Research Group > OISP - Politics of Social Policy Reform

Academics

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

Professor 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

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Sara Hueber

Nuffield College

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Diana Mwala

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George Rappa

MPhil student in Comparative Social Policy

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Quinn Sanderson

MPhil student in Comparative Social Policy

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Victoria Tan

Matriculation Nicola is have brown/redish shoulder length hair, is wearing a graduation gown with glasses and smiling at the camera.

Nicola Tomlin

Kellogg College

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Marianne Joy Vital

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Seonwoo Yoon

Clarendon Scholar

Pages

impactageingprojectDSPI

Ageing Democracies: Grey Power and Economic Performance

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