About
Linda Hantrais FAcSS is Visiting Professor at the LSE International Inequalities Institute; and Emeritus Professor of European Social Policy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University, UK.
Her international activities have involved membership of research advisory committees, particularly in France and elsewhere in Europe, including the Agence nationale de la Recherche, the Comité national d’évaluation de la recherche; the Council of Advisors of Population Europe, the European Commission’s High Level Group of Experts on Demographic Questions, convened by the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and evaluation panels for DG Research and Innovation. She has also undertaken consultancies for the British Council, ESRC, European Science Foundation and European Universities Association. Since 2011, she has chaired the UK Academy of Social Sciences’ International Advisory Group
Her research interests focus on three interrelated themes: international comparative research theory, methodology and practice, and the management of international multidisciplinary research projects; international comparisons of public policy and institutional structures, with particular reference to European social policy and the implications of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic for EU and UK social policy, higher education and research; and the relationship between socio-demographic change and policy responses, drawing on the evidence base.
Her recent publications include articles, papers, blogs and monographs on the socio-economic and political dimensions of Brexit and the pandemic for EU and UK social policy and research, as well as comparisons of the differential impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in the European Union and beyond. Her most recent work is an edited How to… guide to the management of international multidisciplinary research projects targeting mid-career researchers.