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Mental Health & Universal Credit - Investigating Claimant Experiences (2023)
Thesis
Pardoe, J. (2023). Mental Health & Universal Credit - Investigating Claimant Experiences. (Thesis). University of Salford

Markedly as opposed to the reassuring ‘safety net’ moniker used at its inception, state welfare in the UK has become synonymous with narratives around dependency and worklessness, with loaded political rhetoric delivering accusations of malingering a... Read More about Mental Health & Universal Credit - Investigating Claimant Experiences.

Reflecting on Paraliminality as a Theoretical Lens to Understand Experiences of Food Insecurity (2023)
Book Chapter
Moraes, C., McEachern, M. G., Scullion, L., & Gibbons, A. (2023). Reflecting on Paraliminality as a Theoretical Lens to Understand Experiences of Food Insecurity. In C. Moraes, M. McEachern, & D. O'Loughlin (Eds.), Researching Poverty and Austerity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodologies and Policy Applications. Routledge

In this chapter we reflect on how theoretical perspectives, such as liminality, can be useful for researchers seeking to understand and alleviate lived experiences of poverty. We draw on how we deployed liminality theory in a recently published paper... Read More about Reflecting on Paraliminality as a Theoretical Lens to Understand Experiences of Food Insecurity.

Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence (2023)
Book Chapter
Scullion, L., Beck, D., Jones, K., Connors, C., Martin, P., Gibbons, A., & Hynes, C. (2023). Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence. In C. Moraes, M. McEachern, & D. O'Loughlin (Eds.), Researching Poverty and Austerity: Theoretical approaches, methodologies and policy applications. Routledge

In this chapter, we contribute to debates about how social science research can influence policy and practice. We draw upon our own experiences as social policy researchers whose work focuses on poverty and social security to provide case studies of... Read More about Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence.

Welfare attitudes in a crisis: How COVID exceptionalism undermined greater solidarity (2023)
Journal Article
De Vries, R., Baumberg Geiger, B., Scullion, L., Summers, K., Edmiston, D., Ingold, J., …Young, D. (2023). Welfare attitudes in a crisis: How COVID exceptionalism undermined greater solidarity. Journal of Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279423000466

COVID-19 had the potential to dramatically increase public support for welfare. It was a time of apparent increased solidarity, of apparently deserving claimants, and of increasingly widespread exposure to the benefits system. However, there are also... Read More about Welfare attitudes in a crisis: How COVID exceptionalism undermined greater solidarity.

Refraining from rights and giving in to personalised control: young unemployed peoples’ experiences and perceptions of public and third sector support in the UK and Norway (2023)
Journal Article
Gjersøe, H. M., Jones, K., Leseth, A. B., Scullion, L., & Martin, P. (2023). Refraining from rights and giving in to personalised control: young unemployed peoples’ experiences and perceptions of public and third sector support in the UK and Norway. European Journal of Social Work, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2023.2212875

In this article, we present an analysis of young unemployed peoples’ perceptions and experiences with public and third sector support in Norway and the UK. Drawing on data generated through qualitative semi-structured interviews, the analysis shows t... Read More about Refraining from rights and giving in to personalised control: young unemployed peoples’ experiences and perceptions of public and third sector support in the UK and Norway.