Professor Vikki McCall

Professor of Social Policy

Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology Colin Bell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Vikki McCall

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About me

Dr Vikki McCall is a Professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling. Professor McCall teaches the Postgraduate MSc/Diploma of Housing Studies at the University of Stirling and has won the RATE award for excellence in teaching in the Faculty of Social Sciences in 2016, 2019 and 2023.

Professor McCall’s work includes leading projects focusing on housing, ageing, stigma, co-production the role of front-line workers, service users, volunteers and the policy process. Professor McCall is Principal Investigator on UK-wide projects including Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project funded by the ESRC (2022-2027) and the Inclusive Living support for older people in residential care (INVITE) project funded by the Longleigh Foundation (2020-2023). She is also Co-I on the UKRI funded Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale (DesHCA) project (2020-2024).

Vikki is Honorary Secretary for the Social Policy Association Executive Committee and Editorial Board member of Social Policy & Society.

Social policy, housing, ageing society, third sector, volunteering, communities, dementia, culture, cultural services, museums, governance, the policy process, poverty, inequality, wellbeing, citizenship, social inclusion and gender

Award

Winner RATE award - Excellence in Teaching in Social Sciences

Nominated for an Inspirational Women Award 2023

https://www.stirlingstudentsunion.com/…ds-2023-Results/
Finalist for an Inspirational Women Award 2023 and attended the University of Stirling award ceremony to support staff and student achievements.

Finalist for the Scottish Higher Education Awards, for Outstanding Staff Member

Finalist for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/…challenges-ahead
Finalist for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards (2024)

‘Best Newcomer Award’ Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

RATE Award - Runner up in ‘Excellence in Feedback’

RATE award - Runner up on Excellence in Teaching in Social Sciences

RATE Award - Winner in ‘Most Innovative in e-learning’
University wide award

RATE award - Winner of ‘Excellence in Teaching – School of Applied Social Science’

RATE award - Winner up on Excellence in Teaching in Social Sciences

Community Contribution

Director of the Scottish Federation of Housing Assocations (Co-Optee)

Steering Group Member of the Housing and Dementia Forum (Scottish Government)

Board member of the TAPPI 2 Steering Group.
Housing LIN

https://www.housinglin.org.uk/…ng/tappi/tappi2/
Board member of the TAPPI 2 Steering Group. TAPPI2 is taking forward the UK government's recent white paper on adult social care placing emphasis on how technology can advance sector transformation and the allocation of funding to support the delivery of innovative new models of care

Invited to Summit for Persons with Disabilities - Scottish Parliament

Prof Vikki McCall invited to represent ISPA and take part in a debate around inclusive education at the 2nd Summit for personals with disabilities held at the Scottish Parliament.

Committee member for the Professional Standards Committee for the Chartered Institute for Housing
Chartered Institute of Housing

Member of the Accessible Housing Network
Horizon Housing Association

Divisional / Faculty Contribution

FOSS Research Away Day Presentation

Invited to present to the Faculty on my housing, co-production and inclusion related research.

Lunch and a Lecturer

Organised the career event for students

Chaired the Faculty of Social Sciences: Employer Advisory Board

Event / Presentation

Presentatin for the Social Policy Assocaition conference

Presentation at the Housing Studies Association Conference

Presented at HSA Conference

Presented at seminar at SFHA Annual conference
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations

Presenting at Scottish Housing Innovation Event

Attended the Scottish Government logic modelling workshop as presenter
Scottish Government

Guest speaker for the Scottish Borders older people’s forum

Presenting Housing and Aging research

Keynote at Age Scotland conference

Guest speaker for Bield Housing Association away day

Presentation of the Housing and Ageing programme and Serious Game

Keynote ‘inspirational speaker’ at the Women in Housing annual event

Inspirational speaker

Guest speaker for the CIH young professionals conference – on expert panel

Keynote for HSA annual lecture on Older people’s Housing: A vibrant offer?

SFHA Chairs conference keynote
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations

Presenting the concept of Inclusive Living

TIS online conference opening keynote

Powering Digital: Online Communication and Tenant Engagement Wednesday 19th August 2020, Virtual event via Zoom

SFHA Development Virtual Conference

Launching the Inclusive Living Toolkit Date: Thursday 17 September 2020

Keynote at Care and Repair conference

Presentation of Inclusive Living Toolkit at SHN Asset Management forum

Presentation for the Scottish Housing Network (SHN) asset management forum on Inclusive Living

Presentation of Inclusive Living the HAPPI Hour event for Housing LIN
Housing LIN

/…at-our-disposal/
HAPPI Hour – Designing for Inclusion: ensuring we have the right tools at our disposal Listen here: https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI-Hour-Designing-for-Inclusion-ensuring-we-have-the-right-tools-at-our-disposal/

HAPPI Hour presenter on Inclusive Living

Speaker for the Housing LIN

Keynote at SHARE annual Conference

Saturday 27th March 2021

Speaker at the Accessibility Summit

Invited speaker to the Housing LIN Conference

Shakespeare Martineau Scottish Housing Speaker

Speaker for the Scottish housing webinar 19th Nov 2021

Speaker for the SPA Conference round-table on Housing

Speaker at the Healthy Ageing Conference

Invited Lecturer for the Beijing Social Governance Research Centre, Beijing University of Technology (2022)

I am an invited Lecturer for the Beijing Social Governance Research Centre, Beijing University of Technology (21 Nov 2022)

Chair for International Conference of Social Governance and Social Policy in the Mega City’ conference

Chairing on the Chinese ‘International Conference of Social Governance and Social Policy in the Mega City’ conference for Beijing University of Technology (Nov 2022).

Presentation to the ESRC Inclusive Ageing network

Presentation to the new ESRC Inclusive Ageing Group on teh ISPA Project (Nov 2022). Introduction to the project.

Presentation to the Disabled Research Forum
Sheffield Hallam University

Dec 2022, invited speaker to present the ISPA Project to the Disabled Research Forum

Guest Lecture for Scottish Housing Network

Guest Lecture presenting to the Scottish Housing Network. Presentation on adaptations and technology.

Keynote for Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) annual conference

Speaker for the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) annual conference, London, November 2022

Social Science employability event

Created and led an employability event for the Faculty of Social Sciences 26th Oct 2022. Shared my own academic learning journey to inspire students.

Presentation to the Accessible Housing Network

Ongoing membership to teh Accessible Housing Network, presenting on the adaptations projects

Presentation to adaptations forum (SHN)

Follow on from guest lecture to present also to the Scottish Housing Network adaptations forum (Sep2022)

Presentation at the Housing Studies Association Conference

Opening keynote for the National Healthy Housing Awards

https://www.foundations.uk.com/…-housing-awards/
Was invited as keynote speaker to the Healthy Housing awards (hosted by Foundations) December 2022 to present and inform on the ISPA project. There were over 200 people from Home Improvement agencies in attendance. Impact is wider awareness of the project and connections for people to participate and be involved.

Invited member for special Round Table on Housing and Later Living (Housing 2022)

https://www.shma.co.uk/…ound-table-2022/
Invited to a special round table by Shakespeare Martineau

INVITE Project launch

Presentation of the findings of the INVITE Project as Principal Investigator September 2022 to policy makers and practitioners.

Presentation at SFHA Annual Conference
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations

SFHA annual conference led a session on adaptations and inclusive living

INVITE Project knowledge exchange event

Knowledge exchange event with over 100 housing practitioners in Stonewater Housing Association, June 2022.

Kingdom Graduate Trainee Presentations

Kingdom Graduate Trainee Presentations Guest speaker to support the Kingdom Graduate Trainee's. Synopsis: The event will include an overview of the programme from a KHA perspective, the perspective from University of Stirling (who supported Grant and Eilidh through Post graduate qualifications); and the main focus will be presentations from Grant and Eilidh themselves, reflecting on their experiences and development through the programme

Speaker for HAPPI Housing (Housing LIN) on the INVITE Project
Housing LIN

https://www.housinglin.org.uk/…tive-Technology/

Speaker for the Care and Repair Connections Conference

11th May 2022 Final speaker to round up the conference

Speaker for Housing 2022 (CIH Conference, Manchester)

Presenting findings from the INVITE Project, Chaired by Jeremy Porteus

Hosted international visit from ALONE

Hosted visit at teh University of Stirling with ALONE a charity developing housing to combat social isolation in older people in Ireland

Speaker for the Housing LIN Virtual Summit 2023 - Smart About Ageing - An Inclusion Revolution
Housing LIN

https://www.housinglin.org.uk/…stival-of-Ideas/
Housing LIN Virtual Summit 2023 - A Festival of Ideas EVENT DATE 27/02/2023 10:00am till 03/03/2023 4:00pm Invited speaker for the session Smart About Ageing - An Inclusion Revolution with 348 people registered to attend.

Presentation to the Scottish Intergenerational Network

Introduction of the project and looking for people to join the Inclusive Living Alliance.

Presentation to the Housing Studies Association Annual conference 2023

https://www.housing-studies-association.org/…-conference-2023
Abstracts accepted and face-to-face presentations to the Housing Studies Association conference. This includes three separate presentations 29-31 March 2023 in Sheffield. Projects presented include: INVITE Project ISPA Project DesHCA Project

Cycling without Ageing - invited speaker for annual gathering

Professor Vikki McCall was invited as a panel member to talk about ISPA and Accessibility at Cycling Without Age Scotland hosts annual Grand Gathering on 30th August 2025.

Hosted the Ageing Showcase
The Dunhill Medical Trust

Supporting organisation of the event and presentation and table hosting for a UK Ageing Showcase event 15th March 2024.

Invited guest to Buckingham Palace garden party for work in Housing and Ageing

Invited lecture to the Minister for Culture (Lower Tuscany)

Invited lecture to the Minister for Culture (Lower Tuscany) 2nd May 2024.

Invited speaker for Inclusive Spaces: Retrofitting to Adapt our Homes for 21st Century Standards: Housing LIN Summit Festival of Ideas
Housing LIN

https://www.housinglin.org.uk/…ntury-standards/
Invited speaker for Inclusive Spaces: Retrofitting to Adapt our Homes for 21st Century Standards at the Housing LIN Summit Festival of Ideas Chaired by Lord Best. We presented on ISPA and how Inclusive spaces tackle stigma.

Invited speaker for the TPAS annual conference 2024

Professor McCall invited speaker for the TPAS annual conference 2024, on Saturday 22nd June 2024.

Invited speaker to the Cairn Housing Association Board Away Day

Invited speaker to the Cairn Housing Association Board Away Day on 22nd November 2024. Presenting on ISPA and findings, inspiring the Board to invest and focus on planning for the ageing demographic. After the presentation, Cairn Housing Association joined the Inclusive Living Alliance.

Making Stories Count - presentation for the Centre for Ageing Better
Centre for Ageing Better

Making Stories Count - presentation for the Centre for Ageing Better for the Good Home Network on 14th March 2024.

Eildon Housing Association Board training

Eildon Housing Association Board training, and then they joined the Inclusive Living Alliance.

Hosting the Occupational Therapists (OTs) in Housing national group

On 3rd September ISPA hosted the Occupational Therapists (OTs) in Housing national group at teh University of Stirling. Professor McCall presented on the ISPA project to professional OTs, and gaining feedback and advice on teh emergent Inclusive Living Toolkit.

Invited guest speaker to University of Lund
Lund University

Professor Vikki McCall was an invited speaker to lead a workshop based a the University of Lund, presenting on the ISPA project and the range of work around ageing and housing.

Hosting and Chairing Scottish Housing Day 2024
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland

Opened, chaired and hosted Scottish Housing Day 2024 sharing community peer-researcher lived experiences and why we need to tackle stigma.

Invited guest speaker for the Housing LIN Roundtable, at the Housing Festival 2024, Manchester
Housing LIN

Invited speaker to lead a prestigious round-table for the Housing LIN at the Housing Festival 2024, Manchester 25th-27th June 2025.

ISPA Inclusive Living Alliance event on Thriving Communities

Getting Creative to support Thriving Places and Communities in Scotland: This event explored how we build thriving places and communities across Scotland and the key role of social housing associations as community anchors. We will explore the dynamics between accessibility and sustainability, inclusive design, where private investment fits in this picture and how we can come together to tackle stigma linked to housing, age and place.

Horizon Housing Association AGM Key Speaker
Horizon Housing Association

Professor Vikki McCall invited to Horizon Housing Association's AGM as a Key Speaker. She presented on the ISPA project.

Presentation to Housing Studies Association conference 2024

Two presentations to the Housing Studies 2024 conference, led by professor Vikki McCall and Professor Kim McKee (plenary speaker).

Presentation at teh Social Policy Association Conference 2024

Members of the ISPA Team presented to an academic audience in Glasgow, 3rd-5th July 2024 for the Social Policy Association.

Presentation to Health Improvement Scotland

Health Improvement Scotland visiting the University 28th January 2025

Highland Inclusive Living Group Launch Event

Supporting the Creation and Launch of the Highland Inclusive Living Group as part of the ISPA (Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing) project, we supported the co-creation and launch of the Highland Inclusive Living Group - a tenant-led forum designed to strengthen voice, influence, and inclusive housing practice across the region. Working in partnership with tenants, housing providers and local stakeholders, we facilitated early-stage discussions, co-designed the group’s purpose and structure, and supported its formal launch. The Group provides a dedicated space for older and disabled tenants to share lived experience, shape local housing priorities, and challenge stigma linked to ageing, disability and place. The impact included: 1. The Group has empowered tenants. Members report increased confidence in articulating their experiences, a stronger sense of collective identity, and greater awareness of their rights and influence. Rather than being positioned as passive recipients of services, tenants are now recognised as active contributors to policy and practice conversations. 2. The Group has begun to influence professional practice. Housing staff and partners have engaged directly with tenants’ insights, prompting reflection on accessibility, communication, and the everyday barriers embedded in housing systems. The Group has helped normalise inclusive design and accessible housing as a matter of routine good practice, rather than exceptional provision. By embedding co-production at a regional level, the Highland Inclusive Living Group represents a sustainable mechanism for ongoing tenant influence, translating research on intersectional stigma into practical, place-based change. This will be a base of an ISPA case study published in 2026.

Invited speaker to Alberta, Canada to share ISPA findings and help build Inclusive Living Alliance

Invited speaker on January 15, 2025 to NorQuest College, Edminton, Alberta, Canada to share ISPA findings and help build Inclusive Living Alliance by ICCER, for the Advancing Continuing Care Workshop. This was a session focused on supporting collaboration across continuing care in Alberta. This session brought together key players to discuss shared challenges and barriers and how we practically identify and address immediate industry priorities with current technology more systematically and effectively across the sector. Guest Speaker: Professor Vikki McCall supported the ICCER network in presenting on the ISPA project and the Inclusive Living Alliance helping: · Influence the future of continuing care through collaboration to address key industry priorities · Network with leaders and innovators in the field · Contribute to actionable, meaningful solutions

Keynote for Tenants Information Service (TIS) annual conference

https://www.facebook.com/…224081836412725/
Professor Vikki McCall delivered the keynote session at the TIS Tenant Participation Summit on 6th November at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow showing findings from the ESRC-funded Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing (ISPA) project. The research focused on co-production, ageing, and housing, working closely with tenants, communities, and practitioners to challenge stigma and embed empathy in policy and practice. Drawing on insights from the ISPA project and the emerging Highland Inclusive Living Group, she highlighted how partnerships that value lived experience can challenge stigma, strengthen inclusion, and build systems that truly work with (not for) tenants. The session invited reflection on how we can sustain participation that empowers people and transforms organisations from the inside out.

Presenting at the Good Home Hub Conference
Centre for Ageing Better

Presenter for the Good Home Hub Conference: from Evidence to Action on 25 February 2025.

Chairing 'Homes for Life' session at CIH Annual Conference 2025
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland

Presentation to the MHCLG

presenting on: The Power of Qualitative Methods in Supporting Housing and Healthy Ageing

Talk to the Housing and Health HHRN Steering Group

USW Housing and Health Research Network meeting

Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Annual Conference 2025 -Tackling Stigma Through Adaptations
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations

As part of the 2025 SFHA Annual Conference, we delivered an interactive workshop focused on tackling stigma through housing adaptations and inclusive design. Drawing on findings from the ISPA project, the session explored how adaptations are often framed narrowly as reactive, needs-based interventions, and how this framing can unintentionally reinforce stigma linked to ageing, disability and place. The workshop brought together housing professionals to reflect on how language, processes and performance metrics shape tenant experience. Through facilitated discussion and practice-based scenarios, participants examined how adaptations can instead be positioned as preventative, enabling and normalised elements of good housing practice. The session contributed to sector-wide professional reflection, supporting housing providers to consider how inclusive design can be embedded upstream within maintenance and asset management cycles. Feedback indicated strong appetite for reframing adaptations as a core component of healthy ageing and community sustainability, rather than exceptional provision.

Keynote and Chair at the National Care & Repair Scotland conference

Care & Repair Scotland 2026 was the first in-person conference since the pandemic and hosted the Cabinet Secretary for Housing at the University of Stirling. The conference was amed at all Care and Repair teams, partner organisations, funders and colleagues.

Invited keynote for Housing LIN's Annual Conference 2026: Shaping homes for health, independence and connection

https://www.housinglin.org.uk/…-2026-Newcastle/
The Housing LIN Conference 2026 in Newcastle invited delegates to look ahead with purpose and help shape our homes for age, community and health. Anchored by the latest developments from the SHAPE Exchange programme, this forward-looking event explores what it truly means to design and deliver housing that enables people to live well as they age. Gathering on 24th February, leaders from housing, health, and social care will come together to examine how inclusive, care-ready homes and age-friendly neighbourhoods can transform the experience of later life. Including expert speakers, interactive sessions and opportunities for cross-sector learning, the conference highlighted the evidence, insights and practical approaches that help: 1. Design for our ageing future by developing housing and environments that anticipate changing needs, support independence and promote dignity throughout later life. 2. Build our community futures by strengthening collaboration across sectors, ensuring that residents, practitioners, policymakers and communities co-create places where people feel connected and supported. 3. Advance our healthy futures by applying research, technology and design solutions that enhance wellbeing, prevent ill-health and create homes that enable people to thrive. 4. From technology-enabled care to adaptable design and community-centred planning, the Newcastle conference offers a platform to explore how we can collectively build healthier, more connected futures. Keynote address to start the day from Prof Vikki McCall, Professor of Social Policy, University of Stirling on 'From Stigma to Solutions'

Keynote at SHARE Chairs conference

Keynote speaker at the annual Housing Studies Association lecture

Keynote speaker at the Rural housing Conference

Keynote speaker for the annual Women in Housing awards

Examining

Internal Examiner, FSS

Internal examiner, FSS

Internal examiner, arts and humanities

Internal Examiner, FSS

External Examiners and Validations

External examination, University of York
University of York

External Examiner, Heriot Watt University
Heriot-Watt University

External Examiner, University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews

External PhD Examiner, University of York
University of York

PhD External Examiner, University of Warwick

PhD External Examiner, University of Southampton

PhD External Examiner, University of Wolverhampton

PhD Examiner ‘Opponent’ – University of Lund, Sweden
Lund University

External Examiner for MSc in Social Policy at Ulster
Ulster University

External Examiner for Ulster University
External examiner for the MSc in Social Policy, Ulster

Other Academic Activities

Won the Sociological Review Prize for Outstanding Scholarship 2017

Won the Sociological Review Prize for Outstanding Scholarship 2017 for our paper in the Sociological Review "Place revisited: class, stigma and urban restructuring in the case of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games".

Leading Scottish Parliament reception event
Scottish Government

Co-Leader of SPA Housing Policy Group

Honorary Secretary for the Social Policy Association

Board member of the Journal of Social Policy and Society

Editor for Home, Housing and Communities: Foundations for Inclusive Society special edition
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/…rticle/view/3508

Editor of Students Companion to Social Policy
Co-editor in the leading Social Policy student text book

Executive Board member for the Social Policy Association

Other Project

CIH Housing and Education Strategy - steering group member

Member of the CIH’s Housing and Education steering group in Scotland

Equality in Housing podcast

https://housingevidence.ac.uk/whats-happening/podcasts/
https://housingevidence.ac.uk/whats-happening/podcasts/

Professional qualification

Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland

Teaching Fellow of the HEA
University of Stirling

Supervision of Research Assistants

leading the Housing and Ageing programme team

Leading the Talking Health and Housing project team
Wheatley Housing Group Limited, University of Stirling, Talking Mats and Heriot-Watt University

Leading the ASUME Norway team

Leading the Inclusive living research team
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations

Leading the Promoting INclusive liVing vIa Technology-Enabled support (INVITE) Project Team

https://www.stonewater.org/…/invite-project/
Large scale project, working in partnership with Stonewater HA funded by the Longleigh Foundation. https://www.stonewater.org/about-us/thought-leadership/invite-project/

Principal Investigator of the Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing (ISPA) Project
University of St Andrews, University of Bristol and Newcastle University

This ESRC-funded project will examine inequalities and stigma to develop interventions related to home and environmental modifications that encourage inclusive approaches that support people to age well within homes and communities. This ambitious 5-year participatory mixed method study will include innovative analyses of secondary longitudinal quantitative data, new ethnographic qualitative data, and co-production with disabled community peer-reviewers. A new community peer-research group of disabled adults will be the heart of this project to developing more inclusive approaches to ageing in place that break down the barriers to access and inclusion in key services created by stigma.

University Contribution

Head of housing

Deputy leader of Home, Housing and Community programme

Hosted the Chinese delegation 27th November

Led IAA Cake & Co-production

Deputy Associate Dean on Teaching and Learning (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Particular focus on employability and online learning

Faculty Champion for online learning
Chair of the FSS Online Pedagogy Group

Research projects (13)

Balancing Trust and Accountability: Charities, Regulators, and Society
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Home Improvement Services in England - National Evaluation
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Centre for Ageing Better
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Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale (DesHCA)
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Stonewater - inclusive and assisted living in retirement living schemes
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Longleigh Foundation
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Older People’s Experience of Adaptations in Scotland
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Age Scotland
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Dementia Activity Toolkit
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Alberta Health Services
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ASUME Volunteering and Dementia in Norway
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen
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Talking Technology Enabled Care
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Innovate UK
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Quality of Life in Later Years Research Project - Voices of Older People in Scotland
PI:
Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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The Role of Volunteers in Dementia Care
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Abbeyfield Society
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An Evaluation of the 415 Hub and Cluster Innovation Project
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Wheatley Housing Group Limited
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Creating conversations: Activity Toolkit for People with Dementia
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council
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Outputs (66)

Project Report

What's next for adaptations?

McCall V, Rutherford A, Davison L, Lawrence J, Pearce A & Pritchard J (2025) What's next for adaptations?. ESRC. Housing LIN: Housing LIN. https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Whats-next-for-adaptations/

Project Report

Home Improvement Services in England: National Evaluation. Final Report

Rolfe S, Mccall V, Harris C, Gilbertson J, Pearson S, Smith R, Wilson I, Marshall M, Preece J, Robinson D, Brown J, McGregor S, Roberts G & Smith P (2025) Home Improvement Services in England: National Evaluation. Final Report. Centre for Ageing Better. Centre for Ageing Better. https://ageing-better.org.uk/document/full-national-evaluation-reportpdf

Article

Understanding the intersectional stigma of ageing, disability, and place: a systematic literature mapping review

McKee K, McCall V, Theakstone D, Wilson K, Reid L, Gilroy R, Manley D, Pearce A, Davison L, Lawrence J & Pemble A (2024) Understanding the intersectional stigma of ageing, disability, and place: a systematic literature mapping review. Housing Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673037.2024.2421844; https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2421844

Article

Housing and Papering Over the Cracks of the Welfare State: Exploring the Role and Impact of Technology as Part of Housing Service Provision in an Era of Multi-level Precarity

McCall V, Rolfe S, Gibson G, Serpa R & Lawrence J (2024) Housing and Papering Over the Cracks of the Welfare State: Exploring the Role and Impact of Technology as Part of Housing Service Provision in an Era of Multi-level Precarity. Social Policy and Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/s147474642400040x

Project Report

The economic and social benefits of housing support

McCall V & Gibbs K (2023) The economic and social benefits of housing support. The Housing Evidence Centre (CaCHE). https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/economic-benefits-of-housing-support/. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Economic-benefits-of-housing-v6.pdf

Research Report

Making Adaptations Work For Older People In Scotland

McCall V, Wang Y, Pritchard J, Cooper R, Hodges M & Gibson G (2023) Making Adaptations Work For Older People In Scotland. Age Scotland. https://www.ageuk.org.uk/scotland/our-impact/policy-research-influencing/reports-research/making-adaptations-work/. https://www.ageuk.org.uk/scotland/our-impact/policy-research-influencing/reports-research/making-adaptations-work/

Edited Book

The Student's Companion to Social Policy

Alcock P, Haux T, McCall V & May M (eds.) (2022) The Student's Companion to Social Policy, 6th edition ed. London: Wiley Blackwell. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Student%27s+Companion+to+Social+Policy%2C+6th+Edition-p-9781119744870

Book Chapter

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK housing policy: how do we rebuild the foundations of the ‘wobbly pillar’?

McCall V, Rolfe S, Matthews P, Wallace A, Manyika G, Iafrati S, Clark C & Munro M (2022) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK housing policy: how do we rebuild the foundations of the ‘wobbly pillar’?. In: Jolly A, Cefalo R & Pomati M (eds.) Social Policy Review 34: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2022. Social Policy Review, 24. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 71-93. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447365815.ch004

Book Chapter

Researching Social Policy

McCall V (2022) Researching Social Policy. In: Alcock P, Haux T, McCall V & May M (eds.) The Student's Companion to Social Policy. 6th edition ed. London: Wiley, pp. 11-18. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Student%27s+Companion+to+Social+Policy%2C+6th+Edition-p-9781119744870

Research Report

Adapting the Adaptations Process

McCall V (2022) Adapting the Adaptations Process. The Housing Evidence Centre. Glasgow. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/adapting-the-adaptations-process-tackling-the-barriers-within-policy-and-practice/

Article

'It gives you a reason to be in this world': the interdependency of communities, environments and social justice for quality of life in older people

Robertson J, Gibson G, Greasley-Adams C, McCall V, Gibson J, Mason-Duff J & Pengelly R (2022) 'It gives you a reason to be in this world': the interdependency of communities, environments and social justice for quality of life in older people. Ageing and Society, 42 (3), pp. 539-563. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x20000859

Research Report

Ageing Well With Assistive Technology: Co-producing technology solutions with older people. A scoping review of the evidence.

Rolfe S, Pusram A, Robertson J, Gibson G & McCall V (2021) Ageing Well With Assistive Technology: Co-producing technology solutions with older people. A scoping review of the evidence.. Longleigh Foundation/Stonewater Housing Association. Stirling. https://www.housinglin.org.uk/_assets/Resources/Housing/OtherOrganisation/Scoping-review-final-published-version.pdf

Authored Book

The Role of Today’s Museum

Gray C & McCall V (2020) The Role of Today’s Museum. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-Todays-Museum/Gray-McCall/p/book/9780367265090

Research Report

Housing and Ageing: Linking future strategy to future delivery for Scotland, Wales and England 2030

McCall V, Phillips J, Lovatt M, Robertson J, Rutherford A, Woolrytch R, Sixsmith J, Macintyre Z, Porteus J, Ziegler F & Eadie J (2019) Housing and Ageing: Linking future strategy to future delivery for Scotland, Wales and England 2030. Scottish Universities Insight Institute and Social Policy Association. https://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/Programmes/Scotland2030/HousingOlderPeople.aspx

Research Report

Volunteering for All: national framework - literature review

Rutherford A, Bu F, Dawson A & McCall V (2019) Volunteering for All: national framework - literature review. Scottish Government. Social Research: People, Communities and Places. https://www.gov.scot/publications/literature-review-scotlands-volunteering-outcomes-framework/

Teaching

Teaching

Developing the Scottish housing Education Strategy
University of Glasgow and Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland

Research programmes

Research centres/groups

Research themes