Jim is a Senior Research Associate at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.
He has worked with Karen West and other team members while based at LSE London for the last 18 months, working primarily on a project for the MHCLG that examined community-led housing and loneliness.
He originally trained as a Chartered Building Surveyor and project manager, working primarily on housing renewal schemes across London and the southeast.
He subsequently lived in Berlin for several years, writing on architecture and urban planning, and got interested in the city's legacy of collaborative and self-managed housing projects.
His recent PhD explored the negotiation of later life and mutual support among established cohousing groups of older people in Berlin.