麻豆传媒

Introduction

My work explores how home and neighbourhood supports quality of life in later life. As an academic situated in Planning I am interested in the transactional relationship between people and their place that embraces how people individually and collectively may influence their environments. My work frequently uses an everyday life framework to explore strategies for survival or flourishing. I have considerable research experience in qualitative and participatory methods: interviews, focus groups, photo elicitation and visioning. I am committed to change and much of my work is action oriented. I was the founder of the Future Homes Alliance Community Interest Company that aimed to  build inter generational dwellings on the Helix site. I welcome opportunities to work with industry such as in KTP collaborations

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Roles and Responsibilities

I have held a number of positions of responsibility in the School including Degree Programme Director of the Undergraduate Planning Programme; Director of Teaching and Learning; Director of Planning, Deputy Head of School and most recently Director of Engagement. I have been a member of the School Management Team for more than fifteen years. Beyond the school I have been a member of Senate twice; served on Faculty Promotions Committee; a member of Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee; and UTLC Panel member .  

In 2016 I brought together a quadruple helix working group of key Tyneside actors from 麻豆传媒 City Council, academia, third and community sectors; business and industry. Together we have developed new modes of housing that will make responses to an ageing population and deep green responses to sustainability with digital innovation informing both agendas. In April 2018 we became the Future Homes Alliance registered at Companies House as a Community Interest Company. We have won funding from Homes England ; from 麻豆传媒 and 麻豆传媒 Building Society.

Beyond the University I am chair of 麻豆传媒's Age Friendly City working group and a member of the British Society of Gerontology's Special Interest Group on Transport and Mobility; I am a trustee for Vivensa Foundation (the former Dunhill Medical Trust) the only age focused grant giving body.

Qualifications

I have a BA from Nottingham University and a MA by research from Exeter University. I have the Higher Education Teaching Qualification from 麻豆传媒.

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing 

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (by invitation)

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences- nominated by BSG

Memberships

British Gerontology Society

Languages

Basic French

Informal Interests

I love to read - my idea of hell is having nothing to read. I love cinema, live music, travelling to new places and occasionally can be spotted rambling, bird watching and fishing. 

Research Interests

My research explores the impact of the ageing population, particularly in relation to planning and housing. My concerns embrace the home and the lines of attachment that radiate from it into neighbourhood, city, and region. In the wider arena I explore how place may support everyday life in later life. As a planner I am interested in the transactional relationship between people and their environment that embraces how people individually and collectively may influence their environments. I am committed to challenging the view that older people cannot pay an effective role in designing and managing their environments. I am interested in researching with industry to create change through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

 Postgraduate Supervision

I welcome applications from potential doctoral candidates who are interested in older people's (non medical) issues specifically perceptions of quality of life; experiences of housing and neighbourhood; activism in older age.

Currently 

Di Yang: `Energy use and comfort Analysis in Rural Chinese Dwellings: a Case Study of Low-income Older Populations in Shandong`, 

Virginia Rammou:.” Front room death: preferences and spaces of dying at home 1967-2020".

Martina Schmueker

I lead one UG module on Housing and contribute to another. i contribute to a stage 2 option  Understanding cities, and a stage 3 module on Chinese Culture 

• Articles

  • McKee K, McCall V, Theakstone D, Wilson K, Reid L, Gilroy R, Manley D, Pearce A, Davidson L, Lawrence J, Pemble A. . Housing Studies 2026, 41(1), 50-70.
  • Yazdanpanahi M, Pantelaki E, Holland C, Gilroy R, Spencer B, Weston R, Rogers A. . Ageing and Society 2025, 45(7), 1426-1464.
  • Gilroy R, Townshend T. . Journal of Urban Design 2025, 30(2), 143-152.
  • Yang D, Hamza N, Gilroy D. . Energies 2024, 17(22), 5527.
  • Aitken D, Willis K, Gilroy R. . Housing Studies 2024, 39(3), 608-630.
  • Rogers A, Pantelaki E, Gilroy R, Weston R, Spencer B, Holland C, Yazdanpanahi M. . Transport Reviews 2024, 44(2), 405-433.
  • Wang L, Gilroy R, Law A. . Plos One 2023, 18(3), e0283533.
  • Wang L, Gilroy R. . Sustainability 2021, 13(23), 13031.
  • Croucher K, Gilroy R, Bevan M, Attuyer K. . Ageing and Society 2021, 41(8), 1788-1809.
  • Forster F, Tullo E, Wakeling l, Gilroy R. . Journal of Aging Studies 2021, 56, 100906.
  • Attuyer K, Gilroy R, Croucher K. . Ageing and Society 2020, 40(5), 1064-1083.
  • Jeffries JM, Gilroy R, Townshend TG. . Journal of Urban Design 2020, 25(2), 254-274.
  • Aitken D, Gilroy R, Willis K. . Journal of Aging and Environment 2020, 34(4), 417-434.
  • Cinderby S, Cambridge H, Bevan M, Croucher K, Attuyer K, Gilroy R, Swallow D. . Journal of Urban Health 2018, 95(3), 409-422.
  • Xu Z, Gao X, Wang Z, Gilroy R, Wu H. . Habitat International 2018, 74, 27-35.
  • Banks S, Armstrong A, Booth M, Brown G, Carter K, Clarkson M, Corner L, Genus A, Gilroy R, Henfrey T, Hudson K, Jenner A, Moss R, Roddy D, Russell A. . Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship 2014, 7(1), 37-47.
  • Gilroy R. . Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 2013, 31(3), 428-443.
  • Gilroy R. . Environment and Planning A 2012, 44(2), 458-476.
  • Hamza N, Gilroy R. . Energy Policy 2011, 39(2), 782-789.
  • Willis K, Scarpa R, Gilroy R, Hamza N. . Energy Policy 2011, 39(10), 6021-6029.
  • Murakami K, Gilroy R, Atterton J. . Local Economy 2009, 24(6-7), 555-567.
  • Murakami K, Gilroy R, Atterton J. . Planning, Practice and Research 2009, 24(3), 285-299.
  • Gilroy R. . Planning Theory & Practice 2008, 9(2), 145-163.
  • Van Wezemael JE, Gilroy R. . Housing Studies 2007, 22(4), 597-614.
  • Gilroy R. . Applied Research in Quality of Life 2006, 1(3-4), 343-356.
  • Gilroy RC. . Social Indicators Research 2005, 74(1), 141-158.
  • Gilroy R. . Local Government Studies 2005, 31(1), 39-51.
  • Gilroy R. . Town and Country Planning 2004, (publication unknown).
  • Townshend T, Gilroy RC, Pendlebury JR. . International Journal of Heritage Studies 2004, 10(1), 11-31.
  • Gilroy R. . Town and Country Planning 2004, 73(9), 254-256.
  • Gilroy R, Booth C. . Zehar 2004, 52, 8.
  • Gilroy R. . Ageing and Society 2003, 23(5), 659-674.
  • Gilroy R, Shaw T. . Town and Country Planning 2002, 71(9), 237-238.
  • Booth C, Gilroy R. . Town Planning Review 2001, 27(2), 217-242.
  • Gilroy RC, Booth C. . Local Economy 2000, 15(1), 9-17.
  • Gilroy RC, Cowen D, Pantazis C. . Journal of Law & Society 1999, 26(4), 403-426.
  • Cowan D, Gilroy R, Pantazis C. . Journal of Law and Society 1999, 26(4), 403-426.
  • Gilroy R, Booth C. . European Planning Studies 1999, 7(3), 307-324.

• Authored Book

  • Gilroy R. . London, UK: Lund Humphries, 2021.

• Book Chapters

  • Gilroy R. . In: Pozo Menendez E; Higueras Garcia E, ed. Urban Design and Planning for Age-Friendly Environments Across Europe: North and South - Developing Healthy and Therapeutic Public Spaces for Local Contexts. Cham: Springer, 2022, pp.161-170.
  • Gilroy R, Aitken D, Miller P. . In: Steer, M; Davoudi, S; Shucksmith, M; Todd, L, ed. Hope Under Neoliberal Austerity: Responses from Civil Society and Civic Universities. Bristol: Policy Press, 2021, pp.187-202.
  • Bailey C, Gilroy R, Reynolds J, Douglas b, Webster Saaremets C, Nicholls M, Warwick L, Gollan M. . In: Goulding, A; Davenport, B; Newman, A, ed. Resilience and Ageing: Creativity, Culture and Community. Bristol: Policy Press, 2018, pp.157-180.
  • Gilroy R, Attuyer K, Bevan M, Croucher K, Tunstall R. . In: Lesley Murray and Sue Robertson, ed. Intergenerational Mobilities: Relationality, age and lifecourse. London: Routledge, 2016, pp.23-33.
  • Gilroy R, Brooks L. . In: Davoudi, S; Bell, D, ed. Justice and Fairness in the City: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to 'Ordinary' Cities. Bristol: Policy Press, 2016, pp.213-230.
  • Gilroy R. . In: Atkinson, S., Fuller, S., Painter, J, ed. Wellbeing and Place. Abingdon: Ashgate, 2012, pp.73-88.
  • Gilroy R, Brooks E, Shaw T. . In: Powe, N.A., Hart, T., Shaw, T, ed. Market Towns: Roles, Challenges and Prospects. London: Routledge, 2007, pp.69-80.
  • Kellett P, Gilroy R, Jackson S. . In: Martens, B; Keul, A, ed. Designing Social Innovation: Planning, Building, Evaluating. Gottingen: Hogfre and Huber, 2005, pp.291-299.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Yang D, Hamza N, Gilroy R. . In: 37th Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA 2024). 2024, Wroclaw, Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej.
  • Yang D, Hamza N, Gilroy R. . In: Indoor Air 2024. 2024, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate ISIAQ.

• Reports

  • Aitken D, Gilroy R. . ESRC; 麻豆传媒; Morris Leslie Group, 2019.
  • Gilroy R, Tewdwr-Jones M. . London, UK: Smith Institute, 2015.
  • Cameron S, Gilroy R, Speak S. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: One Northeast, 2001.