Rate My Professor David Adamson

David Adamson serves as Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health within the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also Emeritus Professor of Social and Community Policy at the University of South Wales, United Kingdom, having held the position of Chair in Community and Social Policy there from 1988 to 2010. Adamson earned a Bachelor of Science (Econ) in Sociology and Politics. His career spans urban studies, regeneration, and social policy, with a focus on addressing social inequalities through place-based approaches. Affiliated with the Health Behaviours Research unit, his work examines critical issues in public health and social housing.

Adamson's research specializations include the health and wellbeing of Australian social housing tenants compared to other housing types, health literacy across housing tenures, sustainable places tackling social inequality and environmental crises, co-production in social housing, place-based interventions, social segregation, poverty in post-industrial communities, drug education, and social class and ethnicity in historical contexts. Key publications feature the book Sustainable Places: Addressing Social Inequality and Environmental Crisis (2022), "The health and wellbeing of Australian social housing tenants compared to people living in other types of housing" (2023), "How Does the Health Literacy of Adults Residing in Social Housing Compare with That of Those Living in Other Housing Tenures in Australia? A Secondary Analysis of the Australian National Health Survey 2017–2018 Dataset" (2023), "The wellbeing needs of social housing tenants in Australia: an exploratory study" (2022), and the chapter "Two modes of co-production in social housing. Comparing the UK and Australia" (2020). Earlier contributions include "Still Living on the Edge?" (2008), "Community Empowerment: Learning from Practice in Community Regeneration" (2013), and various chapters on regeneration and social structure. His scholarship has garnered 70 citations. Adamson received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2010 for regenerating poor communities in Europe and holds roles such as Chair of the Australasian Housing Institute’s Sustainability Community of Practice, World Urban Campaign City Changer, and Member of the Hunter SDG Taskforce. Since 2015 in Australia, he has advanced national housing strategies and UN Sustainable Development Goals initiatives.