Lee Gregory

Lee Gregory is an Associate Professor in Social Policy at the University Nottingham, in the School of Sociology and Social Policy. Lee is a Trustee of Academics Stand Against Poverty (UK chapter) and he is a founder of Queer Populations and Policies (QPaP) with Dr Sam Mann. In his "spare time" he is an Event Ambassador for parkrun in Birmingham.

His LinkTr.ee provides links to a range of websites and outputs linked to his employment and voluntary work: https://linktr.ee/LeeJGregory 

Lee completed his studies at Cardiff University in social policy and sociology. Since completing his PhD in 2012 he has been employed as a lecturer, later Senior Lecture/Associate Professor. 

He is a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy. He was awarded the a Special Recognition Award for Innovation in Assessment in 2018 from the Higher Education Futures Institute. He led the undergraduate team at the University of Birmingham which won the Social Policy Association Teaching Award in 2019.

Lee has previously been a member of the Social Policy Association Executive Committee (as ECR lead and later Membership Secretary) and previously sat on the editorial board for the Social Policy and Society and currently sits on the editorial board for the Journal of Social Policy.

His primary research areas are within the topics of poverty, inequality, LGBTQ+ experiences of welfare, welfare theory , social mobility and asset-based welfare (in particular youth savings initiatives).