Professor Paul Spicker is a writer and commentator on social policy, covering issues of poverty, social protection and service delivery, and a Fellow of CROP. He is the author of 18 books, including Social Policy: Theory and Practice, The Welfare State and Arguments for Welfare. His website, An Introduction to Social Policy (http://spicker.uk/social-policy) is widely used internationally.
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Published work includes 22 books, several shorter works and 100 academic papers. Some of this work, including five books, is available on http://spicker.uk/open-access.htm. Research has included studies related to benefit delivery systems, the care of old people, psychiatric patients, housing management and local anti-poverty strategy. Professor Spicker has been a consultant on social welfare in practice, doing work for a range of agencies at local, national and international levels. He held the Grampian Chair of Public Policy at Robert Gordon University from 2001-2015. He is now an Emeritus Professor of RGU.
Fields of expertise: Policy design and delivery, Social policy, Social protection
