Links to academic sources about Social Security
This is a maintained list of Internet sources related to, but not within,
the scope of the uk.gov.social-security
newsgroup.
| Academia |
| Centre for
Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University |
CRSP’s research has four main
themes: poverty and social exclusion; work and welfare trajectories;
policy evaluation; and the administration and delivery of welfare
services. |
| Institute
for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex |
It specialises in the production
and analysis of longitudinal data - evidence which tracks changes
in the lives of the same individuals over time. The key advantage
of longitudinal data over snapshot or ‘single moment in time’
information is that it allows researchers to analyse the dynamic links
between individuals’ life events, living and employment conditions,
behaviour and values over the lifecycle. |
| Social
Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of York |
The Unit has an international reputation
for excellence in research in key areas of social policy, including
health and social care, and social security and employment. |
| Department
of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York |
The Department of Social Policy
and Social Work at the University of York contains three research
units, all of which are also part of the Institute for Research Into
the Social Sciences (IRISS) within the University: The Social Policy
Research Unit; The Centre for Housing Policy; The Social Work Research
and Development Unit. |
| Department
of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath |
The research is divided into three
main areas:
Work, family and welfare: new social divisions and social exclusion
The transformation of the welfare state: delivering services in new
welfare states
European and Global Social Policy |
| Social
and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge |
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Department of Policy
Studies, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside
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At undergraduate level it provides the subjects of Criminology,
International Relations, Politics and Social Policy; it provides
taught postgraduate courses in Citizenship, Housing, Criminology
and Social Policy and supervision for MPhil and PhD research degrees
in its subjects.
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