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Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care (2024)
Journal Article
Gwilym, H., & Beck, D. (2024). Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care. Critical Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183241262727

There have been many Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots worldwide and a large literature has emerged outlining mostly positive findings but also acknowledging that no government has implemented the policy. In June 2022 the Welsh Government launched... Read More about Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care.

A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students (2024)
Other
Beck, D. (2024). A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students. [Blog]. Online

As the academic year for many draws to an end, many students across the UK will be breathing a sigh of relief, not simply because the summer represents a break from studying per se, but because a campus breather such as this offers respite from possi... Read More about A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students.

Modern welfare in the United Kingdom is a universal (dis)credit to Beveridge. Is it time for a basic income? (2024)
Journal Article
Beck, D., Peters, R., Bridge, G., Poitier, F., & Pearson, B. (2024). Modern welfare in the United Kingdom is a universal (dis)credit to Beveridge. Is it time for a basic income?. Social Policy and Administration, https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13002

Universal Credit signalled a revolution in the delivery and costs of welfare provisioning. UC aimed to reduce spending on welfare, but in doing so now threatens the stability of a functioning and cohesive society. Over recent years, and most notably... Read More about Modern welfare in the United Kingdom is a universal (dis)credit to Beveridge. Is it time for a basic income?.

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.

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.

Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income Lessons from the Finnish BI Experiment 2017‐2018, by Olli Kangas, Signe Jauhiainen, Miska Simanainen and Minna Ylikanno. 2021. ISBN: 978‐1‐83910‐484‐8 (2022)
Journal Article
Beck, D. (2022). Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income Lessons from the Finnish BI Experiment 2017‐2018, by Olli Kangas, Signe Jauhiainen, Miska Simanainen and Minna Ylikanno. 2021. ISBN: 978‐1‐83910‐484‐8. Social Policy and Administration, 57(3), 456-457. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12839

Book review

Complex lives : exploring experiences of Universal Credit claimants in Salford during Covid-19 (2022)
Book Chapter
Scullion, L., Gibbons, A., Connors, C., Pardoe, J., & Beck, D. (2022). Complex lives : exploring experiences of Universal Credit claimants in Salford during Covid-19. In K. Garthwaite, R. Patrick, M. Power, A. Tarrant, & R. Warnock (Eds.), COVID-19 collaborations : researching poverty and low-income family life during the pandemic (56-70). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447364504.ch004

Exploring Universal Credit (UC) in Salford is a qualitative longitudinal project delivered by the Salford Anti-Poverty Taskforce; a research and knowledge exchange partnership between the University of Salford and Salford City Council. The project be... Read More about Complex lives : exploring experiences of Universal Credit claimants in Salford during Covid-19.

The food bank : a safety-net in place of welfare security in times of austerity and the Covid-19 crisis (2022)
Journal Article
Beck, D., & Gwilym, H. (2022). The food bank : a safety-net in place of welfare security in times of austerity and the Covid-19 crisis. Social Policy and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000907

The food bank has become a charitable safety-net for those who have been failed by the
social security system in times of austerity and during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this
article we evidence the rise of food banking in the context of declining s... Read More about The food bank : a safety-net in place of welfare security in times of austerity and the Covid-19 crisis.

The benefits system in Wales (2021)
Other
Closs-Davis, S., Gwilym, H., & Beck, D. (2021). The benefits system in Wales

This evidence supports the call for further devolution of powers in Wales, especially those that increase the ability for Wales to tackle poverty. Doing so, our work here evidence that the 10 years of austerity following the election of the Coalition... Read More about The benefits system in Wales.

Hannah Lambie-Mumford and Tiina Silvasti (eds) (2020), The Rise of Food Charity in Europe, Bristol: Policy Press, £75.00, pp. 272, hbk. (2021)
Journal Article
Beck, D. (2021). Hannah Lambie-Mumford and Tiina Silvasti (eds) (2020), The Rise of Food Charity in Europe, Bristol: Policy Press, £75.00, pp. 272, hbk. Journal of Social Policy, 50(2), 446-447. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421000064

Question; what is significant about the rise of food charity across various European countries? Explored with significant detail, this edited volume sufficiently answers this question by drawing on four key areas associated with the rise of food pove... Read More about Hannah Lambie-Mumford and Tiina Silvasti (eds) (2020), The Rise of Food Charity in Europe, Bristol: Policy Press, £75.00, pp. 272, hbk..

Poverty premiums : cost of being poor (2020)
Journal Article
Beck, D. (2020). Poverty premiums : cost of being poor. Encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals (Online), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_110-1

“Life is more expensive than we can tolerate” Linda Tirado (2014)

Poverty within a developed country is typically considered within “relative” terms. This means that people experience poverty relative to those within their society. This acknowled... Read More about Poverty premiums : cost of being poor.

The moral maze of food bank use (2020)
Journal Article
Beck, D., & Gwilym, H. (2020). The moral maze of food bank use. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 28(3), 383-399. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982720X15905998909942

The foodbank symbolises a changing landscape of social insecurity and welfare
conditionality. Attending to decision making within the food bank system, this article
argues that food banks, and their referral-system creates a bureaucratic ‘moral maz... Read More about The moral maze of food bank use.

The moral maze of foodbank use (2020)
Journal Article
Beck, D., & Gwilym, H. (2020). The moral maze of foodbank use. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 28(3), 383-399. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982720X15905998909942

The foodbank symbolises a changing landscape of social insecurity and welfare conditionality. Attending to decision making within the foodbank system, this article argues that foodbanks, and their referral-system creates a bureaucratic ‘moral maze’ i... Read More about The moral maze of foodbank use.