Deborah Mabbett

Head of Department
Professor of Public Policy
Email: d.mabbett@bbk.ac.uk

About Deborah Mabbett

Deborah Mabbett joined Birkbeck in 2005. She has a first degree in Economics from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and a D.Phil in Economics from Oxford. She has wide experience of public policy in practice, particularly in the field of social security, having worked at various times for the New Zealand Treasury and the World Bank, as well as undertaking consultancy and research for public bodies in the UK and the European Union.

• Selected publications
• Research interests
• The 'regulatory state' in social policy
• Political economy of pensions and insurance
• Role of the Courts in social policy
• Antidiscrimination law and policy
• Current research projects
• Social policy dimensions of the financial crisis
• Applying anti-discrimination law to insurance
• The political economy of age discrimination
• Areas of research supervision
• The politics of reforming public and social policy; the effect on national welfare states of EU and WTO policies; and other aspects of the governance of public policy, including the role of the courts, central–local relationships and transnational policy-making.
• If you are interested in pursuing research in any of these areas, you should first read our advice on how to apply for MPhil/PhD research before submitting an application.