Mark Livingston

Main profile

Research Fellow

Urban Studies

University of Glasgow

Glasgow

United Kingdom

Summary biography:

Mark is a social scientist with over 12 years post doctoral experience working both in public health and urban studies. His interests are in understanding neighbourhoods and neighbourhood dynamics with particular reference to deprivation. His worked has included: research into social mix; instability in neighbourhoods; place attachment; and neighbourhood structures which impact on active travel and child pedestrian accidents.

Staff Profile

Recent and current research includes:

Neighbourhood structures and crime: understanding the influence of tenure mix and other structural factors upon crime rates
Investigating the impact of the distribution of deprived neighbourhoods on health outcomes (GCPH)
Understanding factors influencing active travel and child pedestrian accidents (GCPH)
The impact of neighbourhood context on attitudes to inequality and redistribution. (ESRC)
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United Kingdom: The 2010 Survey (ESRC)
Place attachment, social mix and instability (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Selected Publications:

Article

Mason, P., Kearns, A., and Livingston, M. (2013) "Safe going": the influence of crime rates and perceived crime and safety on walking in deprived neighbourhoods. Social Science and Medicine, 91 . pp. 15-24. ISSN 0277-9536 (doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.011)

Bailey, N., Gannon, M., Kearns, A., Livingston, M., and Leyland, A.H. (2013) Living apart, losing sympathy? How neighbourhood context affects attitudes to redistribution and to welfare recipients. Environment and Planning A, 45 (9). pp. 2154-2175. ISSN 0308-518X (doi:10.1068/a45641)

Lawder, R., Walsh, D., Kearns, A., and Livingston, M. (2013) Healthy mixing? Investigating the associations between neighbourhood housing tenure mix and health outcomes for urban residents. Urban Studies . ISSN 0042-0980 (doi:10.1177/0042098013489740 ) (Early Online Publication)

Livingston, M., Kearns, A., and Bailey, N. (2013) Delivering mixed communities: the relationship between housing tenure mix and social mix in England's neighbourhoods. Housing Studies, 28 (8). ISSN 0267-3037 (doi:10.1080/02673037.2013.812723) (In Press)

Bailey, N., Kearns, A., and Livingston, M. (2012) Place attachment in deprived neighbourhoods: The impacts of population turnover and social mix. Housing Studies, 27 (2). pp. 208-231. ISSN 0267-3037 (doi:10.1080/02673037.2012.632620)

McCartney, G, Whyte, Bruce, Livingston, Mark, and Crawford, Fiona (2012) Building a bridge, transport infrastructure and population characteristics: explaining active travel into Glasgow. Transport Policy, 20 . pp. 119-125.

Munro, M., and Livingston, M. (2012) Student impacts on urban neighbourhoods: policy approaches, discourses and dilemmas. Urban Studies, 49 (8). pp. 1679-1694. ISSN 0042-0980 (doi:10.1177/0042098011419237)

Livingston, M., Bailey, N., and Kearns, A. (2010) Neighbourhood attachment in deprived areas: evidence from the north of England. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 25 (4). pp. 409-427. ISSN 1566-4910 (doi:10.1007/s10901-010-9196-3)

Munro, M., Turok, I., and Livingston, M. (2009) Students in Cities: A Preliminary Analysis of their Patterns and Affects. Environment and Planning A, 41 . pp. 1805-1825. ISSN 0308-518X (doi:10.1068/a41133)

Bailey, N., and Livingston, M. (2008) Selective migration and area deprivation: evidence from 2001 Census migration data for England and Scotland. Urban Studies, 45 (4). pp. 943-961. ISSN 0042-0980 (doi:10.1177/0042098007088475)

Norris, E., Alexander, H., Livingston, M., Woods, K., Fischbacher, M., and Macdonald, E. (2005) Multidisciplinary perspectives on core networking skills: a study of skills and associated training needs, for professionals working in managed clinical networks. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 19 (2). pp. 156-163. ISSN 1356-1820

Book Section

Bailey, N., Barnes, H., Livingston, M., and Maclennan, D. (2013) Understanding neighbourhood population dynamics for neighbourhood effects research: A review of recent evidence and data source developments. In: Manley, D., van Ham, M., Bailey, N., Simpson, L. and Maclennan, D. (eds.) Understanding Neighbourhood Dynamics: New Insights for Neighbourhood Effects Research. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 23-42. ISBN 9789400748538