Paul Bridgen

Paul Bridgen is an Associate Professor in Social Policy at the University of Southampton, affiliated with the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology. His work focuses on the intersection between environmental and social policy, particularly examining how welfare states respond to the climate crisis.

• Member of Social Policy Association’s Climate Change and Social Policy (CUSP) network
• Member of European Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy network

Key research areas include:

• Eco-social policy developments
• Energy and fuel poverty in UK/EU
• Working-time reduction as eco-social strategy
• Carbon taxation fairness

Recent publications analyze:

• Domestic energy efficiency policies as socio-environmental solutions
• Spatio-temporal trends in fuel poverty
• Climate crisis and taxation policy
• Post-growth transformation of social protection

Paul supervises PhD students and collaborates on ESRC-funded research projects with scholars like Jane Falkingham and Traute Meyer.