Research Profile
Dr Peter Mackie
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 76223
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74845
Address:Room 2.97, Glamorgan Building
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Geography, University of Wales, Swansea, (2003)
PhD Geography, University of Wales, Swansea, (2007) – Thesis title: ‘Children in informal trading: Cusco, Peru’
Research Interests
Peter has a broad set of research interests that cannot easily be assigned to a single discipline. Trained as a Human Geographer, his PhD focussed on children’s involvement in the informal sector and today the informal sector in developing areas continues to be a focus of Peter’s work. On completion of his PhD Peter took up the Senior Researcher post at a homelessness charity where his research inevitably focussed on housing and homelessness policy. As a Lecturer at Cardiff University, he continues to undertake research which informs housing and homelessness policy, whilst also drawing upon and developing theoretical insights. Children and young people have been a key focus in Peter’s informal sector studies and his housing and homelessness research, hence this forms a third topic in which Peter is interested.
Additional Information
Peter has a broad set of research interests that cannot easily be assigned to a single discipline. Trained as a Human Geographer, his PhD focussed on children’s involvement in the informal sector and today the informal sector in developing areas continues to be a focus of Peter’s work. On completion of his PhD Peter took up the Senior Researcher post at a homelessness charity where his research inevitably focussed on housing and homelessness policy. As a Lecturer at Cardiff University, he continues to undertake research which informs housing and homelessness policy, whilst also drawing upon and developing theoretical insights. Children and young people have been a key focus in Peter’s informal sector studies and his housing and homelessness research, hence this forms a third topic in which Peter is interested.
Recent News
Peter’s research has featured in the following news articles:
- ‘Horrendous housing trends slam door on first-time buyers’
Anushka Asthana and Emily Dyer, The Guardian, 1st January 2011 - ‘First-time home buyers face mortgage misery until 2020’
Anushka Asthana and Tracy McVeigh, The Guardian, 28th November 2010