.1-20.
MacKie, P. , Bromley, R. D. F. and Brown, A. 2014. Informal traders and the battlegrounds of revanchism in Cusco, Peru. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38 (5), pp.1884-1903. (10.1111/1468-2427.12161)
MacKie, P. and Thomas, I. 2014. Nations apart? Experiences of single homeless people across Great Britain. Project Report.[Online].London: Crisis. Available at: http://www.crisis.org.uk/data/files/publications/NationsApart.pdf.
MacKie, P. K. and Thomas, I. 2014. Nations apart? Experiences of single homelessness across Great Britain. Project Report.[Online].London: Crisis. Available at: http://www.crisis.org.uk/data/files/publications/NationsApart.pdf.

2013

Hoffman, S. , MacKie, P. K. and Bibbings, J. 2013. Housing and the independent older child. In: Williams, J. ed. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. , pp.93-106.
Smith, R. S. G. et al. 2013. Interim evaluation of the regulatory framework for housing associations in Wales. Technical Report.

2012

Shelton, K. H. et al. 2012. Opening doors for all American youth? Evidence for Federal homelessness policy. Housing Policy Debate 22 (3), pp.483-504. (10.1080/10511482.2012.683034)
Clapham, D. F. et al. 2012. Housing options and solutions for young people in 2020. Project Report.York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Mackie, P. K. 2012. Housing pathways of disabled young people: evidence for policy and practice. Housing Studies 27 (6), pp.805-821. (10.1080/02673037.2012.714464)
MacKie, P. K. 2012. Peer research with children and young people: reflecting on the impact of adopting a rights-based rationale. In: Fleming, J. and Boeck, T. eds. Involving Children and Young People in Health and Social Care Research. London: Routledge. , pp.175-186.
MacKie, P. K. 2012. Youth homelessness policy in Wales: improving housing rights and addressing geographical wrongs. In: Horton, J. , Kraftl, P. and Tucker, F. eds. Critical Geographies of Childhood and Youth: Contemporary Policy and Practice. Bristol: Policy Press. , pp.231-247.
MacKie, P. K. et al. 2012. Options for an improved homelessness legislative framework in Wales: A report to inform the review of homelessness legislation in Wales. Technical Report.
MacKie, P. K. et al. 2012. Assessing the impacts of proposed changes to homelessness legislation in Wales: a report to inform the review of homelessness legislation in Wales. Technical Report.
MacKie, P. K. , Thomas, I. and Hodgson, K. 2012. Impact analysis of homelessness legislation in Wales: A report to inform the review of homelessness legislation in Wales. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government. Available at: http://www.senedd.assemblywales.org/documents/s7352/Impact%20analysis%20of%20existing%20homelessness%20legislation%20in%20Wales.pdf.

2011

Campbell, J. A. and MacKie, P. K. 2011. Improving the system of services for vulnerable young people: research into an approach to the housing, social care and support needs of young homeless people and young people leaving care in Torfaen. Project Report.[Online].Shelter Cymru. Available at: http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/Related-Documents/Supporting-People/Services-for-vulnerable-young-people.pdf.
MacKie, P. K. and Hoffman, S. 2011. Homelessness legislation in Wales: stakeholder perspectives on potential improvements. Project Report.Welsh Government.

2010

Clapham, D. F. et al. 2010. Young people and housing in 2020: identifying key drivers for change. Project Report.York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Hoffman, S. , Mackie, P. K. and Pritchard, J. 2010. Anti-social behaviour law and policy in the United Kingdom: assessing the impact of enforcement action in the management of social housing. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment 2 (1), pp.26-44. (10.1108/17561451011036504)
Mackie, P. K. and Bowen, K. 2010. A place of my own. A study of disabled young people's transitions to independent living. Technical Report.

2009

Bromley, R. D. F. and Mackie, P. K. 2009. Child experiences as street traders in Peru: contributing to a reappraisal for working children. Children's Geographies 7 (2), pp.141-158. (10.1080/14733280902798852)
Bromley, R. D. F. and Mackie, P. K. 2009. Displacement and the new spaces for informal trade in the Latin American city centre. Urban Studies 46 (7), pp.1485-1506. (10.1177/0042098009104577)
Mackie, P. K. 2009. In the know but not in education? Early housing advice interventions with young people excluded from mainstream education. Technical Report.
MacKie, P. K. , Clapham, D. F. and Pritchard, J. 2009. Homelessness policy in Wales: which path will it take?. In: Fitzpatrick, S. , Quilgars, D. and Pleace, N. eds. Homelessness in the UK: Problems and Solutions. Chartered Institute of Housing Policy and Practice Series Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing. , pp.125-141.
Russell, A. and Mackie, P. K. 2009. Developing temporary accommodation standards for homeless young people: a youth-centred approach. Technical Report.

2008

Bromley, R. D. F. and Mackie, P. K. 2008. Identifying the role of children in informal trade: evidence for urban policy. International Development Planning Review 30 (2), pp.113-131. (10.3828/idpr.30.2.2)
MacKie, P. K. 2008. This time round: exploring the effectiveness of current interventions in the housing of homeless prisoners released to Wales. Project Report.Swansea: Shelter Cymru.
MacKie, P. K. , Bowen, K. and McKeever, B. 2008. Family experiences of accessing Disabled Facilities Grants: a collaborative research study in Wales and Northern Ireland. Project Report.Swansea: Shelter Cymru.

Peter is a member of the Urban and Regional Governance Research Group, Chair of the Wales Housing Research Network @ WISERD and UK Advisor for FEANTSA.

Interests / Areas of Expertise

Housing Policy
Homelessness Policy and Law
Urban livelihoods and the informal economy
Participatory research methods

Peter's research focuses on three broad themes. Firstly, he has a keen interest in urban livelihoods and the informal economy, focussing on the use of public space, conflicts with government and the potential of rights based approaches to address issues of exclusion. Secondly, he is a leading expert in the field of housing and homelessness in a developed world context. His research in this area has focussed on the housing pathways of very vulnerable people and again he has examined rights-based approaches as a potential solution to housing poverty. Children and young people have been a key focus in Peter's urban livelihoods studies and his housing and homelessness research, hence this constitutes the third theme of Peter's research. In all of Peter's research he has sought to understand the experiences of people in poverty from their own perspectives by adopting and developing participatory research methods, including the peer approach.

Projects

2013 - present: Administrative Data Research Network Wales, ESRC.

2013 - 2015: Inclusive growth: improving microfinance regulation to support growth and innovation in micro-enterprise, ESRC-DFID.

2012-2013: Interim Evaluation of the Social Housing Regulatory Framework, Welsh Government.

2011-2012: Review of homelessness legislation in Wales, Welsh Government.

2011: Stakeholder perspectives on the homelessness legislation in Wales, Welsh Government.

2010-2013: Rights in the city: developing pro-poor policies with street-traders in Latin America, British Academy.

2010-2011: Research into an approach to the housing, social care & support needs of young homelessness persons and young persons leaving care in Torfaen, Torfaen County Borough Council.

2009-2012: Young people and housing: challenges and solutions for 2020, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

2009-2010: Equal opportunities and diversity in Caerphilly Audit, Welsh Council for Voluntary Action.

2008-2009: The housing and homelessness experiences of A8 migrant workers living in Wales, Big Lottery Research Programme.

2008: Family experiences of accessing Disabled Facilities Grants: a collaborative research study in Wales and Northern Ireland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

2007: Research into the housing needs of vulnerable young people in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Fframwaith Rhondda Cynon Taf Children and Young People's Partnership.

PhD supervision

Potential PhD students are encouraged to discuss possible PhD proposals with Dr Mackie in relation to any of his research interests. Current students include:

Ademola Omoegun, Informal trader displacement and the right to the city in Nigeria.
Natalia Stutter, Sustainable street food in Vietnam.
Yamen Al Betawi, Housing and quality of life in Amman, Jordan.
Hannah Pitt, Community Gardening in Wales (second supervisor).
Daniel Ronson, Can the new social economy sustainably address food poverty through the utilization of surplus food?

Qualifications

PhD in Human Geography (thesis title: Children in informal trading: Cusco, Peru), University of Wales Swansea (2003 - 2007).
BSc Human Geography, University of Wales Swansea (2000 - 2003).

Career

Lecturer, Cardiff University (2009 - present).
Senior Research Officer, Shelter Cymru (2008 - 2009).
Research and Evaluation Officer, Shelter Cymru (2007 - 2008).
Researcher, Opinion Research Services (2006 - 2007).
Tutor, University of Wales Swansea (2003 - 2006).

Professional Memberships

Associate of the Higher Education Authority.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Awards/Prizes

Royal Society Dudley Stamp Memorial Prize, 2004.
Royal Geographical society Slawson Award, 2004.

External Activity

Review Editor, International Journal of Housing Research.

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

National Council for Geographic Education Journal of Geography Award for Best Secondary Teaching Article, 2018
Research Impact Award Finalist, Social Research Association Wales, 2017
Cardiff University Innovation and Impact Award, 2016
Royal Society Dudley Stamp Memorial Prize, 2004
Royal Geographical society Slawson Award, 2004

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Associate of the Higher Education Authority
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Member of the Housing Studies Association

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot Watt University (2018 - 2021)
Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University (2015 - 2018)
Lecturer, Cardiff University (2009 - 2015)
Senior Research Officer, Shelter Cymru (2008 - 2009)
Research and Evaluation Officer, Shelter Cymru (2007 - 2008)
Tutor, University of Wales Swansea (2003 - 2006)

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of: