Research project
Leaving Home Later: Intergenerational Support and Inequality in Young Adults' Housing Transitions
- Start date: 1 October 2026
- End date: 30 June 2027
- Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- Value: £92,673.05
- Primary investigator: Dr Emma Hyde
- Co-investigators: Professor Sarah Irwin
Postdoctoral Fellowship award from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Project aims
The purpose of this fellowship is to consolidate my PhD research, which offers one of the first sociological studies of young adults' prolonged co-residence with parents in the UK.
The core focus of the fellowship will be to disseminate findings through a range of high-impact outputs that will strengthen the reach and impact of the research across academic and non-academic audiences.
The activities are organised around three integrated work strands:
1. Producing a high-impact publication record (50%)
2. Academic dissemination, networking, and interdisciplinary collaboration (25%)
3. Non-academic impact and stakeholder engagement (25%)
Impact
The project outputs aim to enhance academic and policy understandings of inequality in youth housing opportunities and transitions to adulthood, offering new insights into class (dis)advantage embedded and transmitted within intergenerational norms and practices of support.