Role
Richard Machin is an Associate Professor in Social Policy and a member of the leadership team in the School of Social Work, Care and the Community.
He teaches across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules on the following courses:
- BA (Hons) Health and Social Care
- BA (Hons) Social Work
- MA Social Work
- MA Public Health
- MSc Public Policy.
Richard is a Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Civic Exchange Policy Fellow.
He has been awarded NTU's Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Career overview
Richard managed Derby City Council's Welfare Rights and Money Advice service for over ten years before pursuing an academic career. He was the course leader for the BA (Hons) Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree at Staffordshire University before joining NTU in 2018.
Research areas
- Social security
- Welfare reform
- Comparative social policy
- Multiple exclusion homelessness
- Poverty
External activity
Richard is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice.
Richard is a freelance trainer for Child Poverty Action Group specialising in universal credit.
He sits on the management committee of Church Action on Poverty, and the advisory boards for the Money Advice and Pensions Service Financial Wellbeing Forum and the Trussell Trust Hunger in the UK research project.
He is an honorary associate of the Centre for Health and Development (CHAD) at Staffordshire University.
Sponsors and collaborators
University of Bergen, Norway.
Yale University, United States.
Publications
MACHIN, R., 2024. Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Public Policy Observatory.
LOMER, S., SAWYER, M., ORTON, M., MACHIN, R., SNELL, C., MORGAN, H., GROVER, C., TUNSTALL, B., WERREN, C., BAEZA, J., HENEGHAN, M., NEEDHAM, C., BURN, E. and ALEXANDER, C., 2024. Academics Stand Against Poverty UK (ASAP UK).
MACHIN, R., 2023. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. ISSN 0269-0942
MACHIN, R., 2023. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. ISSN 1759-8273
MCCORMACK, F., MACHIN, R., RILEY, V., SPYROPOULOS, K., DUNN, K. and GIDLOW, C.J., 2023. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. ISSN 0964-9069
MACHIN, R., 2023. Perspectives in Public Health, 143 (2), pp. 63-64. ISSN 1757-9139
Å°STÅ°NKAYA, T. and MACHIN, R., 2021. People, Place and Policy, 15 (2), pp. 91-99. ISSN 1753-8041
MACHIN, R., 2021. Perspectives in Public Health. ISSN 1757-9139
MACHIN, R. and MCCORMACK, F., 2021. Disability and Society. ISSN 0968-7599
MACHIN, R., 2021. Critical Social Policy. ISSN 0261-0183
MACHIN, R.J., 2020. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 21 (3). ISSN 0953-5225
SIMCOCK, P. and MACHIN, R., 2019. Social Work Education, p. 1. ISSN 0261-5479
MASSIE, R., MACHIN, R., MCCORMACK, F. and KURTH, J., 2018. Journal of Integrated Care, 26 (4), pp. 342-352. ISSN 1476-9018
MACHIN, R., 2017. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 39 (4), pp. 435-453. ISSN 0964-9069
MACHIN, R., 2017. Ethics and Social Welfare, 11 (4), pp. 404-411. ISSN 1749-6535
MACHIN, R.J., 2016. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 24 (3), pp. 311-319.ISSN 1759-8273
Press expertise
Richard has expertise in social security policy and practice, particularly in relation to universal credit and disability benefits, and wider poverty-related issues.
How my research links to the UN SDGs
The four Sustainable Development Goals displayed align with the focus of my teaching and research, exploring the causes of poverty and inequality, holding decision makers to account and identifying achievable and realistic solutions.
