Dr Serena Pattaro

Research Fellow (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

telephone: 0044 (0)141 330 5981
email: Serena.Pattaro@glasgow.ac.uk

Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), 7 Lilybank Gardens (Room 7/403), University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8RZ

Biography

I am Research Fellow, Co-Investigator and Leadership Group member at the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), part of the UKRI ESRC-funded Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK). I am based at the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy and affiliated with the School of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow.

My research focuses on three key areas involving the analysis of linked administrative data from the benefits, tax and health systems:

Socioeconomic, household and environmental risk factors for COVID-19 in Scotland (Project Lead)
Health and employment support needs of the Scottish working-age population (Project Co-Lead)
The causal effects of benefit sanctions on health (Project Co-Lead)

I hold a DPhil from Nuffield College at the University of Oxford where my doctoral research examined women’s employment instability and fertility dynamics, using advanced survival modelling techniques applied to cross-national retrospective life history data from the UN Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Before joining the University of Glasgow, I was a post-doctoral research scientist at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and, prior to that, at the ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton. My work there focused on fertility postponement and recuperation, analysing microdata from two major British cohort studies: the 1958 National Child Development Studies and 1970 British Cohort Study.

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Research interests

Social and health inequalities
Labour market dynamics
Unemployment
Economic inactivity
Disability
Social security benefits
Natural experiments
Quasi-experimental designs
Mental health and wellbeing
Benefit sanctions
Welfare reform
Household poverty
Child poverty
COVID-19
Economic recovery
Disadvantaged groups
Gender inequalities
Population dynamics
Fertility transition
Mortality
Life-course transitions
Cross-national comparative research
Quantitative research methods
Survival analysis
Causal inference
Data visualization
Large and complex longitudinal survey data
Linked administrative data
Cross-sectoral data linkage

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Publications

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2025

Shaw, R. J. et al. (2025) Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: a pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records. PLoS ONE, 20(4), e0321201. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321201) (PMID:40203025) (PMCID:PMC11981124)

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2025) Occupational differences in COVID-19 hospital admission and mortality risks between women and men in Scotland: a population-based study using linked administrative data. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 82(3), pp. 128-137. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2024-109562) (PMID:40306899)

2024

Amele, S. et al. (2024) Quality of ethnicity data within Scottish health records and implications of misclassification for ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19: a national linked data study. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), pp. 116-122. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdad196) (PMID:37861114) (PMCID:PMC10901260)

2023

Amele, S. et al. (2023) Ethnic inequalities in positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, infection prognosis, COVID-19 hospitalisations, and deaths: Analysis of two years of a record linked national cohort study in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, pp. 641-648. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220501) (PMID:37524538) (PMCID:PMC10511958)

Shaw, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-6066, Rhead, Rebecca, Zhu, Jingmin, Wels, Jacques, Silverwood, Richard, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Hamilton, Olivia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-0058, Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Boyd, Andy and Katikireddi, Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2023) The Relationship Between Testing Positive for COVID-19 and Economic Activity and Employment Status: Evidence from Five Longitudinal Studies Linked to English NHS Testing Data. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Newcastle University, UK, 6-8 September 2023. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.283)

2022

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949, Williams, Evan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-5714, Gibson, Marcia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-9228, Wells, Valerie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-6208, Tranmer, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-1570 and Dibben, Chris (2022) The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), pp. 611-653. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421001069)

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2022) Occupational differences in COVID-19 hospital admission and mortality between women and men in Scotland: A population-based study using linked administrative data. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3), 069. (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1841)

2021

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2021) Occupation and COVID-19 deaths: Scotland in a comparative perspective. Working Paper. Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), Edinburgh. (doi: 10.7488/era/1622).

2020

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Vanderbloemen, Laura and Minton, Jon (2020) Visualizing fertility trends for 45 countries using composite lattice plots. Demographic Research, 42(23), pp. 689-712. (doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.23)

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2020) Can we use linked administrative data to identify social disadvantage? [Website]

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2020) Is There a Consistent Pattern in Benefit Sanctions Rates by Jobcentre Plus Offices in Scotland? Working Paper. Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research, Edinburgh. (doi: 10.7488/era/111).

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2020) Using linked longitudinal administrative data to identify social disadvantage. Social Indicators Research, 147(3), pp. 865-895. (doi: 10.1007/s11205-019-02173-1)

2019

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949, Williams, Evan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-5714, Gibson, Marcia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-9228, Wells, Valerie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-6208, Wright, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-6052, Tranmer, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-1570 and Dibben, Chris (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949, Williams, Evan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-5714, Gibson, Marcia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-9228, Wells, Valerie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-6208, Wright, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-6052, Tranmer, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-1570 and Dibben, Chris (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. Documentation. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

2018

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2018) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Benefits and Earnings Histories to Identify Social Disadvantage. Institute for Employment Research International Workshop: Welfare and Unemployment Dynamics, Nuremberg, Germany, 8-9 Nov 2018.

2017

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2017) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Employment History to Identify Poverty Risks and Social Need. Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Conference, Stirling, UK, 11-13 Oct 2017.

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2017) The Influence of Recent Employment History on Poverty Risks: A Study Using Linked Administrative and Survey Data. 50th Anniversary Conference of the Social Policy Association, Durham, UK, 10-12 Jul 2017.

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2017) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Employment History to Identify Poverty Risks and Social Need. Administrative Data Research Network Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 1-2 Jun 2017.

2016

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Minton, Jon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1207-6259 and Vanderbloemen, Laura (2016) Exploring age-specific and cumulative cohort rates using Lexis surface lattice plots: An international comparison of Human Fertility Database and Human Fertility Collection Data. In: MPIDR 2nd Human Fertility Database Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 23-24 Jun 2016,

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2016) Pre-Birth Employment Instability and Maternal Labour Market Transitions Following the Birth of the First Child in Italy and Sweden: A Competing Risks Analysis. In: European Population Conference, Mainz, Germany, 31 Aug - 3 Sept 2016,

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2016) Women’s Employment Instability and Fertility Dynamics: Cross-Cohort Changes in Italy and Sweden [Invited talk]. In: VID Colloquium Seminar, Vienna, Austria, 21 January 2016,

2014

Berrington, Ann and Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2014) Educational differences in fertility desires, intentions and behaviour: a life course perspective. Advances in Life Course Research, 21, pp. 10-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2013.12.003) (PMID:26047539)

2012

Berrington, Ann M. and Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2012) The Impact of Women's Relative Earnings and Gender Equity on the Recuperation of Fertility among Older Couples in Britain. In: European Population Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 13-16 June 2012,

2011

Berrington, Ann and Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2011) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages: A Cross-Cohort Comparison of the role of Fertility Intentions, Partnership and Employment Careers. In: Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2011,

Berrington, Anne and Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2011) The Effect of Household Resources and Gender Equality on the Transition to Parenthood Among Couples in Britain. In: Annual International Conference of the Society for Longitudinal Life Course Studies, Ravensberger Spinnerei, Bielefeld, Germany, 26-28 Sept 2011,

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2011) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: IX Population Conference, University of Ancona, Italy, 2-4 Feb 2011,

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2011) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2011,

2010

Berrington, Ann M. and Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2010) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In: European Population Conference, Vienna, Austria, 1-4 Sept 2010,

Berrington, Ann M. and Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2010) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In: British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference, Exeter, UK, 13-15 Sept 2010,

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2010) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: European Consortium for Sociological Research Conference, Bamberg, Germany, 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2010,

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Articles

Research Reports or Papers

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949, Williams, Evan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-5714, Gibson, Marcia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-9228, Wells, Valerie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-6208, Wright, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-6052, Tranmer, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-1570 and Dibben, Chris (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. Documentation. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

Conference or Workshop Item

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949, Williams, Evan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-5714, Gibson, Marcia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-9228, Wells, Valerie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-6208, Wright, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-6052, Tranmer, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-1570 and Dibben, Chris (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443, Bailey, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-5949 and Dibben, Chris (2017) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Employment History to Identify Poverty Risks and Social Need. Administrative Data Research Network Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 1-2 Jun 2017.

Conference Proceedings

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2011) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2011,

Berrington, Ann M. and Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2010) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In: British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference, Exeter, UK, 13-15 Sept 2010,

Website

Pattaro, Serena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443 (2020) Can we use linked administrative data to identify social disadvantage? [Website]

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Grants

2022-2026: UK Research Innovation (UKRI) Economic and Social Resarch Council (ESRC) - "University of Edinburgh 2022-2026 ADR UK Programme". Grant reference: ES/W010321/1 (UofG share: £741,822). Role: Co-Investigator.

2021-2022: UK Research Innovation (UKRI) Economic and Social Resarch Council (ESRC) - "Administrative Data Research Centres 2018". Grant reference: ES/S007407/1 (UofG share: £139,991). Role: Co-Investigator.

2018-2021: UKRI ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative - "Assessing the impacts of benefit sanctions on health". Grant reference: ES/R005729/1 (£161,200). Role: Co-Investigator.

2021: UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - UKRI COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation scheme - "Assessing the impacts of benefit sanctions on health". Grant reference: ES/R005729/1 (£12,131). Role: Co-Investigator.

Supervision

I am interested in supervising both postgraduate dissertations and PhD theses in the following areas:

Social and health inequalities
Social security benefit policies
Labour market dynamics, unemployment and economic inactivity
Disability
Welfare reform
Housheold poverty and child poverty
School-to-work transitions
Mental health and wellbeing
Gender inequalities
Life-course transitions, fertility and family dynamics
Family policies
Cross-national comparative research
Quantitative research methods

Current PhD students:

Mridhula Gopalan: Studying work, welfare and health through linked administrative data (2023-2027) University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences (CoSS) PhD Scholarship funding

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi: Living with disabilities, household conditions and COVID-19: a Scottish population-based study using linked administrative data (2023-2027) UKRI Economic ad Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) Steers Studentship Competition funding

PhD scholarship funding award:

2025: University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences (CoSS) Supervisor Led PhD Scholarship Funding - Project "Exploring transitions to early adulthood using data from Growing Up in Scotland" (+3 award) (Role: Co-Supervisor)

Since 2016 I have supervised over 20 MSc students from diverse programmes, including Public Policy and Management, Global Health, Urban Trasport and Urban Analytics.

Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
Living with disabilities, household conditions and COVID-19: a Scottish population-based study using linked administrative data

Teaching

Quantitative Data Analysis (Postgraduate Taught course, Semester 1), Convenor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow

Introduction to administrative data research and analysis (IADRA) (Postgraduate training course, Semesters 1 and 2) Contributing lecturer, Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), University of Edinburgh, and the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS) Development Support Unit

Social and Public Policy 2A (Undergraduate course, Semester 1), Contributing lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow

Additional information

KE & Policy engagement

Invited speaker at the ADR Scotland Work, Welfare and Economy Workshop, with a presentation on "Using RAPID data to investigate the relationship between work, welfare and health", 7 May 2025, Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, Edinburgh

Invited speaker to provide oral evidence for House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee's session on the effectiveness of benefit sanctions (HC 1308), 10 May 2023, Palace of Westminster, London

Co-chair of the DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop, co-hosted by DWP, the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), and the University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences (CoSS), 4 October 2023, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow

Scottish Parliament debate on the impacts of benefit sanctions (S6M-03259) led by Kaukab Stewart MSP, based on the findings of the study "The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence" by Pattaro et al. (2022), 31 March 2022, The Scottish Parliament, Edinbrugh

Open letter to Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, signed by Kaukab Stewart, MSP, and 30 MSP colleagues, 31 March 2022

Parliamentary Question on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification for the Department for Work and Pensions (UIN 49671)", tabled by Jonathan Ashworth, MP, 8 September 2022, House of Commons

Invited speaker at ADR Scotland Partnership event, with a presentation on Occupational risk factors for COVID-19 in Scotland, 22 November 2021, virtual

Invited speaker at the Department for Work and Pensions internal meeting, with a presentation on "Using longitudinal administrative data on benefit and earnings histories to identify social disadvantage", 19 February 2020, Caxton House, London

Co-organiser and presenter at the workshop on the impacts of welfare reform for DWP and University of Glasgow colleagues, with a presentation on Labour market and wider impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review, 10 October 2019, Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), University of Glasgow

Media coverage

SCADR research featured in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research SCADR news, 29 January 2024

Review of the DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop, University of Glasgow Social Sciences Hub, 23 October 2023

Review of the recent DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop, Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research Blog, 23 October 2023

UK Parliament Committee Session on Effectiveness of Benefit Sanctions, University of Glasgow Social Sciences Hub, 1 June 2023

DWP blocks data for study of whether benefit sanctions linked to suicide, The Guardian, 2 March 2022

Calls for DWP to end cover-up of key benefit sanctions data, The National, 31 March 2022

UK government report on benefit sanctions should be made public, Kaukab Stewart says, The National, 31 March 2022

The impacts of benefit sanctions - review article, School of Social and Political Sciences News, University of Glasgow, 27 April 2022

Health staff mortality rate 'lower in Scotland', healthandcare.scot - Scotland's health and care news channel, 20 January 2022

Public engagement

Household living arrangements and Covid-19 among disabled people, Joint Research Data Scotland (RDS)/ Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) Scotland Talks Data Public Panel, 23 April 2024, virtual

Understanding the health and employment support needs of the Sccottish working age population (with Vittal Katikireddi), ADR Scotland Public Panel, 6 February 2023, virtual

Invited speaker with a presentation on Unique Property Reference Numbers (with Chris Dibben), ADR UK Researcher Network Symposium 6, 27 September 2022, virtual

Invited speaker with a presentation on Occupational differences in COVID-19 mortality in Scotland, ADR UK Researcher Network Symposium 4, 23 February 2022, virtual

Occupation and COVID-19 deaths: Scotland in a comparative perspective, Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) Data Insights, 16 December 2021

Investigating te socioeconomic, household and environmental risk factors for COVID-19 in Scotland, ADR Scotland Public Panel, 30 October 2020, virtual

Invited speaker with a presentation on Investigating te socioeconomic, household and environmental risk factors for COVID-19 in Scotland, ADR UK Researcher Network Symposium: Inequalities & Social Inclusion, 23 September 2020, virtual

Invited speaker at the ADR UK Panel session Why COVID-19 has made data linkage matter more than ever, 31 July 2020, Centre for Homelessness Impact Festival

Can we use linked administrative data to identify social disadvantage? Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) Blog, 6 February 2020

Editorial activities

Editorial board member of Journal of Social Policy (2021-2024)
Editorial board member of Social Policy and Society (2021-2024)

Membership of professional and learned societies:

Social Policy Association (2017-present)
European Network for Social Policy Analysis (2019-present)
Royal Statistical Society (2017-present)
British Society for Population Studies (2017-present)

Review of journal manuscripts:

Journal of Social Policy; Social Policy and Administration; Social Forces; Social Policy and Society; Social Indicators Research; Population and Development Review; Cambridge Journal of Education; International Journal Population Data Science; Demographic Research; Population Studies; Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Professional service

2025-present: member of the Advisory Group for the 2025/26 MSc Programme Public Policy and Data Analytics, Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy, University of Glasgow

2024-present: member of the Advisory Group for the 2025/26 PGTR Methods provision, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow

2021-present: Research-Only Staff Lead at the CoSS-CoAH Working Group on the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, College of Social Sciences (CoSS), University of Glasgow

2024-present: Member of the Internal Peer Review College, University of Glasgow

2023-present: Mentor for Catalyst Leadership and Career Mentoring for Research Staff, University of Glasgow

Professional affiliations

2023-present: Associate member of the School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (MVLS), University of Glasgow

2024-present: Member of the UKRI ESRC Research Leadership Network

2022-present: Member of the British Academy Early Career Researchers Network

2012-present: Associate member of the ESRC Centre for Population Change/ Connecting Generations, University of Southampton

Scientific advisor

2024-present: Member of the Stakeholder Group for the project "Evaluating and simulating child poverty reduction policies to improve child and maternal health and reduce health inequalities", funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (PI: Anna Pearce, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)

2020-2024: Member of the Advisory Group for the project "Women in multiple low-paid employment: pathways between work, care and health", funded by Nuffield Foundation (PI: Louise Lawson, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow)

Chair

Health, Themed Roundtable discussion, WiMPLE: Responding to findings and developing recommendations, 1 March 2024, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Glasgow

Children and families, DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop, 4 October 2023, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow

Research using real-world data, Parallel Session C, International Population Data Linkage Network Conference, 7-9 September 2022, Edinburgh

Social Mobility, Parallel Session, Administrative Data Research Network Annual Research Conference, 1-2 June 2017, Edinburgh

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