Social Policy Research Interests
- Social security policy
- Family policy
- Poverty and living standards
- Comparative social policy
- Demography and social policy
- Well-being of children
Social Policy Advisory and Consultative Positions
- Jonathan Bradshaw receives honorary degree from University of Turku (2011)
- Task Force on Social Protection for the Marmot Review of Inequalities in Health - Member
- National action plans on social inclusion - UK expert for the European Commission
- Multi-National Project: measuring and monitoring children's well-being - collaborative research to improve our ability to measure and monitor the status of children around the globe.
- Nordic Centre of Excellence Programme on Welfare Research 2007-2011, Scientific Advisory Board - Chair
- Poverty in South Africa - consultant to the University of Oxford project funded by the Department for International Development
- Inquiry on Child Poverty - advisor to the Department of Work and Pensions Committee
- South African Human Sciences Research Council - Honorary Research Fellow
- York Welfare Benefits Unit - Chair
- Research Committee of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) - Member
- Faculty of Public Health - Honorary Fellow
- Learned Societies for the Social Sciences - Academician
- Family Budget Unit - Director
Jonathan Bradshaw's social exclusion and poverty research projects
Jonathan Bradshaw's Recent Conference Presentations
Jonathan Bradshaw's Recent Publications
2012
The case for family benefits, 2012
Bradshaw, J., Children and Youth Services Review, 34, 3, 590-596.
The Good Childhood Report 2012: A review of our children's well-being, 2012
Rees, G., Goswami, H., Pople, L., Bradshaw, J., Keung, A. and Main, G., The Children's Society.
The Good Childhood Report 2012: A summary of our findings, 2012
Rees, G., Goswami, H., Pople, L., Bradshaw, J., Keung, A. and Main, G., Summary Report, The Children's Society.
2011
Child benefits in the European Union, 2011
Bradshaw, J., Poverty, 139, 13-16.
Child poverty, 2011
Bradshaw, J., pp.17-19 in N. Yeates, T. Haux, R. Jawad and M. Kilkey (eds.) In Defence of Welfare: The impacts of the Spending Review, Social Policy Association.
Child poverty and deprivation, 2011
Bradshaw, J., pp.27-52 in J. Bradshaw (ed.) The Well-being of Children in the UK, 3rd ed., The Policy Press.
Conclusion, 2011
Bradshaw, J., pp.261-270 in J. Bradshaw (ed.) The Well-being of Children in the UK, 3rd ed., The Policy Press.
Demography of childhood, 2011
Bradshaw, J., pp.13-25 in J. Bradshaw (ed.) The Well-being of Children in the UK, 3rd ed., The Policy Press.
Hands off child benefit!, 2011
Bradshaw, J., pp.59-69 in B. Knight (ed.) A Minority View: What Beatrice Webb Would Say Now, Alliance Publishing Trust.
Introduction, 2011
Bradshaw, J., pp.1-11 in J. Bradshaw (ed.) The Well-being of Children in the UK, 3rd ed., The Policy Press.
Poverty, 2011
Bradshaw, J., pp. 91-110 in A., Walker, A., Sinfield and C., Walker (eds.) Fighting Poverty, Inequality and Injustice: A manifesto inspired by Peter Townsend, Policy Press.
The Well-being of Children in the UK, 3rd ed., 2011
Bradshaw, J. (ed.), The Policy Press.
Fertility and social policy, 2011
Bradshaw, J. and Attar-Schwartz, S., pp.183-202 in N. Takayama and M. Werding (eds.) Fertility and Public Policy: How to reverse the trend of declining birth rates, MIT-Press.
Editorial: National Insurance: past, present, future?, 2011
Bradshaw, J. and Bennett, F., Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 19, 3, 207-209.
Physical health, 2011
Bradshaw, J. and Bloor, K., pp.53-88 in J. Bradshaw (ed.) The Well-being of Children in the UK, 3rd ed., The Policy Press.
Lone parent families: poverty and policy in comparative perspective, 2011
Bradshaw, J. and Chzhen, Y., pp.25-45 in E. Almeda Samaranch and D. Di Nella (eds.) Las Familias Monoparentales a Debate II: Bienestar, Proteccion Social y Monoparentalidad, Tiifamo-Copolis.
Subjective well-being and mental health, 2011
Bradshaw, J. and Keung, A., pp.89-109 in J. Bradshaw (ed.) The Well-being of Children in the UK, 3rd ed., The Policy Press.
Trends in child subjective well-being in the UK, 2011
Bradshaw, J. and Keung, A., Journal of Children's Services, 6, 1, 4-17.
The Measurement of Extreme Poverty in the European Union, 2011
Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E., European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
Children's subjective well-being: international comparative perspectives, 2011
Bradshaw, J., Keung, A., Rees, G. and Goswami, H., Children and Youth Services Review, 33, 4, 548-556.
The costs of a child in a low-income household, 2011
Oldfield, N. and Bradshaw, J., Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 19, 2, 131-143.
2010
An international perspective on child benefit packages, 2010
Bradshaw, J., pp. 293-307 in S. Kamerman, S. Phipps and A. Ben-Arieh (eds.) From Child Welfare to Child Well-being: An international perspective on knowledge in the service of policy making, Springer.
Child poverty and child well-being in the European Union, Policy overview and policy impact analysis: A case study: UK, 2010
Bradshaw, J. in TARKI (ed.) Child Poverty and Child Well-being in the European Union. Report prepared for the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Unit E.2) of the European Commission, TARKI.
Family benefits and services, 2010
Bradshaw, J. and Finch, N., chapter 32 in F. Castles, S. Leibfried, J. Lewis, H. Obinger and C. Pierson (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press.
Child poverty and social exclusion in South Africa, 2010
Bradshaw, J. and Holmes, J., pp.167-182 in B. Roberts, M. Kivilu, Y. Davids (eds.) South African Social Attitudes: 2nd Report: Reflections on the Age of Hope, Human Sciences Research Council Press.
Child poverty in the first five years of life, 2010
Bradshaw, J. and Holmes, J., pp.13-31 in K. Hansen, H. Joshi and S. Dex (eds.) Children of the 21st Century: The first five years, The Policy Press.
PSE Measures Review Paper: Children's Deprivation Items, 2010
Bradshaw, J. and Main, G., Poverty and Social Exclusion.
Understanding extreme poverty in the European Union, 2010
Bradshaw, J. and Mayhew, E., European Journal of Homelessness, 4, 171-186.
In-work Poverty and Labour Market Segmentation: A study of national policies, United Kingdom, 2010
Bradshaw, J., Bennett, F. and Mayhew, E. , European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
The subjective well-being of children, 2010
Bradshaw, J., Rees, G., Keung, A. and Goswami, H., pp.181-204 in C. McAuley and W. Rose (eds.) Child Well-Being: Understanding children's lives, Jessica Kingsley.
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Contact
Department of Social Policy and Social Work
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
Telephone: 01904 321239
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