Daniel Edmiston

Dr Daniel Edmiston is a Visiting Academic at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds. His work bridges social policy, political science, and economic sociology, focusing on poverty, inequality, welfare politics, and state-citizen dynamics in high-income countries.

• BSc Social Policy & Administration
• MSc Social Policy (Research)
• PhD Sociology and Social Policy

His research explores the relationship between social policy, welfare politics, and inequality, with a focus on configuring welfare-state interventions to address poverty. Key areas include citizenship, social security, public service reform, and social impact investment.

Dr Edmiston supervises postgraduate researchers, including Emma Hyde, Vanessa Jiménez Sánchez, and Tom Adnan-Smith. He also contributes to national and comparative studies using mixed methods to analyze deep poverty, activation policies, and social innovation.