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Background
Paola Signoretta has a Degree in Town and Country Planning, University of Reggio Calabria (1988) and a PhD in Regional Planning (1996), University of Nottingham. Paola’s main research interests are social and financial exclusion, GIS and spatial analysis and developing qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Paola carried out research work on the geography of financial exclusion and issues of financial literacy and exclusion in relation to the delivery of financial services in deprived areas.
Paola joined CRSP in December 2008. Currently she is leading the Evaluation of DWP Financial Inclusion Champions Initiative.
Evaluation of DWP Financial Inclusion Champions Initiative
CRSP was commissioned an evaluation of the Department for Work and Pension’s Financial Inclusion Champions Initiative. The aim was to establish the effectiveness of the Financial Inclusion Champions Initiative looking at both the impact and processes of the Initiative.
Sponsor: HM Treasury
Publication
Signoretta, P., Smith, N., Holmes, L., Beckhelling, J., Hartfree, Y., Hill, K., Manful, E., Padley, M., Perren, K. and Waring, A. (2011) Evaluation of DWP Financial Inclusion Champions Initiative: Final Report and Appendices. London: HM Treasury.
Process and Impact Evaluation of Accessibility Planning
CRSP, in partnership with Atkins, have been commissioned by the Department for Transport to evaluate the process and impact of Accessibility Planning. This is a process that aims to promote social inclusion by helping people from disadvantaged groups or areas access jobs and essential services. The evaluation will take a holistic view of Accessibility Planning and will involve considering the processes by which Accessibility Planning is implemented but also the impact that Accessibility Planning policy has had on the work of local authorities and wider partners, and on individuals and communities.
Sponsor: Department for Transport
Selected journal articles
Leyshon A., French, S. and Signoretta P. (2008) Financial exclusion and the geography of bank and building society branch closure in Britain, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 33(4), 447-465.
Leyshon A., Signoretta P., Knights D., Alferoff C. and Burton D. (2006) Walking with moneylenders: the ecology of the UK home collected credit industry, Urban Studies, 43(1), 161-186.
Craglia M., Haining R., and Signoretta P. (2005) Modelling high intensity crime areas: comparing police perceptions with offence/offender data in Sheffield, Environment and Planning A, 37 (3): 503-524.
Leyshon A., Burton D., Knights D., Alferoff, C. and Signoretta, P. (2004) Ecologies of retail financial services: understanding the persistence of door-to-door credit and insurance providers, Environment and Planning A, 36, 625-645.
Craglia M., Haining R., and Signoretta P. (2003) Identifying areas of multiple social need: a study in the preparation of Children Service Plans, Environment and Planning C, 21 (2), 259-276.
Books
Moughtin C., McMahon Moughtin K. and Signoretta P. (2009) Urban Design: Health and The Therapeutic Environment, Oxford: Architectural Press.
Moughtin, C., Cuesta R., Sarris, C. and Signoretta, P. (2003) Urban Design: Method and Techniques, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
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