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Name Professor Patricia Kennett
Job title Professor of International and Comparative Public Policy
Department School for Policy Studies University of Bristol
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Qualifications B.Sc., Ph.D.(Bristol)
Professional details
Keywords Governance and public policy
welfare state citizenship
homelessness
social exclusion
home ownership
negative equity
economic insecurity
Areas of expertise Since joining Bristol University in 1993 I have undertaken research, both nationally and internationally, on issues relating to; Governance and public policy; the welfare state citizenship in comparative perspective; homelessness and social exclusion; housing – including the resale of former council homes; attitudes to home ownership and the problems of negative equity; and illegal eviction in the private rented sector.

Current projects include `Women and Material Assets in Britain and Japan’, funded by The Institute for Household Economy, Japan, and `Cohesive Neighbourhoods and Connected Citizens in European Societies’ funded by the European Science Foundation.

My current work includes research on differentiated citizenship and the politics of the post-fordist city in European societies; and economic insecurity and homeownership in cross-national perspective. I am also interested in the relationship between globalization, governance and public policy and the challenges and opportunities this presents for cross-national, comparative analysis.