Research Theme > Social Policy and Covid 19

Academics

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Professor Jane Barlow

Chair in Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation

Deputy Head of Department - On sabbatical for academic year 2025-26

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Dr Amiya Bhatia

Associate Professor

Course Director - Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation

Professor Lucie Cluver

Professor of Child and Family Social Work

Michelle Degli Esposti

Michelle Degli Esposti

Associate Professor of Evidence Based Social Policy and Intervention

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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

Head of Research

Dr Marek Naczyk

Associate Professor in Comparative Social Policy

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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

Dr Tim Vlandas

Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy

On leave until September 2026

Staff

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Lucy Olsen

Finance & Administration Assistant

Saara Thakur

Global Scale-up Lead

Students

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Nina Acharya

Somerville College

Pages

Supertracker project DSPI

A 'Supertracker' to improve social policy monitoring during the COVID-19 crisis

fatherwithchildcovid

Child Policy during COVID-19 Database

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The Global Reference Group for Children Affected by Crisis

COVID19pregnancyprojectDSPI

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services

welfarereformprojectDSPI

The perception of families of virtual group-based support during the COVID-19 lockdown