Department of Social Policy and Social Work

University of Oxford

Current Funded Research

Project TitlePrincipal InvestigatorStart / End DatesResearch GroupFunding Body

National Evaluation of Children's Centres

George & Teresa Smith, K SylvaJuly 2009-Sep 2016Department for Children, Schools & Families

Lone Mothers in South Africa

Michael NobleSep 2011-Nov 2013ESRC

Development of an AIDS-Related Child Abuse Prevention Programme (ACAPP) at the Centre for AIDS Interdisciplinary Research at Oxford

Lucie CluverOct 2011-Sep 2012John Fell OUP Fund

Young carers for AIDS-ill parents: social, health and educational impacts

Lucie Cluver & Frances GardnerFeb 2010-July 2013ESRC

History of Barnett House

Teresa SmithNov 2010-Mar 2013The Nuffield Foundation

Children in Kinship Care: What Determines Their Legal Status & Support

Joan HuntMay 2010-Feb 2013The Big Lottery Fund

Prenatal sex selection against females in the UK: extent, ethics and policies

Sylvie DubucMar 2011-Dec 2012Nuffield Foundation

Shame, Social Exclusion and the  Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programmes: A Study in Seven Countries

Robert WalkerAug 2010-Oct 2012ESRC

Appointment of a Service Provider to Develop a Social Budget for South Africa

Michael NobleNov 2010-Oct 2012South African Department of Social Development

The relationship between Spatial Inequality and Attitudes to Inequality in South Africa

David McLennanOct 2011-Sep 2012ESRC

Administrative Data Liaison Service

Michael Noble & David McLennanOct 2008-Sep 2012ESRC

Economic Deprivation Index

Michael Noble & David McLennanSep 2009-Sep 2012Communities & Local Government

Administrative Data Liaison Service

Michael Noble & David McLennanOct 2008-Sep 2012ESRC

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

Adam SaundersSep 2010-Aug 2012Leverhulme Trust

American Social Policy in Comparative Perspective

Adam SaundersSep 2010-Aug 2012John Fell OUP Fund

Nutrition for Child Behaviour and Learning

Alex RichardsonSep 2010-Aug 2012Waterloo Foundation

Integrating Macro and Micro Perspectives in Cross-National Comparisons: Policy Structures and Individual Outcomes

Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, robert Walker & Mark TomlinsonApr 2010-June 2012ESRC

The Carer-Child Wellbeing Project

Lucie CluverMay 2009-Apr 2012HEARD-UKZN, SA

Understanding and Preventing Childhood Drug Use Risk

Frances GardnerMar 2008-Mar 2012National Institute of Health

Democratic Police Training in Israel: Moving Towards an Evidence

Paul Montgomery & Yael LitmanovitzSep 2011-Mar 2012John Fell OUP Fund

Poverty, Choice and Diversity: Re-Interpreting Peter Townsend's Ideas for the 20th Century

Robert Walker & Mark TomlinsonApr 2010-Mar 2012Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Crime, Deprivation and Inequality in South Africa

Michael NobleJan 2009-Mar 2012CASASPJohn Fell OUP Fund

Namibia Index of Multiple Deprivation. Part 2.

Michael NobleJuly 2011-Jan 2012UNDP

Interdisciplinary Centre for AIDS/HIV Prevention Science

Lucie CluverNov 2007-Jan 2012John Fell OUP Fund & Medical Sciences Division

Lone parents' mental health and employment

Martin EvansJan 2010-Jan 2012Nuffield Foundation

Early Career Fellowship

Julia GriggsFeb 2010-Jan 2012Leverhulme Trust

Technical input to BP's Energy Sustainability Challenge

David ColemanJan 2011-Jan 2012British Petroleum

DHA Learning and Behaviour Clinical Trial

Paul Montgomery and Alex RichardsonSep 2008-Dec 2011CEBIMartek Biosciences DOLAB

Systematic Review on transportability of parenting programmes across cultures and countries

Frances GardnerDec 2010-Dec 2011CEBINational Board of Health & Welfare, Sweden

Taking a longer view of contact: the perspectives of young adults who experienced parental separation in their youth

Joan HuntJuly 2010-Dec 2011Nuffield Foundation

Resilience in Young People Orphaned by AIDS and other Causes, Predictors and Mechanisms

Frances GardnerSep 2008-Nov 2011Nuffield Foundation

How Empty are Empty Reviews? Developing Guidelines for the discussion of Excluded Studies

Paul MontgomeryAug 2010 - Nov 2011CEBIThe Cochrane Collaboration

The Contribution of Experts in Family Courts

Julia BrophyJune 2011-Oct 2011CISWA-UK

Understanding the dynamics and characteristics of deprived areas

Michael NobleDec 2008-Sep 2011SDRCDepartment for Work & Pensions

Fertility of the Second Generation Minority Groups in the UK

Sylvie DubucOct 2010-Sep 2011John Fell OUP Fund

Family Policy Briefings: Shared Parenting

Ceridwen RobertsDec 2010-Sep 2011Nuffield Foundation

The Work of the Family Bar

Mavis MacleanMay 2006-June 2011Nuffield Foundation

Malaysia Elderly Poverty Study

Martin EvansFeb 2011-June 2011World Bank

Supervision Payment for Two Years for P Montgomery for Fellowship awarded to Department of Primary Healthcare for Dr Jeremy Howic

Paul MontgomeryOct 2008-Sep 2010CEBIMedical Research Council

Key to Research Groups in the Department.

  • CEBI - Centre for Evidence Based Intervention
  • OXPOP - Oxford Population Research Group
  • SDRC - Social Disadvantage Research Centre
  • This page was last updated on 22/11/2011 at 14:29

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