Ms Emma Congreve
Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Personal statement
Emma Congreve is Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow and Deputy Director at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Emma's work at the Institute is focussed on policy analysis, covering a wide range of areas of social and economic policy.
Emma is an experienced economist and has previously held roles as a senior economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and as an economic adviser within the Scottish Government.
Her particular area of expertise is economic policy relating to low income households. She also has a background in a range of policy areas, including local government finance and environment and agricultural economic policy.
Publications
- Economic commentary [April 2025]
- Gillan Brodie, Rooney Aidan, Spowage Mairi, Hampson Josh, Congreve Emma, Sousa João
- Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary Vol 50 (2025)
- Observing Receipt of the Scottish Child Payment in Survey Data
- Randolph Hannah, McFadyen Chirsty, Congreve Emma
- (2025)
- Evidence on the Financial Security of People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland
- McFadyen Chirsty, Muirhead Matthew, Callander Ruth, Congreve Emma
- (2025)
- Meeting Scotland's Child Poverty Targets : Modelling and Policy Packages
- Randolph Hannah L, McFadyen Chirsty, Congreve Emma
- (2025)
- Wealth Disparities and Health Inequalities
- Congreve Emma
- SHERU Spotlight on Research SHERU Spotlight on Research (2025)
- New awards of disability benefits for adults : Comparing Scotland with England and Wales
- Congreve Emma
- (2024)
Research Interests
Issues affecting low income households including social security & low pay
Child poverty
Inclusive growth and 'wellbeing' policy
Modelling of household incomes
Labour market & employability
Disability (particularly Learning Disabilities)
Social Care
Policy appraisal and evaluation
Professional Activities
- A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland
- Chair
- 9/4/2025
- Uncertain start to 2025 for Scottish economy as employers brace for increased costs
- Contributor
- 2/4/2025
- Submission of evidence for the Tackling Child Poverty delivery plan 2026
- Contributor
- 28/3/2025
- Do Scotland’s child poverty statistics capture the impact of the Scottish Child Payment?
- Contributor
- 27/3/2025
- A step in the right direction: Child poverty falls in Scotland, but misses interim targets
- Contributor
- 27/3/2025
- Evidence on the Financial Security of People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland
- Member of programme committee
- 27/3/2025
Projects
- Scottish Budget Analysis (Strand 2 & 3)
- Sousa, Joao (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Child poverty data & modelling
- Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator)
- 04-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2025
- Policy Modelling to Inform Ways to Reduce Poverty
- Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) Sousa, Joao (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
- Policy Research Unit: Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities in Scotland
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Smith, Kat (Co-investigator) Stewart, Ellen (Co-investigator)
- 12-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
- Exploring the impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks
- Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) Lenhart, Otto (Co-investigator) Romiti, Agnese (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
- FROM COMPETITION TO COLLABORATION: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INFORMAL AND FORMAL CARERS
- Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator)
- 04-Jan-2023 - 03-Jan-2024
Contact
Ms
Emma
Congreve
Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Email: emma.j.congreve@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4921