Jenny Preece

I have worked in academic research environments for a number of years, completing my PhD at the Centre for Regional, Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University in 2015. This research focused on the role of work in people’s experiences of residential mobility and immobility in working-class neighbourhoods. I have since worked at the University of Sheffield on an ESRC-funded project to understand the barriers to reading between parents and young children, focusing on family practices in low-income areas.

I have largely specialised in qualitative research exploring everyday lives, but my academic background cuts across a number of disciplines including history, human geography and sociology. I have previously worked in housing, policy, and research roles in the social housing sector, and maintain a long-term interest in social and affordable housing policy.

I am a Research Associate at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, where I work across a number of projects to produce robust evidence to positively impact housing policy for all sections of society.