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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · 9d

This week @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social & are presenting at the Scottish Government's Public Participation Learning Network our paper on lived experience as evidence. Info on the paper available here in this SKAPE @uoe-sps.bsky.social blog: www.skape.ed.ac.uk/skape-lived-...

Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making: a governance-driven perspective – SKAPE

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · 15d

I got directions to someone's office that was reminiscent of a quest from Ye Olde Times...I had to find a compass!

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Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social · Aug 20

New paper with @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social finds housing 3Cs (context, cost, condition) are recognised by researchers, policymakers & publics but only lived experience accounts centre a 4th C—control: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Housing as a social determinant of health: System perspectives from lived experience, policy and evidence | Journal of Critical Public Health

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

And thanks to @oliverescobar.bsky.social for giving really helpful feedback on an early draft and to everyone who attended our symposium at the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social last year

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Your can find the paper here doi.org/10.1332/0305...

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

We hope that by outlining a governance-driven perspective we offer both terminology and specificity to improve understanding and assist researchers and practitioners to navigate diverse developments in this area.

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

We argue that this illustrates the ways that policy ‘elites’ are required to design processes that serve specific policy needs and that these needs are often related to organisational norms about producing and using specific forms of evidence.

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

We explore this in the context of Scottish anti-poverty policy making and show that, while the language of participation and deliberation feature in the rationale, these ideas are squeezed out as institutional needs and norms take precedent.

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

We find that, although lived experience is often considered as a democracy-driven and campaigning movement that challenges traditional forms of expertise and power, it is also driven by state-led processes of participation and thus could be considered an example of governance-driven democratisation.

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

We wanted to use some of our previous research to offer some conceptual clarity, critical reflection, and perhaps ‘something useful’ to say about the use of Lived Experience in anti-poverty making (in Scotland).

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hayley and I have been discussing and reflecting on the increased use of the term ‘lived experience’ and the different ways it was being used. We know that there are many people working in and around this space and lots of aspects to be discussed and examined.

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks to everyone who has already read and engaged with mine and @haylesben.bsky.social new paper ‘Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making: a governance-driven perspective’ Thought I'd give a summary of the paper here, I've found it useful when others have done this, so here goes

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 17

This is great- particularly ‘just basically not being a dick’ - we could do with a bit more of that all round!

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · Aug 17

Love this cartoon from the brilliant @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
❤️ hopefulness ❤️

Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · Aug 17

ICYMI- Horses Changing Courses- yesterday's cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com

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Ilona Pinter 🧡 @ilonapin.bsky.social · Aug 13

Help please: we're trying to recruit some more parent research participants in Scotland for our #FamilyFinances project. Specifically: parents who are receiving #UniversalCredit and #ScottishChildPayment and who have at least one baby (0-12months) in the household. Can you help spread the word?

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's publication day! Very excited to share this article co-authored with @haylesben.bsky.social Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making: a governance-driven perspective. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'm delighted that this paper has been accepted. @haylesben.bsky.social and I started discussing the ideas in the paper many, many moons ago. Two babies, three reviewers, two rounds of revisions and lots of coffee (me) and tea (Hayley) later I'm excited to be to share this asap!

Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · Jul 10

Very excited that a paper @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social & I have written has been accepted by Policy & Politics journal. "Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policymaking: a governance-driven perspective" hopefully we can share e-prints later this month. Lots of work & we're very happy!

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Jul 11

Delighted to be joining the Exec Committee of the Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social I've been lucky enough to benefit from involvement in the SPA over the years and excited to get into the work of supporting our great Social Policy community.

Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hats off! 3️⃣ of our team just got elected at the Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social AGM 2025 💪

@clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social was elected as Exec Committee Member 👏

@serena-pattaro.bsky.social & @markwong.bsky.social
as Editorial Board Members for the Journal of Social Policy 🙌

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Jul 4

Last morning of @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference and what a few days it’s been! Returning to Glasgow feeling grateful for fantastic colleagues and the important work they are doing #york2025

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Jul 2

Delighted to be at @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social - a packed programme with lots of fantastic looking options. Been a struggle to choose which sessions to attend #york2025

Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · Jul 2

Kicking off the @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social conference at York #york2025 with @aroumpakis.bsky.social & @enricoreuter.bsky.social giving the welcome speeches

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Jun 30

More from me on my work exploring the role of lived experience in the Scottish Parliament. Some early findings I recently presented to parliament staff spice-spotlight.scot/2025/06/25/g...

Guest blog: Where does lived experience sit in the work of the Parliament?

This guest blog gives introduces and shares interim findings from a SPICe fellowship by Dr Clementine Hill O’Conner (University of Glasgow) on the role of lived experience within scrutiny at …

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Silvia Behrens @silviab.bsky.social · Jun 2

New #openaccess publication in Youth & Society: Based on focus group research, this paper explores how young people politically active for #ClimateChange, the #BlackLivesMatter movement and #queerfeminism think about personal, collective and institutional agency.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“It’s Like Getting Someone Who’s Been Hit by a Car to Run a Speed Awareness Course”: How Young Activists in the UK Make Sense of Personal, Collective and Institutional Agency - Silvia Behrens, 2025

Current research into youth activism places emphasis on agency, but few empirical studies have looked into how the perception of agency impacts young people’s e...

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Jun 2

Great to see this fab piece of work being publish! Congratulations :-)

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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · May 28

🚌 Deadline 5pm tomorrow!
We all need freedom to travel - but too often our buses are too dear for people on low incomes and don't take them where they need to go. We support public control and ownership of our bus services - you can too!
www.getglasgowmoving.org/campaign/srbs/

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · May 21

Really pleased to be able to share this intro to my research as part of an Academic Fellowship with Scottish Parliament. I'm in the midst of data generation and analysis at the moment so was good to return to my initial ideas and motivation. Watch this space for more outputs over the coming months

Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · May 19

NEW: How do lived experience perspectives impact decisions in the Scottish Parliamentary process?💡🗣️

@clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social writes about her research which aims to better understand how this evidence is used and how it influences policy decision making.

www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

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How do lived experience perspectives impact decisions in the Scottish Parliamentary process? Dr Clementine Hill O'Connor. Image is of the Scottish Parliament and features the University of Glasgow and Centre for Public Policy logos, and a photo of author Clementine Hill O'Connor.

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Scottish Women's Budget Group @swbg.bsky.social · May 15

Check out our newest blog reflecting on our most recent piece of research on social care.

The findings of the research highlight urgent challenges in pay, retention & recognition of care as vital, skilled work. A message that's worth repeating this week.

www.swbg.org.uk/news/blog/vo...

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