Peter Alcock Biography

Professor of Social Policy and Administration Pete Alcock is a well-known scholar who has conducted in-depth studies on social security, anti-poverty programs, and poverty. He has been working in social policy for over thirty years and has significantly impacted academia. Before serving as dean of the School of Social Sciences from 2003 to 2008, Alcock managed the Birmingham Department of Social Policy and Social Work from 2000 to 2003. He is notably a Selected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Professor Alcock has also taken an active position in several professional organizations and editorial boards in addition to his roles in academia. He has held positions on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Social Policy and the Social Policy Association's Chair. Alcock is the Chair of the Editorial Management Board of Voluntary Sector Review and a member of the Steering Group of the Voluntary Sector Studies Network. He also is a member of the editorial boards of journals like Public Management Review and the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. Alcock's contributions to social policy are reflected in his written and edited books, which have become resources in the field. A few of the works he is credited with writing are "Social Policy in Britain," "Understanding Poverty," "International Social Policy," "The Student's Companion to Social Policy," and "The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy." Professor Pete Alcock has significantly improved our understanding of poverty and influenced policy discussions in the academic community through his research, writings, and leadership roles.

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