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

CASP Covid-19 Publications

A collection of publications by CASP members in relation to the current Covid-19 Pandemic.

Professor Harry Rutter considers how lockdown could be an opportunity to improve our habits

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Professor in Global Public Health Harry Rutter writes for the Times about how lockdown is as an opportunity to make positive changes for the environment.

Care leavers and Covid-19: A time for even greater state and community responsibility

A child watching the sun rise overlooking a city. and child sitting outside on a step talking

Justin Rogers along with Philip Mendes and Ian Thomas, write for ABC News about the impact of Covid-19 on care leavers and the support they need.

Even in extreme times we mustn’t forget our duties to the most vulnerable

a care worker wearing a mask has her hand on an elderly person's shoulder

Director of CASP, Rachel Forrester-Jones, considers how society should value its care workers properly

Covid-19: Public health policies can reduce inequalities as we come out of lockdown

Professor Harry Rutter looks at how population-level public health policies have an important part in supporting the transition out of lockdown

Professor Harry Rutter joins Government Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)

Professor Harry Rutter has joined the SAGE Environmental Working Group to advise on how modelling and data analysis help in understanding COVID-19 transmission

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The Centre for Analysis of Social Policy mark a new dawn of public engagement with Policy Labs

Member of CASP meet for their first Policy Lab smiling at the camera

Policy Labs will aim to look at and solve social policy issues in a new way by communicating with users over a long period of time.

Dr Emma Carmel on the use of artificial intelligence in the public sector

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Dr Emma Carmel comments on the implications of the Nolan Committee Report 2020 that has recently investigated artificial intelligence in the public sector.

Looming crisis for older family carers of people with learning disabilities

A new report highlights hidden challenges pushing informal, family carers of people with conditions such as Down’s syndrome to breaking point.

Bath researcher contributed to Chief Medical Officer's latest report on childhood obesity

Professor Harry Rutter from the Department of Social and Policy Sciences supported the team working with Professor Dame Sally Davies on the latest report.

Rachel Forrester-Jones named director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy (CASP)

The Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy (CASP) enters a new phase as Professor Rachel Forrester-Jones takes over from Professor Paul Gregg as director.

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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.

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.

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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