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Associate Professor invited to influential journal role

Dr Laura Sochas awarded Leverhulme Trust funding

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DSPI leads study revealing health outsourcing linked to higher mortality rate

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DSPI leads study revealing health outsourcing linked to higher mortality rate

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Outsourced children’s care homes provide poorer quality care

Student helps make a difference for disadvantaged communities to enter Higher Education

Teaching Excellence Award for Mark Fransham

Academics

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Professor Jane Barlow

Chair in Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation

On sabbatical for academic year 2025-26

Professor Lucie Cluver

Professor of Child and Family Social Work

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Dr Michelle Degli Esposti

Associate Professor of Evidence Based Social Policy and Intervention

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Dr Mark Fransham

Senior Academic Fellow

Chair of Examiners for Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation

Frances Gardner

Professor Frances Gardner

Professor of Child and Family Psychology

Director of Graduate Studies

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Professor David Humphreys

Professor of Social Policy Evaluation

Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, Associate Fellow at Nuffield College

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Dr Mona Ibrahim

Strategic Policy Lead

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Professor Jamie M. Lachman

Professor of Child and Family Global Health

Deputy Head of Department

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Dr Jessica Lorimer

Departmental Lecturer in Evidence Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation

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Dr Gabriela Pavarini

Senior Research Fellow

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Dr William Rudgard

Associate Professor of Climate Change and Child Health

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Dr Yulia Shenderovich

Associate Member

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Janina Steinert

Associate Member

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Dr Inge Vallance

Head of Research

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Hannah van Vijfeijken

Policy Engagement Officer

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Dr Rachel Yates

Associate Member

Academic Visitors

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Alexandra Blackwell

Research Affiliate

Staff

Dr Isang Awah

Head of Advocacy

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Ellie Bashkova

Research Support Assistant

Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

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Kristen de Graaf

Programme Manager

Louise Gordon

Project Manager - Written Materials Specialist

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Lucy Olsen

Finance & Administration Assistant

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Kathryn Steventon Roberts

Associate Member

Students

Yvonne Agengo

Maria Ambrosio

DPhil Student and Teaching Fellow

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Sophia Andresen

Lady Margaret Hall

Gerry Byrne

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Katongo Chileshe

DPhil Social intervention and Policy Evaluation

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Hal Cooper

DPhil Student and Research Manager

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Dr Bothaina Eltigani

DPhil Student and Research assistant

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Charlotte Evans

Lady Margaret Hall

Aya Fujita

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Tamsin Greene Barker

ESRC Grand Union DTP Scholar, George Moore Scholar

Ye Eun Ha

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Alice Hawryszkiewycz

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Kayanat Iltaf

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Shrutika Jha

Master's Student

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Jinseo Kim

Green Templeton College

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Eliana Lauder

Harris Manchester College

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Zamakhanya Makhanya

Clarendon and Kellogg College

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Tejashwari Naidu

Master's Student

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Sopuruchukwu Obiesie (MBBS)

Nuffield College

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Yi Qie

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Srishti Rongpipi

MSc student in Evidence-based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation / Research Assistant

Pages

A Better Start - National Evaluation

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Accelerate Hub

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Becoming Protagonists: Effectiveness of a digital intervention to promote youth participation for mental health in Brazil

changingelitesprojectDSPI

Changing elites: how social and institutional change has altered the processes of elite formation over time?

consortspiprojectDSPI

CONSORT-SPI

e-Parenting for Lifelong Health (ePLH) Pilot study

USgunlawsprojectsDSPI

Evaluating the impact of “stand your ground” self-defence laws in the US

Furaha Adolescent Implementation Research (FAIR) Study

Global Parenting Initiative

heybabyprojectDSPI

HEY BABY: Helping Empower Youth Brought up in Adversity with their Babies and Young children

parentingprojectDSPI

How far could widespread dissemination of parenting programmes improve child antisocial behaviour and reduce social inequalities

welfarereformprojectDSPI

Needs and Entitlements: How UK welfare reform affects larger families

ParentApp for Teens

parentingthailandprojectDSPI

Parenting for Lifelong Health - Thailand

Parenting for Lifelong Health SUPER (Scale-Up of Parenting Evaluation Research) Study

plhphilippinesprojectDSPI

Parenting for Lifelong Health – Philippines

Parenting for Lifelong Health: A social enterprise charity

parenttextprojectDSPI

ParentText Optimisation Study: A Chatbot-led Intervention Aimed to Promote Playful Parenting and Prevent Violence Against Children

AccelerateHubDSPI

Pathways to survival: identifying psychosocial, family and service mechanisms to improve anti-retroviral adherence

electoralsystemsprojectDSPI

Politics, electoral systems and inclusive decision-making: Do political institutions affect health?

RISE: Prevention of Child Mental Health Problems in Southeastern Europe