Dr Rebecca Ince

• PhD in Social Policy, University of Salford, Manchester, 2016
• MSc in Social Policy Research Methods, Nottingham Trent University, 2011
• BSc Combined Honours in Sociology and Environmental Science, Aston University, 2008

Becky is an experienced qualitative researcher, particularly in health and adult social care. She is currently working on an NIHR funded project entitled ‘When the money runs out’, investigating capital depletion for self-funders living in care homes. Becky’s PhD was in the field of energy policy, but in 2017 she moved into health and social care focussed research. She has worked on two other NIHR-funded studies, most recently investigating why people with learning disabilities get stuck in hospital, and the other looking at the contribution of the voluntary sector to supporting people in mental health crisis. Becky is experienced in working with people with significant vulnerabilities, and all of her research is concerned with how multi-actor networks organise and deliver services and support to people in different (or difficult) contexts. She is particularly interested in the mixed economy of health and social care provision, the roles of (and dynamics between) charity/third sector organisations, private sector and statutory sector actors, and how this multiplicity is experienced by people as they seek support.

Becky is committed to co-producing research and has worked closely with people who use services, community groups, third sector organisations and local and national government throughout her research career.

PhD title

Urban retrofit: Pressures, Policy and People in Domestic Retrofit at the City Level.

• Adult social care, mental health and wellbeing, lived experience and the burden of treatment.
• Policy implementation and complex delivery/support networks.
• Voluntary/third sector, community organisations, cross-sector partnerships.
• Co-production and participatory research methods.