Professor Matt Padley

BSocSc (Hons) MA (Econ) MPhil

  • Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy
  • Professor of Practice
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I joined CRSP in 2009 and since this time I have led research relating to living standards, poverty and social exclusion in the UK and abroad, focusing on public conceptions and understanding of living standards, and how these can be used within public policy.

Much of this research has centred around the application and development of Minimum Income Standard (MIS) approach, and I currently lead the quantitative elements of this ongoing work, oversee the management and application of MIS data and play a central role in liaison with users and stakeholders. I lead research on living standards in London and also lead the MIS Global Network, founded in 2018 to support MIS work across the globe, establish links with researchers in other countries and develop new collaborative projects. I deliver training in the MIS approach and its application internationally and have worked with colleagues on MIS projects in Portugal, , ,  and Thailand. I have a particular interest in exploring the application of the MIS approach in the global South.

I have pioneered work on , building on the established MIS programme, that has been adopted across the UK pensions industry, providing an evidence base for savers thinking about and planning their retirements.

As an experienced qualitative and quantitative researcher, I have also worked on a wide range of other projects including national policy evaluations, secondary data analysis of large UK surveys and in-depth qualitative research with low-income households and individuals. I have advised and consulted for a wide range of organisations, including Birmingham City Council, the Money and Pensions Service, Oxfam and Unite the Union. My principal research interests are in understanding the patterns, causes and consequences of social disadvantage, particularly with regard to income, and my research has included work on living standards and income adequacy, ,  and international conceptions of living standards.

  • Davis, A., Blackwell, C., Ellis, W., Padley, M., Stone, J. and Balchin, E. (2024) .  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2024) . London: The Law Society
  • Padley, M. and Ellis, W. (2024) Sight loss and the minimum cost of living: 2024 update paper. London: RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People.
  • Hill, K., Padley, M. and Freeman, J. (2024) A Minimum Income Standard for Students. London: Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI).
  • Bryan, A., Ellen, J., Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2024) . Edinburgh, Scottish Government.
  • 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)   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)  . Liverpool: University of Liverpool.
  • Stone, J., Robinson, E., Blackwell, C. and Padley, M. (2024) . Bradford: Christians Against Poverty
  • Padley, M., Stone, J. and Robinson, E. (2024) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • 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
  • Stone, J., Shepherd, C., Ellis, W. and Padley, M. (2023) . Edinburgh: abrdn Financial Fairness Trust
  • Padley, M. and Stone, J. (2023)   York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Padley, M., Davis, A., Blackwell, C., Shepherd, C. and Stone, J. (2023) . London: Trust for London
  • Padley, M. and Davis, A. (2023) .  London: Child Poverty Action Group
  • Padley, M. and Stone, J. (2023) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Blackwell, C., Davis, A., Hill, K., Padley, M. and Yates, S. (2023) A UK Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households with Children. 天堂视频: 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)  Cardiff: Welsh Government
  • Padley, M. (2023) . London: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
  • Davis, A., Stone, J., Blackwell, C., Padley, M., Shepherd, C. and Hirsch, D. (2022) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M. (2022) . London: Trust for London.
  • Padley, M. (2022) . London: Trust for London.
  • Padley, M. and Stone, J. (2022) York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2021) . London: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
  • Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2021) . London: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
  • Davis, A., Bryan, A., Hirsch, D., Ellen, J., Shepherd, C. and Padley, M. (2021) Edinburgh: Scottish Government
  • Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2021) A Minimum Income Standard in the UK for 2021.  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M., Davis, A., Shepherd, C. and Stone, J. (2021) . London: Trust for London.
  • Padley, M. and Stone, J. (2021) .  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Hill, K., Padley, M. and Stone, J. (2020) Exploring affordability: what can housing associations do to better support their tenants? 天堂视频, Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2020)  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Wright, G., Padley, M. and Zembe-Mkabile, W. (2020) '’ in C. Deeming (ed.) Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets: international and comparative policy perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Padley, M. and Davis, A. (2020) '’ in C. Deeming (ed.) Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets: international and comparative policy perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Padley, M. (2020) .  London: Trust for London.
  • Hirsch, D., Concialdi, P., Math, A., Padley, M., Pereira, E., Pereirinha, J., and Thornton, R. (2020) The Minimum Income Standard and equivalisation: Reassessing relative costs of singles and couples and of adults and children. Journal of Social Policy, 1-20. doi:
  • Hirsch, D., Padley, M., Stone, J. and Valadez-Martinez, L. Social Indicators Research. The Low Income Gap: A New Indicator Based on a Minimum Income Standard. (2020) 
  • Padley, M. and Stone, J. (2020) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2019) . London: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
  • Padley, M., Davis, A., Shepherd, C. and Stone, J. (2019) . London: Trust for London
  • Stone, J., Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2019) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M. and Marshall, L. (2018) Defining and measuring housing affordability using the Minimum Income Standard, Housing Studies, DOI: 
  • Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2018) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • O'Connell, R., Owen, C., Padley, M., Simon, A., and Brannen, J. (2018) 'Which Types of Family are at Risk of Food Poverty in the UK? A Relative Deprivation Approach', Social Policy and Society.
  • Padley, M. (2017) . London: Trust for London.
  • Davis, A. and Padley, M. (2017) 'What the Minimum Income Standard Tells Us 天堂视频 Living Standards in the United Kingdom' in Fee, D. and Kober-Smith, A. (eds.) Inequalities in the UK: New Discourses, Evolutions and Actions. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Ltd.
  • Padley, M., Valadez-Martinez, L. and Hirsch, D. (2017)  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Valadez-Martínez, L., Padley, M. and Torres Penagos, M.F. (2017) ‘A dignified standard of living in Mexico: results of a pilot study of the Minimum Income Standard approach’, Social Indicators Research. 
  • Davis, A., Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2017) ‘The Minimum Income Standard as a benchmark of a ‘participatory social minimum’’, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 
  • Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2017) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M., Davis, A. Hirsch, D., Horsley, N. and Valadez, L. (2017) . London: Trust for London.
  • Padley, M., Hirsch, D. and Valadez, L. (2017) .  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Byaruhanga, C., Davis, A., Mpike, M., Ntshongwana, P., Padley, M., Wright, G. and Zembe-Mkabile, W. (2017) . Cape Town: SASPRI.
  • Hill, K., Horsley, N., Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2017) . 天堂视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Valadez, L. (2016) A poverty indicator based on a minimum income standard. 天堂视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Davis, A., Hill, K., Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2016) .  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2016) .  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Hill, K., Marshall, L., Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2016) Sight Loss and Minimum Living Standards‌: the additional costs of living for people of working age who are severely sight impaired and for people of pension age with acquired sight impairment. 天堂视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Marshall, L. (2015)  天堂视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Padley, M. and Valadez, L. (2015) . 天堂视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Padley, M., Marshall, L., Hirsch, D., Davis, A. and Valadez, L.  (2015) .  London: Trust for London.
  • Hill, K., Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2015) . CRSP Working Paper 642. 天堂视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Eckley, B. and Padley, M. (2015)  London: Church Urban Fund.
  • Hill, K., Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Smith, N. (2015)   天堂视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
  • Padley, M., Valadez, L. and Hirsch, D. (2015) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Valadez, L. (2014) . Leicester: Leicester City Council.
  • Davis, A., Hirsch, D and Padley, M. (2014) York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2014) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M., Bevan, M., Tunstall, B. and Hirsch, D. (2013) ‌‌. 天堂视频: 天堂视频‌.
  • Davis, A. and Padley, M. (2013) . 天堂视频: 天堂视频.
  • Hirsch,D., Bryan, A., Davis, A., Smith, N., Ellen, J. and Padley, M. (2013) . Inverness: Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
  • Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2013)  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Padley, M. (2013) 'Delivering Localism: The Critical Role of Trust and Collaboration', Social Policy and Society, 12, Article, pp 343-354 Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 .
  • Padley, M. and Hirsch, D. (2013) . London: End Child Poverty.
  • Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Smith, N., Beckhelling, J. and Padley, M. (2012) . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Holmes, L. J., McDermid, S., Padley, M. J., & Soper, J. (2012).  London: Department for Education.
  • Perren, K., Roberts, S., Stafford, B., Hirsch, D. & Padley, M. (2012) . London: Government Equalities Office.
  • Hartfree, Y., Padley, M., Perren, K. and Signoretta, P. (2012) . London: Money Advice Trust.
  • Perren, K., Harvey, J., Hill, K., Hartfree, Y. and Padley, M. (2011)  Research Report No. 720. London: Department for Work and Pensions. 
  • Signoretta, P., Smith, N., Holmes, L., Beckhelling, J., Hartfree, Y., Hill, K., Manful, E., Padley, M., Perren, K. and Waring, A. (2011)  London: HM Treasury.
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