Prof Lisa Scullion's Outputs (81)
Benefits assessments and veterans: lessons from the Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers project (2024)
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Young, D., Scullion, L., Martin, P., Hynes, C., & Pardoe, J. (2024). Benefits assessments and veterans: lessons from the Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers project. Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT)
Towards A Trauma-informed Social Security System (2023)
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Scullion, L., Young, D., Martin, P., Hynes, C., Pardoe, J., & Curchin, K. (2023). Towards A Trauma-informed Social Security System. Forces in Mind Trust
Lives in Transition: Returning to civilian life with a physical injury or condition (2022)
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Scullion, L., Hynes, C., Steel, R., Lawler, C., & Boland, P. (2022). Lives in Transition: Returning to civilian life with a physical injury or condition. Forces in Mind Trust
Hunger and the welfare state : food insecurity among benefit claimants in the UK (2021)
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This report looks in detail at food insecurity among benefit claimants using YouGov surveys of the general public (n=2,600) and of claimants (n=6,300), both conducted for the Welfare at a (Social) Distance project in May/June 2021.
Solidarity in a crisis? Trends in attitudes to benefits during COVID-19 (2021)
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There were good reasons to think COVID-19 would increase public support
for welfare: it was a time of apparent increased solidarity in the face of a
collective crisis; of clearly ‘deserving’ claimants; and of increases in direct
experiences of the... Read More about Solidarity in a crisis? Trends in attitudes to benefits during COVID-19.
Should social security reach further? Ineligibility for benefits at the start of COVID-19 (2021)
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start of COVID-19The benefits system – particularly Universal Credit (UC) – has played a major role in Britain’s COVID-19 response, and it is no surprise that there has been an emphasis on how well it has responded. However, there is a political question about whethe... Read More about Should social security reach further? Ineligibility for benefits at the start of COVID-19.
Non-take-up of benefits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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The benefits system – particularly Universal Credit (UC) – has played a major role in Britain’s COVID-19 response, and it is no surprise that there has been an emphasis on how well it has responded.
Most experts so far have suggested that UC has per... Read More about Non-take-up of benefits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Navigating pandemic social security : benefits, employment and crisis support during COVID-19 (2021)
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An expanding range of external actors and organisations have come to mediate the relationship between benefit claimants and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Reflecting on the important role benefits, crisis and employment support play in t... Read More about Navigating pandemic social security : benefits, employment and crisis support during COVID-19.
Claimants’ experiences of the social security system during the first wave of COVID-19 (2021)
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COVID-19 arrived in the UK early in March 2020. By 23rd March 2020, the UK experienced the first national lockdown. As businesses and livelihoods stalled, an unprecedented number of applications were made for Universal Credit (UC). Drawing on data fr... Read More about Claimants’ experiences of the social security system during the first wave of COVID-19.
There has been much scrutiny of the British benefits system during COVID-19, and most experts agree that the benefits system has performed well, even if historic weaknesses remain. Yet little attention has been paid to those who start a claim that is... Read More about At the edge of the safety net : unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3.
Claiming but connected to work : Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #1 (2020)
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This report presents the first findings from the Welfare at a (Social) Distance project,
a major national research project investigating the benefits system during the COVID19 pandemic, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of U... Read More about Claiming but connected to work : Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #1.
Sanctions, support & service leavers : social security benefits and transitions from military to civilian life (2019)
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Scullion, L., Dwyer, P., Jones, K., Martin, P., & Hynes, C. (2019). Sanctions, support & service leavers : social security benefits and transitions from military to civilian lifeResearch report presenting findings from the first UK research focusing on the experiences of veterans in the social security system.
Housing works : assessing the impact of housing association employment support (2019)
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Wilding, M., Jones, K., Martin, P., & Scullion, L. (2019). Housing works : assessing the impact of housing association employment supportSocial housing providers in the UK have a long history of delivering support to their residents beyond housing, including providing employment related assistance. A small but growing area of research investigates the role of employment support outsid... Read More about Housing works : assessing the impact of housing association employment support.
Precarious lives: exploring lived experiences of the private rented sector in Salford (2018)
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Scullion, L., Gibbons, A., & Martin, P. (2018). Precarious lives: exploring lived experiences of the private rented sector in SalfordResearch report focusing on the experiences of residents living in the private rented sector in Salford.
Destination integration : Third Country Nationals in the north of England (summary report) (2015)
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Ahmed, A., Brown, P., Duda-Mikulin, E., Martin, P., & Scullion, L. (2015). Destination integration : Third Country Nationals in the north of England (summary report)Integration Up North research is part of a wider project led by Migration Yorkshire (the regional migration partnership for Yorkshire and the Humber region), which aims to gain a better understanding of Third Country Nationals' (TCN) integration expe... Read More about Destination integration : Third Country Nationals in the north of England (summary report).
Destination integration : Third country nationals in the north of England [final report] (2015)
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Ahmed, A., Brown, P., Duda-Mikulin, E., Martin, P., & Scullion, L. (2015). Destination integration : Third country nationals in the north of England [final report]Integration Up North research is part of a wider project led by Migration Yorkshire (the regional migration partnership for Yorkshire and the Humber region), which aims to gain a better understanding of Third Country Nationals' (TCN) integration expe... Read More about Destination integration : Third country nationals in the north of England [final report].
Rights, responsibilities and redress? Research on policy and practice for Roma inclusion in ten Member States (2015)
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Brown, P., Dwyer, P., Martin, P., Scullion, L., & Turley, H. (2015). Rights, responsibilities and redress? Research on policy and practice for Roma inclusion in ten Member StatesRoma MATRIX (Mutual Action Targeting Racism,
Intolerance and Xenophobia) was a two year
project (2013-2015) co-funded by the European
Union’s Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Programme. The project involved ten European
Member States (Bulgaria... Read More about Rights, responsibilities and redress? Research on policy and practice for Roma inclusion in ten Member States.
Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation assessment : North Warwickshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth : Final report (2013)
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Scullion, L., Wilson Brown, J., & Brown, P. (2013). Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation assessment : North Warwickshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth : Final reportIn November 2012 Nuneaton and Bedworth and North Warwickshire Councils commissioned the Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford to produce an updated Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessmen... Read More about Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation assessment : North Warwickshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth : Final report.