About the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
Our research engages with the evidence, design and evaluation behind policy development across a range of major social issues to inform future policy making.
Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
An interdisciplinary research centre critically engaged with the evidence, design and evaluation behind policy development across a range of major social issues
News, events and people
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Dr Ana Cecilia Dinerstein runs Summer School on The Art of Organising Hope
Ana Dinerstein shared her ideas on concrete utopia and her work The Art of Organising Hope at the Centre for Rural Development Summer School in Puebla, Mexico.
Lynn Prince Cooke nominated for Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research
The University of Bath's Professor Lynn Prince Cooke has been nominated for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.
Members of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
Our members are mainly located within the Department of Social & Policy Sciences, although we welcome members from across the University of Bath.
The Fourth MENA Social Policy Network Conference
This is the fourth edition of the bi-annual conference of the MENA Social Policy network, taking place at the American University in Cairo (Egypt).
Billie Eilish and Tourette's: our study reveals what it's really like to live with the condition
A new study conducted by Rachel Forrester-Jones and Melina Malli looks at the real-life experiences of people diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome.
Our research
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Child well-being
A child’s wellbeing has an important bearing on their current and future outcome: this has been brought to the forefront of the policy agenda in recent years.
Governance, policy processes and policy influence
Our researchers analyse the factors which determine the policy cycle to understand how policy is overseen and carried out in practice.
Inequality, including crime and disability
Our researchers aim to understand how income, wealth and health inequalities play out over the life course and how policy can influence inequality.
Work and wages
Analysing and evaluating employment and earnings policy changes to improve decision making in this area.
Poverty and income
We aim to understand the causes of low income and how effective policies are in reducing poverty.
Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy publications
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About us
The Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy (CASP) is part of the Department of Social & Policy Sciences. We rank 36th in the 2019 QS World University Rankings for Social Policy & Administration. Our researchers are critically engaged with policy development across a range of major social issues and as such are major contributors to this significant achievement.
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