Dr Louise Lawson
- Lecturer (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
- Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
telephone:
01413305282
email:
Louise.Lawson@glasgow.ac.uk
R209 Level 1, Urban Studies, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS
Biography
Louise Lawson is a Lecturer in Urban Studies and Social Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Her research has focused on policy responses to health inequalities, urban regeneration, poverty, gender, and the dynamics of women’s work, with a particular interest in the social science of the everyday.
Louise's PhD by publication examined theories of poverty and power in the context of urban regeneration: 'Community regeneration in Glasgow: perspectives of poverty and power'.
Louise was lead qualitative Research Fellow on the GoWell Research and Learning programme—a major mixed-methods study of housing and regeneration in Glasgow—and has published extensively in this field.
In 2020, she was awarded a Nuffield Foundation grant as Principal Investigator for a study on women in multiple low-paid employment and is currently developing a further mixed-methods project on women’s employment trajectories and unpaid care.
Her research is policy-oriented and activist in nature: she is an active member of the Centre for Public Policy, and contributes to national policy reviews and consultations.
Member of Participatory Methods Group
Member of Just Cities and Societies Research Group
Associate of the School of Health and Wellbeing
Affiliate of the Centre for Public Policy
Principal Investigator on the Nuffield Foundation funded project, "Women in Multiple Low-paid Employment: Pathways between Work, Care and Health" (2020-2024).
Research interests
I am a qualitative researcher and am interested in participatory and creative methods.
Principal Investigator on Nuffield Foundation funded project, "Women in Multiple Low-paid Employment: Pathways between Work, Care and Health" (2020-2024)
Researcher at UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) on ‘The impact of social housing: economic, social, health and wellbeing’ (2020)
GoWell Lived Realities study and other projects: Research Lead on qualitative longitudinal study of families living through transformational urban regeneration in Glasgow (2006-2019)
Founder of Qualitative Researchers Network at the University of Glasgow (Adam Smith Foundation Seedcorn funding)
Research groups
Publications
2024
Lawson, Louise, Kearns, Ade 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Mackenzie, Mhairi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X and Wilson, Tanya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-2299
(2024)
Women in Multiple Low-paid Employment: Pathways Between Work, Care and Health. Final Report.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.326795).
2021
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2021)
Foodbanks as paradoxes of policy and society.
Voluntary Sector Review, 12(3),
pp. 439-457.
(doi: 10.1332/204080520X15926573026085)
2019
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2019)
Changing contexts and critical moments: interim outcomes for children and young people living through involuntary relocation.
Housing Studies, 34(4),
pp. 636-665.
(doi: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1468418)
2016
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2016)
'Power to the (young) people’? Children and young people's empowerment in the relocation process associated with urban re-structuring.
International Journal of Housing Policy, 16(3),
pp. 376-403.
(doi: 10.1080/14616718.2016.1143788)
2015
Egan, Matt, Lawson, Louise, Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Conway, Ellie and Neary, Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-937X
(2015)
Neighbourhood demolition, relocation and health: a qualitative longitudinal study of housing-led urban regeneration in Glasgow, UK.
Health and Place, 33,
pp. 101-108.
(doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.006)
(PMID:25814338)
(PMCID:PMC4463975)
Lawson, Louise, Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Egan, Matthew and Conway, Ellie
(2015)
"You can't always get what you want…"? Prior-attitudes and post-experiences of relocation from restructured neighbourhoods.
Housing Studies, 30(6),
pp. 942-966.
(doi: 10.1080/02673037.2014.994199)
2014
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2014)
Rethinking the purpose of community empowerment in neighbourhood regeneration: the need for policy clarity.
Local Economy, 29(1-2),
pp. 65-81.
(doi: 10.1177/0269094213519307)
2013
Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Kearns, O. and Lawson, L.
(2013)
Notorious places: image, reputation, stigma: the role of newspapers in area reputations for social housing estates.
Housing Studies, 28(4),
pp. 579-598.
(doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.759546)
Neary, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-937X, Egan, M., Keenan, P.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6693-4062, Lawson, L. and Bond, L.
(2013)
Damned if they do, damned if they don't: negotiating the tricky context of anti-social behaviour and keeping safe in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods.
Journal of Youth Studies, 16(1),
pp. 118-134.
(doi: 10.1080/13676261.2012.710745)
2010
Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2010)
'Community empowerment' in the context of the Glasgow housing stock transfer.
Urban Studies, 47(7),
pp. 1459-1478.
(doi: 10.1177/0042098009353619)
Egan, M. et al. (2010) Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10(1), 41. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-41)
Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2010)
Community engagement in regeneration: are we getting the point?
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 25(1),
pp. 19-36.
Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2010)
Community engagement in regeneration: are we getting the point?
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 25(1),
pp. 19-36.
(doi: 10.1007/s10901-009-9168-7)
2009
Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392 and Lawson, L.
(2009)
(De)Constructing a policy 'failure': housing stock transfer in Glasgow.
Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 5(4),
pp. 449-470.
(doi: 10.1332/174426409X478789)
2008
Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392 and Lawson, L.
(2008)
Housing stock transfer in Glasgow - the first five years: a study of policy implementation.
Housing Studies, 23(6),
pp. 857-878.
(doi: 10.1080/02673030802416635)
2005
Mackenzie, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Lawson, L., Mackinnon, J. and Meth, F.
(2005)
Local strategies for whole systems change.
In: Barnes, M., Bauld, L., Benzeval, M., Judge, K., Mackenzie, M. and Sullivan, H. (eds.)
Health Action Zones: Partnerships for Health Equity.
Routledge: London, UK.
ISBN 9780415325509
2002
Mackenzie, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Lawson, L. and MacKinnon, J.
(2002)
Generating learning.
In: Bauld, L. and Judge, K. (eds.)
Learning From Health Action Zones.
Aeneas Press: Chichester.
ISBN 9781902115245
2001
Lawson, L., MacKinnon, J. and Truman, J. (2001) Health action zones: where next? Health Development Today, 2, p. 16.
Articles
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2021)
Foodbanks as paradoxes of policy and society.
Voluntary Sector Review, 12(3),
pp. 439-457.
(doi: 10.1332/204080520X15926573026085)
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2019)
Changing contexts and critical moments: interim outcomes for children and young people living through involuntary relocation.
Housing Studies, 34(4),
pp. 636-665.
(doi: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1468418)
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2016)
'Power to the (young) people’? Children and young people's empowerment in the relocation process associated with urban re-structuring.
International Journal of Housing Policy, 16(3),
pp. 376-403.
(doi: 10.1080/14616718.2016.1143788)
Egan, Matt, Lawson, Louise, Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Conway, Ellie and Neary, Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-937X
(2015)
Neighbourhood demolition, relocation and health: a qualitative longitudinal study of housing-led urban regeneration in Glasgow, UK.
Health and Place, 33,
pp. 101-108.
(doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.006)
(PMID:25814338)
(PMCID:PMC4463975)
Lawson, Louise, Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Egan, Matthew and Conway, Ellie
(2015)
"You can't always get what you want…"? Prior-attitudes and post-experiences of relocation from restructured neighbourhoods.
Housing Studies, 30(6),
pp. 942-966.
(doi: 10.1080/02673037.2014.994199)
Lawson, Louise and Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2014)
Rethinking the purpose of community empowerment in neighbourhood regeneration: the need for policy clarity.
Local Economy, 29(1-2),
pp. 65-81.
(doi: 10.1177/0269094213519307)
Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Kearns, O. and Lawson, L.
(2013)
Notorious places: image, reputation, stigma: the role of newspapers in area reputations for social housing estates.
Housing Studies, 28(4),
pp. 579-598.
(doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.759546)
Neary, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-937X, Egan, M., Keenan, P.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6693-4062, Lawson, L. and Bond, L.
(2013)
Damned if they do, damned if they don't: negotiating the tricky context of anti-social behaviour and keeping safe in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods.
Journal of Youth Studies, 16(1),
pp. 118-134.
(doi: 10.1080/13676261.2012.710745)
Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2010)
'Community empowerment' in the context of the Glasgow housing stock transfer.
Urban Studies, 47(7),
pp. 1459-1478.
(doi: 10.1177/0042098009353619)
Egan, M. et al. (2010) Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10(1), 41. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-41)
Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2010)
Community engagement in regeneration: are we getting the point?
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 25(1),
pp. 19-36.
Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392
(2010)
Community engagement in regeneration: are we getting the point?
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 25(1),
pp. 19-36.
(doi: 10.1007/s10901-009-9168-7)
Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392 and Lawson, L.
(2009)
(De)Constructing a policy 'failure': housing stock transfer in Glasgow.
Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 5(4),
pp. 449-470.
(doi: 10.1332/174426409X478789)
Kearns, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392 and Lawson, L.
(2008)
Housing stock transfer in Glasgow - the first five years: a study of policy implementation.
Housing Studies, 23(6),
pp. 857-878.
(doi: 10.1080/02673030802416635)
Lawson, L., MacKinnon, J. and Truman, J. (2001) Health action zones: where next? Health Development Today, 2, p. 16.
Book Sections
Mackenzie, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Lawson, L., Mackinnon, J. and Meth, F.
(2005)
Local strategies for whole systems change.
In: Barnes, M., Bauld, L., Benzeval, M., Judge, K., Mackenzie, M. and Sullivan, H. (eds.)
Health Action Zones: Partnerships for Health Equity.
Routledge: London, UK.
ISBN 9780415325509
Mackenzie, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Lawson, L. and MacKinnon, J.
(2002)
Generating learning.
In: Bauld, L. and Judge, K. (eds.)
Learning From Health Action Zones.
Aeneas Press: Chichester.
ISBN 9781902115245
Research Reports or Papers
Lawson, Louise, Kearns, Ade ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-8392, Mackenzie, Mhairi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X and Wilson, Tanya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-2299
(2024)
Women in Multiple Low-paid Employment: Pathways Between Work, Care and Health. Final Report.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.326795).
Grants
- Principal Investigator: “Women in multiple low-paid employment: pathways between work, care and health” (2020-2024). Nuffield Foundation £324,262
- Principal Investigator: "Representing Women's Multiple Low-paid Work through Art and Research" (2024), ESRC Impact Acceleration Account follow on fund £16,000
- Qualitative Research Network, Adam Smith Research Fund (seedcorn funding), 2010
Supervision
Research student
Joanne Neary (joint supervision between Urban Studies and the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)
Thesis title: Young people and regeneration 2010-2013
Teaching
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Social and Public Policy; Health Policy; Research Design, Methods and Ethics; Advanced Qualitative Methods
Convenor: MSc Understanding Health Policy
Co-Convenor: MSc/MRes Global Health
Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD Supervisor, and Thesis Mentor
Previous teaching (postgraduate and undergraduate):
Urban Studies: Research Design, Methods and Ethics
Advanced Qualitative Methods
Research and Dissertation Design
Community participation in Urban Regeneration
Social Research and Investigation
Additional information
I am Division Disability Officer in Urban Studies and Social Policy
Other Publications
Rutherford, A., Gausden, C and Lawson, L. (2023). Pouring Out, Pouring In: Mapping Women’s Work. Good Press: Glasgow Women’s LibraryPOURING_OUT_POURING_IN_Pdf_Download.pdf
Gibb, K., Lawson, L., Williams, J and McLaughlin, M (2020). The impact of social housing: economic, social, health and wellbeing, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) and Housing Associations' Charitable Trust (HACT) 66627.pdf (sfha.co.uk)
Lawson, L and Kearns, A. (2017) The Value of Foodbanks. Project Report. GoWell, Glasgow. https://www.gowellonline.com/assets/0000/3956/Food_and_beyond_-_exploring_the_foodbank_experience.pdf
Lawson, L & Kearns, A. (2017) Community and Neighbourhood Change in GoWell Wider Surrounding Areas. Project Report. GoWell, Glasgow.
Lawson, L & Kearns, A. (2017) Living in new homes in Glasgow’s regeneration areas. Project Report. GoWell, Glasgow.
https://www.gowellonline.com/assets/0000/3928/New_Build_Report_April_2017_FINAL_FOR_PUBLICATION.pdf
Lawson, L & Egan, M. (2012) Residents’ lived realities of transformational regeneration: Phase 1. Project Report. GoWell, Glasgow.
Bauld, L., Ferguson, J., Lawson, L., Chesterman, J and Judge, K (2006). Tackling Smoking in Glasgow: Final Report, Glasgow Centre for Population Health.
https://www.gcph.co.uk/assets/0000/0441/Tackling_Smoking_in_Glasgow_Final_report.pdf
Barnes, M., Bauld, L., Benzeval, M., Judge, K., Lawson, L., Mackenzie, M., Mackinnon, J., Matka, E., Meth, H., Sullivan, H., Truman, J (2002). National Evaluation of Health Action Zones: Final Report. London: Department of Health.
