Isabelle Huning

Isabelle Huning is an LSE Fellow in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics since 2024. Her work combines academic expertise with practical experience as a Social Worker, focusing on policy framing, vocational education, and employability. She holds a PhD from the University of York, where she analyzed parliamentary debates on apprenticeships in Germany and the UK using quantitative text analysis.

• Education:
• MA in Social Policy (hons), University of York (Maria Bourboulis Scholarship)
• BA and MEd in Vocational Education in Social Care, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• BA in Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover

Her research emphasizes sociocultural narratives in policy institutionalization and the political economy of skill formation. She teaches SP100: Understanding International Social and Public Policy.

• Awards:
• ESRC +3 Studentship (White Rose DTP)
• Departmental Scholarship, University of York

Isabelle advises on youth transitions from school to work and advocates for historically grounded comparative social policy analysis.