Professor Sharon Wright
Biography
Sharon Wright is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Glasgow and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She researches lived experiences of delivering and receiving social security benefits in the UK and Scotland.
Sharon is a high impact researcher with expertise in benefit sanctions and conditionality, Universal Credit, migrant essential workers and the disability employment gap. She was Expert Advisor to the Scottish Parliament Social Security Committee (2016-2019). Her award-winning book is ‘Women and Welfare Conditionality’.
Committee member
Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to:
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give advice on social security issues as it sees fit
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consider and report on social security regulations that have been referred to it
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advise on matters referred to it by the Secretary of State or the Northern Ireland department responsible for social security
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scrutinise the products produced by the Department for Work and Pensions