Profile

Suzanne Fitzpatrick

Professor of Housing and Social Policy

Campus: Edinburgh
School: School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
Research Institute: Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research
Email: S.Fitzpatrick@hw.ac.uk

Biography

Suzanne Fitzpatrick is a leading international scholar on homelessness and related forms of extreme disadvantage including poverty, destitution, begging, domestic violence, and complex support needs. She is Poverty Commissioner for Scotland and has chaired expert review panels that have shaped homelessness legislation in England, Scotland and Wales.

Areas of interest

Social policy
Housing policy
Homelessness
Rough Sleeping
Poverty
Destitution
Housing rights
Begging