Welfare and wellbeing

Pete Alcock is Professor of Social Policy and Administration and Head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Birmingham; he has written widely about British social policy, including two leading textbooks.

Howard Glennerster is Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science; he is the author of many books on social policy, and a specialist in the financing of the social services.

Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of London Institute of Education and Richard Titmuss's daughter and literary executor; she has written and researched widely in the fields of gender, health and social science.

Adrian Sinfield is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh and past President of the Social Policy Association, and has a particular interest in unemployment and social security.