Professor John Flint

MA, MPhil

School of Geography and Planning

Professor of Town and Regional Planning

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Professor John Flint
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
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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 ºù«Ӱҵ Hallam in 2005 and was appointed Professor in 2007.

In 2011 he moved to the University of ºù«Ӱҵ 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

Edited books

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

Journal articles

  • Flint J (2024) . Housing Studies, 39(10), 2718-2720. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2023) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 23(2), 417-420. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Preece J, Crawford J, McKee K, Flint J & Robinson D (2019) . Housing Studies. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2019) . Urban Studies, 56(1), 249-265. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fletcher D & Flint J (2018) . Critical Social Policy. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fletcher D, Flint J, Batty E & McNeill J (2016) . Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 24(2), 171-185. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ball E, Batty E & Flint J (2016) . Social Policy and Society, 15(2), 263-274. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Crawford J & Flint J (2015) . Housing Studies, 30(5), 792-807. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint JF, Kruithof B & Powell RS (2015) Introduction to the Special Issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives. Human Figurations, 4(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2015) . Housing, Theory and Society, 32(1), 39-53. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2013) . Safer Communities, 12(1), 13-23. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Batty E & Flint J (2013) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 13(1), 1-19. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint Prof. J (2012) . Policy Futures in Education, 10(5), 507-517. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2012) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 12(3), 253-261. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Batty E & Flint J (2012) . Social Policy and Society, 11(3), 345-358. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2012) . Housing Studies, 27(6), 822-838. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Powell R (2012) . Sociological Research Online, 17(3), 153-162. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2011) . International Journal of Housing Policy, 11(3), 321-324. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2011) . Housing, Theory and Society, 28(1), 75-91. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2010) . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(2), 257-274. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) Governing marginalised populations: the role of coercion, support and agency. European Journal of Homelessness, 3, 247-260. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Pawson H (2009) . Criminology and Criminal Justice, 9(4), 415-435. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) . European Journal of Housing Policy, 9(3), 355-357. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) . Journal of Urban Design, 14(1), 118-120. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Powell R & Flint J (2009) . Housing, Theory and Society, 26(3), 159-178. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) . Space and Polity, 13(2), 127-140. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) . Housing Studies, 24(4), 417-431. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Crawford A & Flint J (2009) . Criminology and Criminal Justice, 9(4), 403-413. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2008) . Scottish Affairs, 63 (First Serie(1), 120-137. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Casey R & Flint J (2007) . People, Place and Policy Online, 1(2), 69-79. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Paddison R, Butler T, Flint J, Lagendijk A, Boone CG & Siemiatycki M (2007) . Urban Studies, 44(9), 1857-1867. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Atkinson R, Bagaeen S, Birch K, Flint J, Mitchell D & Paton K (2007) . Urban Studies, 44(8), 1619-1629. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2007) . Policy & Politics, 35(3), 567-569. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2007) . Policy and Politics, 35(2), 251-268. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mooney G, Anderson J, Flint J & Hubbard P (2007) . Urban Studies, 44(2), 417-422. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2007) . Policy and Politics, 35(3), 568-569. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Nixon J (2006) . Urban Studies, 43(5-6), 939-955. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint JF (2006) . Housing Studies, 21(2), 171-186. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2006) . Geographie Economie Societe, 8(1), 17-36. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Kearns A (2006) . European Journal of Housing Policy, 6(1), 31-54. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Atkinson R, Blandy S, Flint J & Lister D (2005) . Town Planning Review, 76(4), 401-422. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2004) . Housing Studies, 19(6), 875-892. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2004) . Housing Studies, 19(6), 893-909. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Kearns A (2004) . Scottish Affairs, 48 (First Serie(1), 108-129. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2004) . Policy & Politics, 32(3), 333-350. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2004) . Criminal Justice Matters, 55(1), 10-11. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2004) . Urban Studies, 41(1), 151-172. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2003) . Economy and Society, 32(4), 611-629. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Rowlands R (2003) . Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 18(3), 213-232. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2002) . Citizenship Studies, 6(3), 245-264. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2002) . Housing Studies, 17(4), 619-637. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Raco M & Flint J (2001) . Political Geography, 20(5), 585-612. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Atkinson R & Flint J (2001) Accessing hidden and hard to reach populations: snowball research strategies. Social Research Update, 33. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Preece J & Flint J () . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Preece J, Flint J & Robinson D () . Housing Studies, 1-21. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Preece J, McKee K, Robinson D & Flint J () . Urban Studies. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Preece J, McKee K, Flint J & Robinson D () Living in a small home: expectations, impression management, and compensatory practices. Housing Studies. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Flint J & Powell R (2021) , Global Urbanism (pp. 80-87). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Powell R (2019) , Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis (pp. 1-21). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Powell R (2019) , Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis: Putting Wacquant to Work (pp. 1-21). RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. 38-64). London: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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). London: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2014) Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2014) Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Powell R (2013) , Norbert Elias and Social Theory (pp. 261-274). Palgrave Macmillan US RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2013) , Policing Cities (pp. 61-75). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2013) , Policing Cities: Urban Securitization And Regulation In A Twenty-First Century World (pp. 147-160). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Kelly J (2013) Necessary Debates and Future Research and Policy Imperatives, BIGOTRY, FOOTBALL AND SCOTLAND (pp. 215-222). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Kelly J (2013) Football and Bigotry in Scotland, BIGOTRY, FOOTBALL AND SCOTLAND (pp. 3-16). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Raco M & Flint J (2011) Towards a new politics of urban sustainability, The Future of Sustainable Cities: Critical Reflections (pp. 243-252). RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2011) Neighbourhood sustainability: Residents' perceptions and perspectives, The Future of Sustainable Cities: Critical Reflections (pp. 203-224). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Powell R (2009) Civilising offensives: Education, football and ‘Eradicating’ sectarianism in Scotland, Securing Respect: Behavioural Expectations and Anti-Social Behaviour in the UK (pp. 219-238). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) , International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (pp. 354-359). Elsevier RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) Subversive subjects and conditional, earned and denied citizenship, Subversive Citizens: Power, Agency and Resistance in Public Services (pp. 83-98). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2009) Faith-based schools: Institutionalising parallel lives?, Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and Practices (pp. 163-182). RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2008) Welfare state institutions and secessionary neighbourhood spaces, Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference (pp. 159-176). RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Smithson H (2007) New governance of youth disorder: A study of local initiatives, Securing an Urban Renaissance: Crime, Community, and British Urban Policy (pp. 165-182). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2006) Introduction In Flint J (Ed.), Housing, Urban Goverance and Anti-Social Behaviour (pp. 1-16). Bristol: Policy Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J (2006) Housing and the new governance of conduct, Housing, Urban Governance and Anti-Social Behaviour: Perspectives, Policy and Practice (pp. 19-36). RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Burdsey D () Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flint J & Hunter C () , Regulation and Criminal Justice (pp. 192-210). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hughes B, Goodley D & Davis L () , Disability and Social Theory Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download
  • () , The Transformation of Global Health Governance Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download

Book reviews

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

Conference proceedings papers

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

Reports

  • Preece J, Bimpson E, Robinson D, McKee K & Flint J (2020) FORMS AND MECHANISMS OF EXCLUSION IN CONTEMPORARY HOUSING SYSTEMS: A SCOPING STUDY RIS download Bibtex download

Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries

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