Making Progress in Housing A Framework for Collaborative Research
Making Progress in Housing by Sean McNelis, published by Routledge in 2014, presents a new approach to housing research that is relevant across various social sciences. This edition, comprising 266 pages, outlines a methodological framework designed to facilitate collaboration among researchers from diverse fields, addressing complex housing issues through an integrated approach.
Readers will find that the book introduces Functional Collaboration, a framework that divides housing research into functional specialties, each addressing inter-related questions essential for improving housing outcomes. By drawing on the work of Bernard Lonergan, McNelis emphasizes the importance of using different methods to tackle these questions, thereby fostering a new discourse on methodology in housing and social research. The book aims to stimulate discussions on progress and the nature of science within the context of public policy, urban development, and social issues like poverty and homelessness.
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This book presents a new approach to housing research, one that is relevant to all the social sciences.
Housing research is diverse and operates across many disciplines, approaches and methods making collaboration difficult. This book outlines a methodological framework that enables researchers from many different fields to collaborate in solving complex and seemingly intractable housing problems. It shows how we can make progress in housing research and deliver better housing outcomes through an integrated approach.
Drawing on the work of renowned Canadian methodologist, philosopher, theologian and economist, Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984), McNelis outlines a framework for collaborative research: Functional Collaboration. This new form of collaboration divides up the work of housing research into functional specialties. These distinguish eight inter-related questions that arise in the process of moving from the current housing situation through to providing practical advice to decision-makers. To answer each question a different method is required. Making progress in housing is the result of finding new answers to this complete set of eight inter-related questions.
This approach to collaboration opens up a new discourse on method in housing and social research as well as new debates on progress and the nature of science.
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