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Biography
Professor Beth Watts-Cobbe is Deputy Director at the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. She is an applied social scientist whose research focuses on homelessness, housing, poverty and broader questions about the design, effectiveness and ethical legitimacy of social and welfare policies. She leads the 2021-26 Crisis-funded Homelessness Monitors project tracking the impacts of economic and policy change on homelessness across Great Britain and a Joseph Rowntree Foundation-funded study exploring how to address homelessness and destitution among migrants excluded from the social safety-net in Scotland.
Research interests
- Homelessness and youth homelessness
- Rough sleeping and complex needs
- Social housing and security of tenure
- Welfare conditionality
- Political and moral philosophy and their application in social policy analysis
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Advancing Value Pluralist Approaches to Social Policy Controversies: A Case Study of Welfare Conditionality
Watts-Cobbe, B. & Fitzpatrick, S., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Social Policy. 54, 1, p. 285-300 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Designing out homelessness amongst minoritised communities in the West Midlands Combined Authority Area: A report of the Homelessness and Black and Minoritised Ethnic Communities in the UK: knowledge and capacity building programme
Fitzpatrick, S., Bramley, G., McIntyre, J., Watts-Cobbe, B. & Ayed, N., Jun 2025, Edinburgh: Heriot-Watt University. 101 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Race, Ethnicity and Homelessness in the UK: Final report of a knowledge and capacity building programme
Fitzpatrick, S., Bramley, G., McIntyre, J., Ayed, N. & Watts-Cobbe, B., 11 Jul 2025, 48 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Shared Domestic Abuse Refuge in the Age of Housing First: An Outdated Model?
Welker, D., Fitzpatrick, S. & Watts-Cobbe, B., 2 Jul 2025, In: International Journal on Homelessness. 3, 3, p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Homelessness Monitor: Wales 2025
Watts-Cobbe, B., Bramley, G., Sims, R., Pawson, H., Young, G. & Fitzpatrick, S., Apr 2025, Crisis. 83 p. (Homelessness Monitor)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Activities
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University of Sheffield, Urban Studies and Planning Seminar, 'The Ethics of Welfare Conditionality'
Watts, B. (Invited speaker)
14 Feb 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Exploring the ethics of welfare conditionality
Watts, B. (Speaker)
29 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Framework HA Impact Briefing
Watts, B. (Invited speaker)
25 Jan 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Controlling homeless people: power, legitimacy and interventionism
Watts, B. (Speaker)
6 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Housing Studies Association conference 2018
Watts, B. (Participant)
12 Mar 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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£2,142-a-month homeless accommodation that traps people in poverty
30/11/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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How can we ethically respond to rough sleeping? A four-point framework
21/06/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Good intentions and old habits are leading us astray on homelessness
23/05/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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CEOs sleeping on streets for charity is a good idea – if you spend proceeds wisely
20/09/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Fixing Terms: Are we to see the end of lifetime tenancies in England?
18/11/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
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Reviving Social Housing
Fitzpatrick, S. (Participant), Bramley, G. (Participant), Watts-Cobbe, B. (Participant) & Pawson, H. (Participant)
Impact: Societal, Legal
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Transforming Responses to Homelessness
Fitzpatrick, S. (Participant), Bramley, G. (Participant), Johnsen, S. (Participant) & Watts-Cobbe, B. (Participant)
Impact: Societal, Health
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