Marshall, Michael, Dr

Dr Michael Marshall (he/him)

School of Geography and Planning

Research Associate in Quantitative Analysis and Geographic Information Systems

michael.marshall@sheffield.ac.uk

Geography and Planning Building

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Dr Michael Marshall
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND

Profile: I completed my PhD in the Urban Studies and Planning department at University of Sheffield in 2023. My thesis was on the financialisation of English housing associations and the implications for social housing supply. Following this I worked as a Research Associate in the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE). And began my current role in 2025. Prior to academia I worked in social housing.

Research interests: I am an interdisciplinary researcher with two interrelated strands to my research: housing and decarbonisation of the built environment. Topics of interest include quantifying and understanding housing need, the drivers of poor housing conditions and housing insecurity, the governance of social housing, and expediting the decarbonisation of building construction and maintenance. As an applied researcher I have a strong interest in methods, including the applications in the social sciences of quantitative methods, mixed methods, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As a former practitioner I also have an interest in conducting research which is engaged with policy and practice, and I have been part of several research evaluations and evidence reviews commissioned by government and third-sector bodies.

Publications

Marshall M & Zhang ML (2025) . International Journal of Housing Policy.
Marshall M (2023) . Critical Housing Analysis, 10(2), 58-69.
Hartman TK, Marshall M, Stocks TVA, McKay R, Bennett K, Butter S, Gibson Miller J, Hyland P, Levita L, Martinez AP , Mason L et al (2021) . Frontiers in Political Science, 3.

Marshall M, Hincks S & Powell R (2023) , The Routledge Handbook of Housing and Welfare (pp. 38-53). Routledge

Marshall M, Zhang ML, Brown P & Berry P (2025) Transforming social housing through decarbonisation: The challenges and opportunities in decarbonising at scale
Gilbertson J, Harris C, Pearson S, Smith R, Wilson I, Marshall M, Preece J, Robinson D, Brown J, McGregor S , Roberts G et al (2025) Home Improvement Services in England: National Evaluation
Robinson D, Archer T, Hamer R, Smith R, Wilson I, Marshall M & Williams R (2024) What older people want: a rapid evidence assessment on what older people want, and can afford, when it comes to their housing choices when looking to move
Marshall M, Hincks S & Ferrari E (2022) Lessons from last time: a review of evidence on the first decent homes programme in the social and private rented sectors
Marshall M, LeBaron G, Kyritsis P & Polanco Leal P (2021) The unequal impacts of Covid-19 on global garment supply chains: evidence from Ethiopia, Honduras, India, and Myanmar

Teaching interests