About me
Peter Mackie is a Professor at Cardiff University in the School of Geography and Planning, where his research and teaching focus on two broad themes. Firstly, he is recognised as a leading international expert in the field of housing and homelessness. His research in this area has focussed on the prevention of homelessness, including the role of rights-based approaches as potential solutions to housing poverty. His body of work has had considerable impact, including the development of new legislation in multiple countries. Secondly, he has a long-standing interest in urban livelihoods and the informal economy. Within this broad theme he has explored issues of child labour, rights to public space, and livelihoods during conflict and crises. In all of Peter’s research he has sought to understand the experiences of people in poverty from their own perspectives and he is increasingly engaged in the development and application of advanced quantitative methods relating to administrative data-linkage and evaluative trials methodologies in the homelessness field.
