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'''Stephen Douglas McKay''' ] (born 3 May 1968) is a British academic and since 2013 the Distinguished Professor of Social Research at the ].<ref name=Linked>, ] database</ref><ref name=Lincoln>], Staff Directory of the University of Lincoln</ref> '''Stephen Douglas McKay''' (born 3 May 1968) is a British academic and since 2013 the first Distinguished Professor of Social Research at the ].<ref name=Linked>, ] database</ref><ref name=Lincoln>, Staff Directory of the University of Lincoln</ref> McKay is one of Britain's foremost social policy researchers, his work having helped to redefine how poverty is measured.<ref name=Blog> University of Lincoln Research Blog, 2 May 2013</ref>


==Early life== ==Early life==
McKay was born at the Aldershot General Hospital in ] in ] in 1968,<ref></ref> the son of Angela ''née'' Lindsay, a sales assistant, and Paul McKay, a roof tiler. His siblings are Glenn McKay (born 1966) and Rachael McKay (born 1972). Stephen McKat attended ] in Aldershot before gaining a First Class ] degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at ] at the ] (1986-1989) following which he took his ] degree at the ] (2007).<ref name=Linked/><ref name=Lincoln/> McKay was born at the Aldershot General Hospital in ] in ] in 1968,<ref></ref> the son of Angela ''née'' Lindsay, a sales assistant, and Paul McKay, a roof tiler. His siblings are Glenn McKay (born 1966) and Rachael McKay (born 1972). Stephen McKay attended ] in Aldershot before attending ] at the ] (1986–1989) where he gained a First Class ] degree in philosophy, Politics and Economics.<ref name=Linked/><ref name=Lincoln/>


==Academic career== ==Academic career==
McKay was a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Personal Finance Research Centre at the University of Bristol (2002–2007) after which he was Professor of Social Research at the ] (2007-2013). He has worked at the ] and the ], for the ] (IFS), the ] (NatCen), and the ] (PSI).<ref name=Lincoln/> Since 2013 he has been Distinguished Professor of Social Research in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the ] where his subject specialisms include social research; inequality; family policy; quantitative methods; social security and pensions.<ref name=Lincoln/> On leaving Oxford McKay held various posts at the universities of ] and ], at the ] (IFS), the ] (NatCen), and the ] (PSI).<ref name=Lincoln/> He was senior research fellow and deputy director at the Personal Finance Research Centre at the University of Bristol (2002–2007) and, after gaining his ] degree at the ] (2007) he was appointed professor of social research at the ] (2007–2013), where he was also director of the ] Doctoral Training Centre from 2010<ref>, The Conversation website</ref> and a leading member of Birmingham's Third Sector Research Centre.<ref name=Blog/> Since 2013 he has been the first distinguished professor of social research in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the ], where his subject specialisms include social research; inequality; family policy; quantitative methods; social security and pensions.<ref name=Lincoln/><ref name=ACSS/>


With Karen Rowlingson he co-authored ''Social Security in Britain'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999). He is the author and co-author of various academic articles and papers, including 'Child Maintenance: How Much Should the State Require Fathers to Pay When Families Separate?' (''Family Law'', 2013); 'Child Support Judgments: Comparing Public Policy to the Public's Policy' (University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 34/2014); 'Levels of Financial Capability in the UK' (''Public Money & Management'', Vol. 27, No. 1, pp.&nbsp;29–36, February 2007);<ref>, ] Database</ref> 'When 4 ≈ 10,000: The Power of Social Science Knowledge in Predictive Performance' (2019); 'Has lockdown strengthened marriages?' (2020); and 'Parents in lockdown' (2020).<ref>, Google Scholar</ref>
Dr McKay was awarded the Progress Prize by ] in 2017 for his work in predicting layoffs in the Fragile Families Challenge. He is an external examiner for the ] degree in Social Policy at the ] and is a Fellow of the ] (ESRC) Peer Review College.<ref name=Lincoln/>

McKay was awarded the Progress Prize by ] in 2017 for his work in predicting layoffs in the ].<ref>, Fragile Families Challenge website</ref> He is an external examiner for the ] degree in social policy at the ] and is a Fellow of the ] (ESRC) Peer Review College<ref name=Lincoln/> and a ] of the ].<ref name=ACSS> Press release - the ], 19 March 2019</ref>


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British academic and Professor of Social Research

Stephen Douglas McKay (born 3 May 1968) is a British academic and since 2013 the first Distinguished Professor of Social Research at the University of Lincoln. McKay is one of Britain's foremost social policy researchers, his work having helped to redefine how poverty is measured.

Early life

McKay was born at the Aldershot General Hospital in Aldershot in Hampshire in 1968, the son of Angela née Lindsay, a sales assistant, and Paul McKay, a roof tiler. His siblings are Glenn McKay (born 1966) and Rachael McKay (born 1972). Stephen McKay attended Heron Wood Boys' School in Aldershot before attending Pembroke College at the University of Oxford (1986–1989) where he gained a First Class Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Academic career

On leaving Oxford McKay held various posts at the universities of Bath and Loughborough, at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), and the Policy Studies Institute (PSI). He was senior research fellow and deputy director at the Personal Finance Research Centre at the University of Bristol (2002–2007) and, after gaining his Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Bristol (2007) he was appointed professor of social research at the University of Birmingham (2007–2013), where he was also director of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre from 2010 and a leading member of Birmingham's Third Sector Research Centre. Since 2013 he has been the first distinguished professor of social research in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln, where his subject specialisms include social research; inequality; family policy; quantitative methods; social security and pensions.

With Karen Rowlingson he co-authored Social Security in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999). He is the author and co-author of various academic articles and papers, including 'Child Maintenance: How Much Should the State Require Fathers to Pay When Families Separate?' (Family Law, 2013); 'Child Support Judgments: Comparing Public Policy to the Public's Policy' (University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 34/2014); 'Levels of Financial Capability in the UK' (Public Money & Management, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 29–36, February 2007); 'When 4 ≈ 10,000: The Power of Social Science Knowledge in Predictive Performance' (2019); 'Has lockdown strengthened marriages?' (2020); and 'Parents in lockdown' (2020).

McKay was awarded the Progress Prize by Princeton University in 2017 for his work in predicting layoffs in the Fragile Families Challenge. He is an external examiner for the Bachelor of Science degree in social policy at the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Peer Review College and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

References

  1. ^ Academic Profile for Dr Stephen McKay, LinkedIn database
  2. ^ Profile for Professor Stephen McKay, Staff Directory of the University of Lincoln
  3. ^ Social policy research specialist becomes new distinguished professor at Lincoln University of Lincoln Research Blog, 2 May 2013
  4. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 for Stephen Douglas McKay, 1968: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  5. Profile of Stephen McKay, The Conversation website
  6. ^ Press release - the Academy of Social Sciences, 19 March 2019
  7. Stephen McKay, Social Science Research Network Database
  8. - Publications of Stephen McKay, Google Scholar
  9. Prize Winners (2017), Fragile Families Challenge website
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