Research expertise
The Centre for Public Policy is the doorway to policy research and expertise at the University of Glasgow.
We have access to knowledge, insights and expertise in a broad range of public policy areas, through our core team, senior fellows, and a network of more than 100 Affiliated Researchers - individuals who work closely with the Centre but whose primary affiliation is elsewhere in the University of Glasgow.
We've arranged that expertise into six broad categories below, which align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Working towards these goals is key commitment of the University of Glasgow.
Media enquiries
Researchers on this page can provide insights and expertise in their policy areas to policymakers and the media.
Contact us
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any of our outputs or connect with our researchers: public-policy@glasgow.ac.uk.
Justice and rights
This group of researchers explore how justice, rights, and legal systems shape fair and inclusive societies. Their expertise is broad, spanning from children's rights to international law, criminal justice, prisons, and legal reform. Their work supports progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16.
Sustainable Development Goals
Governance and politics
Researchers in this category examine how governance, political systems, and institutional change can support more effective, inclusive, and accountable societies. Their expertise is broad, from elections and democracy, defence and security, to AI governance, peacebuilding, and public services. Their work largely drives forward Sustainable Development Goal 17.
Sustainable Development Goals
See our experts in Governance and politics
- Professor Yannis Tsalavoutas
- Professor Bernhard Reinsberg
- Professor Timothy Peacock
- Lucille Tetley-Brown
- Dr Nour Ghadban
- Dr Jaylan Azer
- Dr Fred Paxton
- Dr Paul Reilly
- Professor Anja Neundorf
- Professor Sergi Pardos-Prado
- Dr Rhys Crilley
- Dr Clementine Hill O'Connor
- Dr Maha Rafi Atal
- Professor Christopher Carman
Health and social policy
These researchers explore how health and social policies can reduce inequality, improve wellbeing, and build resilient communities. Their work covers a wide range of issues from youth mental health, public health, to gambling harms, tobacco control, inequality, and neglected tropical diseases, and more. Their work contributes to the delivery of UN Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 3, and 10.
Sustainable Development Goals
See our experts in Health and social policy
- Dr Paula Karlsson-Brown
- Professor Jude Robinson
- Professor Ellen Stewart
- Professor Honghan Wu
- Dr Frederick Ho
- Professor Petra Meier
- Dr Simon Walker
- Dr Gillian Fergie
- Professor Laurence Moore
- Dr David Blane
- Michal Shimonovich
- Dr David Walsh
- Professor Andrea Williamson
- Professor Emilie Combet
- Professor Sayantan Ghosal
- Professor Heather Wardle
- Dr Jessica Enright
- Dr Fabiola Creed
- Professor David Conway
- Dr Jo Inchley
- Professor Jim Lewsey
- Dr Nai Rui Chng
- Dr Michael Howcroft
- Professor Annette Hastings
- Dr Daria Ukhova
- Dr Jana Anderson
- Louise Lawson
- Professor Peter Craig
- Professor Ben Colburn
- Professor Ruth Dundas
- Dr Ellen Bishop
- Dr Serena Pattaro
- Dr Harvey Humphrey
- Sarah Tipping
- Dr Jane Cullingworth
- Professor Kirstin Mitchell
- Dr Emma Laurie
- Jo Winterbottom
- Dr Jonathan Stokes
- Dr Eleanor Grieve
- Professor Kate O'Donnell
- Professor Charlotte Pearson
- Professor Nasar Meer
- Professor Sharon Wright
- Professor Ruth Patrick
Economy and infrastructure
Researchers in this group investigate the systems and strategies that support resilient economies and sustainable infrastructure. Their expertise is broad, from housing policy, to creative and cultural development, digital innovation, placemaking, and more, contributing to the delivery of Sustainable Development Goals 9, 11, and 12.
Sustainable Development Goals
See our experts in Economy and infrastructure
- Professor Kenneth Gibb
- Professor Emeritus Duncan Maclennan
- Dr Lauren Tuckerman
- Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen
- Professor Sarah Cook
- Professor Jayita Sarkar
- Dr Mingshu Wang
- Dr Ula Furgal
- Dr Mark Wong
- Dr Helen Traill
- Dr Richard Osborne
- Dr Lynn Wilson
- Dr Katherine Champion
- Professor Rebecca Madgin
- Dr Ewan Gibbs
Education and work
This group brings together expertise on education and work, from media literacy and labour markets to gender and entrepreneurship, education policy, and just transition, their research supports progress toward UN Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 8.
Sustainable Development Goals
Climate and the environment
Focused on the environmental challenges that shape our planet’s future, this group of researchers have broad expertise spanning climate change, the circular economy, food sustainability, urban policy, and climate politics and misinformation, and more.
Their work advances the aims of UN Sustainable Development Goals 6, 7, 13, 14, and 15.
Sustainable Development Goals
See our experts in Climate and the environment
- Dr Ajaz Ahmed
- Dr Abraham Zhang
- Dr Rhys Williams
- Dr Lluis de Nadal
- Professor Jing Yao
- Dr David Bailey
- Dr Jun Young Cheong
- Professor Patrick Bayer
- Dr Katherine Simpson
- Professor Jaime Toney
- Professor João Porto de Albuquerque
- Dr Emma Lawlor
- Dr Miza Moreau
- Professor Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay
- Tianyi Tang
