Research Profile
Dr Pauline Card
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 76092
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74845
Address:Room 1.55, Glamorgan Building
Qualifications
BSc (Econ) (Hons) in Social Policy and Sociology, Cardiff University, (1995).
Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science Research Methods, Cardiff University, (1996).
PhD, Cardiff University, City and Regional Planning, (2002).
Research Interests
Pauline's research interests include: housing policy particularly in relation to social inclusion/exclusion; housing management with an emphasis on the management of anti-social behaviour, access routes and allocation processes; the governance of housing; and changing local governance in a devolved political system. She has also developed a keen interest in the stock transfer process and its impact on new housing organisations and the social and economic regeneration of communities.
Recent Research Projects
Housing Education and Training in Wales: Developing the Framework with Dr Robert Smith and others (funded by the Welsh Assembly Government).
Hidden Homelessness: the extent, causes and problems with Dr Robert Smith, Rob Rowlands and Opinion Research Services (funded by Newport County Borough Council).
Homelessness in Newport: the One Step Shop Project with Dr Robert Smith and opinion Research Services (funded by Newport County Borough Council).
Rent Arrears in the Welsh Social Housing Sector, with Angela Evans (District Audit) and Dr Robert Smith (funded by the National Assembly for Wales and District Audit Wales).
Housing allocations and exclusions, with Bob Smith, Rob Rowlands and others (funded by Shelter).
A Housing Research Audit for Wales, with Bob Smith and others (funded by the National Assembly for Wales).
Selected Publications
- The Role of Housing Stock Transfer organisations in neighbourhood regeneration: exploring the relationship between regeneration, 'new localism' and social networks
- Governing Tenants: from dreadful enclosures to dangerous places
- Communities, networks and power: is there a localisation in decision-making?
- Governing anti-social behaviour - Inclusion or Exclusion?
- Anti-social Behaviour Strategies - Individualistic or Holistic?
Additional Information
Pauline is a Lecturer in the School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University; she lectures at both masters and undergraduate level and is Course Director for the MSc Housing and the MSc Housing and Professional Practice. Pauline completed her doctoral research in 2002, which explored the housing management strategies adopted by local authorities to deal with anti-social behaviour among tenants.