Department of Social Policy and Social Work

University of Oxford

Recently Completed Funded Research

TitleGrant HolderDateResearch GroupSource

Parenting and the prevention of child maltreatment in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review of interventions and a discussion of prevention of the risks of future violent behaviour among boys

Frances GardnerMay 2010-Jan 2011Medical Research Council, SA

Programme to Support Pro-Poor Growth NIDS

Michael Noble & Gemma WrightJan 2010-March 2011Office of the Presidency, SA

South African Social Policy Programme

Michael NobleOct 2003 - Mar 2011CASASPDFID via DSD South Africa

Synthesis of Evidence from the Child Poverty Pilots

Martin EvansFeb 2010-Mar 2011Department for Work & Pensions

UCT National Child Poverty Monitor

Gemma WrightJan 2010-June 2011

South African Office of the

Presidency

Namibia Index of Multiple Deprivation

Michael Noble- June 2011CASASPUnited Nations Development Programme

Benefit Sanctions and Conditionality: a review

Julia GriggsJuly 2009-Jan 2010Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Demographic Characteristics and Projetions of Ethnic Minority and Religious Groups

Sylvie DubucJan 2008-Jan 2010OXPOPESRC

HIV/AIDS Prevention Policy Science

Paul MontgomeryJan 2008-Jan 2010CEBIJohn Fell OPUP Fund

A Test of the Validity and Transportability of a Revised-IMB Model of HIV Prevention Incorporating Culturally-Relevant Extra-individual Factors to Predict and Understand Risky Sexual Behaviour among Youth in a Large South African Township

Paul MontgomeryJuly 2009-Jan 2010John Fell OUP Fund

The Poor Relation? Grandparental Care: Where Older People's Poverty and Child Poverty Meet

Julia Griggs & Robert WalkerMar 2009-Mar 2010Grandparents Plus/EHRC

Gender Inequality: Within-Household Inequalities and Public Policy

Fran BennettOct 2004-Mar 2010ESRC

Caring for Children orphaned by AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Don OperarioMay 2008-Apr 2010CEBILeverhulme

Providing Advice on a Poverty Index for the City of Johannesburg

Michael Noble Dec 2010-Jun 2010Human Sciences Research Council

Time trends in parenting and anti-social behaviour

Frances GardnerJune 2007-June 2010CEBINuffield Foundation

Evaluation of the Public Law Outline in Family Courts 

Julia BrophySep 2008-July 2010Ministry of Justice and NatCen

Profiling small area level deprivation in Limpopo

Michael NobleApr 2009-Sep 2010Human Sciences Research Council

Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children - a pilot study

Paul MontgomeryDec 2007-Sep 2010John Fell OUP Fund

Bio-medical ethics

Sylvie DubucFeb 2010-Oct 2010Wellcome Trust

Reproductive Health Component, Youth and HIV/AIDS

Elaine ChaseNov 2010-Dec 2010United Nations Population Fund

English Indices of Deprivation 2010

Michael Noble & David McLennanDec 2009-Dec 2010Dept for Communities & Local Government

Rights and responsibilities in the benefits system

Fran BennettOct 2008-Jan 2009Social Security Advisory Committee

Tower Hamlets PCT Evaluation Study

Julia BrophyMar 2008-Feb 2009Tower Hamlets, PCT

Updating the English Indices of Deprivation 2004

Michael Noble and David McLennanJan 2006-Feb 2009Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

MENDS Trial - The use of Melatonin in Children with Neuro-Development Disorders and impaired sleep

Paul MontgomeryDec 2007-Mar 2009CEBIRoyal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust

New Deal for the Communities Phase 2

Michael NobleOct 2005-Mar 2009SDRCOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister

Evaluation of the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal

Michael NobleFeb 2006-Jul 2009SDRCDept. for Communities and Local Government

Recurrent poverty, labour market segmentation and household change

Mark TomlinsonFeb 2008-Jul 2009Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Measuring Inequality: autonomy, or the degree of empowerment in decisions about one's own life

Martin EvansAug 2008-Oct 2009SDRCDepartment for Work & Pensions

The Equality Impacts of the current recession: A review of the impact of the current UK tax and benefit system upon secondary household earners.

Martin EvansMar 2009-Nov 2009SDRCThe Commission for Equality and Human Rights

The Dualisation of Societies in Advanced OECD Countries

Martin Seeleib-KaiserJan 2009-Dec 2009John Fell OUP Fund

11 Million Project. The Views of Children and Young People's regarding media access to family courts in the context of article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Julia BrophyAug 2009-Dec 2009 The Children's Commissioner for England

Family Policy Briefings

Ceridwen RobertsJuly 2002-Dec 2009Nuffield Foundation

Enterprises as actors in family policy

Martin Seeleib-KaiserOct 2007-Mar 2008Anglo-German Foundation

Sustainable growth, social inclusion and family policy: Innovative ways of coping with old and new challenges

Martin Seeleib-KaiserNov 2006-Mar 2008Anglo-German Foundation

Gender, relationship dynamics and HIV risks

Don OperarioJune 2006-May 2008National Institute of Health

Views and experiences of landlords in the private rented sector

Peter KempMar 2008-Jul 2008Scottish Government

Systematic Reviews of Interventions for Physical Abuse in Children

Paul MontgomerySep 2006-Aug 2008CEBIDepartment for Education and Skills

A Generation of Change: a Lifetime of Difference?

Martin EvansJan 2007-Oct 2008Economic and Social Research Council

Understanding the compliance cost of benefits

Fran BennettJan 2008-Dec 2008Nuffield Foundation

Housing Benefit Reform Consultation

Peter KempFeb 2009-March 2009Department of Work and Pensions

HIV Prevention for African American Down Low Men

Don OperarioNov 2004 - Jun 2008CEBIUCSF/UARP

Strengthening capacity in financial policy analysis for human development

Martin EvansNov 2007 - May 2008 United Nations

Involved Grandparenting and Child Well-Being

Ann BuchananJun 2007 - Mar 2008 Economic and Social Research Council

Making Orders for Contact Between Children & Parents with whom they do not Share a Household

Joan HuntMay 2006 - Mar 2008 Department of Constitutional Affairs

Developing Measures on Fear of Crime

Michael NobleOct 2005 - Mar 2008SDRCDept. for Communities and Local Government

Index of Child Well-being

Michael NobleApr 2006 - Feb 2008SDRCUniversity of York

Gender Inequalities

Jane Lewis2004 - 2007FAMESRC

Proposal for the Development of Provincial indices of Multiple Deprivation for Children in South Africa

Michael Noble2006 - 2009CASASPHuman Sciences Research Council

ChildCare in Europe

Jane Lewis2002 - 2005FAMEC

Longitudinal Study into effects of Kent Local Public Services Agreement

Michael Noble & George Smith2002 - 2005SDRCHM Treasury

Parenting and children's well-being

Eirini Flouri & Ann BuchananSep 2002 - Aug 2005FAMESRC

Review of the Measures of Deprivation in Northern Ireland

Michael Noble2004 - 2005SDRCNISRA

New Deal for Communities National Evaluation Year 3

Michael Noble2004 - 2005SDRCODPM

Measuring Multiple Deprivation in Bangladesh

George Smith2005SDRCDFID

Neighbourhood Management Evaluation

Michael Noble2005SDRCODPM

Aggregation of 2001 and 2002 DWP Data to Lower Layer Super Output Areas

Michael Noble2005SDRCOffice for National Statistics

Sedesol Project

Michael Noble2005SDRCThe Centre for Mexican Studies

Backwards Comparability

Michael Noble2005SDRCODPM

Mapping the Flow of DFES Funding

George Smith2005SDRCODPM

Neighbourhood Renewal Fund Allocation

Michael Noble2005SDRCODPM

Income Deprived Children Aged 0-5

Michael Noble2005SDRCODPM

Aggregation of DWP Data for Scottish Executive

Michael Noble2005SDRC 

Leaving Benefits Behind Part 1

Michael Noble2003 - 2004SDRCODPM

ESRC Seminars on Neighbourhood Deprivation

Michael Noble2003 - 2004SDRCESRC/ODPM

EUROCAP

Jane Lewis2003 - 2004FAMEC

Value of Linking Administrative Data to Longitudinal Survey Data

Michael Noble2003 - 2004SDRCESRC

Literature review on the impact of policy on social exclusion amongst children and their families

Ann Buchanan2003 - 2004FAMSocial Exclusion Unit, ODPM

New Deal for Communities Evaluation

Michael Noble2003 - 2004SDRCODPM

Updating of indices 2000/Extension of English Index (English Index 2)

Michael Noble2002 - 2004SDRCOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)

Health Poverty Index Main Project

Michael NobleSep 2002 - Sep 2004SDRCSEPHO

Transformation des structures sociales

Jane Lewis2001 - 2004FAMEU

Minority ethnic parents, their lawyers and child protection litigation

Julia Brophy2001 - 2004OXFLAPDepartment for Constitutional Affairs

International innovations in Aging

Sarah Harper1999 - 2004AGENational Institute on Aging, USA

A family based prevention for early conduct problems

Frances Gardner jointly with University PittsburghOct 2000 - Sep 2003FAMNIH/NIMH

Estimating the Costs of Detached Youth Work

George Smith2004SDRCNational Youth Agency/Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Capturing Guardian Practice Prior to Cafcass

Joan HuntApr 2003 - Jan 2003FAMNuffield Foundation

Public Service Impact on Deprivation (Mainstream Services)

Michael NobleAug 2001 - Jan 2003SDRCEdinburgh College/NRU

Mapping Poverty Across Wales: Geographic patterns of income deprivation over time in the late 1990s

Michael Noble2002 - 2003SDRCLocal Government Data Unit - Wales

Perspectives on Fathering

Jane Lewis & Ann Buchanan2002 - 2003FAMJoseph Rowntree Foundation

Deprivation dynamics work for the Local Government Data Unit- Wales

Michael Noble2002 - 2003SDRCLGD Wales

Evaluation of Wraparound Care Programme

Teresa Smith, Kathy Sylva, Lorraine Dearden2002 - 2003FAMDFES

The theory and politics of civil society

Jane Lewis2002 - 2003FAMAndrew W Mellon Foundation

Participatory Research on Poverty

Fran Bennett2002 - 2003 Joseph Rowntree Foundation

A History of Sex Education in the UK

Jane Lewis2001 - 2003FAMAHRB

Demographic Consequences of Post-War Migration

David Coleman2001 - 2003POPNuffield Foundation

Postdoctoral Fellowships Competition: Individualisation and the significance of elective and traditional kinship as sources of informal childcare

Dr S. Guillari2003FAMBritish Academy

Contract for data assembly and supply services for input to small area population estimates

Michael Noble2003SDRCONS

Identifying the flow of domestic and European expenditure into the English regions

Michael Noble2003SDRCODPM/Nuffield College

Worklessness in England: A Small Area Analysis

Michael Noble2003SDRCODPM, SEU

Indicators of Housing Stress in Northern Ireland

Michael Noble2003SDRCNIHE

Inequalities in the Outcomes of Pregnancy

Chris Dibben & Michael Noble2003SDRCCity University

Youth Offending Teams

Michael Noble2003SDRCYouth Justice Board

Scottish Index of Deprivation

Michael NobleApr 2002 - Dec 2002SDRCScottish Executive

New Deal for Communities (NDC)

Michael NobleSep 2001 - Sep 2002SDRCDTLR

Feasibility study/housing indicators

Michael NobleSep 2001 - Sep 2002SDRCDTLR

Oxfordshire Health and deprivation

Michael NobleJan 2002 - Aug 2002SDRCOxfordshire Healt Authority

Older Persons Index

Michael Noble and George SmithJan 2002 - Jul 2002SDRCHelp the Aged

NHS Resource Allocation Formula for England

Michael NobleJan 2002 - Jun 2002SDRCNHS Scotland

Models Development Project- legal need

Michael NobleSep 2001 - Jun 2002SDRCLegal Services Research Centre

Congenital anomalies

Michael Noble2002SDRCDoH (London School of hygiene and tropical medicine)

Investigating the income dynamics of HIV/AIDS- affected poor households: what role for comprehensive social security reform

Michael Noble2002SDRC 

Evaluation of community parenting programme

Frances Gardner/Kathy Sylva1999 - 2002FAMEsmee Fairbairn Trust

Guardian Ad Litem

Joan HuntMar 2001 - Nov 2001FAMDoH

Ageing in Indonesia Part 2

Philip KreagerAug 2000 - Oct 2001AGENuffield

Early Excellence Centre Poverty

Michael NobleJul 2001 - Sep 2001SDRCCentre for Research/early childhood

‘Race’ culture and ethnicity in the Family Justice System

Julia BrophySep 2000 - Jun 2001FAMLord Chancellor's Department

Young Voice

Ann BuchananJan 2001 - May 2001FAMHome Office

Child Poverty and Child Outcomes: Scoping Review

George SmithFeb 2001 - May 2001SDRCDSS, HM Treasury, Social Exclusion Unit

Health Poverty Index: Scoping Review

Michael NobleFeb 2001 - May 2001SDRCDoH

Deprivation Index for Health Authorities

Michael NobleMar 2001SDRCDoH

Alleviating poverty and building citizenship in SA

Michael NobleJan 2001 - Mar 2001SDRCDIFD

Ageing research in Ome Japan

Teresa Smith2000 - 2001FAMPump Priming

Workless Families, Poverty and Social Exclusion

Michael Noble2000 - 2001SDRCJoseph Rowntree Foundation

Old Age and Citizenship

Julia Parker2000 - 2001OTHLeverhulme

Outcomes from Father involvement

Ann Buchanan2000 - 2001FAMESRC

JRF Phase 2: Accessibility and Disadvantage

Teresa Smith2000 - 2001SDRCJoseph Rowntree Foundation

Community Care/informal care in UK and Japan

Teresa Smith2000 - 2001FAMPump Priming: Daiwa Foundation & Sasakawa Foundation

Research and symposium informing South African Social Security Reform

Michael Noble2000 - 2001SDRCRhodes Trust and SDRC Pump Priming

Northern Ireland Index of Deprivation

Michael NobleAug 2000 - 2001SDRCNISRA/Northern Ireland Assembly

The role of grandmothers

Sarah Harper/Teresa Smith1999 - 2001AGENuffield Foundation

Children and Parents Perspectives on Welfare Reporting

Ann Buchanan1999 - 2001FAMNuffield Foundation

The development of policy on sex education in the UK and Netherlands

Jane LewisOct 1999 - Oct 2001OTHSpencer Foundation

Ageing in Indonesia

Dr J P Kreager1998 - 2001AGEWellcome Trust

Seen and Heard Pt 2

Ann Buchanan2001FAMBarnardos

Development Project for National Evaluation of Sure Start Programme

Consortium including Prof J Bynner, Prof M Marmot et al (CLS, IOE, UCL and DSPSW)1999 - 2000SDRCSureStart Unit Treasury/DFEE

Review of the DeTR Index of Local Deprivation

Michael Noble1999 - 2000SDRCDepartment of Environment, Transport and Regions

Decision making and older people

Sarah Harper1999 - 2000AGEHelp the Aged

Welsh Deprivation Index

Michael Noble1999 - 2000SDRCWelsh Assembly

Follow up of psychological and physical health of extra low gestational age children

Frances Gardner with Dr A Johnson, Dr L Mutch, Dr P Yudkin1998 - 2000FAMAction Research

Working and mothering

Jane LewisOct 1998 - Oct 2000FAMEuropean Union

The ‘Hip’ Trial

Frances Gardner wtih Dr D Elbourne, A Gray, C Dezateeux et al1994 - 2000FAMMRC to NPEU

How Have Poor Areas Changed in the 1990s?

Michael NobleMay - Nov 2000SDRCSEU/Cabinet Office

Index of Deprivation (extension)

Michael NobleFeb - Oct 2000SDRCDETR

Ward Level Population Estimates for ONS

Michael Noble2000SDRCONS

Mapping Dorset's Deprivation and Crime

Michael Noble2000SDRCDorset

Analysis of the 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation for Rural Areas

Michael Noble2000SDRCThe Countryside Agency

Evaluation of Reach for the Sky

Ann Buchanan2000FAMBskyB

Bullying in and out of School

Ann Buchanan2000FAMGulbenkian

Probation Skills Audit

James Sandham1998 - 1999EVALCambridgeshire Probation and Northants Probation

Factors Associated with Depression, Suicidal Thoughts and Suicidal Attempts

Ann Buchanan1998 - 1999FAMSamaritans

Research review of ‘What Works’

Ann Buchanan1998 - 1999FAMBarnardo's/Wilts SSD

Disadvantage and Accessibility: area based approaches to day care services for the under 5's

Teresa Smith1998 - 1999SDRCJoseph Rowntree Foundation

Childcare Audits

Teresa Smith & Michael Noble1998 - 1999SDRCBirmingham City Council, Oxford City Council, Haringey

Work with Birmingham LEA on secondary school data

George Smith & Teresa Smith1998 - 1999SDRCBirmingham LEA

Mapping Projects for Local Authorities

Michael Noble1998 - 1999SDRCOxon, Wilts, Dorset, Notts

In and Out of Benefit (follow up)

Michael Noble & George Smith1998 - 1999SDRCJoseph Rowntree Foundation

Further review work for Carnegie Trust UK Young People's Initiative

George Smith1998 - 1999SDRCCarnegie (UK) Trust

Communities Risk and Resources Audits - (further work on CTC)

George Smith1998 - 1999SDRCCTC UK/Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Longitudinal survey on Aging

Sarah Harper1998 - 1999AGENational Institute on Aging, USA

UK Review of Ageing

Sarah Harper1997 - 1999AGENuffield Foundation

Tomorrow’s Men

Ann Buchanan1997 - 1999FAMFoundation Arcadia

Parenting - early development of behaviour problems

Frances Gardner1996 - 1999FAMBWellcome Trust

Ethnic Minority Care Proceedings

Julia Brophy1999FAMNuffield Foundation

Evaluation of SRB Employment and Housing Initiatives

James Sandham1999EVALWarwickshire Probation

Breaking the Cycle of Child Maltreatment

Ann Buchanan1999FAMNSPCC

Can Do Girls

Ann Buchanan1997 - 1998FAMABody Shop

Elder Use of Emergent Care

Sarah Harper1996 - Dec 1998AGEChicago Community Trust/National Institute of Aging, USA

Drugs Policy in the Workplace

James SandhamApr 1998 - Sep 1998EVALMotorola

OU Childcare Surveys

Teresa SmithAutumn 1997 - Summer 1998SDRCUniversity Childcare Committee

Factors Associated with Recovery from Behaviour Problems

Ann BuchananSep 1997 - Aug 1998FAMANHS Executive Anglia and Oxford Region

Race, Place and Poverty

Michael NobleJun 1997 - Jul 1998SDRCJoseph Rowntree Foundation

Measuring Poverty in Rural England

Michael NobleFeb 1997 - Mar 1998SDRCVarious local authorities through ACRE

Communities that Care

Michael Noble & George SmithApr 1997 - Feb 1998SDRCJoseph Rowntree Foundation

In and Out of Benefit

Michael Noble & George SmithOct 1995 - Jan 1998SDRCJoseph Rowntree Foundation

Poverty among Ethnic Minority Groups

Michael NobleJul 1996 - Jan 1998SDRGPump Priming grant

In and Out of Benefit: Further Project

Michael Noble1998SDRCUniversity Pump Priming: Birmingham City Council

Identifying unmet need in social services Departments

Michael Noble & Esther Coren1996-1997SDRGOCVS

Undergraduate Hardship Survey, 1996; Graduate Hardship Survey 1996

Michael Noble & George Smith1996-1997SDRGUniversity Administration

Mapping Project for Chilterns South Benefits Agency

George Smith & Michael NobleMar 1997 - Sep 1997SDRGBenefits Agency

Mapping services for under fives in Birmingham

Teresa SmithMar 1997 - Jul 1997SDRGPump priming university grant

Britain's Place in Europe's Population

David Coleman1996 to June 1997OXPOPESRC

Educational Disadvantage and Local School Choice

George SmithMar 1997 - Jun 1997SDRGLocal Government Management Board

Towards a World Population System

David ColemanMar 1996 - Jun 1997OXPOPStiftung Weltesellschift, Zurich

Early parenting: Adult outcomes.

Ann BuchananJan 1995 - Jun 1997FAMAJoseph Rowntree Foundation and pump priming university grant

Mapping Projects for Local Authorities

Michael Noble SDRGDaventry District

Key to Research Groups in the Department.

  • CEBI - Centre for Evidence Based Intervention
  • OXPOP - Oxford Population Research Group
  • SDRC - Social Disadvantage Research Centre
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