Peter Taylor-Gooby

Who is Peter Taylor-Gooby?

Peter Taylor-Gooby OBE is a Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent who is internationally noted for his work on new social risks, an area of study he helped create and develop. He has published more than 130 articles, 100 book chapters and 22 books.

He has led major European and UK Research Programmes which have opened up new areas in social policy research and has advised the UK government and the European government in relation to welfare reform and building public trust. His work is widely recognised across Europe and in East Asia. He has had considerable influence on the study of social and public policy in the UK and internationally and has been recognised by a number of external bodies, including. and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, one of only six academics in his discipline to receive this honour.

He chairs the British Academy New Paradigms in Public Policy Programme, 2009-11 and the Nudge: Scope and Limitations of Behavioural Economics Project, and directed the ESRC Social Contexts and Responses to Risk, and Economic Beliefs and Behaviour Programmes, and the EU Welfare Reform and the Management of Societal Change Programme.