Rose Smith

Rose Smith is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) within the College of Social Sciences and Arts at Sheffield Hallam University, specializing in quantitative analysis of housing, place, welfare benefits, and education policy since joining in February 2023.

Education:

• PhD in Social Policy, University of Lincoln (2019)
• MA (university unspecified)
• BA (university unspecified)

Her research employs longitudinal and comparative quantitative methods using datasets including British Social Attitudes Survey, British Household Panel Survey, European Social Survey, and Eurostat. Current work focuses on housing tenure interactions with welfare attitudes, energy payment impacts on health, and evaluations of government housing initiatives across the UK and Europe.

Recent publications (2020-2025) demonstrate consistent expertise in policy evaluation through quantitative lens, particularly in housing and energy sectors. Her work for government departments and foundations reveals strong methodological rigor in analyzing large-scale administrative data to assess program effectiveness, health outcomes, and socioeconomic impacts, with increasing emphasis on aging populations and affordable housing.

Rose actively contributes to research projects funded by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), Centre for Ageing Better, Energy Systems Catapult, ESRC, Nuffield Foundation, and Department for Education. She serves on the Housing Studies Association Board and teaches GIS and quantitative methods for MA and MRes programs.