ABOUT ME

I am a social policy researcher based in the Methodology Department at the London School of Economics. In my work I focus on social security ('benefits') policy and aspects of economic inequality. I am particularly interested in 'bottom up' understandings of policy, lived experience and experiential knowledge, and the construction and expression of attitudes, values and beliefs. 

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I also think about how to improve research methods. I use qualitative methods (including interviews and focus groups) and place an increasingly strong emphasis on participation in my work, meaning research participants are partners, leaders, or experts in the research process.