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15786
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3998
National Ranking
676

Overview

Rowland Atkinson is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans across the social sciences and economics, with a notable focus on urban studies, sociology, and political science. The scientist's work engages extensively with topics related to housing, finance, urban planning, governance, and the intersections of crime and illicit activities with governance structures.

Atkinson's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • What future for public housing? A critical analysis (2024), published in eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania)
  • Duty Free: Turning the Criminological Spotlight on Special Economic Zones (2022), published in The British Journal of Criminology
  • Political economy perspectives and their relevance for contemporary housing studies (2022), published in Housing Studies
  • Road - gate - enclosure: elite securityscapes in London and Mexico City (2021), published in Journal of Urban Design
  • Housing, Inequality and Sociology: A Comment on Pragmatic Socioeconomics (2022), published in Housing Theory and Society

The areas of study covered by Atkinson include urban studies, sociology and political science, finance, economics and econometrics, and nature and landscape conservation. The scientist's work is often found in journals related to housing and urbanism, including multiple publications in Housing Studies, Urban Studies, City, The British Journal of Criminology, and the Journal of Urban Design.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Atkinson include Keith Jacobs, Katie Higgins, Julian Dobson, Alexandra Hall, and Georgios A. Antonopoulos. This network reflects a multidisciplinary approach linking criminology, urban design, and housing policy research.

Core themes in Atkinson's research involve housing, finance, and neoliberalism; urban planning and governance; crime, illicit activities, and governance; as well as housing market and economics. Additional topics encompass urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies, urbanization and city planning, and cultural industries connected to urban development.

Best Publications

  • Accessing Hidden and Hard-to-reach Populations: Snowball Research Strategies

    R Atkinson;J Flint

  • Disentangling Area Effects: Evidence from Deprived and Non-deprived Neighbourhoods:

    Rowland Atkinson;Keith Kintrea

  • Domestication by Cappuccino or a Revenge on Urban Space? Control and Empowerment in the Management of Public Spaces

    Rowland Atkinson

  • Measuring Gentrification and Displacement in Greater London

    Rowland Atkinson

  • The Flight of the Creative Class

    R Atkinson

  • Fortress UK? Gated communities, the spatial revolt of the elites and time–space trajectories of segregation

    Rowland Atkinson;John Flint

  • What Makes People Dissatisfied with their Neighbourhoods

    Alison Parkes;Ade Kearns;Rowland Atkinson

  • The evidence on the impact of gentrification: new lessons for the urban renaissance?

    Rowland Atkinson

  • Introduction: International Perspectives on The New Enclavism and the Rise of Gated Communities

    Rowland Atkinson;Sarah Blandy

  • Padding the Bunker: Strategies of Middle-class Disaffiliation and Colonisation in the City

    Rowland Atkinson

  • Owner Occupation, Social Mix and Neighbourhood Impacts

    Rowland Atkinson;Keith Kintrea

  • The hidden costs of gentrification: Displacement in central London

    Rowland Atkinson

  • Introduction: Misunderstood Saviour or Vengeful Wrecker? The Many Meanings and Problems of Gentrification:

    Rowland Atkinson

  • Gentrification in a Global Context: The New Urban Colonialism

    Rowland Atkinson;Gary Bridge

  • Ecology of Sound: The Sonic Order of Urban Space

    Rowland Atkinson

  • The Consequences of the Creative Class: The Pursuit of Creativity Strategies in Australia's Cities

    Rowland Atkinson;Hazel Easthope

  • Do urban regeneration programmes improve public health and reduce health inequalities? A synthesis of the evidence from UK policy and practice (1980–2004)

    Hilary Thomson;Rowland Atkinson;Mark Petticrew;Ade Kearns

  • Gated Communities: International Perspectives

    R Atkinson;S Blandy

  • Losing One’s Place: Narratives of Neighbourhood Change, Market Injustice and Symbolic Displacement

    Rowland Atkinson

  • 'Opportunities and despair, it's all in there': Practitioner Experiences and Explanations of Area Effects and Life Chances

    Rowland Atkinson;Keith Kintrea

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Burrows
Roger Burrows Newcastle University
Ade Kearns
Ade Kearns University of Glasgow
Ivan Turok
Ivan Turok University of the Free State
Hilary Thomson
Hilary Thomson University of Glasgow
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Glen Bramley
Glen Bramley Heriot-Watt University
Dan Goodley
Dan Goodley University of Sheffield

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