Research Group > OISP - Politics of Social Policy Reform

Academics

Michele Bavaro

Postdoctoral Research Officer

bernhard ebbinghaus

Professor Bernhard Ebbinghaus

Associate Member

Dr Marek Naczyk

Associate Professor in Comparative Social Policy

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Professor Kenneth Nelson

Barnett Professor of Social Policy

Head of Department

rebecca surender

Professor Rebecca Surender

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Tim Vlandas

Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy

On leave until September 2026

Staff

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Dr Peter Burr

Head of Programmes

Students

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Enrico Benassi

Centenary Scholar

Kaitlyn Ju Cho

Barnett Scholar

Eliott De Smedt Day

Eliott De Smedt Day

Comparative Social Policy Masters Student

St Catherine's College

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Benjamin Hornsby-Odoi

Green Templeton College

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Ahmed Naaif Mohamed

Wolfson College

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Diana Mwala

Trinity College

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Victoria Tan

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Nicola Tomlin

Kellogg College

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Marianne Joy Vital

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Seonwoo Yoon

Clarendon Scholar

Pages

Supertracker project DSPI

A 'Supertracker' to improve social policy monitoring during the COVID-19 crisis

BecomingAdultDSPI

Becoming 'Adult': Conceptions of futures and wellbeing among young people subject to immigration control in the UK

EUcitizens DSPI

Being EU Citizens: Perceptions and lived experiences of exercising social rights in the UK

bEUcitizen: All Rights Reserved? Barriers towards European citizenship

Designing strategies for efficient funding of higher education in Europe (DEFINE)

incomeinequalityprojectDSPI

Helping to shape global conversations on poverty to 2015 and beyond: a shame-proofing toolkit

IncomeInequalityResearchDSPI

Prowelfare 2014-2016

impactageingprojectDSPI

The political impact of ageing on the economy

EUcitizens DSPI

UK in a Changing Europe; Being EU citizens: Experiences of exercising social rights in the UK