Ligia Teixeira

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Dr Ligia Teixeira is one of the foremost international policy experts on homelessness working in the UK. She has made instrumental contributions to foster and guide academic and policy research through her work within the various roles she has held in her policy/non-academic employment. Dr Teixeira has worked at the London School of Economics, United Nations, Young Foundation, Refugee Council, Crisis and is now the Chief Executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI).Dr Teixeira’s work has been instrumental in improving the quality of the evidence base in the UK and beyond by introducing groundbreaking evidence tools into the field as well as new methods such systematic reviews and local policy experiments that develop and test innovative approaches. In 2018 she was appointed a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences. She also sits on the Economic and Social Research Council’s Advisory Council and the National Institute for Health Research, and is a Trustee of the Robertson Trust.
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The treatment of single homeless people by local authority homelessness services in England

The Impact Manifesto: doing the right things to end homelessness for good

Policy Press eBooks, Apr 29, 2020

Ending Homelessness for Good: A Manifesto

British Academy eBooks, Nov 4, 2021

Much is known about how to address homelessness, but much remains unknown. In this environment, w... more Much is known about how to address homelessness, but much remains unknown. In this environment, what can government leaders and advocates do to make lasting change in ending homelessness? Quite a lot, as it happens. In this chapter, Lígia Teixeira outlines steps that might be taken to accelerate progress that results in real lasting change. The underlying argument is that to succeed we need a new ‘what works’ movement in homelessness that uses evidence and reason to figure out what works and what does not, allowing us to reject the dangerous half-truths that can pass for wisdom.

The Impact Manifesto

Using Evidence to End Homelessness

Dr Culhane is a social science researcher with primary expertise in the area of homelessness and ... more Dr Culhane is a social science researcher with primary expertise in the area of homelessness and assisted housing policy. His work has contributed to efforts to address the housing and support needs of people experiencing housing emergencies and long-term homelessness. Most recently, Culhane's research has focused on using linked administrative data to gain a better understanding about the service utilisation patterns of vulnerable populations, including youth exiting foster care and/or juvenile justice, as well as the individuals aged 55 and older who are experiencing homelessness. Culhane's research also focuses on homelessness among veterans. From July 2009 to June 2018 he served as Director of Research at the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, an initiative of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Culhane also co-directs Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP), an initiative that promotes the development, use and innovation of integrated data systems by states and localities for policy analysis and systems reform. Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. He was previously a professor of geography at the University of Sheffield. He has also worked in Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds and New Zealand, went to university in Newcastle upon Tyne and to school in Oxford. He has published, with many colleagues, more than a dozen books on issues related to social inequalities in Britain and several hundred journal papers. Much of this work is available open access. His work concerns issues of housing, health, employment, education and poverty. He is an academician of the Academy of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences, was Honorary President of the Society of Cartographers from 2007 to 2017 and is a patron of Roadpeace, the national charity for road crash victims. Matt Downie MBE is Director of Policy and External Affairs for Crisis. Matt has led award-winning teams at Action for Children, the National Autistic Society and Crisis. Political Using Evidence to End Homelessness x successes include the Autism Act 2009, stopping the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US on charges of computer hacking, establishing a multi-million pound government savings scheme for children in care and the introduction of a new criminal offence of psychological child abuse. Most recently he led a campaign to achieve the Homelessness Reduction Act which came into force in 2018. Matt was awarded an MBE in the 2019 Queen's birthdays honours list, for services to tackle homelessness. Caroline Fiennes is Director of Giving Evidence, which encourages and enables giving based on sound evidence. She advises people and companies on giving well to charities and is one of the few people whose work has featured in both the scientific journal Nature and OK! magazine. She frequently speaks and writes in the press and has been an award-winning Chief Executive of the climate change charity Global Cool, which promotes green living. She has advised donors including the Emirates Foundation in UAE, Eurostar, the Ashden Awards, the Big Lottery Fund, the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, professional tennis players, the Private Equity Foundation, BBC Children in Need, Booz & Co and Morgan Stanley. This work has spanned environment, health, education, international development, children's issues and other areas.

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