Poverty measurement

David Donnison and Steve Winyard, were academic colleagues of the 1968/69 Poverty in the United Kingdom research team at the time of the study. You can watch their itnerviews below.

In 1968, Donnison was an academic at the London School of Economics and colleague of Peter Townsend and Brian Abel-Smith. In 1969, he went on to work at the research think-tank, The Centre for Environmental Studies, and then, in 1975, became Chair of the Supplementary Benefits Commission.  In 1980, he moved to Glasgow University where he is now an Emeritus Professor in Urban Studies. In this interivew, he reflects back on the impact of social science research over the last fifty years.  His interview is in six parts:

The research team for the Poverty in the UK survey of 1968-69 were based at the University of Essex and the London School of Economics. The project was set up by Peter Townsend and Brian Abel-Smith who left part way through the project to become a Senior Advisor at the Department of Health and Social Security.

There were three research officers: Hilary Land, Dennis Marsden and John Veit-Wilson who were joined by Adrian Sinfield. Below you can watch interviews with the three surviving members of this core team:

Hilary Land, currenly Emeritus Professor of Family Policy and Child Welfare, University of Bristol

John Veit-Wilson, currenly Emeritus professor Sociology, Newcastle University

Adrian Sinfield, currently Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Edinburgh.

Intro. blurb for summary

The PSE team have published the results of the Northern Ireland PSE survey research, the findings of the PSE UK qualitative research in Northern Ireland and the methodolgy and impact of the PSE community collaboration project in the following publications and journal papers.

In 'Beneath the Surface: Child Poverty in Northern Ireland', (pp. 11-34,  Chapter 2) Belfast: Child Poverty Alliance (2014)

Summary