Professor of Social Policy, University of York
My research interests come together around two main themes. First, a critical engagement with the notion of social citizenship, especially in relation to welfare rights and responsibilities and social inclusion/exclusion and second, the impact of international migration on welfare states and migrants' rights.
I currently lead a major five year ESRC funded project on welfare conditionality which brings together teams of researchers working in six English and Scottish Universities i.e. University of York, University of Salford, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, Heriot-Watt University and the University of Glasgow.
Central to this work is a desire to inform policy and practice through the establishment of an original and comprehensive evidence base on the efficacy and ethicality of conditionality across a range of social policy fields and diverse groups of welfare service users.
I am also currently working on an EC funded project a project exploring Roma inclusion in 9 EU Member States.
Oct 28, 2018 11:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
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Oct 08, 2017 10:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Originally designed with the intention of making work pay by smoothing out transitions between paid work and welfare, Universal Credit is now being widely criticised for failing to deliver on its promises. Despite calls by...
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