All Outputs (3)

‘The scales never seem to balance’: exploring the lived realities of poverty during the UK ‘cost-of-living crisis’ through participatory research (2025)
Journal Article

Since late 2021, the term ‘cost-of-living crisis’, indicating decreased disposable incomes, has gained prominence in the UK. This study draws on the long-running online participatory research project Changing Realities, involving over 100 low-income... Read More about ‘The scales never seem to balance’: exploring the lived realities of poverty during the UK ‘cost-of-living crisis’ through participatory research.

Living on a low income during the cost-of-living crisis: Exploring experiences and perceptions (2024)
Journal Article

Drawing upon data from Changing Realities, an online participatory research project collected between September-October 2022 and March-April 2023, this article generates new knowledge on the lived experiences of low-income families in the UK during t... Read More about Living on a low income during the cost-of-living crisis: Exploring experiences and perceptions.

Intensity, moderation, and the pressures of expectation: Calculation and coercion in the street‐level practice of welfare conditionality (2019)
Journal Article
Kaufman, J. (2019). Intensity, moderation, and the pressures of expectation: Calculation and coercion in the street‐level practice of welfare conditionality. Social Policy and Administration, 54(2), 205-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12559

This article offers a street-level perspective on welfare conditionality as it was practiced in contracted-out UK activation programs between 2008 and 2015. Drawing on observation and in-depth interviews, the article illustrates the ways that behavio... Read More about Intensity, moderation, and the pressures of expectation: Calculation and coercion in the street‐level practice of welfare conditionality.