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Scotland in Lockdown: Health and social impacts of COVID-19 in Scotland

Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Dr Lucy Pickering, Inequalities, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Professor Sarah Armstrong, Research project - outputs, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice ResearchBy admin May 12, 2021

Findings of a study exploring the impact of lockdown on people in Scotland who may already have been isolated or excluded prior to the pandemic.

COVID-19 Micro Briefing 1: The disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people

Glasgow, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow Disability Alliance, Health, Inequalities, Social Recovery TaskforceBy admin January 29, 2021

This micro briefing presents a range of evidence relating to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people.

Disability and social insecurity: Exploring the impact of benefit changes on the lives of disabled people

Charlotte Pearson, Commentary, Poverty, Professor Nick Watson, Tom Porter, Welfare & social securityBy admin October 9, 2019

Changes to social security have – in the vast majority of cases – reduced the financial security of disabled people, leaving many in poverty and isolation. New research examines the lived experience of these changes for disabled people in the UK.

Dignity and Respect: workshop on new Social Security arrangements in Scotland

Des McNulty, Poverty, Professor Nick Watson, Welfare & social securityBy admin October 9, 2017

Round-up of the Carnegie UK/Policy Scotland workshop on embedding Dignity and Respect in the Scottish Social Security system.

Research shows sanctions regime failing by even its own standards

Commentary, Dr Sharon Wright, Employment and labour market, Research project - outputs, Welfare & social securityBy admin November 2, 2016

About a study that found that welfare sanctions not only create ‘widespread anxiety’ in claimants but saw some people forced to turn to crime to survive after seeing their benefits cut.

Podcast: Kainde Manji

Kainde Manji, Urban Studies, Glasgow University, Welfare & social securityBy admin June 23, 2015

In this Policy Scotland podcast, we talk to Urban Studies postgraduate researcher, Kainde Manji, about her work on welfare reforms and people living with disabilities in Scotland. This podcast is an extended version of the Thursday Video available on our video page.

Podcast: Kainde Manji – Disabilities and welfare reform

Austerity, Kainde Manji, Welfare & social securityBy admin April 21, 2015

Urban Studies postgraduate researcher Kainde Manji in a podcast about her work on welfare reforms and people living with disabilities in Scotland.

Thursday Video: Kainde Manji discusses welfare and disabilities in Scotland

Austerity, Kainde Manji, Policy briefing, Urban Studies, Glasgow University, Welfare & social securityBy admin April 17, 2015 2 Comments

Urban Studies postgraduate researcher Kainde Manji talks about her work on welfare reforms and people living with disabilities in Scotland.

Introducing the Thursday Video

Kainde Manji, Research project - announcement, Urban Studies, Glasgow University, Welfare & social securityBy admin April 17, 2015

Policy Scotland is excited to announce its new series: the Friday Video! Check out the website every Friday for a brand new bite sized video blog exploring policy in Scotland from new and exciting perspectives. We caught up with some of our best and brightest policy researchers who gave us a quick overview of some of the…