Beth Watts-Cobbe

Professor Beth Watts-Cobbe is Deputy Director at Heriot-Watt University's Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research. Her research examines homelessness policy, welfare systems, and structural inequality.

Watts-Cobbe analyzes ethical dimensions of social policy, particularly welfare conditionality and rights-based approaches to homelessness. Her current work focuses on destitution among migrants excluded from social safety nets.