Dr Bert Provan CASE, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE, London School of Economics

Biography

Dr Bert Provan's current research interests are:

Urban regeneration and poverty reduction in the UK, France and the wider EU
Energy efficiency, the green economy and their role within city renewal
Housing and homelessness, particularly in the context of current welfare benefit changes
Knowledge management and research impact

Bert's latest projects include:

Impact of welfare reform on social housing tenants and local communities
Social return on investment impact of regeneration and anti-poverty programmes
Effectiveness of programmes to tackle rough sleeping in inner London
Knowledge management for the Social Policy and Distributional Outcomes programme

Latest

CASEreports

Opening Doors: An evaluation of the London Borough of Newham's Housing First Pilot Project

05 February 2021

LSE Housing and Communities, Laura Lane, Anne Power and Bert Provan

In 2018, the London Borough of Newham (LBN) commissioned LSE Housing and Communities to undertake an evaluation of their "Housing First" pilot project. The main objectives for the evaluation were: 1. To understand the pr... Read more...

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City of Walbrzych: Technical Assistance for Mitigating the Social and Economic Challenges of The City

06 August 2020

Maciej Borsa, Aleksandra Jadach-Sepiolo and Bert Provan

This report addresses options for city renewal in the medium sized, but shrinking, Polish city of Walbrzych. It provides an overview of the impact of the rapid closure of the mining industry in the mid-1990s, in terms o... Read more...

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Extending the "move-on" period for newly granted refugees: Analysis of impacts and costs

18 February 2020

Bert Provan

This report considers the impact of extending the "move-on" period (currently 28 days) which is allowed to refugees, once they are awarded Leave to Remain in the UK. This question arises for those refugees who were in re... Read more...

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Estate Regeneration and Social Value

22 August 2019

Anne Power and Bert Provan

Home Group is committed to assessing the social value to low income communities of regeneration and upgrading. This research was commissioned by Home Group and closely links to their recently developed “Customer Promise”... Read more...

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Never Just a Number: Evaluating the impact of a holistic approach to UK poverty

23 October 2018

Ellie Benton, Laura Lane, Anne Power and Bert Provan

The core aim of the research is to show the social value of CAP’s work in tackling poverty and related problems of debt, joblessness, dependency, and low capacity. The evaluation covers the four main strands of CAP’s app... Read more...

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Overcoming the Stigma of Social Housing: Can social housing rebuild its reputation?

14 March 2018

Anne Power and Bert Provan

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No Place Like An Accessible Home: Quality of life and opportunity for disabled people with accessible housing needs

28 July 2016

Tania Burchardt, Bert Provan and Ellie Suh

Habinteg Housing and Papworth Trust commissioned CASE at LSE to report, primarily in relation to working age disabled people, on: 1. The extent of need for housing which has accessible features (for example a stair lift... Read more...

Social Policy in a Cold Climate Research Working Papers

Pulling in the Same Direction? Economic and Social Outcomes in London and the North of England Since the Recession

13 July 2016

Polina Obolenskaya, Ruth Lupton and Bert Provan

The Social Policy in a Cold Climate research programme had two major components: first an analysis of the social policies and spending of Labour and Coalition governments from 1997 to 2015, and theirimpacts on poverty, i... Read more...

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Saint-Étienne City Story

08 June 2016

Bert Provan

La Fabrique de la Cité, a French foundation sponsored by Vinci, funded LSE Housing and Communities to produce seven updated city reports on Leipzig and six other European cities, following our initial reports in 2007. Th... Read more...