Dr David Webster

  • Honorary Senior Research Fellow (School of Social & Political Sciences)

email: David.Webster@glasgow.ac.uk

R111 Level 1, Urban Studies, 27 Bute Gardens

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711

Research interests

Research interests

Continuing research on the labour market and social impacts of deindustrialisation is currently mainly on benefit conditionality. It also includes work on sickness/disability claims and their relationship to other aspects of worklessness and to population health; wider aspects of Universal Credit; and the changing pattern of lone parenthood. Also interested in urban development in China and in the UK private rented housing sector.

Current research project

A Critical Analysis of the Use of Disallowances and Sanctions in the UK Unemployment Benefit System since 1911

Publications

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Number of items: 25.

2019

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2019) Benefit sanctions, social citizenship and the economy. Local Economy, 34(3), pp. 316-326. (doi: 10.1177/0269094219852336)

2018

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2018) Evidence Submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights for his Visit to the United Kingdom 5-16 November 2018. Technical Report. United Nations, New York.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2018) The Great Benefit Sanctions Drive 2010-16 in Historical Perspective. Welfare Conditionality: Principles, Practices and Perspectives, York, United Kingdom, 26-28 Jun 2018.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2018) Evidence Submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry Into Benefit Sanctions (ANC0019). Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

2014

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) Evidence Submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry Into Benefit Sanctions Policy Beyond the Oakley Review (SAN0110). Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) The DWP’s Updated Statistics on JSA Sanctions: What do they show?, Further supplementary evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system, Second Report of Session 2013-14, HC 479, Vol. II, pp. Ev w111-w121. Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) 'Geographical Variations in JSA Sanctions and Disallowances', Supplementary evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system, Second Report of Session 2013-14, HC 479, Vol. II, pp. Ev w101-w111. Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) 'JSA Sanctions and Disallowances', Evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system, Second Report of Session 2013-14, Vol. II, pp. Ev w90-w101. Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

2013

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2013) Jobseeker's allowance sanctions and disallowances. Working Brief(233), pp. 6-7.

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Brown, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Macdonald, Ewan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Turok, I. (2013) The Interaction of Health, Labour Market Conditions, and Long-Term Sickness Benefit Claims in a Post-Industrial City: A Glasgow Case Study. In: Lindsay, C. and Houston, D. (eds.) Disability Benefits, Welfare Reform and Employment Policy. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, Hampshire, pp. 111-133. ISBN 9780230349940

2011

Brown, Judith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Smith, Joel, Mitchell, Richard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155, Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, James, Turok, Ivan and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2011) Medical reason for claiming employment support allowance in the UK, Scotland and Glasgow. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 68(Sup. 1), A96. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100382.315)

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2011) China: development, change and engagement. Local Economy, 26(5), pp. 317-324. (doi: 10.1177/0269094211412920)

2010

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J., Brown, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Turok, I., Mitchell, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155 and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2010) Falling Incapacity Benefit claims in a former industrial city: policy impacts or labour market improvement? Policy Studies, 31(2), pp. 163-185. (doi: 10.1080/01442870903429611)

Shi, N., Liu, H., Clark, G. and Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2010) Urban Regeneration of Industrial Areas: Affordable Housing for Low Income Populations in Cities. Project Report. Department for International Development, London.

2009

Brown, J., Hanlon, P.W., Turok, I., Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J. and Macdonald, E.B. (2009) Mental health as a reason for claiming incapacity benefit--a comparison of national and local trends. Journal of Public Health, 31(1), pp. 74-80. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn098)

2008

Brown, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Hanlon, P., Turok, I., Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J. and Macdonald, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2008) Establishing the potential for using routine data on Incapacity Benefit to assess the local impact of policy initiatives. Journal of Public Health, 30(1), pp. 54-59. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm074)

Rowthorn, R. and Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2008) Male worklessness and the rise of lone parenthood in Britain. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society(1), pp. 69-88. (doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsm004)

2007

Brown, Judith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Hanlon, Philip, Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Turok, Ivan, Arnott, James and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2007) Turning the Tap off! Incapacity Benefit in Glasgow and Scotland - Trends Over the Past Five Years. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.

2006

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2006) Welfare reform: facing up to the geography of worklessness. Local Economy, 21(2 (May), pp. 107-116. (doi: 10.1080/02690940600679300)

2005

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2005) Long-term unemployment, the invention of 'Hysteresis' and the misdiagnosis of structural unemployment in the UK. Cambridge Journal of Economics, pp. 975-995. (doi: 10.1093/cje/bei082)

2000

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2000) The geographical concentration of labour market disadvantage. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 16(1), pp. 114-128. (doi: 10.1093/oxrep/16.1.114)

1998

Turok, I. and Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1998) The New Deal: jeopardised by the geography of unemployment? Local Economy, 12(4), pp. 309-328. (doi: 10.1080/02690949808726407)

1997

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1997) Travel to work areas and local unemployment statistics: a Glasgow view. In: Turok, I. (ed.) Travel-to-Work Areas and the Measurement of Unemployment: Conference Proceedings. Series: Occasional Papers (38). Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies: Glasgow, pp. 33-75. ISBN 9781871769098

1994

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1994) Home and Workplace in the Glasgow Conurbation: A New Analysis and its Implications for Urban Regeneration and Regional Employment Policy. Working Paper. Glasgow City Housing.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1994) Housing, Transport and Employment in Glasgow. Working Paper. Glasgow Regeneration Alliance Roads and Transport Working Group, Glasgow City Housing.

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Number of items: 25.

Articles

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2019) Benefit sanctions, social citizenship and the economy. Local Economy, 34(3), pp. 316-326. (doi: 10.1177/0269094219852336)

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2013) Jobseeker's allowance sanctions and disallowances. Working Brief(233), pp. 6-7.

Brown, Judith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Smith, Joel, Mitchell, Richard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155, Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, James, Turok, Ivan and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2011) Medical reason for claiming employment support allowance in the UK, Scotland and Glasgow. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 68(Sup. 1), A96. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100382.315)

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2011) China: development, change and engagement. Local Economy, 26(5), pp. 317-324. (doi: 10.1177/0269094211412920)

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J., Brown, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Turok, I., Mitchell, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155 and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2010) Falling Incapacity Benefit claims in a former industrial city: policy impacts or labour market improvement? Policy Studies, 31(2), pp. 163-185. (doi: 10.1080/01442870903429611)

Brown, J., Hanlon, P.W., Turok, I., Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J. and Macdonald, E.B. (2009) Mental health as a reason for claiming incapacity benefit--a comparison of national and local trends. Journal of Public Health, 31(1), pp. 74-80. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn098)

Brown, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Hanlon, P., Turok, I., Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J. and Macdonald, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2008) Establishing the potential for using routine data on Incapacity Benefit to assess the local impact of policy initiatives. Journal of Public Health, 30(1), pp. 54-59. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm074)

Rowthorn, R. and Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2008) Male worklessness and the rise of lone parenthood in Britain. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society(1), pp. 69-88. (doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsm004)

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2006) Welfare reform: facing up to the geography of worklessness. Local Economy, 21(2 (May), pp. 107-116. (doi: 10.1080/02690940600679300)

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2005) Long-term unemployment, the invention of 'Hysteresis' and the misdiagnosis of structural unemployment in the UK. Cambridge Journal of Economics, pp. 975-995. (doi: 10.1093/cje/bei082)

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2000) The geographical concentration of labour market disadvantage. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 16(1), pp. 114-128. (doi: 10.1093/oxrep/16.1.114)

Turok, I. and Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1998) The New Deal: jeopardised by the geography of unemployment? Local Economy, 12(4), pp. 309-328. (doi: 10.1080/02690949808726407)

Book Sections

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Brown, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Macdonald, Ewan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Turok, I. (2013) The Interaction of Health, Labour Market Conditions, and Long-Term Sickness Benefit Claims in a Post-Industrial City: A Glasgow Case Study. In: Lindsay, C. and Houston, D. (eds.) Disability Benefits, Welfare Reform and Employment Policy. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, Hampshire, pp. 111-133. ISBN 9780230349940

Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1997) Travel to work areas and local unemployment statistics: a Glasgow view. In: Turok, I. (ed.) Travel-to-Work Areas and the Measurement of Unemployment: Conference Proceedings. Series: Occasional Papers (38). Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies: Glasgow, pp. 33-75. ISBN 9781871769098

Research Reports or Papers

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2018) Evidence Submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights for his Visit to the United Kingdom 5-16 November 2018. Technical Report. United Nations, New York.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2018) Evidence Submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry Into Benefit Sanctions (ANC0019). Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) Evidence Submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry Into Benefit Sanctions Policy Beyond the Oakley Review (SAN0110). Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) The DWP’s Updated Statistics on JSA Sanctions: What do they show?, Further supplementary evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system, Second Report of Session 2013-14, HC 479, Vol. II, pp. Ev w111-w121. Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) 'Geographical Variations in JSA Sanctions and Disallowances', Supplementary evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system, Second Report of Session 2013-14, HC 479, Vol. II, pp. Ev w101-w111. Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2014) 'JSA Sanctions and Disallowances', Evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system, Second Report of Session 2013-14, Vol. II, pp. Ev w90-w101. Technical Report. House of Commons, London.

Shi, N., Liu, H., Clark, G. and Webster, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2010) Urban Regeneration of Industrial Areas: Affordable Housing for Low Income Populations in Cities. Project Report. Department for International Development, London.

Brown, Judith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Hanlon, Philip, Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Turok, Ivan, Arnott, James and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2007) Turning the Tap off! Incapacity Benefit in Glasgow and Scotland - Trends Over the Past Five Years. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1994) Home and Workplace in the Glasgow Conurbation: A New Analysis and its Implications for Urban Regeneration and Regional Employment Policy. Working Paper. Glasgow City Housing.

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (1994) Housing, Transport and Employment in Glasgow. Working Paper. Glasgow Regeneration Alliance Roads and Transport Working Group, Glasgow City Housing.

Conference or Workshop Item

Webster, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711 (2018) The Great Benefit Sanctions Drive 2010-16 in Historical Perspective. Welfare Conditionality: Principles, Practices and Perspectives, York, United Kingdom, 26-28 Jun 2018.

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Additional information

Qualifications:

BA Hons, Economics, Queens' College, Cambridge, 1968

MBA, University of Glasgow, 1992 (Siemens Nixdorf prize for Quantitative Techniques; KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock prize for most outstanding 2nd year student; University of Glasgow Management Club prize for most distinguished MBA graduate of 1992).  Dissertation: Partners: A Study in the Effective Management of Interorganizational Collaboration in the Public Sector

PhD, University of Glasgow, 2010.  Dissertation: Impacts of Deindustrialisation on the Labour Market and Beyond, available at http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1720. 

Professional Membership:

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing

Editorial Board Membership:

Local Economy

Former Roles:

Housing Strategy Manager, Glasgow City Council 1981-2010; specialist adviser to House of Commons Environment, Social Security/Education & Employment, and Scottish Affairs Committees


Dr David Webster