Paul Spicker

Grampian Chair of Public Policy, Robert Gordon University

Paul Spicker writes on social policy. His research has included studies related to benefit delivery systems, the care of old people, psychiatric patients, housing management and local anti-poverty strategy. He has also been a consultant on social welfare in practice, working for a range of agencies at local, national and international levels.

Experience

2000–present

Director, Centre for Public Policy and ManagementGrampian Chair of Public Policy, Robert Gordon University

Education

London School of Economics, MSc(Econ), PhD

Publications

2013

Reclaiming Individualism, Policy Press
2011

How social security works, Policy Press
2008

Social policy, Policy Press
2007

The idea of poverty, Policy Press
2006

Policy analysis for practice, Policy Press
2000

The welfare state, Sage