Elliott Johnson

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Elliott is Professor of Public Policy and Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Northumbria University, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Public Affairs Lead for the Common Sense Policy Group. Elliott is an internationally recognised leader in disability and social security research, with his work focusing on inequalities and social determinants of health, particularly the impact of work and welfare and especially in relation to disabled and underrepresented people. His work with the Common Sense Policy Group includes Act Now, a whole-of-government domestic policy platform covering everything from health and social care to education, social security and the net zero transition.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Vice Chancellor's Fellow in Public Policy, Northumbria University
  • 2026–present
    Professor of Public Policy, Northumbria University
  • 2023–2024
    Research Associate, Cardiff University
  • 2022–2024
    Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy, Northumbria University
  • 2021–2022
    Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
  • 2018–2020
    Research and Insight Manager, Activity Alliance
  • 2020–2020
    Researcher, Lancaster University
  • 2017–2018
    Senior Research Executive, Activity Alliance
  • 2014–2016
    Senior Research Executive, EngineeringUK

Education

  • 2023 
    University of Warwick, PhD in Health Sciences
  • 2009 
    Newcastle University, MA Politics (Research)
  • 2008 
    Newcastle University, BA (Hons) Classical Studies

Publications

  • 2023
    Understanding the relationship between income and mental health among 16- to 24-year-olds: Analysis of 10 waves (2009-2020) of Understanding Society to enable modelling of income interventions, PLoS ONE
  • 2023
    Universal Basic Income is affordable and feasible: evidence from economic microsimulation modelling, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice
  • 2023
    Can the downward spiral be stopped? Balancing transformative policy with feasibility in red wall constituencies, British Journal of Politics & International Relations
  • 2023
    Designing a generic, adaptive protocol resource for the measurement of health impact in cash transfer pilot and feasibility studies and trials in high-income countries, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
  • 2022
    Are ‘red wall’ constituencies really opposed to progressive policy? Examining the impact of materialist narratives for Universal Basic Income, British Politics
  • 2022
    Designing trials of Universal Basic Income for health impact: identifying interdisciplinary questions to address, Journal of Public Health
  • 2021
    Modelling the size, cost and health impacts of Universal Basic Income: What can be done in advance of a trial?, Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology
  • 2021
    Why has the COVID-19 pandemic increased support for Universal Basic Income?, Humanities and Social Science Communications
  • 2021
    Examining the ethical underpinnings of Universal Basic Income as a public health policy: prophylaxis, social engineering and ‘good’ lives’, Journal of Medical Ethics
  • 2020
    Mitigating social and economic sources of trauma: the need for Universal Basic Income during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
  • 2020
    Measuring the health impact of Universal Basic Income as an upstream intervention: holistic trial design that captures stress reduction is essential, Evidence & Policy
  • 2019
    Stress, domination and basic income: considering a citizens’ entitlement response to a public health crisis, Social Theory & Health

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Examining credibility of current evidence for welfare as a public health measure: pathways, causation and cost-benefit of further research
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    National Institute for Health Research
  • 2022
    Understanding the prospective public health impact and social feasibility of Universal Basic Income schemes in the UK: Developing microsimulation of impact on self-rated health and QALYs and public engagement with “left behind” communities to understand “willingness to pay”
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    National Institute for Health Research
  • 2021
    Assessing the prospective impacts of Universal Basic Income on anxiety and depression among 14-24-year-olds
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Wellcome Trust

Professional Memberships

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • ESRC Peer Review College
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Contact Elliott for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision