Gemma Burge
Biographic Data
| ID | 109931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gemma Burge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gemma |
| FAMILY NAME | Burge |
| SIGNATURE | BURGE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3856-9572 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Housing, poverty, and digital exclusion: The multiple ways in which digital inequalities and housing inequalities intersect
Given the importance of digital technologies in shaping everyday life, it is widely accepted that digital exclusion is a key facet of poverty. Relatedly, housing inequalities, and the broader structures of entrenched inequalities of which they are a part, are closely connected with digital exclusion. This paper draws on focus groups with people who have experience or knowledge of digital exclusion and the housing sector in the UK. It highlights h…
Formal and informal dimensions of housing allocation: Housing actors and gatekeepers of low-income migrants’ access to housing in the Bronx, New York City
It is recognised that migrants’ access to housing in destination cities is shaped by a number of factors. This paper takes as its focus the processes of housing allocation for low-income West African migrants in the Bronx, New York City. Drawing on 37 semi-structured interviews with housing providers and intermediary organisations that perform housing-related functions, the paper builds upon literature on migration industries and informal housing…
Modular Homes as a New Form of Accommodation to Tackle Homelessness: A Case Study From Cambridge, England
In England, provision of temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness has often entailed using traditional construction approaches to deliver housing. However, recent experiments are using modular homes to provide temporary accommodation, accompanied by support services for people experiencing homelessness. Given the early nature of these trials, it is unclear what impacts these modular homes have on their occupants and how these …
Towards a co-creative stakeholder engagement in Smart City projects: A life-cycle approach
Engaging stakeholders to co-create Smart Cities is an aspiration for many city governments.However, existing stakeholder engagement frameworks tend to be technologically deterministic from the outset, leaving no room for meaningful cocreation.This paper proposes a framework for engaging stakeholders in Smart City development without presuming an already existing technology which stakeholders must accept.The framework follows the life-cycle approa…
Shaping smart cities: Problem framing, vertical selection and governance in UK smart cities
As urban governments adopt smart city strategies for delivering services, the need to understand how – and in whose interests – these strategies are formed is imperative. The selection of smart city verticals (or areas of focus for smart city programs) within processes of urban governance has implications for which aspects of the urban agenda become prioritized. Through a study of seven UK smart cities, the paper investigates the framing of city …
Political mobilisation and institutional layering in urban regeneration: Transformation of land redevelopment governance in China
This research explores the pattern of institutional change and its underlying logic in China's recent land development governance. China's central government has been issuing national policies since 2012 to promote urban regeneration to improve land use efficiency and sustainability. Through the lens of historical institutionalism, this paper analyses the making and implementation of Shanghai's new urban regeneration policies since 2014, which wa…
Non-technical inhibitors: Exploring the adoption of digital innovation in the UK construction industry
Digital technologies, in particular, Building Information Modelling (BIM), are claimed to provide an effective and efficient solution for tackling the plethora of problems in the UK construction industry, including time and cost overruns, low quality, and inefficient use of resources. Despite the potential benefits and government promotion, the adoption of digital innovation in the construction sector remains low. An extensive range of existing l…
Digital exclusion and poverty in the UK: How structural inequality shapes experiences of getting online
Digital exclusion and poverty are understood to be closely linked, and existing literature on the topic makes clear that the contexts of people's lives shape their experiences of digital exclusion in important ways. Indeed, the online and offline aspects of life are in many regards inextricable. As such, this paper focuses on the complex relationship between digital exclusion and poverty, and examines how a range of spatial, material, and tempora…
The ethical underpinnings of Smart City governance: Decision-making in the Smart Cambridge programme, UK
As Smart Cities have become more widespread, so too have concerns about their associated ethical issues. However, ethical debates in the current Smart City literature have tended to focus on issues related to the collection, processing, usage, storage and sharing of data. This paper argues that ethical debates should be extended to capture crucial decisions taken as part of Smart City governance, and the ethical references which underpin them. Us…
The promises and the reality of smart, digital telecare in England
Purpose This paper asks how the introduction of “smart” digital technologies might affect the goals that can be attributed to telecare for older people, by those coordinating its provision. Design/methodology/approach A total of 29 in-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with local authorities, housing associations and other organisations coordinating smart telecare provision, as well as telecare manufacturers and suppliers. Interviews we…
Homelessness Prevention through One-To-One Coaching: The Relationship between Coaching, Class Stigma, and Self-Esteem
Homelessness remains a prevalent issue, and estimates of the number of people without adequate shelter in the UK suggest that the issue is growing. This research draws on literature on the cognitive impact of poverty, stigma, and self-esteem to show how confidence is improved by coaching programmes with those at risk of homelessness. The paper is based on empirical research into one such programme which offers one-to-one guidance on the interlink…
Unpicking the downsizing discourse: Understanding the housing moves made by older people in England
The UK’s ageing population has generated contradictory policy responses. On the one hand, facing the lack of specialist housing for the elderly, older people are incentivised to ‘age in place’; on the other, to move to smaller homes to free-up family housing, reducing pressure on housing supply. This ‘downsizing’ discourse is presented as a ‘win-win’ situation which benefits older people and the rest of society. However, a survey and interviews c…
The Increase in Multigenerational Households in the UK: The Motivations for and Experiences of Multigenerational Living
Many worldwide live in households with multiple generations of related adults. This paper shows that the number of UK multigenerational households has been increasing but UK multigenerational households have been little studied. The research found that the motivations for multigenerational living are diverse and reflect multiple intersecting structural pressures, including an ageing population, worsening housing affordability and later household …
Virtuous or vicious circles? Exploring the behavioural connections between developer contributions and path dependence: Evidence from England
Reciprocity in the Co-Production of Public Services: The Role of Volunteering through Community Time Exchange
Time Credits are a form of community currency based upon the reciprocal exchange of time and represent an interpretation of 'time banking' by a UK social enterprise, Spice. This article sets out the contribution made by research on Time Credits to the theory and practice of co-production in public services. Time Credits are intended to improve wellbeing through volunteering and ultimately increase economic participation. There is a focus on commu…
Improving housing outcomes: The value of advice and support for vulnerable older people
Inclusionary housing policy in England: The impact of the downturn on the delivery of affordable housing through Section 106
The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery
This article explores the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) and its attempts to translate international women's rights norms into national law, examining the problematic geographies of women's networks from local to global levels and showing how Ethiopia remains on the periphery of global human rights networks. In their campaign for legal reform to protect women against violence, activists had to show how the proposed reforms were ‘Afric…
When the personal becomes political: Using legal reform to combat violence against women in Ethiopia
This article focuses on Ethiopia's first civil society organisation, the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA), which has been campaigning for legal reform to secure women's rights and address violence against women. Implementing legal changes to benefit women in Ethiopia is impeded by difficulties in using the formal legal system, by poverty and deeply embedded gender inequalities, by plural legal systems, and by entrenched cultural norms. …
Housing an ageing population — the value of information and advice
This paper analyses the value of information and advice for older people in making decisions about housing and care, drawing on an evaluation of FirstStop, a new national information and advice service. The paper discusses the housing problems often faced in older age, and the pressures on public finances of housing an ageing population. The Government is trying to engender a shift to early preparation, prevention and self‐help, so that older peo…
The Increase in Multigenerational Households in the UK: The Motivations for and Experiences of Multigenerational Living
Many worldwide live in households with multiple generations of related adults. This paper shows that the number of UK multigenerational households has been increasing but UK multigenerational households have been little studied. The research found that the motivations for multigenerational living are diverse and reflect multiple intersecting structural pressures, including an ageing population, worsening housing affordability and later household …
Virtuous or vicious circles? Exploring the behavioural connections between developer contributions and path dependence: Evidence from England
Digital exclusion and poverty in the UK: How structural inequality shapes experiences of getting online
Digital exclusion and poverty are understood to be closely linked, and existing literature on the topic makes clear that the contexts of people's lives shape their experiences of digital exclusion in important ways. Indeed, the online and offline aspects of life are in many regards inextricable. As such, this paper focuses on the complex relationship between digital exclusion and poverty, and examines how a range of spatial, material, and tempora…
Inclusionary housing policy in England: The impact of the downturn on the delivery of affordable housing through Section 106
Improving housing outcomes: The value of advice and support for vulnerable older people
Political mobilisation and institutional layering in urban regeneration: Transformation of land redevelopment governance in China
This research explores the pattern of institutional change and its underlying logic in China's recent land development governance. China's central government has been issuing national policies since 2012 to promote urban regeneration to improve land use efficiency and sustainability. Through the lens of historical institutionalism, this paper analyses the making and implementation of Shanghai's new urban regeneration policies since 2014, which wa…
Homelessness Prevention through One-To-One Coaching: The Relationship between Coaching, Class Stigma, and Self-Esteem
Homelessness remains a prevalent issue, and estimates of the number of people without adequate shelter in the UK suggest that the issue is growing. This research draws on literature on the cognitive impact of poverty, stigma, and self-esteem to show how confidence is improved by coaching programmes with those at risk of homelessness. The paper is based on empirical research into one such programme which offers one-to-one guidance on the interlink…
When the personal becomes political: Using legal reform to combat violence against women in Ethiopia
This article focuses on Ethiopia's first civil society organisation, the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA), which has been campaigning for legal reform to secure women's rights and address violence against women. Implementing legal changes to benefit women in Ethiopia is impeded by difficulties in using the formal legal system, by poverty and deeply embedded gender inequalities, by plural legal systems, and by entrenched cultural norms. …
Shaping smart cities: Problem framing, vertical selection and governance in UK smart cities
As urban governments adopt smart city strategies for delivering services, the need to understand how – and in whose interests – these strategies are formed is imperative. The selection of smart city verticals (or areas of focus for smart city programs) within processes of urban governance has implications for which aspects of the urban agenda become prioritized. Through a study of seven UK smart cities, the paper investigates the framing of city …
Unpicking the downsizing discourse: Understanding the housing moves made by older people in England
The UK’s ageing population has generated contradictory policy responses. On the one hand, facing the lack of specialist housing for the elderly, older people are incentivised to ‘age in place’; on the other, to move to smaller homes to free-up family housing, reducing pressure on housing supply. This ‘downsizing’ discourse is presented as a ‘win-win’ situation which benefits older people and the rest of society. However, a survey and interviews c…
Reciprocity in the Co-Production of Public Services: The Role of Volunteering through Community Time Exchange
Time Credits are a form of community currency based upon the reciprocal exchange of time and represent an interpretation of 'time banking' by a UK social enterprise, Spice. This article sets out the contribution made by research on Time Credits to the theory and practice of co-production in public services. Time Credits are intended to improve wellbeing through volunteering and ultimately increase economic participation. There is a focus on commu…
Housing an ageing population — the value of information and advice
This paper analyses the value of information and advice for older people in making decisions about housing and care, drawing on an evaluation of FirstStop, a new national information and advice service. The paper discusses the housing problems often faced in older age, and the pressures on public finances of housing an ageing population. The Government is trying to engender a shift to early preparation, prevention and self‐help, so that older peo…
Formal and informal dimensions of housing allocation: Housing actors and gatekeepers of low-income migrants’ access to housing in the Bronx, New York City
It is recognised that migrants’ access to housing in destination cities is shaped by a number of factors. This paper takes as its focus the processes of housing allocation for low-income West African migrants in the Bronx, New York City. Drawing on 37 semi-structured interviews with housing providers and intermediary organisations that perform housing-related functions, the paper builds upon literature on migration industries and informal housing…
The ethical underpinnings of Smart City governance: Decision-making in the Smart Cambridge programme, UK
As Smart Cities have become more widespread, so too have concerns about their associated ethical issues. However, ethical debates in the current Smart City literature have tended to focus on issues related to the collection, processing, usage, storage and sharing of data. This paper argues that ethical debates should be extended to capture crucial decisions taken as part of Smart City governance, and the ethical references which underpin them. Us…
The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery
This article explores the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) and its attempts to translate international women's rights norms into national law, examining the problematic geographies of women's networks from local to global levels and showing how Ethiopia remains on the periphery of global human rights networks. In their campaign for legal reform to protect women against violence, activists had to show how the proposed reforms were ‘Afric…
Housing an ageing population — the value of information and advice
This paper analyses the value of information and advice for older people in making decisions about housing and care, drawing on an evaluation of FirstStop, a new national information and advice service. The paper discusses the housing problems often faced in older age, and the pressures on public finances of housing an ageing population. The Government is trying to engender a shift to early preparation, prevention and self‐help, so that older peo…
The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery
This article explores the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) and its attempts to translate international women's rights norms into national law, examining the problematic geographies of women's networks from local to global levels and showing how Ethiopia remains on the periphery of global human rights networks. In their campaign for legal reform to protect women against violence, activists had to show how the proposed reforms were ‘Afric…
When the personal becomes political: Using legal reform to combat violence against women in Ethiopia
This article focuses on Ethiopia's first civil society organisation, the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA), which has been campaigning for legal reform to secure women's rights and address violence against women. Implementing legal changes to benefit women in Ethiopia is impeded by difficulties in using the formal legal system, by poverty and deeply embedded gender inequalities, by plural legal systems, and by entrenched cultural norms. …
Inclusionary housing policy in England: The impact of the downturn on the delivery of affordable housing through Section 106
Improving housing outcomes: The value of advice and support for vulnerable older people
Reciprocity in the Co-Production of Public Services: The Role of Volunteering through Community Time Exchange
Time Credits are a form of community currency based upon the reciprocal exchange of time and represent an interpretation of 'time banking' by a UK social enterprise, Spice. This article sets out the contribution made by research on Time Credits to the theory and practice of co-production in public services. Time Credits are intended to improve wellbeing through volunteering and ultimately increase economic participation. There is a focus on commu…
The Increase in Multigenerational Households in the UK: The Motivations for and Experiences of Multigenerational Living
Many worldwide live in households with multiple generations of related adults. This paper shows that the number of UK multigenerational households has been increasing but UK multigenerational households have been little studied. The research found that the motivations for multigenerational living are diverse and reflect multiple intersecting structural pressures, including an ageing population, worsening housing affordability and later household …
Virtuous or vicious circles? Exploring the behavioural connections between developer contributions and path dependence: Evidence from England
Unpicking the downsizing discourse: Understanding the housing moves made by older people in England
The UK’s ageing population has generated contradictory policy responses. On the one hand, facing the lack of specialist housing for the elderly, older people are incentivised to ‘age in place’; on the other, to move to smaller homes to free-up family housing, reducing pressure on housing supply. This ‘downsizing’ discourse is presented as a ‘win-win’ situation which benefits older people and the rest of society. However, a survey and interviews c…
The promises and the reality of smart, digital telecare in England
Purpose This paper asks how the introduction of “smart” digital technologies might affect the goals that can be attributed to telecare for older people, by those coordinating its provision. Design/methodology/approach A total of 29 in-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with local authorities, housing associations and other organisations coordinating smart telecare provision, as well as telecare manufacturers and suppliers. Interviews we…
Homelessness Prevention through One-To-One Coaching: The Relationship between Coaching, Class Stigma, and Self-Esteem
Homelessness remains a prevalent issue, and estimates of the number of people without adequate shelter in the UK suggest that the issue is growing. This research draws on literature on the cognitive impact of poverty, stigma, and self-esteem to show how confidence is improved by coaching programmes with those at risk of homelessness. The paper is based on empirical research into one such programme which offers one-to-one guidance on the interlink…
Non-technical inhibitors: Exploring the adoption of digital innovation in the UK construction industry
Digital technologies, in particular, Building Information Modelling (BIM), are claimed to provide an effective and efficient solution for tackling the plethora of problems in the UK construction industry, including time and cost overruns, low quality, and inefficient use of resources. Despite the potential benefits and government promotion, the adoption of digital innovation in the construction sector remains low. An extensive range of existing l…
Digital exclusion and poverty in the UK: How structural inequality shapes experiences of getting online
Digital exclusion and poverty are understood to be closely linked, and existing literature on the topic makes clear that the contexts of people's lives shape their experiences of digital exclusion in important ways. Indeed, the online and offline aspects of life are in many regards inextricable. As such, this paper focuses on the complex relationship between digital exclusion and poverty, and examines how a range of spatial, material, and tempora…
The ethical underpinnings of Smart City governance: Decision-making in the Smart Cambridge programme, UK
As Smart Cities have become more widespread, so too have concerns about their associated ethical issues. However, ethical debates in the current Smart City literature have tended to focus on issues related to the collection, processing, usage, storage and sharing of data. This paper argues that ethical debates should be extended to capture crucial decisions taken as part of Smart City governance, and the ethical references which underpin them. Us…
Modular Homes as a New Form of Accommodation to Tackle Homelessness: A Case Study From Cambridge, England
In England, provision of temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness has often entailed using traditional construction approaches to deliver housing. However, recent experiments are using modular homes to provide temporary accommodation, accompanied by support services for people experiencing homelessness. Given the early nature of these trials, it is unclear what impacts these modular homes have on their occupants and how these …
Towards a co-creative stakeholder engagement in Smart City projects: A life-cycle approach
Engaging stakeholders to co-create Smart Cities is an aspiration for many city governments.However, existing stakeholder engagement frameworks tend to be technologically deterministic from the outset, leaving no room for meaningful cocreation.This paper proposes a framework for engaging stakeholders in Smart City development without presuming an already existing technology which stakeholders must accept.The framework follows the life-cycle approa…
Shaping smart cities: Problem framing, vertical selection and governance in UK smart cities
As urban governments adopt smart city strategies for delivering services, the need to understand how – and in whose interests – these strategies are formed is imperative. The selection of smart city verticals (or areas of focus for smart city programs) within processes of urban governance has implications for which aspects of the urban agenda become prioritized. Through a study of seven UK smart cities, the paper investigates the framing of city …
Political mobilisation and institutional layering in urban regeneration: Transformation of land redevelopment governance in China
This research explores the pattern of institutional change and its underlying logic in China's recent land development governance. China's central government has been issuing national policies since 2012 to promote urban regeneration to improve land use efficiency and sustainability. Through the lens of historical institutionalism, this paper analyses the making and implementation of Shanghai's new urban regeneration policies since 2014, which wa…
Formal and informal dimensions of housing allocation: Housing actors and gatekeepers of low-income migrants’ access to housing in the Bronx, New York City
It is recognised that migrants’ access to housing in destination cities is shaped by a number of factors. This paper takes as its focus the processes of housing allocation for low-income West African migrants in the Bronx, New York City. Drawing on 37 semi-structured interviews with housing providers and intermediary organisations that perform housing-related functions, the paper builds upon literature on migration industries and informal housing…
Housing, poverty, and digital exclusion: The multiple ways in which digital inequalities and housing inequalities intersect
Given the importance of digital technologies in shaping everyday life, it is widely accepted that digital exclusion is a key facet of poverty. Relatedly, housing inequalities, and the broader structures of entrenched inequalities of which they are a part, are closely connected with digital exclusion. This paper draws on focus groups with people who have experience or knowledge of digital exclusion and the housing sector in the UK. It highlights h…
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Law (5 works)