Kate Summers
CASE Associate and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Expertise: social security policy, working-age benefits, economic inequality, qualitative methods, participatory methods
Biography
Kate is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Methodology. Her current research centres on developing qualitative methods to study disability and health benefits policy in a (post) pandemic context. Kate’s research is broadly concerned with experiences and perceptions of poverty, economic inequality, and related social policies with a particular focus on social security policy, in the UK context. She uses (and is interested in how to improve) qualitative methods including in-depth interviews, focus groups and participatory approaches. Other key research projects include Welfare at a (Social) Distance and The Commission on Social Security: Led by experts by experience.
Kate Summers's current research interests are:
- Social security benefits policy
- Welfare reform
- Economic inequality
- Perceptions of poverty and riches
- Qualitative methods
- Participatory approaches
Kate's latest projects include:
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