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 85: Moving beyond ‘refugeeness’: problematising the ‘refugee community organisation’, Teresa Piacentini (August 2012)
Summary | Briefing paper (pdf, 332KB)| Working paper (pdf, 686KB)

Paper 84: Hearing the voice of Gypsies and Travellers: the history, development and challenges of Gypsy and Traveller tenants and residents’ associations, Andrew Ryder (September 2012)
Summary | Working paper (pdf, 535KB)| Discussion paper (pdf, 548KB)

Paper 83: Innovation and social enterprise activity in third sector organisations, Celine Chew and Fergus Lyon (November 2012)
Summary | Working paper (pdf, 481KB)

Paper 82: The Big Society: a new policy environment for the third sector?, Pete Alcock (June 2012)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 281KB)

Paper 81: Third sector organisations’ role in pro-environmental behaviour change – a review of the literature and evidence, Milena Büchs, Rebecca Edwards and Graham Smith (May 2012)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 452KB)

Paper 80: The regional distribution of employees in the third sector in England: estimates from the National Survey of Third Sector Organisations (NSTSO), Frida Geyne-Rajme and John Mohan (June 2012)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 347KB)

Paper 79: Scaling-up social enterprise: strategies taken from early years providers, Fergus Lyon and Heather Fernandez (April 2012)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 367KB)

Research Report 78: From crisis to mixed picture to phoney war: tracing third sector discourse in the 2008/9 recession, Rebecca Taylor, Jane Parry and Pete Alcock (May 2012)
Summary | Briefing paper (PDF, 84KB) | Research report (PDF, 584KB)

Community investment by social housing organisations: measuring the impact, Vanessa Wilkes and Professor David Mullins (Survey Report for HACT, March 2012)
Summary | Report (PDF 1.21MB) | Summary report (PDF, 661KB)

Paper 77: Accommodation for ex-offenders: Third sector housing advice and provision, Dina Gojkovic, Alice Mills and Rosie Meek (March 2012)
Summary | Briefing paper (PDF, 95KB)| Working paper (PDF, 410KB)

Paper 76: Third sector leadership: the power of narrative, Rob Macmillan and Vic McLaren (March 2012)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 357KB)

Paper 75: Wherever there is money there is influence: exploring BIG’s impact on the third sector, Angela Ellis Paine, Rebecca Taylor and Pete Alcock (February 2012)
Summary | Research Report (PDF, 1.5MB) | Briefing paper (PDF, 173KB)

Paper 74: A dimming of the ‘warm glow’? Are non-profit workers in the UK still more satisfied with their jobs than other workers? Chiara Paola Donegani, Stephen McKay and Domenico Moro (April 2012)
Summary | Briefing paper (PDF, 160KB)| Working paper (PDF, 663 KB)

Paper 73: The idea of a ‘civic core’: what are the overlaps between charitable giving, volunteering, and civic participation in England and Wales? Professor John Mohan and Dr Sarah L. Bulloch (February 2012)
Summary |Briefing paper (pdf, 79KB)| Working paper (pdf, 573KB) 

Paper 72: Women as social entrepreneurs, Dr Anne Laure Humbert (February 2012)
Summary | Working paper (PDF, 322KB)

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 70: The third sector delivering employment services: an evidence review, Christopher Damm (January 2012)
Summary | Briefing paper (PDF, 113KB) | Working paper (PDF, 561KB)

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 | Briefing paper (PDF, 127KB) | 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 | Briefing Paper | 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 | Working 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 homeless people?, 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