Ms Emma Congreve

Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow

Economics

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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. 

 

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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
Do Scotland’s child poverty statistics capture the impact of the Scottish Child Payment?
Contributor
27/3/2025
Evidence on the Financial Security of People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland
Member of programme committee
27/3/2025
A step in the right direction: Child poverty falls in Scotland, but misses interim targets
Contributor
27/3/2025
Policy packages to meet Scotland’s child poverty targets
Contributor
24/3/2025
Fiscal sustainability and the Scottish budget
Contributor
4/2/2025

More professional activities

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

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Contact

Ms Emma Congreve
Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics

Email: emma.j.congreve@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4921