Ms Emma Congreve
Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Personal statement
Emma Congreve is a Senior 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
- The impact of using an income supplement to meet child poverty targets : evidence from Scotland
- Congreve Emma, Connolly Kevin, Harrison Jordan, Kumar Ashwin, McGregor Peter G, Mitchell Mark
- Journal of Social Policy Vol 53, pp. 933-949 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279422000927
- 2024 Inequality Landscape : Health and Socioeconomic Divides in Scotland
- Catalano Allison, Congreve Emma, Jack David, Smith Katherine
- (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00090527
- Housing in England and Scotland : Comparing Scottish Data with English Analysis by the Resolution Foundation
- Congreve Emma
- (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00090482
- Project summary : gaps and priorities in child poverty research
- Congreve Emma, Randolph Hannah L
- (2024)
- The Manifestos : Policies Addressing Socioeconomic Inequality in Scotland
- Catalano Allison, Congreve Emma, Smith Katherine
- (2024)
- The Manifestos : Policies Addressing Public Health & Health Inequalities in Scotland
- Smith Katherine, Catalano Allison, 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
- Final event: Gaps and prioirities in child poverty research in Scotland
- Chair
- 17/6/2024
- Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
- Participant
- 30/5/2024
- Our general election series gets underway following last week’s announcements
- Contributor
- 28/5/2024
- Impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks
- Contributor
- 21/5/2024
- Weekly update: UK GDP returns to growth, Bailey remains non-committal and Scotland has a new First Minister
- Contributor
- 10/5/2024
- Poor but improving: economy slowly recovers in line with expectations
- Contributor
- 28/3/2024
Projects
- 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-Mar-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-Apr-2024
- FROM COMPETITION TO COLLABORATION: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INFORMAL AND FORMAL CARERS
- Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator)
- 04-Dec-2023 - 03-Dec-2024
- Additional living costs for people with a learning disability
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator)
- 01-Oct-2023 - 31-Dec-2024
- Health Foundation - cohort analysis of socioeconomic drivers of drug deaths
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator) Gillan, Brodie (Co-investigator)
- 13-Sep-2023 - 29-Feb-2024
- Extra Costs of Disability
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator)
- 01-Aug-2023 - 18-Mar-2024
Contact
Ms
Emma
Congreve
Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Email: emma.j.congreve@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4921