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Guiney, Thomas (April 2016) 'In the Shadow of the Prison Gates: An Institutional Analysis of Early Release Policy and Practice in England and Wales, 1960 – 1995'
Supervisors: Professor Tim Newburn, Professor Robert Reiner
Deacon, Rachel (March 2016) 'Young People, HIV Prevention and policy making: the case of the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Fuchkan, Nika (February 2016) 'Burden of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - health, social and economic impacts of exposure to the London bombings'
Supervisors: Professor Martin Knapp, Professor Jeni Beecham
Cunliffe, Jack (January 2016) 'Offending Risks Factors and Area: an Investigation Using Structural Equation Modelling'
Supervisors: Professor Tim Newburn, Professor John Hills
Alfandari, Ravit (January 2016) ' An evaluation of child protection reform in Israel'
Supervisors: Professor Eileen Munro, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Wilson, Ben (December 2015) 'Origin, destination and convergence: understanding the fertility of international migrants and their ancestors'
Supervisors: Dr Wendy Sigle-Rushton, Dr Jouni Kuha
Morel, Chantal (December 2015) 'Pharmaceutical prices 1999-2008: an exploration into global variation, comparative measures, and potential determinants'
Supervisors: Professor Alistair McGuire , Professor Elias Mossialos
Cylus, Jon (December 2015) 'Do unemployment benefits affect health? Evidence from the United States'
Supervisors: Professor Alistair McGuire, Dr Grace Lordan
Silva-Leander, Annika (October 2015) 'The Role and Influence of Nongovernmental Organisations on Anti-Corruption Reform in Indonesia'
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Hall, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Cetorelli, Valeria (October 2015) 'Demographic and Health Effects of the 2003-2011 War in Iraq'
Supervisors: Professor Stephen Jenkins, Dr Tiziana Leone
Naysmith, Scott (September 2015) 'A qualitative study of avian influenza A H5N1 at the human-animal interface: Examining knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and behaviours of people who work with poultry in three live bird markets in Indonesia'
Supervisors: Professor Tony Barnett, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Matthews, Janeille (September 2015) 'Competing constructions: a mixed methods investigation of the popular and media framing of the Antigua crime story'
Supervisors: Dr Mike Shiner, Dr Coretta Phillips
Parsons, Kênia (July 2015) 'Reaching out to the persistently poor in rural areas: an analysis of Brazil’s Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer programme'
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Hall, Professor John Hills
Damant, Jacqueline (July 2015) 'Older adults, e-inclusion and access to ICT-based care'
Supervisors: Professor Martin Knapp, Dr Paul Freddolino
Asahi, Kenzo (July 2015) 'Impacts of better transport accessibility: evidence from Chile'
Supervisors: Professor Stephen Jenkins, Professor Steve Gibbons
Klot, Jennifer (June 2015) 'The United Nations Security Council’s agenda on ‘Women, Peace and Security’: bureaucratic pathologies and unrealised potential'
Supervisors: Professor Jude Howell, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Srisantisuk, Somparat (June 2015) 'Pro-poor Tourism Policy in Thailand'
Supervisor: Dr Sunil Kumar
Lannes, Laurence (May 2015) 'An analysis of health service delivery performance in Rwanda'
Supervisors: Dr Joan Costa-Font, Professor David Lewis
Hessel, Philipp (May 2015) ' Long-term effects of economic fluctuations on health and cognition in Europe and the United States'
Supervisors: Professor Mike Murphy, Professor John Macnicol
Jones, Eleri (May 2015) 'Care-seeking for birth in urban India'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Tiziana Leone
Brady, Anne Marie (April 2015) 'From No Work to Work? The Role of Job Placement and Skills Training Services in Assisting Unemployment Benefit II Recipients Find Work under Germany's Hartz IV Welfare Reforms'
Supervisors: Professor Hartley Dean, Dr Steen Mangen
Sorenson, Corinna (March 2015) 'Toward Effective Health Technology Regulation'
Supervisors: Professor Elias Mossialos, Dr Adam Oliver
Narea-Biscupovich, Marigen (February 2015) 'Who cares for our children matters: early maternal employment, early childcare and child development in Chile'
Supervisors: Dr Kitty Stewart, Professor Paul Dolan
Doron, Guy (February 2015) 'Is Empowerment of Disadvantaged Populations Achievable through Housing Policies? A Study of the Impact of Social Housing on the Empowerment of the Poor in Israel'
Supervisor: Professor Anne Power
Bouanchaud, Paul (January 2015) 'Male Sex Work in China: Understanding the HIV Risk Environments and Day-to-Day lives of Shenzhen's Migrant Money Boys'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
De Menil, Victoria (December 2014) 'Under-cover in Kenya: The contribution of non-state actors to mental health coverage'
Supervisors: Professor Martin Knapp, Dr David McDaid
Bates, Katie (November 2014) 'Double or divergent? Stunting overweightness in children and the burden of malnutrition in low and middle income countries: a study of Albania'
Supervisors: Dr Arjan Gjonca, Dr Tiziana Leone
Naci, Huseyin (September 2014) 'Generating comparative clinical evidence on benefits and harms to inform prescribing decisions: the case of Statins'
Supervisors: Professor Elias Mossialos, Dr Caroline Rudisill
Lopez- Herrero, Silvia (August 2014) 'Inter-sector partnerships: complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour'
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Hall, Professor Evangelia Mitleton-Kelly
Heilmann, Sarah (June 2014) 'Life-chances of children in Indonesia: The links between parental resources and children's outcomes in the areas of nutrition, cognition and health'
Supervisors: Dr Kitty Stewart, Professor John Hills
Saidi, Marya (June 2014) 'No place like HOME:Specialist Housing Services for People with Mental Health Problems. Outcomes, Movements and Experiences'
Supervisors: Professor Martin Knapp, Professor Jeni Beecham
Niza, Claudia (June 2014) 'The impact of patient financial incentives to promote blood donation and health care compliance'
Supervisors: Professor Paul Dolan, Dr Caroline Rudisill
Mladovsky, Philipa (June 2014) 'Social capital and enrolment in community based health insurance in Senegal'
Supervisors: Professor Elias Mossialos, Professor David Lewis
Marczak, Joanna (June 2014) ' Childbearing intentions of Polish men and women in Poland and the UK: progression to the second child'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast , Dr Wendy Sigle-Rushton
Caffrey, Louise (June 2014) 'Managing the commitment to protect children from maltreatment: the case of child contact centres in England'
Supervisor: Professor Eileen Munro
Bear, Daniel (May 2014) 'Adapting, Acting Out, or Standing Firm: Understanding the place of Drugs in Policing a London Borough'
Supervisors: Dr Mike Shiner, Dr Jon Jackson
Yang, Wei (May 2014) 'An analysis of inequities in health and health care in China'
Supervisors: Dr Panos Kanavos, Dr Caroline Rudisill
Richards, Benjamin (May 2014) 'National identity and social cohesion: theory and evidence for British social policy'
Supervisors: Professor Hartley Dean, Dr Tania Burchardt
Wilkoszewski, Harald (April 2014) 'Germany's social policy challenge: public intergenerational transfers in the light of demographic change'
Supervisors: Professor Mike Murphy, Dr Wendy Sigle-Rushton
Walsh, Sinead (April 2014) 'The improbability of accountability of nongovernmental organisations to their intended beneficiaries: the case of Action-Aid'
Supervisors: Professor David Lewis, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Kossarova, Lucia (April 2014) 'Assessing health system performance: the case of Slovakia and Czech Republic'
Supervisors: Professor Alistair McGuire, Dr Joan Costa-Font
Jones, Bryan (March 2014) 'The impact of regeneration on existing communities in Kent Thameside since 1991'
Supervisor: Professor Anne Power
Goisis, Alice (March 2014) 'Childbearing postponement and child well-being in the UK: Integrating and reconciling different perspectives'
Supervisors: Professor Mike Murphy, Dr Wendy Sigle-Rushton
Ng, Kok Hoe (January 2014) 'The prospects for old-age income security in Hong Kong and Singapore'
Supervisors: Professor John Hills, Dr Jonathan Hopkin
Challen, Amy (December 2013) 'Feelings, friends and behaviour: non-cognitive attributes of pupils at English secondary schools'
Supervisors: Professor Alistair McGuire, Professor Anne West
Rubincam, Clara (October 2013) 'Alternative beliefs about HIV/AIDS: re-examining distrust among young adults in Cape Town, South Africa'
Supervisors: Professor Tony Barnett, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Andrews, Ian (August 2013) 'It's a man's game: English football and socio-cultural change'
Supervisors: Professor Eric Dunning, Professor Anne West
Hameed, Shaffa (August 2013) 'Sexual health policies and youth: a case study of the Maldives'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Mrigesh Bhatia
Roberts, Jonathan (June 2013) 'Trust and early years education and care: an exploration of parents' trust in preschool provision'
Supervisor: Professor Anne West
Hu, Bo (April 2013) 'Education for migrant children: policy implementation in the changing urban education system in China'
Supervisors: Dr Bingqin Li, Professor David Piachaud
Hukin, Eleanor (April 2013) 'Unmet need for contraception in Cambodia'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Professor David Lewis
Lacey, Lauren (Mars 2013) 'Youth justice in England and Wales: exploring young offender's perceptions of restorative and procedural justice in the referral order process'
Supervisors: Professor Tim Newburn, Dr Mike Shiner
Mohebi, Melody (January 2013) 'Intellectuals, reform and the making of a modern Iranian civil society'
Supervisors: Professor Jude Howell, Professor David Lewis
Hick, Rod (January 2013) 'Poverty as capability deprivation: employing the capability approach as the basis for conceptualising and measuring poverty and deprivation in a rich nation, Social Policy context'
Supervisors: Dr Tania Burchardt, Professor David Piachaud
Du, Jie (January 2013) 'The Politics of Engendering the Policy Process: Case Studies of Two Campaigns in China - The Anti-Domestic Violence Campaign and Equal Retirement Age Campaign.'
Supervisors: Professor Jude Howell, Dr Bingqin Li
Freeman, Emily (January 2013) 'Experiences of ageing, sex and HIV infection at older age in rural Malawi.'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Rebecca Sear
Hockley, Tony (November 2012) 'A giant leap by small steps: The Conservative Party and National Health Service reform.'
Supervisor: Professor Elias Mossialos
Barbery-Regner, Nicole (October 2012) 'Beyond the fine print: water sector reform and private sector participation'
Supervisor: Dr Sunil Kumar
Sato, Azusa (October 2012) 'Rationales for traditional medicines utilisation and its equity implications: the case of Ghana.'
Supervisors: Dr Joan Costa-Font, Professor Elias Mossialos
Hong, Jihyung (October 2012) 'Socio-economic Inequalities in Mental Health and their Determinants in South Korea.'
Supervisors: Professor Martin Knapp, Professor Alistair McGuire
Gambaro, Ludovica (September 2012) 'Why are childcare workers low paid? Analysis of pay in the UK childcare sector 1994-2008.'
Supervisors: Professor Jane Lewis, Professor David Piachaud
Schmidt, Harald (August 2012) 'Just health responsibility - A comparative analysis of the role of individual behaviour in relation to cancer and weight-control policy in German and US health care systems.'
Supervisors: Professor Julian LeGrand, Dr Alex Voorhoeve
Wekesa, Eliud (August 2012) 'A new lease of life: sexual and reproductive behaviour among PLWHA in the ART era in Nairobi slums.'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Mathews, Paul (June 2012) 'Plasticity, life history and inclusive fitness: an evolutionary demography perspective on individual variation in fertility and fertility preferences in contemporary Britain.'
Supervisors: Dr Rebecca Sear, Dr Wendy Sigle-Rushton
Mejia-Pailles, Gabriela (April 2012) 'A Life Course Perspective on Social and Family Formation Transitions to Adulthood of Young Men and Women in Mexico.'
Supervisors: Professor Michael Murphy, Dr Arjan Gjonca
Barham, Eleanor (April 2012) 'Markets, Selection and Equity: How Reputation and Popularity Influence Student Admissions and Recruitment in Universities in England.'
Supervisors: Professor Anne West, Dr Mike Shiner
Srivastava, Divya (April 2012) 'An analysis of the determinants of access to medicines and health care in developing country settings.'
Supervisors: Professor Alistair McGuire , Professor Elias Mossialos
James, Adrian (Mar. 2012) 'The Influence of Intelligence-Led Policing Models on Investigative Policy and Practice in Mainstream Policing 1993-2007: Division, Resistance and Investigative Orthodoxy'
Supervisor: Professor Tim Newburn
Jones, Denis (Mar. 2012) 'Conditions for Sustainable Decarceration Strategies for Youth Justice'
Supervisors: Professor David Downes , Professor Tim Newburn
Thomson, Sarah (Dec. 2011) 'Voluntary Health Insurance and Health System Performance in the European Union'
Supervisors: Professor Elias Mossialos, Professor Alistair Mcguire
Cerri, Karin (Dec. 2011) 'Evidence, process or context? Examining the factors that drive coverage decisions of pharmaceuticals by Health Technology Assessment bodies in Europe'
Supervisors: Professor Martin Knapp, Dr Jose Luis Fernandez
Blanco-Mancilla, Georgina (Nov. 2011) 'Implementation of Health Policies in Mexico City: what factors contribute to more effective service delivery?'
Supervisors: Professor Jude Howell, Professor Anthony Hall
Kim, Suyoung (Oct. 2011) 'The Politics of Struggle in a State-Civil Society Partnership: a case study of a South Korean Workfare'
Supervisors: Professor Hartley Dean, Dr Bingqin Li
Papanicolas, Irene (Sept. 2011) 'The New NHS': Incentives for improved quality in English hospitals?
Supervisors: Professor Alistair Mcguire, Professor Elias Mossialos
Baumberg, Ben (Sept. 2011) 'The role of increasing job strain in deteriorating fitness-for-work and rising incapacity benefit receipt'
Supervisors: Professor John Hills, Dr Tania Burchardt
Mansour, Nisrine (Aug. 2011) 'Governing the Personal: family law and women's subjectivity and agency in post-conflict Lebanon'
Supervisors: Professor David Lewis, Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Puradiredja, Dewi Ismajani (June 2011) 'Contextualising condom (non-)use by rural and urban female sex workers in Indonesia'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Rebecca Sear
Chevreul, Karine (June 2011) 'General Practitioners' Prescribing Decision Making: the case of proton pump inhibitors in France'
Supervisor: Professor Elias Mossialos
Ravenscroft, Lynne (May 2011) ' "Punish and Be Damned". Judicial Discretion in Juvenile Courts: The Welfare and Punishment Dichotomy in England and Wales, and Scotland'
Supervisors: Professor David Downes , Professor Tim Newburn
Peterson Cora (May 2011) 'The consequences of formal policy links between domestic agriculture and food assistance programs: the case of the U.S. National School Lunch Program'
Supervisors: Professor Julian Le Grand , Professor Alistair McGuire
Liang, Li Lin (March 2011) 'Hospital Responses to Changes in Reimbursement Methods: An Economic Analysis of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Programme'
Supervisor: Professor Alistair McGuire
Cooper, Zachary (Jan. 2011) 'Choice, Competition and Hospital Performance: Creating Effective Incentives Within the Public Sector'
Supervisors: Professor Julian Le Grand , Professor Alistair McGuire
Ketola, Markus (Jan. 2011) 'Europeanisation and Civil Society: Early Impact of EU Pre-accession Policies on Turkish NGOs'
Supervisors: Professor Jude Howell, Dr Armine Ishkanian
Varol, Nebibe (Dec. 2010) 'Regulation and Adoption Dynamics of Pharmaceutical Technologies: Evidence from the OECD 1999-2008'
Supervisors: Professor Alistair McGuire, Dr Joan Costa-Font
Uzuki, Yuka (Nov. 2010) 'Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in the UK: Empirical Analysis of Economic Outcomes for the People Born from the 1950s to the 1980s.'
Supervisors: Professor John Hills , Professor Anne West
Pothisiri, Wiraporn (Oct. 2010) 'Postpartum Care in Thailand: Experience, Practice and Policy'
Supervisors: Dr Ernestina Coast, Dr Arjan Gjonca
Vandoros, Sotirios (Oct. 2010) 'Studies in Pricing and Competition in Regulated Pharmaceutical Markets'
Supervisors: Dr Panos Kanavos, Professor Alistair McGuire