Dr Tom Porter
PhD, MA, BA
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Adult Health and Social Care
School for Policy Studies
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Research interests
I am a social researcher interested in the experiences of disabled people and people living with chronic illness. My work adopts a social justice perspective and applies social scientific methods and theory to examine how policy, institutions, and services shape the life chances and opportunities of people affected by illness or impairment.
To date my research has examined distinct themes:
- Social care and care relationships
- Social security and welfare reform
- The interface of social security with other systems such as the NHS, social care, and Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service.
Publications
Recent publications
20/07/2023Epistemic sabotage
Sociology of Health & Illness
Disabled women’s care experiences in Turkey: Intimacy, dependency, independent living
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Trouble in direct payment personal assistance relationships
Work, Employment & Society
Evidence, objectivity and welfare reform: a qualitative study of disability benefit assessments
Evidence and Policy
Living with multimorbidity? The lived experience of multiple chronic conditions in later life
Health