Dr Katy Jones

My quick-fire take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on why we should celebrate the scrapping of the two-child limit

Draws on research for @nuffieldfoundation.org & ongoing work with the amazing @changingrealities.bsky.social

The two-child limit will go. @nuffieldfoundation.org research by the fab team below showed the limit & the benefit cap didn't meet their behavioural aims & harmed families.
Huge thanks to the team & to the families who shared their experiences. Evidence matters: today it seems it was heard.

Using my first Bluesky post to share that Marsha Wood & I have a new article out! 🎉

We take a gendered street-level look at how Universal Credit policies shape parents’ everyday realities of navigating work, care & welfare.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This was an excellent piece of exploration and analysis seeking a better understanding of how to engage residents in the LCWRA group in an initial conversation about work. Sign up to hear the key lessons learned! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/camden-emp... @spaemploysocsec.bsky.social

Very excited for the Social Policy Association annual conference, starting tomorrow! We'll be presenting some early findings from our @nuffieldfoundation.org project on Universal Credit, Good Work and Progression #York2025

16:00-17:30 Wednesday, 2 July, 2025, SLB/118
Symposium: Examining welfare state rescaling in the UK (including Ruth Patrick, Hayley Bennett, Jed Meers, John Hudson, Rhiannon Simms, Neil Lunt, Kit Colliver)

09:00-10:30 Thursday, 3 July, 2025, SLB/101
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Examining Universal Credit and in-work benefits, (including Jay Wiggan, Laura Robertson, Trude Sundberg, Marsha Wood, Lavana Magnus, David Young)

16:00-17:30 Wednesday, 2 July, 2025, SLB/005
Symposium: Inclusive work and welfare: Examining welfare and work interactions and dimensions of job quality (including Levana Magnus, Anne Daguerre, Clara Mascaro, Ashwin Kumar, Katy Jones, Paul Sissons, Vanessa Fuertes)

Going to the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social next week? Look out for (thread)...

Thurs 3rd July 3pm-4.30pm: 'Place-based approaches to employment and skill support' With papers by Elke Heins, Charlotte Zealley and Sioned Pearce.

Research Assistant at University of Glasgow Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Assistant opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

🔥Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR job vacancies now live working at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on @safety-nets.bsky.social @changingrealities.bsky.social with some amazing colleagues

first: a research assistant post on Changing Realities

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNQ284/r...

🧵for links to vacancies

Research Assistant at University of Glasgow An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Assistant is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

📣 Come work with us!

Research Assistant on the Changing Realities project @changingrealities.bsky.social working with our own @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & colleagues 😀

🗓️ Full time & fixed term until 28 Sept 2026

👇 More details & apply by *21 Jul* 👇

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNQ284/r...

SPA Policy Groups - Social Policy Association The SPA exists to advance the teaching, research, and dissemination of knowledge in the field of social policy, and to represent the interests of our [...]

Hi 👋 we're moved over from X. This is the bluesky account for the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social policy group for Employment (and Social Security). social-policy.org.uk/news/spa-pol...

Are you a post-doctoral researcher with strong qualitative skills, a critical mind and a love for digging into the complexities of how people navigate work and health? Check out our vacancy at the Uni of York School for Business and Society: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... @uoysbs.bsky.social

Why a ‘rip-off’ degree might be worth the money after all – research study Higher education is about more than just income.

Why a ‘rip-off’ degree might be worth the money after all

New @uk.theconversation.com article from our @seanbrofee.bsky.social 👇

theconversation.com/why-a-rip-of...

Decent Work and Productivity Engaging with organisations and policymakers to shape the nature of decent work and productivity.

Hello Blue Sky! Give us a follow to stay up to date with the goings on of our research centre. More info here: www.mmu.ac.uk/research/gro...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Welfare Experiences & Mental Health

This looks like a super-cool postdoc for people interested in #qualitative #mentalhealth research and the interactions between #mh and #welfare

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/114985-...

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Last week our Centre Head @katyjones.bsky.social was in UK Parliament showcasing some of our key projects. Our research speaks to key national priorities, including govt's Make Work Pay and Get Britain Working agendas

The Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre has joined the Blue Sky party! Give us a follow! @mmudecentwork.bsky.social

This thread is well worth a read. 👇

Looks ace, sorry to have missed it!

In research, too often we get only a snapshot of how lives are shaped by policy. This w/paper shares findings from walking alongside those at sharp end of austerity for more than a decade.

Spoiler: more cuts to welfare & conditionality are not the answer.

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Banks raise concerns over benefit debt recovery powers The biggest group representing UK banks says the measures could conflict with customer protections.

Wondering if govt is similarly focused on tax fraud/evasion crackdowns? www.bbc.com/news/article...

An awful lot rides on the Government’s welcome commitment to complement its package of labour market reforms with a new single enforcement body.

In our recent blog, @tom-clark.bsky.social and @hannahslaughter.bsky.social asses its challenges and chances⤵️

https://buff.ly/4guhiQs

Activation, Work and Well‐Being: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications Despite the centrality of activation, paid work and well-being to advanced welfare systems their inter-relationships remain fragmented and underdeveloped in scholarship and policy. The present articl...

New in #SocialPolicy & Administration journal: My top Strathclyde Business School @strathbusiness.bsky.social colleague Adam Whitworth shares important insights on “Activation, Work and #WellBeing: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications”…
doi.org/10.1111/spol...

📣 We're hiring! 📣

The Resolution Foundation is looking for a thoughtful and proactive individual to join our research team on a one-year fixed term contract to support work on a specific research project.

Full job description 👉 https://buff.ly/3PSACeM

The Guardian view on incapacity benefit: the Treasury should not be calling the shots | Editorial Editorial: Liz Kendall needs a policy to match her rhetoric on helping claimants back into work

Good Guardian leader on incapacity benefit reform: the Treasury should not be calling the shots www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Young adults as paid care workers: gendered and classed transitions, trajectories, and experiences This article brings a youth lens to the study of care by empirically examining the accounts of young adults who pursue paid adult social care employment. The youth lens includes drawing on youth st...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT!
Duncan U. Fisher:
Young adults as paid care workers: gendered and classed transitions, trajectories, and experiences
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Manchester Met's think tank @mcrmetropolis.bsky.social now on bluesky! Follow to keep up with all the amazing policy-focused research going on across the university

And thanks to @mcrmetropolis.bsky.social for support to attend!

It is critical that measures to Get Britain Working and Make Work Pay work in tandem. So it was great to be invited to share research insights from research on active labour market policy with the Department for Business and Trade today