Professor Martin Knapp

Director of PSSRU at LSE; Professor of Social Policy; Director of the NIHR School for Social Care Research

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Research Interests

Martin Knapp is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has also been Director of the NIHR School for Social Care Research since 2009. His current research emphases are primarily dementia, child and adult mental health, autism and long-term social care; much of his work has an economic focus, and in all of it he seeks to tease out the policy implications. He has published almost 600 peer-review journal papers and 15 books. His work has had numerous impacts on policy and practice in these areas.

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Martin Knapp's Publications

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Unpaid Care in England: Future Patterns and Potential Support Strategies (2016)

Brimblecombe N, Fernandez JL, Knapp M, Rehill A, Wittenberg R

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Best Practice for Perinatal Mental Health Care: The Economic Case (2016)

Bauer A, Knapp M, Adeleja B

Personal Social Services Research Unit

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The Economic Case for a Befriending and Practical At-Home Support Scheme for Older People in Shropshire, England (2014)

Bauer A, Knapp M, King D, Wistow G, Perkins M, Iemmi V

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2881, London School of Economics

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An Analysis of the Economic Impacts of the British Red Cross Support at Home Service (2013)

Dixon J, Winterbourne, S, Lombard D, Watters S, Trachtenberg M, Knapp M

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Evidence-informed policy making: Exploring the concept of knowledge transfer in social care (2013)

Matosevic T, McDaid D, Knapp M, Rutter D, Fisher M

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2862, London School of Economics

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Investing in Advocacy Interventions for Parents with Learning Disabilities: What is the Economic Argument? (2013)

Bauer A, Dixon J, Wistow G, Knapp M

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2860, London School of Economics

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Building community capacity: making an economic case (2010)

Knapp M, Bauer A, Perkins M, Snell T

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2772, London School of Economics

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National Evaluation of Partnerships for Older People Projects: Interim Report of Progress (2008)

Windle K, Wagland R, Lord K, Dickinson A, Knapp M, D'Amico F, Forder J, Henderson C, Wistow G, Beech R, Roe B, Bowling A

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Age Discrimination in Mental Health Services (2008)

Beecham J, Knapp M, Fernández J-L, Huxley P, Mangalore R, McCrone P, Snell T, Wittenberg R

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2536, London School of Economics

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Direct payments: a national survey of direct payments policy and practice (2007)

Davey V, Fernández J-L, Knapp M, Vick N, Jolly D, Swift P, Tobin R, Kendall J, Ferrie J, Pearson C, Mercer G, Priestley M

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