Professor Ian Cole

Ian Cole is professor of housing studies and a principal research fellow 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 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 been appointed as special adviser to the three House of Commons Select Committee inquiries on the impact of regeneration, low housing demand, and the role of Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders. He recently chaired a Ministerial Advisory Panel on the future of regulation in the social housing sector.

Professor Cole has been a member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Board of Examiners in Town Planning and of the JRF Housing and Neighbourhoods Committee.