Dr Vikki McCall is a Professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling. Professor McCall teaches the Postgraduate MSc/Diploma of Housing Studies at the University of Stirling and has won the RATE award for excellence in teaching in the Faculty of Social Sciences in 2016, 2019 and 2023.Vikki is also co-founder and Creative Director of the social enterprise Socialudo, who deliver Serious Games: http://www.socialudo.org/Professor McCall’s work includes leading projects focusing on housing, ageing, stigma, co-production the role of front-line workers, service users, volunteers and the policy process. Professor McCall is Principal Investigator on UK-wide projects including Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project funded by the ESRC (2022-2027) and the Inclusive Living support for older people in residential care (INVITE) project funded by the Longleigh Foundation (2020-2023). She is also Co-I on the UKRI funded Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale (DesHCA) project (2020-2024). Vikki is Honorary Secretary for the Social Policy Association Executive Committee and Editorial Board member of Social Policy & Society.Current projects include:McCall, V. (PI), (2022-2027) Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA), ESRC (UKRI)https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/browse/Design-building/InclusiveDesign/ISPA/ Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@ispaproject Bowes, A., McCall, V (Co-I, leading WP4 and supporting coordination in WP2,3) Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale (DesHCA), ESRC (UKRI)https://www.deshca.co.uk/ McCall, V (PI) (2020-2022) The INVITE Project (promoting inclusive living via technology-enabled support) with Stonewater Housing Association funded by the Longleigh Foundation https://www.stonewater.org/about-us/thought-leadership/invite-project/ The Adaptations Policy and Practice Project in partnership with CaCHE, Horizon Housing Association and HACT: https://housingevidence.ac.uk/author/vikki-mccall/ Older People’s Experience of Adaptations in Scotland funded by Age Scotlandhttps://www.ageuk.org.uk/scotland/latest-news/2023/may/new-report-calls-for-major-national-reform-to-home-adaptations-services/