Contact details:
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7955 6434
Fax:  +44 (0)20 7955 6951
e-mail:  k.j.stewart@lse.ac.uk
Centre:  STICERD,  R5z23D

  Research interests:

• Child poverty and disadvantage

• International comparison of policy and outcomes relating to poverty and inequality

• Employment trajectories for the low-skilled

• Regional disparities in well-being within EU countries

 Current research projects:

• Employment trajectories for young mothers in low-skilled work (Nuffield Foundation)

 Selected publications:

• 'Dimensions of well-being in EU regions: do GDP and unemployment tell us all we need to know?' Social Indicators Research, vol.73, no.2, pp.221-246 (2005)

• 'Equality and social justice' in Anthony Seldon, The Blair Effect, Second Edition (2005).

• 'Monitoring social inclusion in Europe’s regions' Journal of European Social Policy, Vol 13, No 4, pp.335-356. November 2003.

• 'Towards an equal start? Tackling childhood poverty and deprivation' in A more equal society? New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion (eds. John Hills and Kitty Stewart), Bristol: The Policy Press, 2004.

• (with Carmen Huerta) "Reinvesting in Children? Policies for the very young in South-Eastern Europe and the CIS", Innocenti Working Papers No 2006-01. Florence: Innocenti Research Centre (2006).

• A more equal society? New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion. (coeditor, with John Hills), Bristol: The Policy Press, 2005.

• ‘Changes in poverty and inequality in the UK in international context’ in A more equal society? New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion (eds. John Hills and Kitty Stewart), Bristol: The Policy Press, 2004.

 Other publications:  

•     Employment trajectories for mothers in low-skilled work: Evidence from the British Lone Parent Cohort [CASE/122] , May 2007

•     Measuring Well-Being and Exclusion in Europe's Regions [CASE 053] , March 2002