Rod Hick
@rodhick.bsky.social
Professor of Social Policy at Cardiff University. Poverty | social security | work | housing. Incalculable damage-doer. www.rodhick.com
Can't be at ESPAnet this year, but following it at a remove on here. Delivered my own presentation this morning which seemed to go down pretty well.
Look forward to reconnecting next year, hopefully somewhere interesting. Bucharest, anyone?
Look forward to reconnecting next year, hopefully somewhere interesting. Bucharest, anyone?
August 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can't be at ESPAnet this year, but following it at a remove on here. Delivered my own presentation this morning which seemed to go down pretty well.
Look forward to reconnecting next year, hopefully somewhere interesting. Bucharest, anyone?
Look forward to reconnecting next year, hopefully somewhere interesting. Bucharest, anyone?
My goodness. The chancellor of the exchequer is longer odds to be next PM than...Andrew Tate?
August 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My goodness. The chancellor of the exchequer is longer odds to be next PM than...Andrew Tate?
Eh, what? Bertie Ahern third favourite to become Ireland's next president?
August 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Eh, what? Bertie Ahern third favourite to become Ireland's next president?
You will also appreciate #11-15.
May 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
You will also appreciate #11-15.
On the day that Rodrigo Duterte made his first appearance at the ICC in the Hague, time to revisit Patricia Evangelista's shocking, saddening, stunning 'Some People Need Killing'. I can't recommend it enough.
March 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On the day that Rodrigo Duterte made his first appearance at the ICC in the Hague, time to revisit Patricia Evangelista's shocking, saddening, stunning 'Some People Need Killing'. I can't recommend it enough.
It was good to be at the Senedd today to speak with Equality and Social Justice Committee members about the Child Poverty Strategy monitoring framework
February 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It was good to be at the Senedd today to speak with Equality and Social Justice Committee members about the Child Poverty Strategy monitoring framework
Even for the Guardian, this is incredible miserabilism
December 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Even for the Guardian, this is incredible miserabilism
It's perhaps another example of growing caution in setting and reporting against ambitious and broad-based poverty targets.
The poverty line that is being replaced was itself pretty unusual - I can't think of another place where the implied equivalence scale of 2nd+ HH members is above 1.
The poverty line that is being replaced was itself pretty unusual - I can't think of another place where the implied equivalence scale of 2nd+ HH members is above 1.
December 13, 2024 at 12:55 AM
It's perhaps another example of growing caution in setting and reporting against ambitious and broad-based poverty targets.
The poverty line that is being replaced was itself pretty unusual - I can't think of another place where the implied equivalence scale of 2nd+ HH members is above 1.
The poverty line that is being replaced was itself pretty unusual - I can't think of another place where the implied equivalence scale of 2nd+ HH members is above 1.
Two more weeks and this becomes a Filipino dessert account for a month. Tonight, some pichi-pichi to whet the appetite.
November 26, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Two more weeks and this becomes a Filipino dessert account for a month. Tonight, some pichi-pichi to whet the appetite.
Hello, Bristol. I've missed you.
November 23, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Hello, Bristol. I've missed you.
Working from home means a morning of listening to the excellent new CMAT album. Recommended. cmatbaby.com
November 3, 2023 at 10:36 AM
Working from home means a morning of listening to the excellent new CMAT album. Recommended. cmatbaby.com
Neat to get my hands on the hard copy of this important volume on social policy responses to the pandemic.
Many of the draft chapters were excellent; can't wait to read the final versions.
Many of the draft chapters were excellent; can't wait to read the final versions.
October 17, 2023 at 7:47 AM
Neat to get my hands on the hard copy of this important volume on social policy responses to the pandemic.
Many of the draft chapters were excellent; can't wait to read the final versions.
Many of the draft chapters were excellent; can't wait to read the final versions.
Great to be on campus at Yonsei Uni again this week, where I spent a restorative and productive sabbatical last year.
September 20, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Great to be on campus at Yonsei Uni again this week, where I spent a restorative and productive sabbatical last year.