Professor Steve McKay

Professor of Social Research, University of Birmingham

Within TSRC, Steve McKay works on issues surrounding the economic impact of the sector. Currently he is currently looking at the workforce employed within the sector, their characteristics and contribution. He is also conducting the cost-benefit analysis for the evaluation of V, the organisation providing grants for youth volunteering opportunities.

Steve is also head of the subject group of social policy at Birmingham University. He has a wide range of research interests covering inequality, employment, social security, wealth and the balance between state, family and self-provision (such as in pensions and child support).

Experience:
Steve has been active in social research for over twenty years. He moved to Birmingham in January 2007, and has previously worked for IFS, PSI and at the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Loughborough. He has particular expertise in the secondary analysis of complex datasets, though his work has included qualitative and mixed-method designs. He runs a personal website at: http://www.benefits.org.uk/pubs.htm

Steve teaches the final year course ‘Poverty and Social Security’, and contributes to teaching on MA research methods and undergraduate courses.

Contact:
Tel: 0121 415 8559
Email: s.mckay@tsrc.ac.uk

Third Sector Research Centre
University of Birmingham
Park House
Edgbaston Park Road
Birminham
B15 2TT