I first joined CRSP in 2018 as a PhD student where I contributed to the research centre’s Minimum Income Standard (MIS) research alongside my studies. Upon completion of my PhD thesis at the beginning of 2022, I joined CRSP as a full-time research associate. Recently, I have been involved in a project which draws upon the MIS methodology to explore a Minimum Digital Living Standard.
My PhD thesis, awarded in August 2022, explored the financial experiences of families raising children on the autism spectrum. The study drew on MIS methodology, and employed deliberative focus groups and family interviews to understand the required expenditures for an acceptable standard of living, as well as to explore societal and institutional impacts on families experiences of temporal, emotional and financial ‘cost’.
Recent publications
- Stone, J., Blackwell, C. and Shepherd, C. (2024) UK benefit uptake among blind and partially sighted people. London: RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People
- Yates, S., Hill, K., Blackwell, C., Davis, A., Padley, M., Stone, E., Polizzi, G., D’Arcy, J., Harris, R., Sheppard, P., Singleton, A., Ye, Z., Carmi, E. and Garikipati, S. (2024) A Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households with Children: Overall Findings Report. Liverpool: University of Liverpool.
- Yates, S., Hill, K., Blackwell, C., Davis, A., Padley, M., Stone, E., Polizzi, G., D’Arcy, J., Harris, R., Sheppard, P., Singleton, A., Ye, Z., Carmi, E. and Garikipati, S. (2024) A Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households with Children: Survey Report. Liverpool: University of Liverpool.
- Padley, M., Blackwell, C., Davis, A., Hill, K. and Stone, J. (2024) Retirement living standards in the UK in 2023. London: Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
- Blackwell, C. (2024) The impact of school challenges on parental employment among families with children on the autism spectrum. Disability & Society Journal. DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2024.2313096
- Blackwell, C. (2023) Additional family costs for meeting the everyday, non-specialist needs of children on the autism spectrum. York: Family Fund
- Padley, M., Davis, A., Blackwell, C., Shepherd, C. and Stone, J. (2023) A Minimum Income Standard for London 2022. London: Trust for London
- Harris, R., Hill, K., Barrera, P., Yates, S. and Blackwell, C. (2023) Towards a Welsh Minimum Digital Living Standard: Citizen and Stakeholder Perspectives. Cardiff: Welsh Government.
- Blackwell, C., Davis, A., Hill, K., Padley, M. and Yates, S. (2023) A UK Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households with Children. Loughborough: Centre for Research in Social Policy
- Yates, S., Hill, K., Blackwell, C., Stone, E., Polizzia, G., Harris, R., D’Arcya, J., Davis, A., Padley, M., Roberts, D., Lovell, J. and Lainge, H. (2023) Towards a Welsh Minimum Digital Living Standard: final report Cardiff: Welsh Government
- Davis, A., Stone, J., Blackwell, C., Padley, M., Shepherd, C. and Hirsch, D. (2022) A Minimum Income Standard in the UK for 2022. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.