Publications
All TSRC research papers - including briefing papers, working papers and other publications - can be found through the research pages - via each research stream. They are also listed here by publication number.
Paper 70: The third sector delivering employment services: an evidence review, Christopher Damm (January 2012)
Summary | Briefing paper (PDF, 113KB) | Working paper (PDF, 561KB)
Paper 71: Little big societies: micro-mapping of organisations operating below the radar, Dr Andri Soteri-Proctor (December 2011)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 825KB)
Paper 69: The marketisation of charities in England and Wales, Stephen McKay, Domenico Moro, Simon Teasdale and David Clifford (November 2011)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 510KB)
Paper 68: The role of grassroots arts activities in communities: a scoping study, Hilary Ramsden, Jane Milling, Jenny Phillimore, Angus McCabe, Hamish Fyfe and Robin Simpson (December 2011)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 636KB)
Paper 67: First impressions: introducing the ‘Real Times’ third sector case studies, Dr Rob Macmillan, Dr Malin Arvidson, Dr Sobrina Edwards, Dr Andri Soteri-Proctor, Dr Rebecca Taylor and Dr Simon Teasdale (November 2011)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 405KB)
Paper 66: Social impact measurement as an entrepreneurial process, Professor Fergus Lyon and Dr Malin Arvidson (November 2011)
Summary | Briefing paper
Paper 65: Voluntary sector organisations working at the neighbourhood level in England: patterns by local area deprivation, Dr David Clifford (August 2011)
Summary | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 64: Personalisation: what will the impacts be for carers?, Dr Mary Larkin and Dr Helen Dickinson (July 2011)
Summary | Working paper
Scoping report: BIG as a Policy Actor: Exploring BIG’s impact on third sector policy and practice, Angela Ellis Paine, Rebecca Taylor and Pete Alcock (May 2011)
Introduction | Report
Paper 63: UK Gypsies and Travellers and the third sector, Dr Andrew Ryder (July 2011)
Summary | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 62: Mapping the Big Society: perspectives from the Third Sector Research Centre, Professor John Mohan (August 2011)
Summary | Working paper
Paper 61: Offender engagement with third sector organisations: a national prison-based survey
Dr Dina Gojkovic, Dr Rosie Meek and Dr Alice Mills (July 2011)
Summary | Working paper
Paper 60: Third sector partnerships for service delivery: an evidence review and research project, Dr James Rees, Professor David Mullins and Professor Tony Bovaird
Summary | Briefing paper
Paper 59: Low-carbon practices: a third sector research agenda, Milena Büchs, Graham Smith and Rebecca Edwards (May 2011)
Summary | Working paper
Paper 58: The black minority ethnic third sector: a resource paper, Lucy Mayblin and Andri Soteri-Proctor (June 2011)
Summary | Working paper
Paper 57: Scoping the involvement of third sector organisations in the seven resettlement pathways for offenders, Dr Dina Gojkovic, Dr Alice Mills and Dr Rosie Meek (May 2011)
Summary | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 56: Seeing things differently? The promise of qualitative longitudinal research on the third sector, Rob Macmillan (March 2011)
Summary | Working Paper
Paper 54: Self-help housing – Towards a greater role. Case Study Findings Summary to inform Consultation at St George’s House, Windsor Castle, December 2010. Professor David Mullins, Dr Patricia A. Jones and Dr Simon Teasdale (Feb 2011)
Summary | Briefing paper | Case Study Report
Paper 53: Connecting the dots: the potential for self-help housing to address homelessness, Simon Teasdale, Patricia A. Jones and David Mullins (Jan 2011)
Summary | Briefing paper | Full report
Paper 52: Social enterprise spin-outs from the English health service: a Right to Request but was anyone listening?, Robin Miller and Dr Ross Millar (Feb 2011)
Abstract | Working paper
Paper 51: Below the radar in a Big Society? Reflections on community engagement, empowerment and social action in a changing policy context, Angus McCabe (Feb 2011)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 50: Hybridity, diversity and the division of labour in the third sector: what can we learn from homelessness organisations in the UK?, Heather Buckingham (Dec 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 49: The ambitions and challenges of SROI, Dr Malin Arvidson, Professor Fergus Lyon, Professor Stephen McKay and Dr Domenico Moro (Jan 2011)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 48, Social enterprise and ethnic minorities, Leandro Sepulveda, Stephen Syrett, Sara Calvo (Nov 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 47: A comparative study of changes in earned income among third sector organisations in England and Wales, and the United states, Simon Teasdale (Oct 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 46: What's in a name? The construction of social enterprise, Simon Teasdale (Sept 2010)
Abstract | Working paper
Paper 45: How dependent is the third sector on public funding? David Clifford, Frida Geyne Rajme, and John Mohan (Oct 2010)
Abstract | Working paper
Paper 44: Opportunity and influence: the third sector and the 2010 general election, Jane Parry, Pete Alcock and Jeremy Kendall (Oct 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper | Full research Report
Paper 43: Approaches to measuring the scale of the social enterprise sector in the UK, Fergus Lyon, Simon Teasdale and Rob Baldock (Sept 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 42: Constituting the third sector, Pete Alcock and Jeremy Kendall (August 2010)
Abstract | Working paper
Paper 41: Capturing diversity: a typology of third sector organisations’ responses to contracting based on empirical evidence from homelessness services, Heather Buckingham (Sept 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | working paper
Paper 40: Womens' leadership, employment and participation in the third sector, Simon Teasdale, Stephen McKay, Jenny Phillimore and Nina Teasdale (October 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper
TSRC annual review, June 2010
Paper 39: Trends in the concentration of income among charities, Peter Backus and David Clifford (June 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 38: Are big charities becoming increasingly dominant? David Clifford and Peter Backus (June 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 37: The value of volunteering in Europe in the Noughties, Jeremy Kendall (September 2009)
Abstract | Working paper
Paper 36: Mainstreaming the environment? The third sector and environmental performance management, Dr Rebecca Edwards, Professor Graham Smith, Dr Milena Büchs (June 2010)
Abstract | Working paper
Paper 35: The regional geography of social enterprise in the UK: a review of recent surveys
Heather Buckingham, Steven Pinch and Peter Sunley (July 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 34: The role of the third sector in work with offenders: the perceptions of criminal justice and third sector stakeholders, Rosie Meek, Dina Gojkovic and Alice Mills (May 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 33: Understanding the distinctiveness of small scale third sector activity, Jenny Phillimore and Angus McCabe (May 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 32: Partnership and mainstreaming, Professor Pete Alcock (May 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 31: Black boxes in the wreckage? Making sense of failure in a social enterprise, Duncan Scott
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 30: The personalisation agenda, Helen Dickinson
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 29: Below the radar: a summary review of the literature, Angus McCabe, Jenny Phillimore and Lucy Mayblin
Abstract | Briefing Paper | Working paper
Paper 28: The growing workforce in the voluntary and community sectors, Domenico Moro and Stephen McKay
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 27: Impact and evaluation of the third sector, Malin Arvidson
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 26: Business or third sector, Andrea Westall
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 25: Value and the third sector, Andrea Westall
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 24: A strategic unity, Pete Alcock
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Article: Third sector organisation and public service. What can research tell us?
By Professor Pete Alcock, Published in ESRC’s annual magazine, Britain in 2010
Paper 23: The contradictory faces of social enterprise, Simon Teasdale
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 22: Social enterprise and the environment, Ian Vickers
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 20: The third sector delivering public services: an evidence review, Rob Macmillan (July 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 19: Housing scoping papers: homelessness advice and support, Ricky Joseph
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 18: Housing scoping papers: the tenants' and community movement, Patricia A Jones
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 17: Cooperative and mutual housing in the social rented sector, Rob Rowlands (August 2010)
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 16: Housing scoping paper: housing associations, David Mullins
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 15: Outsider, missing link or panacea? The place of social enterprise (with)in and in relation to the Third Sector, Leandro Sepulveda
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 14: Economic analysis and the third sector, Andrea Westall
Abstract | Briefing Paper | Working paper
Paper 13: Losing political innocence, Jeremy Kendall
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 12: User and community co-production of public services: fad or fact, nuisance or necessity?, Tony Bovaird
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 11: Housing scoping papers: self-help housing, David Mullins
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 10: Housing scoping papers: overview, David Mullins, Patricia A Jones, Ricky Joseph, Rob Rowlands and Simon Teasdale
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 8: Exploring below the radar: issues of themes and focus, Angus McCabe and Jenny Phillimore
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 7: Measuring the value of social and community impact (the role of social enterprises in public services), Fergus Lyon
Abstract | Full paper
Paper 6: Individual voluntary participation in the UK, Dr. Laura Staetsky
Abstract |Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 5: Innovation in the homeless field: How does social enterprise respond to the needs of the literal homeless population?, Simon Teasdale
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 4: Mapping social enterprises: past approaches, challenges and future directions, Fergus Lyon and Dr Leandro Sepulveda
Abstract | Briefing paper
Paper 3: Can social enterprise address social exclusion? Evidence from an inner city community, Simon Teasdale
Abstract | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 2: Devolution or divergence? Third Sector Policy across the UK since 2000, Pete Alcock
Abstact | Briefing paper | Working paper
Paper 1: Research approach and strategy of TSRC, Pete Alcock
Briefing paper
The rural social economy: Surviving the credit crunch, Angus McCabe