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Lee Gregory

Associate Professor in Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Lee completed his studies at Cardiff University in social policy and sociology. Since completing his PhD he has been a lecture in Social Policy at the University of Bristol and University of Birmingham where he was promoted to Senior Lecturer. During his time at Birmingham he held a range of roles including Undergraduate Programme Director (for 14 programmes) and later the School Head of Education. He joined the University of Nottingham in November 2021 as an Associate Professor in Social Policy. Lee has previously been a member of the Social Policy Association Executive Committee (as ECR lead and later Membership Secretary) and previously sat on the editorial board for the Social Policy and Society and currently sits on the editorial board for the Journal of Social Policy. His primary research areas are within the topics of poverty, inequality, LGBTQ+ experiences of welfare, welfare theory, social mobility and asset-based welfare (in particular youth savings initiatives).

Expertise Summary

Lee has particular expertise in poverty, social mobility, LGBTQ+ experiences of welfare and asset-based welfare.

Teaching Summary

Introduction to Social Policy Welfare Theory and Key concepts Policy Analysis Poverty, Class, Inequality and Social Mobility Evidence based policy and policy design Young people and… read more

Research Summary

ORCiD ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5484-1273

Lee has recently completed a project reviewing social needs in the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield on behalf of Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust. This mixed methods projects examines a range of needs across different domains of welfare and provides recommendations to the Trust in terms of areas of investment. Further information can be found on his personal website

Lee is also part of a collaboration with Stirling University and Sheffield Hallam University exploring Welfare access, assets and debts of LGBT+ people in the UK. Funded by the Nuffield Trust the project, starting January 2022, seeks to understand the experiences of LGBT+ people when they access welfare benefits and engage with the welfare state in the UK. Our analysis will produce the world's first, mixed-methods, in-depth study into LGBT+ people and welfare outcomes in an advanced economy. It will provide important insights to improve the effectiveness of welfare support for minoritized groups hitherto neglected within mainstream social policy. Further information can be found on the project website here

Recent Publications

  • GREGORY, LEE and MATTHEWS, PETER, 2022. Social Policy and Queer Lives: Coming Out of the Closet?: Journal of Social Policy Journal of Social Policy. 1-15
  • ALCOCK, PETE and GREGORY, LEE, 2022. Social Policy in Britain 5th. Bloomsbury Academic.
  • GREGORY, LEE, 2022. The Liberal Era and the Growth of State Welfare. In: ALCOCK, PETE, HAUX, TINA, MAY, MARGRET and MCCALL, VIKKI, eds., The Students Companion to Social Policy Wiley-Blackwell.
  • GREGORY, LEE, 2021. Pride and Purpose: reflections on timebanking practice for fostering social networks in wellbeing improvement schemes: Journal of Social Policy Journal of Social Policy. 50(3), 627-644

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