- Professor, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Stewart's research interests include child poverty and disadvantage, early years policy, and international comparisons of policy and outcomes relating to poverty and inequality. Recent projects include a four year mixed methods study of the impact of the two-child limit and the benefit cap on larger families in the UK, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. She has also conducted recent research examining the effect of early years policy changes on inequalities in access to high quality early education and care. Current work includes an analysis of the impact of the Scottish Child Payment, funded by the Aberdeen Financial Fairness Trust, and an investigation of the factors associated with the fall and rise of inequalities in low birthweight in England.
Professor Stewart has a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute, Florence. After finishing her PhD she spent two years at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence before joining LSE in 2001. She is now Professor of Social Policy and Associate Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE).
Experience
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2001–presentAssociate Professor, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
Publications
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2014Employment trajectories and later employment outcomes for mothers in the British household panel survey: an analysis by skill level, Journal of Social Policy
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2014An Equal Start: Providing Quality Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children (coedited with Ludovica Gambaro and Jane Waldfogel), Policy Press
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2013Labour's record on the under fives: policy, spending and outcomes 1997 - 2010 , Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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2013Equal access to high quality early education and care? Evidence from England and lessons from other countries, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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2013Does money affect children's outcomes? A systematic review (with Kerris Cooper), Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Honours
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
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