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Jill Stewart

Dr Jill Stewart BSc Hons, PGCE, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor in Public Health

Currently Associate Professor and Academic Portfolio Lead in Public Health at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Jill Stewart spent a decade working in housing in local government before taking her first academic post in 1999. Since then, she has researched, taught and promoted housing and health. Jill’s work has been widely recognised and featured across a range of publications, including books, chapters, papers, blog posts and podcasts and at numerous conferences.

For years, Jill has been actively involved in research grants and enterprise activities in housing and health and has led practitioner training. As a result, she is often asked to contribute to policy and practice aspects of housing and health and has input into a range of national-level policy and practice reviews, documents and publications, most recently around the private rented housing sector. She has been interviewed across a range of media, TV and press, on subjects including housing and ageing, the private rented sector and the environmental health workforce. She is a founding member of the Environmental Health Research Network UK Environmental Health Research Network | Promoting research, publication and evidence-based environmental health ().

Jill’s work has been recognised across a range of professional bodies and she is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of both the Royal Society for Public Health and the Royal Geographical Society, and most recently an Associate of the Faculty of Public Health. She is co-chair of the London Public Health Housing Network, a member of the CIEH Housing Advisory Panel and a member of the Environmental Health Academics Forum.

Her website focuses on housing and the humanities including her list of books is available here: Books – Housing Health Creativity (). She has individually pioneered and been a co-creator of a range of resources for university and other websites. She is part of Twitter’s #HouseHistoryHour Team Home (), working with a group of leading house historians via and ‘broadcasting’ on alternate Thursdays at 1900 GMT. Her own Twitter account is

Posts held previously

  • 2016 - 2023 Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University
  • 1999 - 2016 Senior Lecturer at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ
  • 1990 - 1999 Housing at Local Government Environmental Health Officer
  • 1986 - 1990 Trainee at Environmental Health Officer.

Public health

Responsibilities within the university
  • Research and teaching around public health and housing
  • Member of the Centre for Inequalities, Institute for Lifecourse Development.

Recognition
  • 2024-2028 External Examiner for Ulster University MSc Global Strategy, Environmental Health and Sustainability
  • 2022 - 2026 External Examiner for Cardiff University BSc Environmental Health and HND Environmental Sciences
  • 2022 - 2026 External Examiner for University of the West of England MSc Environmental Health
  • University of the West of England External Assessor Role for the Degree Apprenticeship End Point Assessment
  • 2023 Associate of the Faculty of Public Health
  • 2019 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (FCIEH)
  • 2018 Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner (CEnvH)
  • 2009 (FRSH) converted to Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH)
  • 2001 Chartered Institute of Housing converted to Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIHM)
  • 1990 Certificate of Registration and Corporate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (MCIEH)
  • 1995 Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society (FRGS)
  • 1996 Fellow of the Royal Society of Health (FRSH)
  • 1997 Affiliate Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing
  • 1994 Member of Homeless International, now Reall.

Research / Scholarly interests

Housing and health; private rented sector; tackling inequalities and inequities; effectiveness of housing and regeneration interventions: history of public health and housing policy; energy efficiency and fuel poverty; housing support and provision in the developing world; housing and regeneration in deprived seaside towns; use of evidence-based practice in housing and public health; health and social care for an ageing population; novel methods of dissemination; housing and humanities.

Key funded projects

  • 2022 Middlesex University Enhancing Education Awards (EEA) equipment bid for 360 filming in housing practice
  • 2022 Housing Health and Safety Rating System Review (with RHE) for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC); Output Lead (PI) for Government Review of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System Training Elements on a major review of workforce training needs
  • 2020 NIHR School for Public Health Research Public Health Practice Evaluation Scheme (PHPES): Private landlord licensing policy in the London Borough of Hackney. PI Professor Matt Egan
  • 2019 PI for a grant from ALEHM to carry out a small-scale project across London to explore private sector housing support for older people with an emphasis on dementia and involving students
Ongoing:
  • 2023-25 NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme: Health impact, process and economic evaluation of selective licensing schemes for private rented housing in England PI Professor Matt Egan; PI at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Workstream: Jill Stewart.

Media activity
  • 2022 Interviewed by The Guardian and BBC about environmental health and private renting
  • 2021 Ageing in housing
  • 2020 Covid-19 and the working environment
  • 2019  Various contributions to professional journal Environmental Health News, particularly around the private rented sector
  • 2019 Middlesex University interview on older people, housing and dementia support
  • Worked with archives and the arts including with Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MODA) to co-create promotional material for their
  • Podcast on the meaning of home
  • Blogpost
  • Subsequently co-developed into Geotourist walking tour
  • Other podcasts include a Celebration of Housing Literature with Ellis Turner
  • Blog posts include for Municipal Dreams on the history of Inspector of Nuisance/Sanitary inspectors as well as council housing estates which can be found at
  • Part of the Twitter’s, working with a group of leading house historians via @HouseHistoryHr and ‘broadcasting’ on alternate Thursdays at 1900 GMT; has led events subsequently saved as Twitter Moments and been contacted by Channel 5 to advise about a related house history production.

Recent publications

Article

Lawson, Aaron , Stewart, Jill, Turner, Ellis, Passmore, Peter , Costley, Carol (2024), . Educational Development Unit, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . Educational Development Unit, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching . pp. 101-117 ISSN: 2044-0081 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v17i1.1503).

Stewart, Jill and , (2023), . Municipal Dreams in Housing, London. In: , , , . Municipal Dreams in Housing, London, Municipal Dreams Blog (doi: https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2023/12/19/stonebridge-park-brent-a-century-of-change-part-iii/).

Stewart, Jill and , (2023), . Municipal Dreams in Housing, London. In: , , , . Municipal Dreams in Housing, London, Municipal Dreams Blog (doi: https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/stonebridge-park-a-century-of-change-part-ii/).

Stewart, Jill and , (2023), . Municipal Dreams in Housing, London. In: , , , . Municipal Dreams in Housing, London, Municipal Dreams Blog (doi: https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2023/12/05/stonebridge-park-brent-a-century-of-change-part-i/).

Stewart, Jill and , Jeavons, Charlotte (2023), . Educational Development Unit, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . Educational Development Unit, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 16 (2) . pp. 42-46 ISSN: 2044-0081 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v16i2.1447).

Lynch, Z , Page, RK, Dhesi, S, Bevington, H , Stewart, J (2023), . SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Perspectives in Public Health ISSN: 1757-9139 (Print), 1757-9147 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231180808).

Petersen, J , Alexiou, A, Brewerton, D, Cornelsen, L , Courtin, E , Cummins, S , Marks, D , Seguin, M , Stewart, Jill , Thompson, K (2022), . BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. In: , , , . BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, BMJ Open, 12: e065747 . pp. 1-10 ISSN: 2044-6055 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065747).

Gimenez Manuel,, J, G , Augusto, J, C, Stewart, Jill (2022), . Springer Berlin Heidelberg. In: , , , . Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Universal Access in the Information Society, 21 . pp. 457-476 ISSN: 1615-5289 (Print), 1615-5297 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-020-00760-5).

Stewart, Jill and , (2022), . Emerald. In: , , , . Emerald, Housing, Care and Support, 21 (1) . pp. 1-12 ISSN: 1460-8790 (Print), 2042-8375 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/HCS-03-2021-0009).

Stewart, Jill , Smith, David M., Gritton, James (2016), . In: , , , . , Environmental Health Research Network (EHRN) (3) (doi: https://ukehrnet.wordpress.com/occasional-papers/).

Stewart, Jill Louise and , Dhesi, Surindar Kishen (2016), . Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. In: , , , . Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., Housing, Health and Care, 19 (1) . pp. 23-31 ISSN: 1460-8790 (Print), 2042-8375 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/HCS-07-2015-0012).

Gritton, Jim , Stewart, Jill, Jeavons, Charlotte, Mehmet, Nevin , La Placa, Vincent (2016), . Educational Development Unit, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . Educational Development Unit, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 8 (12) ISSN: 2044-0073 (Print), 2044-0081 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v8i12.272).

Book section

Couch, R , Dhesi, S, Stewart, Jill, Page, A , Lynch, Z (2022), . Routledge. In: , , In: Stephen Battersby (ed.), Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health. Routledge, (22nd) . ISBN: 9781003035640 (doi: ).

Stewart, Jill and , Lynch, Z (2022), . Routledge. In: , , In: Jill Stewart, R Moffatt (eds.), Regulating the Privately Rented Housing Sector: Evidence into Practice. Routledge, . pp. 22-29 . ISBN: 9781032159690 (doi: https://www.routledge.com/Regulating-the-Privately-Rented-Housing-Sector-Evidence-into-Practice/Stewart-Moffatt/p/book/9781032159690).

Stewart, Jill and , Lynch, Z (2022), . Routledge. In: , , In: Jill Stewart, R Moffatt (eds.), Regulating the Privately Rented Housing Sector: Evidence into Practice. Routledge, . pp. 14-21 . ISBN: 9781032159690 (doi: https://www.routledge.com/Regulating-the-Privately-Rented-Housing-Sector-Evidence-into-Practice/Stewart-Moffatt/p/book/9781032159690).

Stewart, Jill , Pascoe, A., Weirsma, E., Verbeek, H. (2016), . Taylor & Francis Ltd. In: , , In: R. Docking, G. Bellamy (eds.), International Handbook of Positive Aging. Taylor & Francis Ltd, Hove, UK , 1 (1st) . ISBN: 9781138933057 (doi: ).

Couch, R. , Barratt, C., Dhesi, S., Stewart, Jill , Page, A. (2016), . Taylor & Francis. In: , , In: S. Battersby (ed.), Clay’s handbook of Environmental Health. Taylor & Francis, Oxford, UK (21st) . pp. 102-127 . ISBN: 9780415716710 (doi: ).

Conference item

Stewart, Jill and , (2024), . In: 'Sixty years on from the London County Council: legacy, impact, learning' - Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA), 27th - 28th March 2025, London School of Architecture , . , (doi: https://ahra-architecture.org/events/sixty-years-on-from-the-london-county-council-legacy-impact-learning).

Stewart, Jill and , (2024), . In: 'Operation Jigsaw in the South West Region - Third regional meeting', 11th December 2024, Online , . , (doi: ).

Stewart, Jill and , Hendon, Zoe (2024), . In: 'Sixty years on from the London County Council: legacy, impact, learning' - Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA), 27th - 28th March 2025, London School of Architecture , . , (doi: https://ahra-architecture.org/events/sixty-years-on-from-the-london-county-council-legacy-impact-learning).

Stewart, Jill and , (2024), . In: Environmental Health Practitioners Network, 18th Dec., 2024, University of the West of England, Bristol , . , (doi: https://www.westminsterinsight.com/conferences-and-events/damp-and-mould-in-social-housing/).

Stewart, Jill and , (2024), . In: Solutions to Damp and Mould in Social Housing Digital Conference, 21st May, 2024, Online - Westminster Insight , . , (doi: https://www.westminsterinsight.com/conferences-and-events/damp-and-mould-in-social-housing/).

Stewart, Jill and , (2024), . In: CTSI & CIEH Conference 2024: Facing the future, 19th - 20th Jun 2024, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds , . , (doi: https://www.cieh.org/events/2024/june/ctsicieh-conference/).

Stewart, Jill , Cole, Linda, Jeavons, Charlotte, Ravindran, Shaiyini (2024), . In: Housing Studies Association Annual Conference 2024 - Healthy Homes, Healthy Lives: Exploring the Intersection of Housing and Health, 15th - 17th April 2024, Sheffield , . , (doi: https://www.housing-studies-association.org/pages/conference-2024).

Stewart, Jill , Cole, Linda, Jeavons, Charlotte, Ravindran, Shaiyini (2023), . In: Private Rented housing online workshop, 30th November 2023, Online , . , (doi: ).

Stewart, Jill and , (2022), . In: Colonizing Futurities Symposium, Panel 2 | How we live: Health and Housing | Perspectives from the local level of racial justice: equitable access to health, housing, and education, 10 June 2022, New York (online) , . , (doi: ).

Stewart, Jill and , (2022), . In: Westminster Social Policy Forum, , , . , (doi: https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/agenda/Private-Rented-22-agenda.pdf).

Hendon, Z and , Stewart, Jill (2022), . In: Creative History in the Classroom [workshop series], October 2022, University of Derby and Liverpool John Moores University, October 2022, Online , . , (doi: ).

Stewart, Jill and , (2022), . In: Metastreet Digital Summit, 28 April 2022, Online , . , (doi: ).

Stewart, Jill and , (2022), . In: Housing Studies Association Annual Conference: Disruption and innovation in housing: working across boundaries in theory, research, and practice, 4-6 April 2022, Sheffield , . , (doi: ).

Edited book

Stewart, Jill and , Moffatt, R (2022), . Routledge. In: , , , . Routledge, . ISBN: 9781032159690 (doi: ).

Other

Stewart, Jill and , Hendon, Zoe (2024), . Geotourist (online resource). In: , , , . Geotourist (online resource), (doi: https://geotourist.com/tours/7475/East_Greenwich_Housing__Health_Walking_Tour).

Stewart, Jill and , (2022), . Municipal Dreams. In: , , , . Municipal Dreams, Hertfordshire (1st) (doi: https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2022/08/17/carpenders-park-and-south-oxhey-a-tale-of-two-estates-part-2/).

Stewart, Jill and , (2022), . Municipal Dreams. In: , , , . Municipal Dreams, Hertfordshire (1st) (doi: https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2022/08/09/carpenders-park-and-south-oxhey-a-tale-of-two-estates-part-1/).

Stewart, Jill , Hendon, Zoe, Geotourist (2022), . Geotourist. In: , , , . Geotourist, Middlesex University (doi: https://geotourist.com/tours/5189/Walking_through_Hendons_Housing_History).

Teaching resource

Stewart, Jill and , Oatt, Paul (2024), . Institute for Lifecourse Development, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . Institute for Lifecourse Development, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, (doi: ).

Stewart, Jill and , Oatt, Paul (2024), . Institute for Lifecourse Development, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . Institute for Lifecourse Development, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, (doi: ).