Research Theme > Social Policy and Covid 19

Academics

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Professor Jane Barlow

Chair in Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation

Head of Department

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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

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Dr Rana Khazbak

Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy

Professor Jamie M. Lachman

Professor of Child and Family Global Health

Head of Research

Dr Marek Naczyk

Associate Professor in Comparative Social Policy

Dr Tim Vlandas

Associate Professor of Comparative Social Policy

On leave from 1st September 2024 to 1st September 2026

Staff

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Lucy Olsen

Finance & Administration Assistant

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Kimberly Rimber

GPI Programme Assistant

Saara Thakur

Global Scale-up Lead

Students

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Nina Acharya

Somerville College

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Takhona Grace Hlatshwako

University College

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Simran Purewal

MSc Student, Comparative Social Policy

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Ansh Sahay

Lady Margaret Hall

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William Vardon

MSc Comparative Social Policy

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