Professor John Flint

MA, MPhil

School of Geography and Planning

Professor of Urban Studies

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Professor John Flint
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
Profile

John was awarded an MA in Politics from the University of Glasgow in 1994. Whilst continuing his studies at Glasgow, he lectured part-time in HM Prison, Saughton, Edinburgh before gaining an MPhil in Urban Policy in 1998.

John was employed as a research associate at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow before becoming a lecturer in Housing Studies at the University of Glasgow. He joined the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam in 2005 and was appointed Professor in 2007.

In 2011 he moved to the University of Sheffield as Professor of Town and Regional Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (formerly TRP). He was Head of Department between 2012 and 2016 and then Interim Head of the Department of Geography until September 2017. John was Faculty Director of Research and Innovation from 2017 to 2022.

John became Deputy Vice President for Research in September 2022. He was a REF sub-panel member in 2021 and 2014  and was previously Co-Managing Editor of the Housing Studies Journal and a Trustee of the Urban Studies Foundation. He is a Trustee of the Housing Studies Charitable Trust. 

Qualifications
  • MA in Politics, University of Glasgow
  • MPhil in Urban Policy, University of Glasgow
Publications

Books

  • Flint J & Kelly J (2013) Bigotry, football and Scotland.

Edited books

  • Flint J & Powell R (Ed.) (2019) . Springer International Publishing.
  • Flint J & Kelly J (Ed.) (2013) Bigotry, Football and Scotland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • (Ed.) (2011) The future of sustainable cities: Critical reflections..
  • (Ed.) (2008) Community cohesion in crisis?: New dimensions of diversity and difference..
  • (Ed.) (2006) Housing, urban governance and anti-social behaviour: Perspectives, policy and practice..

Journal articles

  • Flint J (2024) . Housing Studies, 39(10), 2718-2720.
  • Preece J & Flint J (2024) . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 48(1), 94-110.
  • Preece J, Flint J & Robinson D (2024) . Housing Studies, 39(12), 3117-3137.
  • Flint J (2023) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 23(2), 417-420.
  • Preece J, McKee K, Robinson D & Flint J (2023) . Urban Studies, 60(9), 1650-1667.
  • Preece J, McKee K, Flint J & Robinson D (2021) . Housing Studies, 38(10), 1824-1844.
  • Preece J, Crawford J, McKee K, Flint J & Robinson D (2019) . Housing Studies, 35(1), 87-106.
  • Flint J (2019) . Urban Studies, 56(1), 249-265.
  • Fletcher D & Flint J (2018) . Critical Social Policy, 38(4), 771-791.
  • Fletcher D, Flint J, Batty E & McNeill J (2016) . Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 24(2), 171-185.
  • Ball E, Batty E & Flint J (2016) . Social Policy and Society, 15(02), 263-274.
  • Crawford J & Flint J (2015) . Housing Studies, 30(5), 792-807.
  • Flint JF, Kruithof B & Powell RS (2015) Introduction to the Special Issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives. Human Figurations, 4(1).
  • Flint J (2014) . Housing, Theory and Society, 32(1), 39-53.
  • Flint J (2013) . Safer Communities, 12(1), 13-23.
  • Batty E & Flint J (2013) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 13(1), 1-19.
  • Flint J & Powell R (2012) . Sociological Research Online, 17(3), 153-162.
  • Flint J (2012) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 12(3), 253-261.
  • Flint J (2012) . Housing Studies, 27(6), 822-838.
  • Batty E & Flint J (2012) . Social Policy and Society, 11(3), 345-358.
  • Flint Prof. J (2012) . Policy Futures in Education, 10(5), 507-517.
  • Flint J (2011) The role of sanctions in intensive support and rehabilitation: Rhetoric, rationalities and realities. British Journal of Community Justice, 9(1-2), 55-67.
  • Flint J (2011) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 11(3), 321-324.
  • Flint J (2011) . Housing Theory and Society, 28(1), 75-91.
  • Flint J (2010) . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(2), 257-274.
  • Flint J (2009) Governing marginalised populations: the role of coercion, support and agency. European Journal of Homelessness, 3, 247-260.
  • Flint J & Pawson H (2009) . Criminology and Criminal Justice, 9(4), 415-435.
  • Crawford A & Flint J (2009) . Criminology and Criminal Justice, 9(4), 403-413.
  • Flint J (2009) . European Journal of Housing Policy, 9(3), 355-357.
  • Powell R & Flint J (2009) . Housing, Theory and Society, 26(3), 159-178.
  • Flint J (2009) . Space and Polity, 13(2), 127-140.
  • Flint J (2009) . Housing Studies, 24(4), 417-431.
  • Flint J (2009) . Journal of Urban Design, 14(1), 118-120.
  • Flint J (2008) . Scottish Affairs, 63 (First Serie(1), 120-137.
  • Casey R & Flint J (2007) . People, Place and Policy Online, 1(2), 69-79.
  • Paddison R, Butler T, Flint J, Lagendijk A, Boone CG & Siemiatycki M (2007) . Urban Studies, 44(9), 1857-1867.
  • Atkinson R, Bagaeen S, Birch K, Flint J, Mitchell D & Paton K (2007) . Urban Studies, 44(8), 1619-1629.
  • Flint J (2007) . Policy & Politics, 35(3), 567-569.
  • Flint J (2007) . Policy and Politics, 35(2), 251-268.
  • Mooney G, Anderson J, Flint J & Hubbard P (2007) . Urban Studies, 44(2), 417-422.
  • Flint J (2007) . Policy and Politics, 35(3), 568-569.
  • Flint J & Kearns A (2006) . European Journal of Housing Policy, 6(1), 31-54.
  • Flint JF (2006) . Housing Studies, 21(2), 171-186.
  • Smithson H & Flint J (2006) Responding to young people's involvement in anti-social behaviour: A study of local initiatives in Manchester and Glasgow. Youth and Policy, 93, 21-40.
  • Flint J & Nixon J (2006) . Urban Studies, 43(5-6), 939-955.
  • Flint J (2006) . Geographie Economie Societe, 8(1), 17-36.
  • Flint J (2006) Surveillance and exclusion practices in the governance of access to shopping centres on periphery estates in the UK. Surveillance and Society, 4(1-2), 52-68.
  • Flint J (2006) Surveillance and exclusion practices in the governance of access to shopping centres on periphery estates in the UK. Surveillance & Society, 4(1/2), 52-68.
  • Atkinson R, Blandy S, Flint J & Lister D (2005) . Town Planning Review, 76(4), 401-422.
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2004) . Criminal Justice Matters, 55(1), 10-11.
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2004) . Housing Studies, 19(6), 875-892.
  • Flint J (2004) . Housing Studies, 19(6), 893-909.
  • Flint J & Kearns A (2004) . Scottish Affairs, 48 (First Serie(1), 108-129.
  • Flint J (2004) . Urban Studies, 41(1), 151-172.
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2004) . Policy & Politics, 32(3), 333-350.
  • Flint J (2003) . Economy and Society, 32(4), 611-629.
  • Flint J & Rowlands R (2003) . Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 18(3), 213-232.
  • Flint J (2002) . Housing Studies, 17(4), 619-637.
  • Flint J (2002) . Citizenship Studies, 6(3), 245-264.
  • Raco M & Flint J (2001) . Political Geography, 20(5), 585-612.
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2001) Accessing hidden and hard to reach populations: snowball research strategies. Social Research Update, 33.

Book chapters

  • Flint J & Powell R (2021) , Global Urbanism (pp. 80-87). Routledge
  • Flint J & Powell R (2019) , Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis (pp. 1-21). Springer International Publishing
  • Flint J & Powell R (2019) , Class Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis Putting Wacquant to Work (pp. 1-21).
  • Crisp R & Powell RS (2017) Youth unemployment, interdependence and power: Tensions and resistance within an alternative, ‘co-produced’ employment programme In Bevir M, McKee K & Matthews P (Ed.), Decentring Urban Governance: Narratives, Resistance and Contestation (pp. 38-63). Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Flint J (2017) Foucault’s duel: Constructed narratives and webs of meaning in anti-social behaviour and welfare benefits governance in the United Kingdom In Bevir M, McKee K & Matthews P (Ed.), Decentring Urban Governance: Narratives, Resistance and Contestation (pp. 15-37). Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Bannister J & Flint J (2017) Crime and the city: urban encounters, civility and tolerance In Liebling A, Maruna S & McAra L (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp. 522-540). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Flint J & Powell RS (2014) In Pickard S (Ed.), Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain Victorian and Contemporary Perspectives (pp. 42-52). Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • (2014) In Hopkins M & Treadwell J (Ed.) Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • Flint J (2013) , Policing Cities Urban Securitization and Regulation in A Twenty First Century World (pp. 147-160).
  • Flint J & Powell RS (2013) In Depelteau F & Landini T (Ed.), Norbert Elias and Social Theory (pp. 261-274). Palgrave Macmillan US
  • (2013) , Policing Cities (pp. 61-75). Routledge
  • Flint J & Kelly J (2013) Necessary debates and future research and policy imperatives, Bigotry Football and Scotland (pp. 215-222).
  • Flint J & Kelly J (2013) Football and bigotry in Scotland, Bigotry Football and Scotland (pp. 3-16).
  • Flint J & Powell R (2013) Scottish enlightenment and the sectarianism civilising offensive, Bigotry Football and Scotland (pp. 82-96).
  • Flint J & Kelly J (2013) Football and bigotry in scotland In Flint J & Kelly J (Ed.), Bigotry, Football and Scotland (pp. 2-16). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Flint J & Powell R (2013) Scottish enlightenment and the sectarianism civilising offensive In Flint J & Kelly J (Ed.), Bigotry, Football and Scotland (pp. 82-96). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Flint J & Kelly J (2013) Necessary debates and future research and policy imperatives In Flint J & Kelly J (Ed.), Bigotry, Football and Scotland (pp. 214-222). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Raco M & Flint J (2011) Towards a new politics of urban sustainability, Future of Sustainable Cities Critical Reflections (pp. 243-252).
  • Raco M & Flint J (2011) Introduction: Characterising the 'new' politics of sustainability: From managing growth to coping with crisis In Flint J & Race M (Ed.), The Future of Sustainable Cities: Critical Reflections (pp. 3-27). Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Flint J (2011) , The Future of Sustainable CitiesCritical Reflections (pp. 203-224). Policy Press
  • Flint J & Hunter C (2010) , Regulation and Criminal Justice (pp. 192-210). Cambridge University Press
  • Flint J & Powell R (2009) Civilising offensives: Education, football and "eradicating" sectarianism in Scotland In Millie A (Ed.), Securing Respect: Behavioural Expectations and Anti-social Behaviour in the UK Policy Press
  • Flint J (2009) , International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (pp. 354-359). Elsevier
  • Flint J (2009) On the governance of social housing In Czischke D (Ed.), Urban Regeneration in Europe: The Place of Housing in Integrated Urban Policies - Current Perspectives (pp. 35-44). Berlin: CECODHAS European Social Housing Observatory.
  • Flint J (2009) , Subversive citizensPower, agency and resistance in public services (pp. 83-98). Policy Press
  • Flint J (2009) (pp. 163-182). Bristol University Press
  • Flint J & Robinson D (2008) Introduction In Flint J & Robinson D (Ed.), Community Cohesion in Crisis? New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference (pp. 1-13). Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Flint J (2008) (pp. 159-176). Bristol University Press
  • Casey R & Flint J (2008) Governing through localism, contract and community: evidence from anti-social behaviour strategies in Scotland In Squires P (Ed.), ASBO Nation: The criminalisation of nuisance (pp. 103-116). Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Flint J & Smithson H (2007) , Securing an urban renaissance (pp. 165-182). Policy Press
  • Flint J (2006) Introduction In Flint J (Ed.), Housing, Urban Goverance and Anti-Social Behaviour (pp. 1-16). Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Flint J (2006) Active responsible citizens? Changing neighbourhoods, changing order In Dearling A, Newburn T & Somerville P (Ed.), Supporting Safer Communities: Housing, crime and neighbourhoods (pp. 29-44). Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing.
  • Flint J (2006) , Housing, urban governance and anti-social behaviour (pp. 19-36). Policy Press
  • Flint J & Kearns A (2004) The role of Church of Scotland congregations in community development In McKay J (Ed.), Netting Citizens (pp. 249-270). Edinburgh: St Andrews Press.
  • () In Burdsey D (Ed.) Routledge
  • Hughes B, Goodley D & Davis L () , Disability and Social Theory Palgrave Macmillan
  • () , The Transformation of Global Health Governance Palgrave Macmillan

Book reviews

  • Flint J (2016) . Housing Studies, 31(3), 359-361.
  • Flint J (2014) . Housing Studies, 29(7), 999-1001.
  • Flint J (2014) . Housing Studies, 29(3), 458-460.
  • Flint J (2013) . HOUSING STUDIES, 28(7), 1096-1098.
  • Flint J (2013) . HOUSING STUDIES, 28(5), 801-803.
  • Flint J (2013) . INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY, 28(2), 205-208.
  • Flint J (2012) . JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY, 41, 637-638.
  • Flint J (2011) . LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES, 37(4), 467-469.
  • Flint J (2011) . SOC LEGAL STUD, 20(2), 266-268.
  • Flint J (2011) . HOUSING STUD, 26(2), 297-299.
  • Flint J (2009) . URBAN STUD, 46(9), 2005-2007.
  • Flint J (2008) In dwelling: Implacability, exclusion and acceptance. HOUSING STUD, 23(5), 806-807.
  • Flint J (2008) Housing contemporary Ireland: Policy, society and shelter. URBAN STUD, 45(1), 237-239.
  • Flint J (2007) Out of sight: Crime, youth and exclusion in modern Britain. URBAN STUD, 44(8), 1623-1625.
  • Flint J (2007) Anti-social behaviour and disorder: powers and remedies 2nd edition. HOUSING STUD, 22(4), 620-622.
  • Flint J (2007) Building on the past: Visions of housing futures. URBAN STUD, 44(2), 419-421.
  • Flint J (2007) Imagine a metropolis: Rotterdam's creative class, 1970-2000. URBAN STUDIES, 44(9), 1860-1861.
  • Flint J (2005) . Local Government Studies, 31(3), 373-382.

Conference proceedings

  • Flint J, Atkinson R, Ferrari E, Gore T & Lever J (2016) . People, Place and Policy, Vol. 10(2) (pp 174-184)

Reports

  • Preece J, Bimpson E, Robinson D, McKee K & Flint J (2020) Forms and mechanisms of exclusion in contemporary housing systems : a scoping study

Dictionary or encyclopaedia entries

  • Flint J (2009) . In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography Volume 1 12 (Vol 1-12).
  • (2004) Sage Publications, Inc..
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2003) Snowball Sampling. In The A to Z of Social Research. London: Sage.