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Wildlife corridor degradation and human-wildlife conflict: a case study from Tanzania (2024)
Journal Article
Elisa, M., Caro, T., Yon, L., Hardy, I. C. W., Roberts, S., & Symeonakis, E. (in press). Wildlife corridor degradation and human-wildlife conflict: a case study from Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology,

In many African countries, anthropogenic pressure and poor governance have led to the degradation of wildlife corridors, which are important for the long-term viability of wildlife populations. Yet the nature of such degradation is poorly understood,... Read More about Wildlife corridor degradation and human-wildlife conflict: a case study from Tanzania.

Evaluating commodification and commodifying evaluation (2023)
Journal Article
Stafford, B., Roberts, S., & Jas, P. (2024). Evaluating commodification and commodifying evaluation. Public Money and Management, 44(4), 326-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2240640

The article considers the evaluation of commodified services and the commodification of evaluations. The former distinguishes between evaluating a decision on whether to commodify a service and evaluations of commodified services. The latter explores... Read More about Evaluating commodification and commodifying evaluation.

Ambivalence about disability: Why people with mild learning difficulties who are looking for employment may not identify as disabled (2022)
Journal Article
Tarlo, R., Fyson, R., & Roberts, S. (2024). Ambivalence about disability: Why people with mild learning difficulties who are looking for employment may not identify as disabled. Disability and Society, 39(3), 548-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2073199

UK government policies over several decades have sought to actively encourage disabled people to take up paid employment, most recently by focusing on the ‘gap’ between employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people. These policies implicitly a... Read More about Ambivalence about disability: Why people with mild learning difficulties who are looking for employment may not identify as disabled.

From Black to Blue Skies: Civil Society Perceptions of Air Pollution in Shanghai (2021)
Journal Article
Winter, A. K., Le, H., & Roberts, S. (2021). From Black to Blue Skies: Civil Society Perceptions of Air Pollution in Shanghai. China Quarterly, 248(1), 1059-1080. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741021000588

This paper explores the perception and politics of air pollution in Shanghai. We present a qualitative case study based on a literature review of relevant policies and research on civil society and air pollution, in dialogue with air quality indexes... Read More about From Black to Blue Skies: Civil Society Perceptions of Air Pollution in Shanghai.

Brexit and the reform of social security coordination: The UK’s metamorphosis from rule maker to rule taker (2020)
Journal Article
Roberts, S. (2020). Brexit and the reform of social security coordination: The UK’s metamorphosis from rule maker to rule taker. European Journal of Social Security, 22(2), 235-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/1388262720927113

This article examines the United Kingdom’s negotiating position on the revision of the EU Coordinating Regulations proposed by the European Commission in December 2016, in the context of Brexit and the negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement. The Wi... Read More about Brexit and the reform of social security coordination: The UK’s metamorphosis from rule maker to rule taker.

Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette? (2019)
Journal Article
Roberts, S. (2020). Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette?. ERA-Forum, 20(4), 531-547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-019-00591-9

This article examines the negotiations to secure social security and healthcare rights after Brexit for people who have exercised their right to free movement or move between the EU and UK in the future. The analysis is based upon examination of draf... Read More about Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette?.

Diluting substantive equality: why the UK government doesn't know if its welfare reforms promote equality (2017)
Book Chapter
Roberts, S. (2017). Diluting substantive equality: why the UK government doesn't know if its welfare reforms promote equality. In D. Fee, & A. Kober-Smith (Eds.), Inequalities in the UK: new discourses, evolutions and actions (167-184). Bingley: Emerald

The UK Coalition government introduced a raft of welfare reforms between 2010-2015. As part of its response to the financial crisis reforms were designed to cut public expenditure on social security and enhance work incentives. Policy makers are requ... Read More about Diluting substantive equality: why the UK government doesn't know if its welfare reforms promote equality.

The UK and social security coordination after Brexit: reinventing the wheel or Mad Hatter's tea party (2017)
Journal Article
Roberts, S. (2017). The UK and social security coordination after Brexit: reinventing the wheel or Mad Hatter's tea party

On 23 June 2016 the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. On 17 January 2017, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, stated that what she is seeking is “Not partial membership of the European Union, associate membership of th... Read More about The UK and social security coordination after Brexit: reinventing the wheel or Mad Hatter's tea party.

Free movement and special non-contributory benefits for disabled people: between the devil and the deep blue sea (2016)
Journal Article
Roberts, S. (2016). Free movement and special non-contributory benefits for disabled people: between the devil and the deep blue sea. ERA-Forum, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-016-0434-3

Special non-contributory benefits (SNCBs) include benefits intended solely for the specific protection of disabled people. SNCBs are not exportable under EU law. This paper asks whether SNCBs discriminate against disabled people exercising their righ... Read More about Free movement and special non-contributory benefits for disabled people: between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult social welfare payments. Second report (Carers) (2016)
Report
Cousins, M., Pennings, F., Roberts, S., & Stafford, B. (2016). Comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult social welfare payments. Second report (Carers). Dublin: National Disability Authority

Purpose of the report: This is the second report of the study of comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult social welfare payments. This report considers assessment systems for carer payments in relation to... Read More about Comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult social welfare payments. Second report (Carers).

Comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult social welfare payments, First Report (Final) (Incapacity for Work) (2016)
Report
Cousins, M., Roberts, S., & Stafford, B. (2016). Comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult social welfare payments, First Report (Final) (Incapacity for Work)

This is the first report of the study of comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult ‘incapacity’ social welfare payments. The purpose of the research is to examine systems for medical/disability assessment an... Read More about Comparative systems of assessment of illness or disability for the purposes of adult social welfare payments, First Report (Final) (Incapacity for Work).

The xenophobe’s phrase book (2016)
Journal Article
Roberts, S. (2016). The xenophobe’s phrase book. Journal of Comparative and International Labour and Social Law / Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Arbeits- und Sozialrecht, 2016(1), 185-201

Delivering Employment Services to Vulnerable Customers: A Case Study of the UK's Employment Service (2012)
Journal Article
Stafford, B., Roberts, S., & Duffy, D. (2012). Delivering Employment Services to Vulnerable Customers: A Case Study of the UK's Employment Service. Social Policy and Society, 11(4), 495-506. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746412000206

This article explores the impact of a more individualised public employment service on vulnerable people. It analyses a system Jobcentre Plus implemented in 2008, Accessing Jobcentre Plus Customer Services (AJCS), to improve customer services by mini... Read More about Delivering Employment Services to Vulnerable Customers: A Case Study of the UK's Employment Service.