Dr Chris Devaney
Research Fellow (Oak Foundation)
Summary
Chris is a Research Fellow in the Department of Law and Criminology on a project funded by Oak Foundation.
About
I have research interests related to the impact of social policy interventions (such as, drug policy, welfare reform and the policing of homeless populations). My expertise centre upon conducting qualitative research with vulnerable and 'hard-to-reach' groups. In addition to research, I have previously worked as a Lecturer in Sociology and within the philanthropic sector. I am currently finalising my PhD at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research and I was the winner of the 'Doctoral Researcher of the Year' award in 2018.
Research
Oak Foundation - Understanding the impact of anti-social behaviour tools and powers on street sleeping homeless people
Oak Foundation, Camerados, Groundwork
Publications
Journal articles
Devany, C., Formby, A., Hoolachan, J., & McKee, K. (2020). PPP Special Issue – Contemporary Youth: Precarity, Resistance and (Re)Imagined Futures. People, Place and Policy Online, 14 (2), 85-89. http://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2020.6752799995
Devany, C. (2019). The Changing Pattern of Homeless Drug Use in Edinburgh and Sheffield. Heriot-Watt University. https://www.i-sphere.hw.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2020/03/The-Changing-Pattern-of-Homeless-Drug-Use-in-Edinburgh-and-Sheffield.pdf
Devany, C. (2019). Book Review: Working-Class Young Men in Transition. Cultural Sociology, 13 (3), 379-380. http://doi.org/10.1177/1749975519862196
Devany, C. (2019). Book review - Norbert Elias’s Lost Research Revisiting the Young Worker Project. People, Place and Policy Online, 48-50. http://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2019.3456242647
Reports
Heap, V., Black, A., & Devany, C. (2022). Living within a Public Spaces Protection Order: the impacts of policing anti-social behaviour on people experiencing street homelessness. Sheffield Hallam University, Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice. https://www.shu.ac.uk/helena-kennedy-centre-international-justice/research-and-projects/all-projects/impact-of-anti-social-behaviour-tools-and-powers-on-street-sleeping-homeless-people
Batty, E., Bennett, E., Devany, C., Harris, C., Pearson, S., & Woodward, A. (2020). Friends and purpose: evaluation of camerados public living rooms. Sheffield: Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University. http://doi.org/10.7190/cresr.2020.3886334757
Eadson, W., Sanderson, E., Devany, C., Gore, T., & Ramsden, S. (2019). Green Leaders Evaluation Final Report. Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University. https://www.groundwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Green-Leaders-summary-reportFinal.pdf
Internet Publications
Heap, V., Black, A., & Devany, C. (2022). Punishing poverty in public spaces: living within a Public Spaces Protection Order. https://crimetobepoor.org/2022/11/29/punishing-poverty-in-public-spaces-living-within-a-public-spaces-protection-order/
Presentations
Devany, C. (2020). The Changing Pattern of Homeless Drug Use in Edinburgh and Sheffield. Presented at: Pathways from Homelessness (2020), London
Devany, C. (2018). Stigma and Constrained Choices; Exploring why Male NEETs are 'Excluded' from Welfare Provisions. Presented at: Work, Employment and Society, Belfast