The Barnett Professorship of Social Policy is the chair in

social policy Social policy is a plan or action of government or institutional agencies which aim to improve or reform society. Some professionals and universities consider social policy a subset of public policy, while other practitioners characterize soci ...

at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. It was established in 1999 and is named for

Canon Samuel Barnett Samuel Augustus Barnett (8 February 1844 – 17 June 1913) was a Church of England cleric and social reformer who was particularly associated with the establishment of the first university settlement, Toynbee Hall, in east London in 1884. He i ...

. The chair is based in the

Department of Social Policy and Intervention The Department of Social Policy and Intervention is an interdisciplinary centre for research and teaching in social policy and the systematic evaluation of social intervention based in the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford. ...

and its holder is elected to a

Fellowship A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

St Cross College, Oxford St Cross College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1965, St Cross is an all-graduate college with gothic and traditional-style buildings on a central site in St Giles', just south of Pusey Street. It a ...

List of Barnett Professors of Social Policy

* 2000 to 2004: Jane Lewis * 2006 to 2013: Peter Kemp * 2013 to 2017:

Martin Seeleib-Kaiser Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (born 13 February 1964) is a European social scientist. He studied Political Science, American Studies and Public Law at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, from where he also received his PhD in political science ...

References

{{reflist Professorships at the University of Oxford St Cross College, Oxford