Emma is Senior Research Officer at the Wales Centre for Public Policy, leading social justice projects.
Prior to this, Emma was Research Associate at the University of Birmingham, seconded to Step Up To Serve, the charity running the #iwill campaign. Emma’s background is in the charity sector, having worked for WE and English PEN, as well as for think tank Credos. She has a first class BA (Hons) in History from the University of Warwick.
Emma recently completed a PhD part-time at the University of Birmingham’s Third Sector Research Centre on working-class girls’ participation in social action.
Emma’s major research interests are in social justice and the third sector.
Emma’s blogs for WCPP:
Volunteering and wellbeing in the pandemic: Learning from practice
Building on strong foundations: the volunteer response to the pandemic in Wales
Recovering from the Coronavirus pandemic: maintaining a legacy of volunteering
Increasing the reach of the What Works network