Dr Jamie Harding

My research has largely been concerned with homelessness and has involved working with local agencies on contract research projects.  The agencies that I have worked with in this manner include Your Homes Newcastle, Durham County Council, Changing Lives, Youth Homelessness North East, Home Housing Group (twice) and Newcastle City Council (on several occasions).  The research has frequently been undertaken in collaboration with Dr Adele Irving and other colleagues.  The output for this research has taken the form of reports with recommendations for action, many of which have resulted in practical improvements to services for homeless people.  This work was selected as an impact case study for the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.

I have also undertaken research that takes a more conceptual view of homelessness, which has been published through numerous academic journal articles and two monographs.  The most recent of these was entitled Post-war Homelessness Policy: Making and Implementation and was published by Palgrave MacMillan).  It was based on research that involved searching physical archives and Hansard online, and interviewing former ministers and others who have played a role in the development of policy in this area.

There are a number of new research areas that I am currently developing.  One is the situation of asylum seekers and refugees, a topic on which I have recently completed a piece of contract research for Newcastle City Council.  The other is the practice of policing; I am in the process of writing a book, and creating a documentary, about the evolution of the police response to domestic violence.  I am also looking to explore the public health implications of social problems such as homelessness and domestic violence, and of the police response to them.

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• Becoming an insider through volunteer ethnography: costs, conflicts and benefits, Brough, J., Harding, J. 22 Jun 2026, In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology
• Factors affecting the well-being of patients with thyroid cancer: results of a UK qualitative study, Rogusz, A., Harding, J. 23 Oct 2025, In: BMJ Open
• Food Pantry June 2025, Harding, J. 9 Sep 2025
• Unintended consequences of public-facing counter-terrorism training and vigilance campaigns on minority groups, Dresser, P., Rowe, M., Harding, J. 3 Apr 2025, In: Critical Studies on Terrorism
• Food provision in Newburn and Denton, Harding, J. 12 Dec 2022
• Post War Homelessness Policy in the UK: Making and Implementation, Harding, J. 1 Sep 2019
• An Introduction to Criminal Justice, Harding, J., Davies, P., Mair, G. Jan 2017
• Speeding up or Reaching out? Efficiency and Unmet Need as Policy Priorities in Wales, Sayers, D., Harding, J., Barchas-Lichtenstein, J., Coffey, M., Rock, F. 22 Jun 2017, In: Journal of Language and Politics
• Benefit Sanctions and Homelessness: A report by the North East Homelessness Think Tank, Harding, J., Hugman, C., Irving, A. Jul 2015

• Allison Lawson Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
• Allison Lawson 'Born in Blyth, made in the Royal Navy' A critical examination of the concept of being 'made in the Armed Forces' and to what extent this aids social mobility on Civvy Street. Start Date: 01/10/2025
• Victoria Nunn From Participation to Partnership: Risk, Power and Brokerage in VCSE Engagement with Applied Health and Wellbeing Research Start Date: 01/10/2024
• Victoria Nunn Exploring Challenges in Researcher-Public Engagement: An Inquiry into Factors Influencing Participation in VCFSE Health and Wellbeing Research in the North East of England. Start Date: 01/10/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025

• Sociology PhD December 31 2001
• Teaching & Learning PGCert December 31 1997
• Housing MA January 09 1995
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2001