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Biography

Liz Richardson is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Political & Economic Governance (IPEG). Liz joined IPEG in August 2006. Before joining IPEG she was Co-ordinator of LSE Housing, a research unit at the London School of Economics within the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

Liz has been involved in research since 1994. Her work is primarily qualitative research aimed at understanding policy interventions in and with disadvantaged neighbourhoods and groups. She has worked hands-on with residents, young people and practitioners on neighbourhood, housing and urban design problems, linked to community-focused solutions. She has worked with professionals, residents and policy makers to develop solutions to policy and practice challenges. Her work includes reports on how to tackle issues in low income neighbourhoods for the Housing Corporation, the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU), the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU), the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). She has taught postgraduate courses in management studies, and housing and urban policy. She is a tutor for Renewal Academy facilitating learning for neighbourhood renewal professionals.

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Research Interests

• community self-help and community organising
• community engagement in decision making and user involvement in public
• the relationship between political participation and social exclusion
• community capacity building
• active citizenship, civic renewal, civil society and neighbourliness
• neighbourhood governance and neighbourhood management
• mixed communities, housing growth, and housing market renewal
• local government leadership and governance
• behaviour change, incentives and tools
• policy interventions, impacts, and policy development
• experimental research methods

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Current Projects

Liz is currently working on a variety of projects including:

• Knowledge Creation Programme for the North West Improvement Network (NWIN)
  
  
• Prevention of Prolific and Priority Offending in Blackburn
  
  
• Evaluation of the Young Movers Programme
  
  
• Hitting the Glass Ceiling?
• Community Contracts Pilots Programme
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Selected Publications

• Bastow, S, Beck, H, Dunleavy, P, and Richardson, L (2007) 'Incentive Schemes and Civil Renewal' in Brannan, T John, P and Stoker G (Eds) Re-energizing citizenship: strategies for civil renewal Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
  
  
• White, G et al (2006) Exemplars of Neighbourhood Governance London : DCLG
  
  
• Richardson, L (2006) 'Incentives and motivations for neighbourliness' in Harris, K (Ed) Respect In The Neighbourhood: why neighbourliness matters Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing
  
  
• Richardson, L (2005) 'Social and political participation and inclusion' in Hills, J and Stewart, K (Eds) A More Equal Society? New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion Bristol : Policy Press
  
  
• Richardson, E (2005 ) 'User engagement in public services: policy and implementation ' Benefits , 13 (3): 189-197
  
  
• Richardson, E and Sefton, T (2005) 'Assessing small community groups: what makes them tick?' , Community, Work and Family, 8 (1): 69-92
  
  
• Power, A, Richardson , L, Seshimo, K and Firth, K with others (2004) London Thames Gateway: a framework for housing in the London Thames Gateway. London : LSE Housing
  
  
• Richardson, L (2003) Developing Residential Learning: lessons from the Pathfinders Nottingham : DfES
  
  
• Richardson, L (2002) 'Community, neighbourhood and social infrastructure' in Hills, J, Le Grand, J, and and Piachaud D (Eds) Understanding Social Exclusion , Oxford : OUP
  
  
• Richardson, L and Le Grand, J (2002) 'Outsider and Insider Expertise: The response of residents of deprived neighbourhoods to an academic definition of social exclusion' Social Policy and Administration , October 2002, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 496-515 Oxford : Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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