Professor Ellen Stewart

  • Professor of Public Policy and Health (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
  • Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

Biography

Ellen Stewart is a social scientist working at the intersection of medical sociology and health policy. She joined the University of Glasgow as Professor of Public Policy & Health in 2024, having previously been co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde (2021-2024), Chancellor's Fellow in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self & Society at the University of Edinburgh (2016-2021), Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and a Research Assistant in the University of St Andrews Medical School. 

She is Editor of the journal Sociology of Health & Illness, an active member of the Social Policy Association, and a member of the Wellcome Trust's Advisory Group for Early Career Awards.

Research interests

Ellen's research explores how health systems accommodate and negotiate different forms of ‘lay’ and ‘expert’ knowledge, including demands for public engagement and for evidence-based policy. In 2023 her latest book How Britain Loves the NHS: practices of care and contestation was published by Policy Press.

Current research

  • Co-leading a workstream on digital solutions for healthcare in Scottish prisons, within the Health-Justice Nexus, funded by the Chief Scientist Office 
  • Co-leading a workstream on Community Insights for the Policy Modelling for Health consortium, funded by UKRI 
  • Leading the contemporary work package of a Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award on charity in the NHS since 1948
  • Collaborating with Strathclyde's Centre for Health Policy to run a series of witness seminars capturing key reforms in deveolved Scottish health policy 

Research groups

  • Social & Urban Policy

Publications

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Number of items: 24.

2024

Stewart, E. , Cresswell, R. and Möller, C. (2024) National charitable fundraising for the NHS, 1948–2023. Social Policy and Administration, (doi: 10.1111/spol.13049) (Early Online Publication)

Smith, K. E. and Stewart, E. A. (2024) Under attack? Public accounts of health inequalities and the social determinants of health in Scotland. Journal of Critical Public Health, 1(2), (doi: 10.55016/ojs/jcph.v1i2.77753)

Exley, J. et al. (2024) Governing integrated health and social care: an analysis of experiences in three European countries. International Journal of Integrated Care, 24, 9. (doi: 10.5334/ijic.7610) (PMID:38344427) (PMCID:PMC10854466)

Stewart, E. , SIPHER Greater Manchester Community Panel, , SIPHER Scotland Community Panel, , SIPHER Sheffield Community Panel, and Such, E. (2024) Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10, 4. (doi: 10.1186/s40900-023-00521-7) (PMID:38191500) (PMCID:PMC10775539)

2023

Fraser, A., Jones, L., Lorne, C. and Stewart, E. (2023) "Attending to collaboration" in major system change in healthcare in England: a response; comment on "'Attending to history' in major system change in healthcare in England: specialist cancer surgery service reconfiguration". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12, 7661. (doi: 10.34172/IJHPM.2022.7661) (PMID:37579460) (PMCID:PMC10125045)

Stewart, E. , Desai, A. and Zoccatelli, G. (2023) Our NHS? The changing involvement of patients and the public in England’s health and care system. In: Exworthy, M., Mannion, R. and Powell, M. (eds.) The NHS at 75: The State of UK Health Policy. Policy Press, pp. 232-252. ISBN 9781447368601

Henderson, D.A.G., Donaghy, E., Dozier, M., Guthrie, B., Huang, H., Pickersgill, M., Stewart, E. , Thompson, A., Wang, H.H.X. and Mercer, S.W. (2023) Understanding primary care transformation and implications for ageing populations and health inequalities: A systematic scoping review of new models of primary health care in OECD countries and China. BMC Medicine, 21, 319. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03033-z) (PMID:37620865) (PMCID:PMC10463288)

Stewart, E. (2023) How Britain Loves the NHS: Practices of Care and Contestation. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447368878

Stewart, E. and Dodworth, K. (2023) ‘The biggest charity you’ve never heard of’: Institutional logics of charity and the state in public fundraising in Scotland’s NHS. Journal of Social Policy, 52(2), pp. 215-236. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421000520)

Stewart, E. (2023) Ellen M. Immergut, Karen M. Anderson, Camilla Devit, and Tamara Popic, eds. Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 1048 pp. $165.00 cloth. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 48(1), pp. 125-130. (doi: 10.1215/03616878-10171146)[Book Review]

2022

Stewart, E. , Nonhebel, A., Möller, C. and Bassett, K. (2022) Doing ‘our bit’: Solidarity, inequality, and COVID-19 crowdfunding for the UK National Health Service. Social Science and Medicine, 308, 115214. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115214) (PMID:35849964) (PMCID:PMC9272578)

Stewart, E. , Dodworth, K. and Ercia, A. (2022) The everyday work of hospital campaigns: Public knowledge and activism in the UK's National Health Services. In: Posters, Protests, and Prescriptions: Cultural Histories of the National Health Service in Britain. Manchester University Press: United Kingdom, pp. 103-123. ISBN 9781526163462

Stewart, E. , Donaghy, E., Guthrie, B., Henderson, D., Huang, H., Pickersgill, M., Wang, H. and Mercer, S. (2022) Transforming primary care in Scotland: A critical policy analysis. British Journal of General Practice, 72(719), pp. 292-294. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp22X719765) (PMID:35618463) (PMCID:PMC9172236)

Dodworth, K. and Stewart, E. (2022) Legitimating complementary therapies in the NHS: Campaigning, care and epistemic labour. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 26(2), pp. 244-262. (doi: 10.1177/1363459320931916) (PMID:32508138) (PMCID:PMC8928231)

Erikainen, S., Stewart, E. , Marques Filipe, A., Chan, S., Cunningham-Burley, S., Ilson, S., King, G., Porteous, C., Sinclair, S. and Webb, J. (2022) Towards a feminist philosophy of engagements in health-related research. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 58. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16535.2) (PMID:35211657) (PMCID:PMC8837807)

2021

Dayan, M., McCarey, M., Hervey, T., Fahy, N., Greer, S. L., Jarman, H., Stewart, E. and Bristow, D. (2021) Going it Alone: Health and Brexit in the UK. Documentation. Nuffield Trust, London.

Stewart, E. (2021) Fugitive coproduction: Conceptualising informal community practices in Scotland's hospitals. Social Policy and Administration, 55(7), pp. 1310-1324. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12727)

Mercer, S. W., Henderson, D., Huang, H., Donaghy, E., Stewart, E. , Guthrie, B. and Wang, H. (2021) Integration of health and social care: Necessary but challenging for all. British Journal of General Practice, 71(711), pp. 442-443. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X717101) (PMID:34593390) (PMCID:PMC8463168)

Stewart, E. (2021) Crowdfunding Healthcare in Shetland: Maakin the NHS. [Website]

Stewart, E. (2021) Falleti, Tulia G., and Cunial, Santiago L.Participation in Social Policy: Public Health in Comparative Perspective (Elements in the Politics of Development). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 88 pp. $18.00 paper. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 46(3), pp. 527-532. (doi: 10.1215/03616878-8893599)[Book Review]

Erikainen, S., Boydell, N. , Sethi, N. and Stewart, E. (2021) Participatory Public Engagement in Digital Health and Care. Documentation. Nesta.

2020

Stewart, E. , Greer, S. L., Ercia, A. and Donnelly, P. D. (2020) Transforming health care: the policy and politics of service reconfiguration in the UK's four health systems. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 15(3), pp. 289-307. (doi: 10.1017/S1744133119000148)

Smith, K. E., Bandola-Gill, J., Meer, N., Stewart, E. A. and Watermeyer, R. (2020) The Impact Agenda: Controversies, Consequences and Challenges. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447339878

2016

Stewart, E. (2016) Publics and Their Health Systems: Rethinking Participation. Series: Palgrave studies in science, knowledge and policy. Palgrave Macmillan: London. ISBN 9781137467164 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1)

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Number of items: 24.

Articles

Stewart, E. , Cresswell, R. and Möller, C. (2024) National charitable fundraising for the NHS, 1948–2023. Social Policy and Administration, (doi: 10.1111/spol.13049) (Early Online Publication)

Smith, K. E. and Stewart, E. A. (2024) Under attack? Public accounts of health inequalities and the social determinants of health in Scotland. Journal of Critical Public Health, 1(2), (doi: 10.55016/ojs/jcph.v1i2.77753)

Exley, J. et al. (2024) Governing integrated health and social care: an analysis of experiences in three European countries. International Journal of Integrated Care, 24, 9. (doi: 10.5334/ijic.7610) (PMID:38344427) (PMCID:PMC10854466)

Stewart, E. , SIPHER Greater Manchester Community Panel, , SIPHER Scotland Community Panel, , SIPHER Sheffield Community Panel, and Such, E. (2024) Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10, 4. (doi: 10.1186/s40900-023-00521-7) (PMID:38191500) (PMCID:PMC10775539)

Fraser, A., Jones, L., Lorne, C. and Stewart, E. (2023) "Attending to collaboration" in major system change in healthcare in England: a response; comment on "'Attending to history' in major system change in healthcare in England: specialist cancer surgery service reconfiguration". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12, 7661. (doi: 10.34172/IJHPM.2022.7661) (PMID:37579460) (PMCID:PMC10125045)

Henderson, D.A.G., Donaghy, E., Dozier, M., Guthrie, B., Huang, H., Pickersgill, M., Stewart, E. , Thompson, A., Wang, H.H.X. and Mercer, S.W. (2023) Understanding primary care transformation and implications for ageing populations and health inequalities: A systematic scoping review of new models of primary health care in OECD countries and China. BMC Medicine, 21, 319. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03033-z) (PMID:37620865) (PMCID:PMC10463288)

Stewart, E. and Dodworth, K. (2023) ‘The biggest charity you’ve never heard of’: Institutional logics of charity and the state in public fundraising in Scotland’s NHS. Journal of Social Policy, 52(2), pp. 215-236. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421000520)

Stewart, E. , Nonhebel, A., Möller, C. and Bassett, K. (2022) Doing ‘our bit’: Solidarity, inequality, and COVID-19 crowdfunding for the UK National Health Service. Social Science and Medicine, 308, 115214. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115214) (PMID:35849964) (PMCID:PMC9272578)

Stewart, E. , Donaghy, E., Guthrie, B., Henderson, D., Huang, H., Pickersgill, M., Wang, H. and Mercer, S. (2022) Transforming primary care in Scotland: A critical policy analysis. British Journal of General Practice, 72(719), pp. 292-294. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp22X719765) (PMID:35618463) (PMCID:PMC9172236)

Dodworth, K. and Stewart, E. (2022) Legitimating complementary therapies in the NHS: Campaigning, care and epistemic labour. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 26(2), pp. 244-262. (doi: 10.1177/1363459320931916) (PMID:32508138) (PMCID:PMC8928231)

Erikainen, S., Stewart, E. , Marques Filipe, A., Chan, S., Cunningham-Burley, S., Ilson, S., King, G., Porteous, C., Sinclair, S. and Webb, J. (2022) Towards a feminist philosophy of engagements in health-related research. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 58. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16535.2) (PMID:35211657) (PMCID:PMC8837807)

Stewart, E. (2021) Fugitive coproduction: Conceptualising informal community practices in Scotland's hospitals. Social Policy and Administration, 55(7), pp. 1310-1324. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12727)

Mercer, S. W., Henderson, D., Huang, H., Donaghy, E., Stewart, E. , Guthrie, B. and Wang, H. (2021) Integration of health and social care: Necessary but challenging for all. British Journal of General Practice, 71(711), pp. 442-443. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X717101) (PMID:34593390) (PMCID:PMC8463168)

Stewart, E. , Greer, S. L., Ercia, A. and Donnelly, P. D. (2020) Transforming health care: the policy and politics of service reconfiguration in the UK's four health systems. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 15(3), pp. 289-307. (doi: 10.1017/S1744133119000148)

Books

Stewart, E. (2023) How Britain Loves the NHS: Practices of Care and Contestation. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447368878

Smith, K. E., Bandola-Gill, J., Meer, N., Stewart, E. A. and Watermeyer, R. (2020) The Impact Agenda: Controversies, Consequences and Challenges. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447339878

Stewart, E. (2016) Publics and Their Health Systems: Rethinking Participation. Series: Palgrave studies in science, knowledge and policy. Palgrave Macmillan: London. ISBN 9781137467164 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1)

Book Sections

Stewart, E. , Desai, A. and Zoccatelli, G. (2023) Our NHS? The changing involvement of patients and the public in England’s health and care system. In: Exworthy, M., Mannion, R. and Powell, M. (eds.) The NHS at 75: The State of UK Health Policy. Policy Press, pp. 232-252. ISBN 9781447368601

Stewart, E. , Dodworth, K. and Ercia, A. (2022) The everyday work of hospital campaigns: Public knowledge and activism in the UK's National Health Services. In: Posters, Protests, and Prescriptions: Cultural Histories of the National Health Service in Britain. Manchester University Press: United Kingdom, pp. 103-123. ISBN 9781526163462

Book Reviews

Stewart, E. (2023) Ellen M. Immergut, Karen M. Anderson, Camilla Devit, and Tamara Popic, eds. Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 1048 pp. $165.00 cloth. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 48(1), pp. 125-130. (doi: 10.1215/03616878-10171146)[Book Review]

Stewart, E. (2021) Falleti, Tulia G., and Cunial, Santiago L.Participation in Social Policy: Public Health in Comparative Perspective (Elements in the Politics of Development). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 88 pp. $18.00 paper. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 46(3), pp. 527-532. (doi: 10.1215/03616878-8893599)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Dayan, M., McCarey, M., Hervey, T., Fahy, N., Greer, S. L., Jarman, H., Stewart, E. and Bristow, D. (2021) Going it Alone: Health and Brexit in the UK. Documentation. Nuffield Trust, London.

Erikainen, S., Boydell, N. , Sethi, N. and Stewart, E. (2021) Participatory Public Engagement in Digital Health and Care. Documentation. Nesta.

Website

Stewart, E. (2021) Crowdfunding Healthcare in Shetland: Maakin the NHS. [Website]

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Prior publications

ORCiD

Ellen Stewart, Amit Desai, Giulia Zoccatelli, (2023) Our NHS? The changing involvement of patients and the public in England's health and care system The NHS at 75 (source-work-id: c92c9683-b3b7-48a0-bdf0-a46bdb872508)(eid: 2-s2.0-85177742960)(isbn: 9781447368601); source: University of Strathclyde

Scott L Greer, Ellen Stewart, Angelo Ercia, Peter Donnelly, (2021) Changing health care with, for, or against the public: an empirical investigation into the place of the public in health service reconfiguration Journal of Health Services Research & Policy (doi: 10.1177/1355819620935148); source: Crossref

Sonja Erikainen, Ellen Stewart, (2020) Credibility contests Frontiers in Sociology (source-work-id: d07e92d8-311b-4d0f-a163-b09d39f2de68)(eid: 2-s2.0-85096185760)(doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2020.592666); source: University of Strathclyde

Ellen Stewart, Jennifer Smith-Merry, Justyna Bandola-Gill, Marc Geddes, (2020) Opening up evidence-based policy Evidence and Policy (source-work-id: db62c5a2-28bb-49ab-8e91-d20575b4f54d)(eid: 2-s2.0-85087378252)(doi: 10.1332/174426420X15838217456181); source: University of Strathclyde

(2020) Between a rock and a hard place: Comparing arms’ length bodies for public involvement in healthcare across the UK Health Policy (doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.02.004)(issn: 0168-8510); source: Ellen Stewart

Ellen Stewart, (2019) (De)politicising hospital closures in Scottish health policy 2000-2010 Decentring Health Policy (source-work-id: 197de3df-a7d4-4ff4-9510-cd75f9ed9d6d)(eid: 2-s2.0-85040633935)(isbn: 1138232998)(isbn: 9781138232990); source: University of Strathclyde

Ellen Stewart, (2019) A sociology of public responses to hospital change and closure Sociology of Health & Illness (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12896); source: Crossref

Lorelei Jones, Alec Fraser, Ellen Stewart, (2019) Exploring the neglected and hidden dimensions of large‐scale healthcare change Sociology of Health & Illness (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12923); source: Crossref

Ellen Stewart, (2018) Involving the Public in Major Service Change in Scotland (source-work-id: 581c1add-cc48-4def-838b-c1a8d61e1a9b); source: University of Strathclyde

Alice Spann, Ellen Stewart, (2018) Barriers and facilitators of older people's mHealth usage Human Technology (source-work-id: d7a2f112-758f-45ae-9ba8-00eace76004b)(eid: 2-s2.0-85058930541)(doi: 10.17011/ht/urn.201811224834); source: University of Strathclyde

K.E. Smith, E.A. Stewart, (2017) Academic advocacy in public health: Disciplinary ‘duty’ or political ‘propaganda’? Social Science & Medicine (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.07.014); source: Crossref

Ellen Stewart, Ingrid Young, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, (2017) NHS manifesto: the missing piece of the puzzle The Lancet (doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31446-0)(issn: 0140-6736); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Jane Farmer, Judy Taylor, Ellen Stewart, Amanda Kenny, (2017) Citizen participation in health services co-production: a roadmap for navigating participation types and outcomes Australian Journal of Primary Health (doi: 10.1071/py16133)(issn: 1448-7527); source: Crossref Metadata Search

KATHERINE E. SMITH, ELLEN STEWART, (2016) We Need to Talk about Impact: Why Social Policy Academics need to Engage with the UK's Research Impact Agenda Journal of Social Policy (doi: 10.1017/s0047279416000283)(issn: 0047-2794); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Administering the System: Citizen Participation as Committee Work Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_3)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Electing the System: Citizen Participation as Representative Democracy Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_5)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Extending the System: Citizen Participation as Outreach Work Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_4)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Fighting the System: Citizen Participation as Protest Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_6)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Introducing Citizen Participation in Health Systems Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_1)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Playing the System: Citizen Participation as Subversive Service Use Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_7)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Rethinking Citizen Participation in Health Systems Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_8)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2016) Scotland’s NHS: Citizen Participation and Mutuality in Scottish Health Policy Publics and Their Health Systems (doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-46717-1_2)(isbn: 9781349570201); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Katherine Smith, Ellen Stewart, Peter Donnelly, Ben McKendrick, (2015) Influencing policy with research—public health advocacy and health inequalities Health Inequalities (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703358.003.0019)(isbn: 9780198703358); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, Katherine E Smith, (2015) 'Black magic' and 'gold dust': the epistemic and political uses of evidence tools in public health policy making Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice (doi: 10.1332/174426415x14381786400158)(issn: 1744-2648); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen A. Stewart, (2014) Seeking outsider perspectives in interpretive research: young adults and citizen participation in health policy Critical Policy Studies (doi: 10.1080/19460171.2014.951667)(issn: 1946-0171); source: Crossref Metadata Search

SCOTT L. GREER, IAIN WILSON, ELLEN STEWART, PETER D. DONNELLY, (2014) ‘DEMOCRATIZING’ PUBLIC SERVICES? REPRESENTATION AND ELECTIONS IN THE SCOTTISH NHS Public Administration (doi: 10.1111/padm.12101)(issn: 0033-3298); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Scott L. Greer, Ellen A. Stewart, Iain Wilson, Peter D. Donnelly, (2014) Victory for volunteerism? Scottish health board elections and participation in the welfare state Social Science & Medicine (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.053)(issn: 0277-9536); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2013) A mutual NHS? The emergence of distinctive public involvement policy in a devolved Scotland Policy & Politics (doi: 10.1332/030557312x655404)(issn: 0305-5736); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Ellen Stewart, (2013) What is the point of citizen participation in health care? Journal of Health Services Research & Policy (doi: 10.1177/1355819613485670)(issn: 1355-8196); source: Crossref Metadata Search

Grants

The Health-Justice Nexus: Crime and Justice as Social Determinants of Health in Scotland. Chief Scientist Office (2024-2028)

Policy Modelling for Health. UKRI (2024-2028)

Border Crossings: Charity and voluntarism in Britain's mixed economy of health care since 1948. Wellcome Trust (2020-2025)

System-science Informed Public Health and Economic Research for Non-communicable Disease Prevention (the SIPHER Consortium). UK Prevention Research Partnership (2019-2024)

Transforming Primary Care in Scotland and China to meet the needs of an ageing population - are health inequalities being tackled? ESRC (2020-2023)

Trends in Socio-Economic Determinants of Health Inequalities in Scotland. Health Foundation (2022-23)

"All the help we can get": contemporary public donations of money to Scotland's NHS. Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (2018-19)

Critical approaches to Public and Patient Involvement in Health Research. University of Edinburgh- University of Sydney Collaboration Scheme (2018-19)

Hospitals must close? a four system comparison of policy for constructive conversations on controversial service changes. Health Foundation (2016-2018)

Closing hospitals: an evaluation of knowledge use and public involvement in disinvestment proposals. Chief Scientist Office (2014-2018)

 

Supervision

I welcome PhD enquiries related to my research interests as described above. 

Completed PhD students

  • Dr Katie Hirono (University of Edinburgh): Comparing community engagement in Health Impact Assessments and Citizens' Juries in the UK and Australia.
  • Dr Gabrielle King (University of Edinburgh): Exploring how people with Motor Neurone Disease engage with biomedical research. 
  • Dr Taina Meriluoto (University of Jyväskylä): Expertise-by-experience in the Finnish social welfare sector. 

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2018: Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship (Social Policy Association)

Grant committees & research advisory boards

  • 2021: Wellcome Trust, Medical Humanities Early Career Advisory Group
  • 2021: Science Foundation Ireland, Pathway Scheme AHSS panel
  • 2024: ESRC, Peer Review College

Professional & learned societies

  • 2018 - 2024: Executive Committee member, Social Policy Association