Associate Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford (previously senior research and teaching fellow) Interests include poverty, social security, gender, participatory research, in the UK in particular but also more widely (with a particular interest in France). Also active with various NGOs, including ATD Fourth World, Women's Budget Group and Child Poverty Action Group. Previous employment includes jobs with CPAG (deputy and director) and Oxfam (policy, UK Poverty Programme).