Dr Rose Smith BA,MA, PhD
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Summary
Rose is a Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Rose is a quantitative researcher with interests in housing, place, welfare benefits and education.
About
Rose joined CRESR in February 2023. She is a quantitative researcher and works primarily on housing and place projects. She has recently worked on a range of evaluations, such as an evaluation of the impact of direct energy payments on health outcomes, an ongoing evaluation of the government’s Affordable Homes initiative, and an evaluation of Home Improvement Services in England.
Rose completed her PhD in Social Policy at the University of Lincoln in 2019. Her PhD thesis focused on how housing tenure interacted with public attitudes to welfare. She undertook longitudinal, time series and comparative quantitative analysis of the UK and Europe using the British Social Attitudes survey, British Household Panel Survey, the European Social Survey and Eurostat data.
She previously worked as a quantitative Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow at the University of Leeds and the University of Nottingham on projects using government education data such as National Pupil Database and Individual Learner Record data. She has worked on projects funded by the ESRC Data Initiative and with funding partners such as the Nuffield Foundation and the Department for Education.
Teaching
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Subject area or group:
Quantitative Methods, Geographical Information Systems, Social Policy and Political Theory
Courses taught:
- MA Geographical Information Systems (2023/24) - Module Teacher
- MRes Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ (2024/25) - Guest Lecturer in Quantitative Methods
Modules taught:
- Introduction to GIS (2023/4) - Module Teacher
- Applying GIS (2023/4) - Module Teacher
- Principles of Methodology: Positivist Tradition (2024/5) - Guest Lecturer
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Social and Economic Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ projects
2024-2026 Young People At Risk Evaluation, Lambeth Council. Role: Member of research team.
2024 What older people want? A rapid evidence assessment on what older people want, and can afford, when it comes to their housing choices when looking to move, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Role: Member of research team.
2023-2024 Home Improvement Services in England: National Evaluation, Centre for Ageing Better. Role: Member of research team.
2023-2029 Evaluation of Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) 2021-26, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Role: Member of research team.
2022-2023 Evaluation of Energy Systems Catapult Warm Home Prescription project. Energy Systems Catapult. Role: Member of research team.
Publications
Reports
Gilbertson, J., Harris, C., Pearson, S., Smith, R., Wilson, I., Marshall, M., ... Smith, P. (2025). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/home-improvement-better-homes-better-lives
Gilbertson, J., Harris, C., Pearson, S., Smith, R., Wilson, I., Marshall, M., ... Smith, P. (2025). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/home-improvement-final-report
Gilbertson, J., Harris, C., Pearson, S., Smith, R., Wilson, I., Marshall, M., ... Smith, P. (2025). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/home-improvement-exec-report
Smith, R., & Wilson, I. (2023). . Sheffield: Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.
Smith, V., Noyes, A., & Dalby, D. (2020). Mathematics in Further Education: Student Progress Over Time. (4). Nuffield Foundation.
Other activities
Housing Studies Association Board Member