Daniel Edmiston

Daniel Edmiston is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and Public Law at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he joined in 2023. He serves as Principal Investigator of the WHOCOUNTS project funded by the European Research Council and is affiliated with the Institute of Government and Public Policies. Dr. Edmiston is actively accepting PhD students and maintains an external position as Visiting Academic at the University of Leeds through January 2025.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Leeds (2015)
• MSc in Social Policy Research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2011)
• BSc in Social Policy and Administration from the University of Bath (2005)
• Fellow in Teaching and Learning Support from the Higher Education Academy (2019)

Daniel's research program critically examines the relationship between social policy, welfare politics, and inequality. His work employs mixed methods approaches to analyze state-citizen dynamics on human welfare across high-income countries, with particular focus on marginalized populations often excluded from traditional poverty measurements. Recent publications reveal evolving research interests including deep poverty during permacrisis conditions, welfare disciplining through debt recovery mechanisms, and intersectional analyses of social policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

His research spans several key areas:

• Social security systems and benefit conditionality
• Deep poverty measurement and analysis
• Welfare disciplining through debt recovery
• Intersection of social policy with LGBTQ+ experiences
• Public attitudes toward social security reforms
• Impact of austerity measures on vulnerable populations

Daniel Edmiston has received notable recognition for his work:

• European Research Council Starting Grant for the WHOCOUNTS project (2024-2028)
• Fellow in Teaching and Learning Support from the Higher Education Academy (2019)

As a mentor, Dr. Edmiston is accepting PhD students and has contributed to the Welfare at a (Social) Distance dataset (2020-2022). His WHOCOUNTS project represents a significant research investment examining poverty across Europe with international collaborators. Prior to joining UAB, he worked with the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, London School of Economics, University of Oxford, and University of Leeds, bringing substantial policy-relevant experience to his academic work.