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Fran Bennett

Emeritus Fellow

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Dr Bastian Betthäuser

Associate Member

Erzsébet Bukodi

Professor Erzsébet Bukodi

Professor of Sociology and Social Policy

On sabbatical for academic year 2025-26

Professor Lucie Cluver

Professor of Child and Family Social Work

Michelle Degli Esposti

Dr Michelle Degli Esposti

Associate Professor of Evidence Based Social Policy and Intervention

Dr Ivana Dobrotić

Associate Member

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Dr Mark Fransham

Senior Academic Fellow

Chair of Examiners for Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation

Frances Gardner

Professor Frances Gardner

Professor of Child and Family Psychology

Director of Graduate Studies

Professor Jane Gingrich

Professor of Social Policy

Research Director

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Dr Mona Ibrahim

Strategic Policy Lead

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Dr Rana Khazbak

Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy

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Professor Jamie M. Lachman

Professor of Child and Family Global Health

Deputy Head of Department

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Luciana Leite

Policy & Research Officer

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Dr Ismael G. Munoz

Departmental Lecturer in Evidence Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation

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Professor Kenneth Nelson

Barnett Professor of Social Policy

Head of Department

Professor Brian Nolan

Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Fellow

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Professor Zachary Parolin

Professor of Social Policy, Inequality & Opportunity

Director, Economics, Inequality and Opportunity (EIO) Programme at INET Oxford; Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College

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Dr Gabriela Pavarini

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Elona Toska

Associate Member

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Dr Merve Uzunalioğlu

Associate Member

Professor Robert Walker

Emeritus Fellow & Professor Emeritus

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Dr Dirk Witteveen

Senior Departmental Lecturer

Nuffield College

Staff

Dr Lewis R. Anderson

Postdoctoral Research Officer

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Dr Peter Burr

Head of Programmes

Students

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Sophia Andresen

Lady Margaret Hall

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Enrico Benassi

Centenary Scholar

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Alicja Borzyszkowska

MSc student in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation

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Shreyanka Chandel

MSc Student, Evidence Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation

Deanna Marie Giraldi, MPH

St. Antony's College

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Tamsin Greene Barker

ESRC Grand Union DTP Scholar, George Moore Scholar

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Sara Hueber

Nuffield College

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Xinghao Li

MPhil Student in Comparative Social Policy

St Catherine's College

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Diana Mwala

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Sopuruchukwu Obiesie (MBBS)

Nuffield College

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Paul Peña

Hertford College

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Yi Qie

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George Rappa

MPhil student in Comparative Social Policy

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Miya Rosenthal

MSc Student in Comparative Social Policy

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Quinn Sanderson

MPhil student in Comparative Social Policy

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Cyrette Saunier

DPhil Student in Social Policy

Nuffield College

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Julia Schaub

Nuffield College

Seonghun Seo

MSc Student in Comparative Social Policy

St. Cross 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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Christina Wang

MPhil Student in Comparative Social Policy

St. Catherine's College

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Seonwoo Yoon

Clarendon Scholar

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