Professor Michelle Norris
- Foilsithe: 22 Bealtaine 2024
- An t-eolas is déanaí: 22 Bealtaine 2024
Michelle Norris is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Geary Institute for Public Policy at University College Dublin. Her teaching and research interests focus on housing policy and urban regeneration.
She has led over 30 research projects on these issues and produced 200 publications on the results. She has very strong links with policy makers in Ireland and internationally. This has included being a member of the National Economic and Social Council, chairing the board of the Housing Finance Agency, and being appointed a member of both the Land Development Agency board and the housing commission by the Minister for Housing. In 2021 she was one of three lead authors of the Housing2030 report on how policy makers improve affordable housing outcomes, which was commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), UN Habitat and Housing Europe.
In 2023 she led a consortium of twelve universities, research institutes and NGOs from across Europe which secured €3.4 million in funding from the EU's Horizon Europe programme to implement a research project entitled: 'EqualHouse: From Housing Inequality to Sustainable, Inclusive and Affordable Housing Solutions'. In recognition of the outstanding policy impact of her research she was awarded the Irish Research Council's research impact award in 2021.