Ian Cole

Ian Cole is Emeritus Professor of Housing Studies at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University. He has extensive experience of research, teaching and writing in the field of housing and regeneration policy and practice. He has directed major research projects for the Department of Work and Pensions, Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), regional bodies, local authorities and housing associations.

Professor Cole has advised House of Commons Select Committee inquiries on the impact of regeneration, low housing demand, social housing regulation, land value capture and housing market renewal. He chaired a Ministerial Advisory Panel on the future of regulation in the social housing sector.