Alasdair Stewart
Research Assistant at The University of Glasgow
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlasdair Stewart is a qualitative researcher and Research Assistant in Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow with 11 years’ experience examining housing, homelessness, welfare conditionality and related social policy. He holds a PhD on young people’s pathways into and sustaining tenancies and has extensive field experience conducting interviews and focus groups with vulnerable populations, front-line workers and policy stakeholders. His career includes research posts at Stirling, Edinburgh and Strathclyde and collaborative projects with Homeless Action Scotland, giving him a track record of translating academic insight into practice-focused outputs. Trained in political philosophy and sociological theory, he brings a theoretically informed lens—drawing on Bourdieu and Elias—to empirical social research. Notably, he combines teaching experience across core social policy and theory modules with sustained engagement in interdisciplinary welfare research.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA), Politics, First Class (Hons.), Master of Arts (MA), Politics, First Class (Hons.) at The University of DundeeERASMUS Exchange, Politics, ERASMUS Exchange, Politics at University of WroclawMaster of Applied Social Science, Applied Social Science, Master of Applied Social Science, Applied Social Science at The University of Stirling
English, Polish, German
Github Skills (200)
autocomplete10
termux10
language-server-protocol10
linux-distribution10
desktop-application10
checker10
vnc-server10
kotlin10
chroot10
zeal10
chromebook10
linux10
proot10
android10
classify9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
abers/dotfiles
Mar 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:288 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years
abers/lastsounds
Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
Simple way to scrobble tracks from a BBC Sounds programme to Last.fm
Contributions:31 commits, 1 PR, 23 pushes in 7 months
programmescrobblebbcmusictracks
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