Benjamin Goodair

Benjamin Goodair is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), part of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His work focuses on the privatisation of health and social care services, examining how marketisation affects service quality, equity, and outcomes for vulnerable populations.

• PhD completed at the University of Oxford
• Current projects funded by the British Academy, Nuffield Foundation, and Wellcome Trust

Goodair's research spans healthcare privatisation, public sector outsourcing, and computational social science. His recent studies highlight the negative impacts of for-profit provision on NHS and social care quality, including heightened mortality rates, care home closures, and systemic inequities in service distribution.

Key publications include:

• Observational analyses in The Lancet Public Health (2022, 2024)
• Cross-sectional studies in Age and Ageing (2024)
• Longitudinal evaluations in Social Science & Medicine (2022) and Child Abuse & Neglect (2023)
• Crisis assessments in BMJ (2024)

He collaborates with institutions like the Blavatnik School of Government (Oxford) and Roskilde University, and engages in public discourse via Twitter and policy briefings. His work advocates for restricting profit motives in care systems to improve access and reduce inequalities.