Social Research Interests

• Individual Budgets / Personal Budgets – outcomes for service users and the impacts and outcomes for informal carers
• International long-term care policies
• Care provision within families
• Transition from child to adult services for young people with disabilities, and in particular for young people on the autistic spectrum

 

Social Policy Research Projects

• Taking On and Taking Over: physically disabled young adults and their care and support arrangements
• The 'My Life' project: growing up and living with Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T)
• Transition to adult services and adulthood for young people with autistic spectrum conditions

 

Social Policy Advisory Postions

• Member of the Executive Committee of the Social Policy Association
• Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Social Policy
• Member, Economic and Social Research Council, Seminars Competition Commissioning Panel

 

Nicola Moran's Publications

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2013

Transition to Adult Services and Adulthood for Young People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions, 2013
Beresford, B., Moran, N., Sloper, P., Cusworth, L., Mitchell, W., Spiers, G., Weston, K. and Beecham, J., Working Paper, no: DH 2525. Transition to adult services and adulthood for young people with autistic spectrum conditions, 2013
Beresford, B., Moran, N., Sloper, P., Cusworth, L., Mitchell, W., Spiers, G., Weston, K. and Beecham, J., Research Works, 2013-01, Social Policy Research Unit. Transition to Adult Services and Adulthood for Young People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions: Appendices, 2013
Beresford, B., Moran, N., Sloper, P., Cusworth, L., Mitchell, W., Spiers, G., Weston, K. and Beecham, J., Working Paper, no: DH 2525a, Social Policy Research Unit, 204 pages. The personalization of care services and the early impact on staff activity patterns, 2013
Jacobs, S., Abell, J., Stevens, M., Wilberforce, M., Challis, D., Manthorpe, J., Fernandez, J-L., Glendinning, C., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Moran, N. and Netten, A., Journal of Social Work, 13, 2, 141-163. Older people's experiences of cash-for-care schemes: evidence from the English individual budget pilot projects, 2013
Moran, N., Glendinning, C., Wilberforce, M., Stevens, M., Netten, A., Jones, K., Manthorpe, J., Knapp, M., Fernandez, J-L., Challis, D. and Jacobs, S., Ageing & Society, 33, 5, 826-851. 2012

The impact of individual budgets on the targeting of support: findings from a national evaluation of pilot projects in England, 2012
Jones, K., Netten, A., Fernandez, J-L., Knapp, M., Challis, D., Glendinning, C., Jacobs, S., Manthorpe, J., Moran, N., Stevens, M. and Wilberforce, M., Public Money & Management, 32, 6, 417-424. Can individual budgets have an impact on carers and the caring role?, (forthcoming)
Jones, K., Netten, A., Rabiee, P., Glendinning, C., Arksey, H. and Moran, N., Ageing & Society, (Available online from 17 October 2012). Personalisation and carers: whose rights? Whose benefits?, 2012
Moran, N., Arksey, H., Glendinning, C., Jones, K., Netten, A. and Rabiee, P., British Journal of Social Work, 42, 3, 461-479. Personalisation through individual budgets: does it work and for whom?, 2012
Netten, A., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Fernandez, J-L., Challis, D., Glendinning, C., Jacobs, S., Manthorpe, J., Moran, N., Stevens, M. and Wilberforce, M., British Journal of Social Work, 42, 8, 1556-1573. Revisiting the causes of stress in social work: sources of job demands, control and support in personalised adult social care, (forthcoming)
Wilberforce, M., Jacobs, S., Challis, D., Manthorpe, J., Stevens, M., Jasper, R., Fernandez, J-L., Glendinning, C., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Moran, N. and Netten, A., British Journal of Social Work, (Available online from 31 October 2012). 2011

Multi-agency transition services: greater collaboration needed to meet the priorities of young disabled people with complex needs as they move into adulthood, 2011
Clarke, S., Sloper, P., Moran, N., Cusworth, L., Franklin, A. and Beecham, J., Journal of Integrated Care, 19, 5, 30-40. Personalisation and partnership: competing objectives in English adult social care? The individual budget pilot projects and the NHS, 2011
Glendinning, C., Moran, N., Challis, D., Fernandez, J-L., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Manthorpe, J., Netten, A., Stevens, M. and Wilberforce, M., Social Policy and Society, 10, 2, 151-162. Joining up government by integrating funding streams? The experiences of the Individual Budget pilot projects for older and disabled people in England, 2011
Moran, N., Glendinning, C., Stevens, M., Manthorpe, J., Jacobs, S., Wilberforce, M., Knapp, M., Challis, D., Fernandez, J-L., Jones, K. and Netten, A., International Journal of Public Administration, 34, 4, 232-243. Transition to adult services for disabled young people and those with complex health needs, 2011
Sloper, P., Beecham, J., Clarke, S., Franklin, A., Moran, N. and Cusworth, L., Research Works, 2011-02, Social Policy Research Unit. Assessing the role of increasing choice in English social care services, 2011
Stevens, M., Glendinning, C., Jacobs, S., Moran, N., Challis, D., Manthorpe, J., Fernandez, J-L., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Netten, A. and Wilberforce, M., Journal of Social Policy, 40, 2, 257-274. Implementing consumer choice in long-term care: the impact of individual budgets on social care providers in England, 2011
Wilberforce, M., Glendinning, C., Challis, D., Fernandez, J-L., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Manthorpe, J., Moran, N., Netten, A. and Stevens, M., Social Policy & Administration, 45, 5, 593-612. 2010

Models of Multi-agency Services for Transition to Adult Services for Disabled Young People and Those with Complex Health Needs: Impact and costs, 2010
Sloper, P., Beecham, J., Clarke, S., Franklin, A., Moran, N. and Cusworth, L., Social Policy Research Unit. 2009

Care provision within families and its socio-economic impact on care providers across the European Union, 2009
Glendinning, C. , Arksey, H., Tjadens, F., Moree, M., Moran, N. and Nies, H., Research Works, 2009-05, Social Policy Research Unit. Reforming Long-term Care: Recent lessons from other countries, 2009
Glendinning, C. and Moran, N., Social Policy Research Unit. Reforming long-term care: Recent lessons from other countries, 2009
Glendinning, C. and Moran, N., Research Works, 2009-06, Social Policy Research Unit. Individual Budgets Pilot Projects: Impact and outcomes for carers, 2009
Glendinning, C., Arksey, H., Jones, K., Moran, N., Netten, A., Rabiee, P., Social Policy Research Unit. Individual budgets: Impacts and outcomes for carers, 2009
Glendinning, C., Arksey, H., Jones, K., Moran, N., Netten, A., Rabiee, P., Research Findings, Social Policy Research Unit. Care Provision within Families and its Socio-Economic Impact on Care Providers, 2009
Glendinning, C., Tjadens, F., Arksey, H., Moree, M., Moran, N. and Nies, H., Social Policy Research Unit. Individual Budgets: lessons from early users' experiences, 2009
Rabiee, P., Moran, N. and Glendinning, C., British Journal of Social Work, 39, 5, 918-935. 2008

Evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme: Final Report, 2008
Glendinning, C., Challis, D., Fernandez, J., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Manthorpe, J., Moran, N., Netten, A., Stevens, M. and Wilberforce, M.. Evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme: Summary report, 2008
Glendinning, C., Challis, D., Fernandez, J., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Manthorpe, J., Moran, N., Netten, A., Stevens, M. and Wilberforce, M., Social Policy Research Unit, 51 pages. The national evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme, 2008
Glendinning, C., Challis, D., Fernandez, J., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Manthorpe, J., Moran, N., Netten, A., Stevens, M. and Wilberforce, M., Research Findings, Social Policy Research Unit. The national evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme: Experiences and implications for care coordinators and managers, 2008
Glendinning, C., Challis, D., Fernandez, J., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., Knapp, M., Manthorpe, J., Moran, N., Netten, A., Stevens, M. and Wilberforce, M., Research Findings, Social Policy Research Unit. Individual budget projects come under the microscope, 2008
Manthorpe, J., Stevens, M., Challis, D., Netten, A., Glendinning, C., Knapp, M., Wilberforce, M., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., Moran, N. and Fernandez, J., Mental Health Today, December, 22-26.

 

External publications

Book reviews

Moran, N. (2010) "Direct Payments and Personal Budgets: Putting Personalisation into Practice" (by J Glasby and R Littlechild), Book review for Health and Social Care in the Community, Vol. 18 (3): 328-9. May 2010.

Moran, N. (2011) "Co-Production and Personalisation in Social Care: Changing Relationships in the Provision of Social Care, Susan Hunter and Pete Ritchie (eds.), 2007, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers", Book review for Ethics and Social Welfare, Vol 5, Issue 1, April 2011.

2008 – Journal articles

Moran, N.E., Gainotti, S., Petrini, C. (Forthcoming - 2008) “From Compulsory to Voluntary Immunisation: Italy’s National Vaccination Plan (2005-7) and the ethical and organisational challenges facing public health policy-makers across Europe” Journal of Medical Ethics (accepted Jan 2008).

Moran, N.E., Shickle, D. and Richardson, E. (2008) “European Citizens’ Opinions on Immunisation”, Vaccine Vol 26/3 pp 411-418. Article available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.11.001

2008 - Book reviews

Moran, N.E. (2008) “Culture, Society and Sexuality: A Reader (2nd edition), edited by Richard Parker and Peter Aggleton, London: Routledge, 2007”.

Book review, SRA News, Feb 08, pp.14-5.

2007 – Journal article

Griffin, M., Shickle, D. and Moran, N.E. (Available online - 2007) “European Citizens’ Opinions on Water Fluoridation”, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, early online May 2007 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00373.x

2007 - Book chapters

Wlodarczyk, C., Czabanowska, K., Shickle, D. and Moran, N.E. (eds.) (2007) Public Health in European Countries – selected problems Krakow: The Jagiellonian University Press.

Moran, N.E. (2007) “Fluoridation of public water supplies in Europe: The practice and the ethical debates”, in Wlodarczyk, C., Czabanowska, K., Shickle, D. and Moran, N.E. (eds.) Public Health in European Countries – selected problems Krakow: The Jagiellonian University Press.

Moran, N.E. and Hunt, A. (2007) “Communicable disease control across Europe”, in Wlodarczyk, C., Czabanowska, K., Shickle, D. and Moran, N.E. (eds.) Public Health in European Countries – selected problems Krakow: The Jagiellonian University Press.

Moran, N.E. (2007) “Immunisation policies across Europe”, in Wlodarczyk, C., Czabanowska, K., Shickle, D. and Moran, N.E. (eds.) Public Health in European Countries – selected problems Krakow: The Jagiellonian University Press.

Moran, N.E. (2007) “Genetic testing in employment: Regulations on testing and the prohibition of discrimination across Europe”, in Wlodarczyk, C., Czabanowska, K., Shickle, D. and Moran, N.E. (eds.) Public Health in European Countries – selected problems Krakow: The Jagiellonian University Press.

2007 – Book review

Moran, N. (2007) “Cash for Care in Developed Welfare States (edited by Clare Ungerson and Sue Yeandle)” Book Review, Health and Social Care in the Community (2007) 15 (5), 502–503; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00729.x

2006 – Book chapter

Moran, N.E., Shickle, D., Munthe, C., Dierickx, K., Petrini, C., Piribauer, F., Czabanowska, K., Cowley, H., Blancafort, S., and Petsetakis, E. (2006) “Are compulsory immunisation and incentives to immunise effective ways to achieve herd immunity in Europe?” in Selgelid, M., Battin, M.P., and Smith, C.B. (eds.) Ethics and Infectious Disease. Oxford: Blackwell.

2006 – Reports

Moran, N.E. and Harrington, L. (2006) Smoking Cessation Services in Sure Start Local Programmes: Findings from Local Evaluations. London: National Evaluation of Sure Start. March 2006. URL: http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/support/synthesisReports/documents/1288.pdf