Professor Martin Powell

His main qualifications are:

• PhD ('Access to Primary Health Care in London'), University of London (1987)
• BA (Hons) Human Geography, University of Reading (1983)

Martin has worked at the Universities of Glamorgan, Hertfordshire, Portsmouth, Bath and Stirling.  He is the Editor of 'Social Policy and Administration'. He lectures on the PhD programme at Institute of Governance, University of Maastricht. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board for 'Policy Press' and he has given keynote speeches at events in Italy and South Africa.

Management Experience: 

• Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer, School of Social Policy (from 1 September 2013)
• Director of Research, HSMC
• Acting Postgraduate Lead, HSMC
• MSc Dissertation co-lead, HSMC
• Director of Postgraduate Students, School of Public Policy (2007-8)
• Research Leader for Social Sciences at University of Hertfordshire; Chair of Department of Social and Policy Sciences Research Committee at University of Bath; and Research Director for Department of Applied Social Science at University of Stirling
• Chief Examiner for Department of Applied Social Sciences, University of Stirling

• Taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level at a number of Universities, with main contributions on ‘Introduction to Social Policy’, ‘Health and Health Policy’, and ‘Policy Evaluation’

Current teaching:

• MSc: Health and Health Care Policy; MSc short course: Policy Evaluation; MTS Dissertation Workshop Supervisor

His major research interests are:

• History of health policy
• Geography of public service provision
• Theoretical Developments in the Welfare State
• Public Sector Partnerships
• Equality in the Welfare State
• Decentralisation of public provision
• Consumerism and Citizenship
• Health care workforce issues

Principal Research Grants:

• Staff Satisfaction and Organisational Performance: Evidence from the NHS Staff Survey (with J. Dawson, University of Sheffield), 2012 – 2013. NIHR HS&DR
• What works in inclusive leadership? (with N Johns, University of Plymouth; A Mulla, University of Birmingham, J. Smith, Nuffield trust and A. Gregory), 2010. NHS III
• Talent Management in the NHS Managerial Workforce (with HSMC and Business School colleagues, and Dr M. Exworthy, and Dr F. Macfarlane), 2009 – 2011. NHSSDO
• Management Practice in Healthcare Organisations (led by Dr I Greener, Durham), 2009- 2010. NHSSDO
• Evaluating the impact of the health reforms in England (with colleagues at HSMC and King’s Fund), 2007 – 2010. Department of Health Policy Research Programme
• Decentralisation and performance: autonomy and incentives in local health economies (with M. Exworthy, S Peckham, I Greener, P Anand and J Holloway), 2006 – 2009. NHSSDO
• Modes of Consumption in the UK Welfare State (with I. Greener, York), 2004 – 2006. ESRC
• Centralisation, decentralisation and devolution in publicly funded health services (with S. Peckham, M. Exworthy, Oxford Brookes; I. Greener, York), 2004. NHSSDO
• Partnerships- reviewing the evidence (with C. Glendinning, York, B. Dowling, Manchester), 2003 – 2004. NPCRDC (University of Manchester)
• Municipal medicine in inter-war England (with J. Stewart, History, Oxford Brookes), 2002 - 2005. Wellcome Trust
• Understanding Health Variations and Policy Variations (with M Exworthy, LSE), 1998 – 2000. ESRC
• The moving frontier: municipal and voluntary hospitals in interwar Britain (with J. Mohan), 1998 – 1999. Leverhulme Trust
• The historical geography of the voluntary hospital system in Britain, 1890-1947 (with J. Mohan, Dept of Geography, University of Portsmouth), 1996 - 1998. Leverhulme Trust
• The politics of local government finance: who gets what where? (with G. Boyne, Business School, University of Wales, Cardiff), 1995 – 1997. Leverhulme Trust

• Review Editor, ‘Social Policy and Administration’, 2003-2005
• Editor, ‘Social Policy and Administration’, 2005-2012
• Martin was a member of the EU COST A 15 programme on reforming social protection systems
• He has been a co-organiser of the European Consortium for Political Research workshop on 'Third Ways in Europe', co-organiser of European Social Policy Network Conference strand on the history of social policy, and a referee for projects for the R&D Office in Northern Ireland, and the Prime Minister's Office, Belgium
• At Bath Martin was nominated for the University Teaching Award in 2003 - 2004