I am Professor of Public Policy at ϲ, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) and founding Editor of . My work is centrally concerned with addressing issues of inequality, social justice and exclusion both in my native North East and beyond. I have led a number of engagement-rich, high-impact, interdisciplinary and international projects. I have secured over £3m to fund this work, focusing most recently on examination of the as a means of mitigating health and economic inequalities.
Recent work has been covered on ,,, and in the ,, , , among others. The coverage has fostered debate on the broader issues and policy, with the Independent committing to Universal Basic Income.
I have a commitment to participatory research and have led a number of co-produced and co-directed projects, including an international, interdisciplinary, participatory study entitled ‘’, which involved a research network of over 30 academics and embedded exchanges between community members from Ashington, Northumberland and Aboriginal groups around Brisbane. Two films covering the project have been produced by . I am a regular to national and international media.
I am Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, have been nominated for a National Teaching Fellowship three times, and have taught at the Universities of Newcastle, Queensland, Iceland and York. I was the founder and co-ordinator of the (AfAO), which facilitates research, development and dissemination of outreach good practice by and for academics.
My research converges around the relationship between material conditions, public policy and health and wellbeing. At present, I am leading a multidisciplinary team examining the . This NIHR and Wellcome Trust funded project examines the prospective role of basic income as a public health and economic measure in our time of crisis. I am involved in evaluation of the for care leavers and in development, with Autonomy and Big Locals, of in Jarrow and East Finchley.
We have made key contributions to five areas of the debate by: 1) mapping out pathways to health through a developed from existing evidence that suggests broader, cascading benefits than previously asserted within the literature; 2) identifying deficits in previous evaluations that have prevented of health impact and developing research protocols in response; 3) developing a that suggests the long-term positive economic impact of the policy from savings in health budgets and increased productivity may make a generous UBI affordable; 4) demonstrating that for the policy is much higher than politicians believe by deploying behavioural science to examine trends in perceptions and, 5) presenting the first examination of of deploying UBI to promote health.
Media
My work has been covered by the , , , , , the and various other newspapers and outlets.
I have contributed to , and various other platforms.
I have been interviewed on, among other things, Universal Basic Income, British politics, regional politics in the North East and North West, Aboriginal politics, cultural diversity. I previously provided BBC Radio General Election night analysis. I am more than happy to be interviewed on the broad topics outlined under ‘research interests’ above.
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