Current Research Interests
Halima is an honorary research fellow and group co-ordinator for the Housing and Communities Research Group. She graduated in 2011 with a PhD in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Birmingham. Continuing her doctoral interest in the changing strategic direction and management of community investment in housing associations and hybrid third sector organisations, Halima's current research involves both developing her PhD findings as well as new housing research in a number of commissioned projects within TSRC and Housing and Communities Research Group. She is currently working with Professor David Mullins on a case study research project in the North East and Yorkshire as part of a national evaluation of the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme for Self-Help Housing (2012-2015). The findings from the Midlands evaluation of the same project were published in 2014.
Halima’s research within the housing and communities field aims to extend knowledge on the changing form of large scale hybrids that have emerged in the housing sector, as well as to complement research on small, community-led organisations such as self-help housing groups.
Qualifications
- BAS (Hons), University of Cape Town, 2000.
- MSc Business Studies (With Distinction), Aston Business School, Aston University, 2005.
- PhD (ESRC Case Studentship), Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, 2011.
Publications and Working Papers
Sacranie, H (2015) Approaches to Community Investment in Housing Organisations: Where Institutional Logics and Organisational Cultures meet, H&CRG working paper (forthcoming).
Mullins, D and Sacranie, H (2014) Evaluation of the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme - Midlands Baseline Case Studies Report, TSRC and BSHF. See also 'Research shows growth in empty homes activity in the Midlands'.
Sacranie (2012) Hybridity Enacted in a Large English Housing Association: A Tale of Strategy, Culture and Community Investment, Housing Studies, Volume 27, Issue 4, Special Issue: Social Enterprise, Hybridity and Housing Organisations
Sacranie, H. (2010) Strategy, Culture and Community Investment: Emerging Findings for a Large English Housing Association. European Network for Housing Research Conference 2010. Istanbul, 4- 7 July 2010.
Sacranie, H and Mullins, D. (2009) Corporate Social Responsibility and the Transformation of Social Housing Organisations: some puzzles and some new directions. European Network for Housing Research Conference. Prague, June 29 –July 2 2009.
Sacranie, H. and Mullins, D. (2008) “Competing Drivers of Change in the Regulation of HAs in England: A Multi-layered Merging Perspective” In Housing Studies Conference. York, 2 – 4 April 2008.
Contact Details
Email: H.Sacranie@bham.ac.uk