Elliott Johnson is a Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy and CAPE North of Tyne Combined Authority Policy Fellow at Northumbria University. The major themes within his research are inclusion, particularly with regard to disabled people, social determinants of health, and addressing inequality, all with an emphasis on policy development. He was lead author of a proposal for locally led basic income pilots in England.
Experience
2022–present
Senior Research Fellow, Northumbria University
2021–2022
Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
2020–2020
Researcher, Lancaster University
2018–2020
Research and Insight Manager, Activity Alliance
2017–2018
Senior Research Executive, Activity Alliance
2014–2016
Senior Research Executive, EngineeringUK
Education
2023
University of Warwick, PhD in Health Sciences
2009
Newcastle University, MA Politics (Research)
2008
Newcastle University, BA (Hons) Classical Studies
Publications
2023
Understanding the relationship between income and mental health among 16- to 24-year-olds: Analysis of 10 waves (2009-2020) of Understanding Society to enable modelling of income interventions, PLoS ONE
2023
Universal Basic Income is affordable and feasible: evidence from economic microsimulation modelling, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice
2023
Can the downward spiral be stopped? Balancing transformative policy with feasibility in red wall constituencies, British Journal of Politics & International Relations
2023
Designing a generic, adaptive protocol resource for the measurement of health impact in cash transfer pilot and feasibility studies and trials in high-income countries, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
2022
Are ‘red wall’ constituencies really opposed to progressive policy? Examining the impact of materialist narratives for Universal Basic Income, British Politics
2022
Designing trials of Universal Basic Income for health impact: identifying interdisciplinary questions to address, Journal of Public Health
2021
Modelling the size, cost and health impacts of Universal Basic Income: What can be done in advance of a trial?, Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology
2021
Why has the COVID-19 pandemic increased support for Universal Basic Income?, Humanities and Social Science Communications
2021
Examining the ethical underpinnings of Universal Basic Income as a public health policy: prophylaxis, social engineering and ‘good’ lives’, Journal of Medical Ethics
2020
Mitigating social and economic sources of trauma: the need for Universal Basic Income during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
2020
Measuring the health impact of Universal Basic Income as an upstream intervention: holistic trial design that captures stress reduction is essential, Evidence & Policy
2019
Stress, domination and basic income: considering a citizens’ entitlement response to a public health crisis, Social Theory & Health
Grants and Contracts
2022
Understanding the prospective public health impact and social feasibility of Universal Basic Income schemes in the UK: Developing microsimulation of impact on self-rated health and QALYs and public engagement with “left behind” communities to understand “willingness to pay”
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
National Institute for Health Research
2021
Assessing the prospective impacts of Universal Basic Income on anxiety and depression among 14-24-year-olds