Madeleine Stevens

Madeleine Stevens is a researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) within the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC). Her work focuses on mixed-methods research in social care and mental health, particularly addressing adults, children, and young people’s needs. Key areas include strengths-based approaches, young carers’ support, and community/family support systems. She holds a doctoral degree from the NIHR-funded study on high-risk children’s antisocial behavior prevention, completed in 2017.

Her career spans institutions like the Institute of Education and City University, with expertise in evaluating parenting interventions and cost-effectiveness analyses. Collaborations include co-creating the comic Tales from Social Care to disseminate research findings. Current projects explore cognitive health-neighbourhood linkages, policy implementation frameworks, and unmet support needs for young caregivers.

Research highlights include pioneering work on strengths-based social care models, policy impact analyses, and participatory methods involving service users. Her doctoral research combined qualitative and quantitative data to understand family responses to interventions, emphasizing societal factors in disadvantage perpetuation.

LSE affiliations include CPEC and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She advises on social care policy and has contributed to national reports like the World Alzheimer Report 2019. Her work bridges academic rigor with practical policy implications, aiming to enhance equitable service delivery.