Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Professor of Social Policy (born 1949)
The Right Honourable The Baroness Lister of Burtersett | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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| Assumed office 1 February 2011 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | (1949-05-03) 3 May 1949 (age 74) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Essex |
Margot Ruth Aline Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, CBE, FBA, FAcSS (born 3 May 1949[1]), is currently Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University. She has written or contributed to a number of books, pamphlets and articles on poverty, social security and women's citizenship.
Biography
She was born to Dr Werner Bernard and Daphne (née Carter) Lister. She attended a private school and then the University of Essex, from which she graduated with a BA in sociology, and continued to an MA in multi-racial studies from the University of Sussex. She has also received honorary doctorates from the Caledonian University.[2][3] After completing her MA, she worked for the Child Poverty Action Group.[4]
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours[5] and, in 2009, became a Fellow of the British Academy. She was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer on 31 January 2011 as Baroness Lister of Burtersett, of Nottingham in the County of Nottinghamshire[6] (Burtersett being the village her mother originated from). She sits as a member of the Labour Party.[7]
Employment history
Child Poverty Action Group
- Legal Res. Officer, 1971–75
- Assistant Director, 1975–77
- Deputy Director 1977–79
- Director 1979–87
As a professor
- Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford, 1987–93
- Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University, 1994 onwards
- Donald Dewar Visiting Professor of Social Justice, University of Glasgow, 2005–06
Miscellaneous
- Vice-Chair, NCVO, 1991–93
- Member: Opsahl Commission, 1992–93
- Commission for Social Justice, 1992–94
- Commission on Poverty, Participation and Power, 1999–2000
- Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty, 2004–06
- National Equality Panel, 2008–10
- The Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture, University of Leeds, 1989
- Founding Academician, Academy of Social Sciences, 1999
Publications
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- Supplementary Benefit Rights, 1974
- Welfare Benefits, 1981
- The Exclusive Society, 1990
- Women's Economic Dependency and Social Security, 1992
- Citizenship: feminist perspectives, 1997, 2nd edition 2003
- Poverty, 2004
- Poverty, 2nd edition 2020 ISBN 978-0745645971
- Gendering Citizenship in Western Europe, 2007
- Co-editor of Why Money Matters, 2008
- Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy, 2010
References
- ^ "Baroness Lister of Burtersett". BBC Democracy. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "University of Essex :: Events at Essex :: Harry Potter director and Arctic explorer honoured at Graduation 2012". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ Who's Who 2011
- ^ A speech presented by the Baroness Lister upon her honorary doctorate from the University of Essex on 18 July 2012.
- ^ "No. 55513". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1999. p. 9.
- ^ "No. 59689". The London Gazette. 3 February 2011. p. 1849.
- ^ "Baroness Lister of Burtersett". www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
External links
- Debretts profile
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