Dr Spencer Thompson
Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
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Publications
- Assessing the tackling child poverty agenda : the role of prevention
- Thompson Spencer
- (2026)
- Understanding the latest child poverty statistics
- Thompson Spencer, Randolph Hannah L
- (2026)
- Does the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan deliver?
- Thompson Spencer, Randolph Hannah L
- (2026)
- Poverty Among Young Adult Men in Scotland
- Thompson Spencer
- (2026)
- Comparing poverty rates in Scotland and the rest of the UK
- Thompson Spencer
- (2026)
- What can benefit data tell us about the labour market?
- Thompson Spencer
- (2025)
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Professional Activities
- 2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 7: Devolved Social Security in Scotland
- Contributor
- 17/4/2026
- Podcast: Progress on child poverty
- Participant
- 7/4/2026
- Written evidence for UK Parliament Inquiry on the child poverty strategy
- Contributor
- 24/3/2026
- How do poverty rates in Scotland compare with the rest of the UK?
- Recipient
- 23/1/2026
- Budget – day 4 reaction – are the Scottish Government spending all the two-child limit savings on reducing child poverty?
- Contributor
- 16/1/2026
- A Budget where the silences were loudest
- Recipient
- 13/1/2026
Projects
- Preventative Budgeting
- Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Thompson, Spencer (Co-investigator)
- 04-Jan-2026 - 26-Jan-2027
- Economic security and workplace productivity
- Thompson, Spencer (Principal Investigator) Randolph, Hannah (Co-investigator)
- 27-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2026
- Public Spending Distributional Analysis
- Thompson, Spencer (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Co-investigator)
- 05-Jan-2026 - 05-Jan-2026
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Contact
Dr
Spencer
Thompson
Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Email: spencer.thompson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted