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Month: March 2019
Homelessness Monitor Launch
Today saw the official launch of the Homelessness Monitor Scotland 2019 by Crisis Scotland at a summit in Edinburgh. The Homelessness Monitor is a longitudinal study providing an independent analysis of the homelessness impacts of recent economic and policy developments across the UK. The monitor is funded by Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Separate […]
International Impact
International Impact I-SPHERE’s mission is to use world-class research to help drive change for people affected by extreme disadvantage. Here are two recent examples of how our work is influencing change internationally. Australia – Influencing parliamentary inquiry on welfare conditions Australia’s Senate is undertaking an Inquiry into Parents Next – a controversial compulsory ‘pre-employment’ programme for recipients of […]
Dr Morag Treanor joins I-SPHERE
In April 2019 Dr Morag Treanor is joining the I-SPHERE team as Professor of Child and Family Inequalities. This exciting leadership appointment greatly strengthens the I-SPHERE team and will help us to broaden the scope of our already high impact group. Morag’s research interests focus on child poverty – measurement, causes, consequences, mitigation and prevention – and adversity in […]