Assoc ProfessorDeclan Redmond

The central theme of my research concerns Sustainable Housing and Communities . There are a number of strands to this research. The first theme examines the development of the housing market over the past decade, from peak to crash. In particular it explores the issue of housing affordability and the manner in which households bought into owner occupation at unsustainable prices and are now, in the aftermath of the crash, suffering the consequences of negative equity, arrears and housing exclusion. Second, my research examines the social housing system, in particular how social housing neighbourhoods might be regenerated into sustainable neighbourhoods as mixed tenure estates. The third strand has examined housing preferences, for example, of apartment dwellers in Dublin and the preferences of creative knowledge workers. The second theme of my research has focused on the politics and governance of planning and housing . This work stems initially from my PhD work (2004) on tenant participation and power in social housing neighbourhoods. It has developed into a more wide ranging analysis of the relationship between citizens and the state, in particular the local state and how citizens interact with the planning system as one of the few avenues for active citizenship.