Dr Jennifer Allsopp
Birmingham Fellow
Jennifer's research centres on how people move and mobilise to support what they perceive to be viable futures for themselves, their families and their societies in the context of migration.
Poverty, Wealth and Inequality
The Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Social sciences have long explored the causes, consequences and solutions to poverty. Whilst this has primarily drawn attention to matters around income security, both nationally and across the globe, there has been a debate focused on the 'problem of riches'. This has drawn attention to the challenges of inequality and wealth distribution within the wider pursuit of social justice.
Theme lead: Özlem Ögtem-Young
Selected publications
Selected publications
2017
Antonucci, L., Horvath, L., Krouwel, A. and Y. Kutyski (2017) “he malaise of the squeezed middle: Challenging the narrative of the left behind Brexiter Competition & Change, Special Issue: Brexit: a year later, 21 (3): 211-229.
Garthwaite, K. and Bambra, C. (2017) “How the other half live”: Lay perspectives on health inequalities in an age of austerity. Social Science & Medicine, 187, pp. 238-275.
Garthwaite, K. (2017) Rethinking deservingness, choice and gratitude in emergency food provision. Social Policy Review 29: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2017, p.87.
Garthwaite, K., 2017. ‘I feel I'm Giving Something Back to Society’: Constructing the ‘Active Citizen’and Responsibilising Foodbank Use. Social Policy and Society, 16(2), pp.283-292.
Geiger, B.B., Garthwaite, K., Warren, J. and Bambra, C., 2017. Assessing work disability for social security benefits: international models for the direct assessment of work capacity. Disability and Rehabilitation, pp.1-9.
Overton, L and Fox O'Mahony, L (2017) Understanding Attitudes to Paying for Care Amongst Equity Release Consumers: Citizenship, solidarity and the 'hardworking homeowner' Journal of Social Policy, 46, 1, 49–67 doi:10.1017/S0047279416000416
Rowlingson, K, Joseph, R. and Overton, L. (2017) Intergenerational Financial Giving and Inequality: Give and Take in 21st Century Families, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
2016
Antonucci, L. (2016) Student Lives in Crisis. Deepening inequality in times of austerity, Bristol: Policy Press.
Appleyard, L, Rowlingson, K and Gardner, J (2016) ‘The variegated financialization of sub-prime credit markets’, Competition & Change, 20, 5, 297-313.
Garthwaite, K. (2016) Hunger Pains: life inside foodbank Britain. Bristol: Policy Press.
Garthwaite, K. (2016) Stigma, shame and ‘people like us’: an ethnographic study of foodbank use in the UK. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 24, 3, pp. 277-289.
Gregory, J. (2016) 'How not to be an egalitarian: the politics of homeownership and property-owning democracy', International Journal of Housing Policy.
Gregory, J., Mullins, D., Redman, P. and Alan Murie (2016), Social Housing and the Good Society, Policy Futures Report.
Roberts, S. and L. Antonucci (2016) Youth Transitions, Welfare Policy & Contemporary Europe in Lange, A., Steiner, C., Shutter, S. and H. Reiter (eds) Hadbuch Kindheits-und Jugendsoziologie (German Handbook of Youth Sociology),
Amsterdam: Springer, pp. 1-13.
Rowlingson, K. Appleyard, L. and Gardner, J. (2016) Payday lending in the UK: the regul(aris)ation of a necessary evil? Journal of Social Policy, 45, 3, 527-543.
Rowlingson, K, Gardner, J and Appleyard, L (2016) Responsible Lending in the UK: What Role Does the State Play? In Ferretti, F. (ed.). Comparative Perspectives of Consumer Over-Indebtedness: A view from the UK, Germany, Greece, and Italy. Eleven International Publishing.
Rowlingson, K (2016) 'You can't take it with you when you die': wealth, intestacy rules and inheritance tax’ in Woodthorpe, K and Foster, L (eds) Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times, Palgrave Macmillan.
Research projects
Research projects
Current and recent projects
- Charitable food provision as an emergency response: sharing evidence from Canada, the USA and the UK
- Embedding action research in energy teaching to foster inclusive knowledge societies in Oaxaca
- EU Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV)
- Invisible Rules: Social Mobility, Low Income and the Role of Further and Higher Education
- Menstruation and the cycle of poverty
Staff members
Professor Adele Atkinson
Professor of Practice in Financial Literacy and Wellbeing (CHASM)
Professor Adele Atkinson is a Professor of Practice in Financial Literacy and Wellbeing in the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham.
Dr Emily Ball
Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Research Methods
Dr Emily Ball is a Teaching Associate in the School of Social Policy and Society at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Justyna Bandola-Gill
Assistant Professor in Sociology and Social Policy
Dr Justyna Bandola-Gill is exploring the evolving paradigms of evidence-based policymaking in the face of emerging governing technologies, particularly AI.
Dr Sarah Brooks-Wilson
Lecturer in Criminology
Dr Sarah Brooks-Wilson is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham
Dr Emma Burtt
Lecturer in Women, Crime and Criminology
Dr Emma Burtt is a Lecturer in Women, Crime and Criminology, School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Harriet Clarke
Associate Professor
Dr Harriet Clarke, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham
Dr Kayleigh Garthwaite
Associate Professor
Dr Kayleigh Garthwaite is a Birmingham Fellow in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology in the School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham.
Dr James Gregory
Assistant Professor
Dr James Gregory is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Policy and Society in the University of Birmingham.
Dr Laura Kelly
Associate Professor in Criminal Justice
Staff profile for Dr Laura Kelly, Research Fellow, School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham
Dr Andrew Knops
Lecturer in Sociology
Dr Andrew Knops is a lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology in the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham.
Dr Anna Kotova
Associate Professor in Criminology.
Dr Kotova's teaching and research interests are in prison sociology, the collateral impact of imprisonment on families of prisoners and theoretical work on stigma.
Dr Laurence Lessard-Phillips
Senior Research Fellow, IRiS
Staff profile for Laurence Lessard-Phillips, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS), School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham.
Dr Rodolfo Leyva
Lecturer Quantitative Methods
Dr Rodolfo Leyva is a Lecturer Quantitative Methods in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Paul David Luke
Teaching Associate
Dr Paul Luke is a Teaching Associate in the Dept of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Dr Özlem Ögtem-Young
Research Fellow
Dr Özlem Ögtem-Young is a research fellow and research lead (Poverty, Precarity, Saving and Debt) in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Louise Overton
Associate Professor in Social Policy
Louise's research interests focus on older people and personal finance (and personal finance-related issues), including financial security, financial advice, and the regulation of consumer financial services.
Professor Simon Pemberton
Professor in Social Policy and Criminology
Simon Pemberton, Professor in Social Policy and Criminology in the School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham.
Dr Maxine Watkins
Research Fellow
Maxine Watkins is a Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Samantha Weston
Associate Professor
Dr Samantha Weston is an Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham.