Dr Margaret May

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Honorary Research Fellow

Contact details

Email: m.may@bham.ac.uk

Address: School of Social Policy and Society
Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Dr Margaret May is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy and Society and an Associate Member of the Centre for Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, School of Social Policy and Society.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. Economic History, University of London
• BA (Hons) History, University of North Wales

Biography

Margaret has extensive experience of research in UK and comparative social policy, focusing particularly on social security, employment policy, occupational and commercial welfare. She has taught and acted as an external examiner in a wide range of areas in both social policy and human resource management at undergraduate, Masters and PhD levels. Her teaching specialisms lay in the political economy of welfare, social security, employment policy and comparative social policy.

Research

Margaret’s research interests intersect the fields of social policy and human resource management and centre on occupational welfare, long-term savings, employee protection and social security policy in the UK and in a comparative context.

Other activities

Past Chair, Executive Committee member and convenor of the Comparative Social Policy and Learning and Teaching Groups of the Social Policy Association.
Past member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Social Policy, the European Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy and Society and past co-editor of the Social Policy Review.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Publications

May, M. (2017 forthcoming) 'Occupational welfare' in M. Powell (ed.) The Mixed Economy of Welfare, 2^nd ed., Bristol: Policy Press (with E Brunsdon)

May, M. (2016) The Student’s Companion to Social Policy, 5^th ed., Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell (lead editor; co-edited with P. Alcock, T Haux and S. Wright).

May, M. (2016) ‘Occupational welfare’ in P. Alcock, T Haux, M. May and S. Wright (eds.) The Student’s Companion to Social Policy, 5^th ed., Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell (with E. Brunsdon).

May, M. (2016) ‘Comparative analysis’ in P. Alcock, T.Haux, M. May and S. Wright (eds.) The Student’s Companion to Social Policy, 5^th ed., Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

May, M. (2016) The Student’s Companion to Social Policy Website, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, comprising: ‘A Guide to Key Sources on UK Social Policy’; ‘A Guide to Key Sources in European and International Welfare Systems’; ‘Career Opportunities and Postgraduate Study in Social Policy’; ‘Managing Assignments in Social Policy’; ‘Illustrations of Essay and Report Writing in Social Policy’, Glossary and Helpsheets (with E. Brunsdon).

May, M. (2014) Social Policy in Britain, 4^th ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (with P. Alcock).

Alcock, P., May, M. and Wright, S. (eds.) (2012) Student’s Companion to Social Policy, 4th edition, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.