Roy Sainsbury leads the team of researchers working on projects related to social security, employment and welfare.
Social Policy Research Interests
- Welfare to work
- Social security and the labour market
- Sickness and disability benefits
- Social security fraud
- Administration and delivery of benefits - benefits simplification
- Decision making and appeals
Current Welfare and Employment Research Projects
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Social Policy Advisory Positions
- National Audit Office Advisory Committee on Benefit Error - member
- Treasurer to the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS)
- Advisory Panel on 'Intergenerational worklessness', Joseph Rowntree Foundation - member
- Consultant, IBM project, Social Services Quantification
- Consultant, Institute for Public Policy Research, ‘Now it’s personal’ pilots
- External examiner, Stirling University
- White Rose Partnership on Welfare to Work for Claimants of Disability Benefits
Member of the editorial boards:
- Journal of Social Security Law
- Journal of Poverty and Social Justice - editor of the Research Round-up
Roy Sainsbury's Recent Conference Presentations
Roy Sainsbury's Publications
2011
Should mandatory Jobseeker interviews be personalised? The politics of using conversation analysis to make effective practice recommendations, 2011
Toerien, M., Irvine, A., Drew, P. and Sainsbury, R., pp.140-160 in C. Antaki (ed.) Applied Conversation Analysis: Intervention and change in institutional talk, Palgrave Macmillan.
2010
Back to work? The journey towards sustained employment, 2010
Ben-Galim, D. and Sainsbury, R., pp.13-26 in C. McNeil (ed.) Now It's Personal? The new landscape of welfare-to-work, Institute for Public Policy Research.
The Impact of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Findings from exploratory qualitative research, 2010
Corden, A., Sainsbury, R., Irvine, A. and Clarke, S., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 649.
The impact of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Findings from exploratory qualitative research, 2010
Corden, A., Sainsbury, R., Irvine, A. and Clarke, S., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, Department for Work and Pensions.
A Study of Language and Communication Between Advisers and Claimants in Work Focused Interviews, 2010
Drew, P., Toerien, M., Irvine, A. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 633.
A study of language and communication between advisers and claimants in Work Focused Interviews, 2010
Drew, P., Toerien, M., Irvine, A. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, Department for Work and Pensions.
An Exploratory Comparison of the Interactions Between Advisers and Younger and Older Clients during Work Focused Interviews, 2010
Irvine, A., Sainsbury, R., Drew, P. and Toerien, M., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 634.
An exploratory comparison of the interactions between advisers and younger and older clients during Work Focused Interviews, 2010
Irvine, A., Sainsbury, R., Drew, P. and Toerien, M., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, Department for Work and Pensions.
Mode effects in qualitative interviews: a comparison of semi-structured face-to-face and telephone interviews using conversation analysis, 2010
Irvine, A., Drew, P. and Sainsbury, R., Research Works, 2010-03, Social Policy Research Unit.
21st Century Welfare - getting closer to radical benefit reform?, 2010
Sainsbury, R., Public Policy Research, 17, 2, 102-107.
Personalisation at the front line: looking within the work-focused interview, 2010
Sainsbury, R., pp.11-12 in D. Ben-Galim and A. Sachrajda (eds.) Now It's Personal: Learning from welfare-to-work approaches around the world, Institute for Public Policy Research.
Exploratory Qualitative Research on the 'Single Working Age Benefit', 2010
Sainsbury, R. and Weston, K., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 659.
Exploratory qualitative research on the 'Single Working Age Benefit', 2010
Sainsbury, R. and Weston, K., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, Department for Work and Pensions.
Social security, poverty and social exclusion in rich and poorer countries: introduction and overview, 2010
Saunders, P. and Sainsbury, R., pp.1-10 in P. Saunders and R. Sainsbury (eds.) Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poorer Countries, Intersentia.
Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poorer Countries, 2010
Saunders, P. and Sainsbury, R. (eds.), Intersentia.
2009
Provider-led Pathways: Experiences and views of early implementation, 2009
Nice, K., Davidson, J. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 595.
Pathways to Work from Incapacity Benefits: A study of referral practices and liaison between Jobcentre Plus advisers and service providers, 2009
Nice, K., Irvine, A. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 555.
Pathways to Work from incapacity benefits: A study of referral practices and liaison between Jobcentre Plus advisers and service providers, 2009
Nice, K., Irvine, A. and Sainsbury, R., Research Summary, 555, Corporate Document Services.
Sickness, incapacity and disability, 2009
Sainsbury, R., pp. 213-232 in J. Millar (ed.) Understanding Social Security: Issues for policy and practice, 2nd ed., The Policy Press.
A single core benefit: lessons from New Zealand, 2009
Sainsbury, R. and Stephens, R., Journal of Social Security Law, 16, 1, 12-29.
2008
Reporting Changes in Circumstances: Tackling error in the Housing Benefit system - standard Housing Benefit cases, 2008
Davidson, J. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, 523.
Reporting changes in circumstances: tackling error in the Housing Benefit system - standard housing benefit cases , 2008
Davidson, J. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, 523, Corporate Document Services.
Reporting Changes in Circumstances: Tackling error in the benefit system, 2008
Irvine, A., Davidson, J. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 497.
Reporting changes in circumstances: Tackling error in the benefit system, 2008
Irvine, A., Davidson, J. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, No. 497, Corporate Document Services.
Pathways to Work from Incapacity Benefits: A study of experience and use of the Job Preparation Premium, 2008
Nice, K., Irvine, A. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 474.
Pathways to Work from incapacity benefits: A study of experience and use of the Job Preparation Premium, 2008
Nice, K., Irvine, A. and Sainsbury, R., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, 474, Corporate Document Services.
Administrative justice, discretion and the 'welfare to work' project, 2008
Sainsbury, R., Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law, 30, 4, 323-338.
Mental Health and Employment, 2008
Sainsbury, R., Irvine, A., Aston, J., Wilson, S., Williams, C. and Sinclair, A., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 513.
Mental health and employment, 2008
Sainsbury, R., Irvine, A., Aston, J., Wilson, S., Williams, C. and Sinclair, A., Department for Work and Pensions Research Summary, 513, Corporate Document Services.
The Pathways Advisory Service: Placing employment advisers in GP surgeries, 2008
Sainsbury, R., Nice, K., Nevill, C., Wood, M., Dixon, J. and Mitchell, M., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, No. 494.
Contact
Social Policy Research Unit
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
Telephone: 01904 321951
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