Kate Summers
@katesummers.bsky.social
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Researcher working on social security policy and economic inequality. British Academy postdoc @ London School of Economics Methodology.
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Found this a v useful set of provocations on quali analysis and gen ai.
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Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...
Dr Braun(love) - or: how I learned to stop worrying and love GenAI (yeah nah)
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Articles that comprise a new Special Issue (in the Debates in Social Welfare in the Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law) are accessible via early online view. Edited by @jedmeers.bsky.social & @haylesben.bsky.social the SI includes 5 papers examining the ‘interface first welfare state’ ⬇️
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The DWP are advertising for a new intake of academic secondees. This is the role I'm currently doing - happy to talk to anyone about what it's like!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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This looks great, thanks for sharing Jody. Looking forward to reading.
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Delighted to have a piece in The Conversation today.

Can centring lived experience in activism weaken collective action? And why is the far right starting to use this language too?

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#activism #livedexperience @theconversation.com
‘Lived experience’ is valued in activism – but is it doing more harm than good?
Activists without ‘lived experience’ can feel unsure of their place.
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Critical perspectives on lived experience in social security policy research | Find out about the workshop organised by
@benbgeiger.bsky.social & @katesummers.bsky.social
aimed at fostering a network of experts, practitioners & academics in the field sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/re...
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We think this tells us something more broadly about potential for policy change and rupture: even in the extraordinary conditions of the pandemic, longer running discourses around welfare deservingness stuck.
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Using qualitative interviews, we find that claimants' accounts of welfare deservingness during the covid-19 pandemic were remarkably consistent with pre-pandemic accounts.

E.g. claimants still centred their work ethic and contributions to the system, to explain/ justify their benefit claim.
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We've published a new article "Claiming deservingness: The durability of social security claimant discourses during the Covid-19 pandemic"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Presenting my PhD research at the CASE #socialexclusionseminar this week on 26th March. The study focuses on children and families' experiences of receiving Asylum Support in the UK & how asylum employment restrictions affect children & young people.
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In our upcoming #SocialExclusionSeminar on 26/03
@ilonapiron.bsky.social will talk about children and families’ experiences of poverty and material deprivation within the UK’s Asylum Support system. Find out how to attend in the link below. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/ev...
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Funded PhD @uofgussp.bsky.social with Professor Sharon Wright, Professor Charlotte Pearson (and me!) - Exploring the Lived Experience of Benefit Reform and the Costs of Disability. Deadline 10 April - please get in touch if you want to discuss this opportunity www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...
Picture of University of Glasgow and text that says 'ESRC-funded Supervisor led Studentship: Disabled People's Lived Experience of Benefit Reform and the Costs of Disability' First Supervisor Professor Sharon Wright Second Supervisor Professor Charlotte Pearson. Application deadline: 10 April 5pm BST. A link to apply is included.
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Indentured: benefit deductions, debt recovery &and welfare disciplining - Daniel Edmiston's webinar topic next week (23rd, 11am) as part of @i-sphere.bsky.social /Centre for Homelessness & Inclusion health series. Please share & join us. All welcome! i-sphere.site.hw.ac.uk/event/i-sphe...
I-SPHERE and CHIH January Seminar – I-SPHERE
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I’m entering the final stages of data collection on research I’m doing into disability employment. If you have a physical disability and are UK based, I’d be especially grateful to hear from you. The survey is at:

cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#AcademicSky #Disability
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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As part of #SpeakingTruthToPower, Stef, Penny, Steve, Tracy & Wayne spoke at a Nov LSE conference led by @katesummers.bsky.social & @bengeiger.bsky.social about how to work with people with experience of poverty. We loved hearing from @changingrealities.bsky.social & @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social.
Wayne, Steve, Tracy and Penny of our Speaking Truth to Power programme speak from the stage at a conference at London School of Economics.
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Oh brilliant, thanks for sharing Jackie. I look forward to reading!
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7. And some more modern comms - The New Labour Targetting Fraud campaign.
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6. A 1950s reminder that policy at one time was targeted at larger families!
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5. A 1930s pension order book.