Bio

Dr Vikki McCall is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Housing and Deputy Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling. Vikki’s work currently includes leading projects focusing on housing, ageing, stigma, co-production the role of front-line workers, service users, volunteers and the policy process. Dr McCall is currently PI on the Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project (an ESRC funded project 2022-2027) and the INVITE project looking at supporting Inclusive Living support for older people in residential care (funded by the Longleigh Foundation). She is also Co-I on the UKRI funded Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale (DesHCA) project. Vikki has worked in partnership with the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and other key housing sector partners developing the concept of Inclusive Living, and related toolkit that supports a more inclusive approach to housing support. Vikki was part of the team that won the Sociological Review Prize for Outstanding Scholarship (2017) for work on tackling urban stigmatisation in disadvantaged communities and led the development of the www.asume.co.uk website, a resource for researchers as well as health and housing practitioners to access the findings of a comprehensive UK study on dementia and volunteering. Vikki is Honorary Secretary for the Social Policy Association Executive Committee and Editorial Board member of Social Policy & Society. Dr McCall delivers the postgraduate Diploma in Housing Studies. This is a prestigious programme verified by the Chartered Institute of Housing, which links theory and practice to housing practitioners for students in the UK. Current projects include: McCall, V. (PI), (2022-2027) Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA), ESRC (UKRI) Bowes, A., McCall, V (Co-I, leading WP4 and supporting coordination in WP2,3)Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale (DesHCA), ESRC (UKRI) McCall, V (PI) (2020-2022) The INVITE Project (promoting inclusive living via technology-enabled support) with Stonewater Housing Association funded by the Longleigh Foundation - The Adaptations Policy and Practice Project in partnership with CaCHE, Horizon Housing Association and HACT - Older People’s Experience of Adaptations in Scotland funded by Age Scotland