University research departments specialising in different aspects of homeless research

Netherlands Departments working in the field of homelessness

www.cedro-uva.org
CEDRO, Centre for drugs research, University of Amsterdam

www.ru.nl
Radboud University Nijmegen

www.fmg.uva.nl/english/
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

UK Departments working in the field of homelessness

www.curs.bham.ac.uk
The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (Curs) - Birmingham - Conducts some research into homelessness and produced the West Midlands Regional Homelessness Strategy

www.londonmet.ac.uk
Centre for Housing and Community Studies - Headed by Dr Joan Smith. Specialises in youth homelessness. Expertise in prevention of homelessness, families of homeless young people, routes into homelessness, qualitative analysis of homelessness, Current research: tracking study of young people leaving foyers; What is Homelessness? Looking at young people’s knowledge of homelessness and the language they use about it.

www.dass.stir.ac.uk/Housing
Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland

www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp
Centre for Housing Policy, York University - Joseph Rowntree Foundation centre of expertise on homelessness. Undertakes a considerable amount of research on homelessness. It is the home of the Housing Studies Association (http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/hsa) and the Journal - Housing Studies