In-Work Poverty and COVID-19

On the 21^st October 2021, the Bristol Poverty Institute (BPI) and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) came together to deliver an important and timely webinar on In-Work Poverty and COVID-19.

The webinar focussed on the dynamics of poverty among those in employment and how this has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and involved analysis and discussion of conceptions of In-Work Poverty, furlough, Universal Credit, social (in)security, Minimum Income Standards, and structural inequalities.

The webinar featured three fantastic speakers:

Dr Rod Hick, Cardiff University - In-Work Poverty and Covid-19: Tackling Poverty after the Pandemic
Abigail Davis, Loughborough University - In-Work Poverty and Social Insecurity
Rebecca McDonald, Joseph Rowntree Foundation - The rising tide of in-work poverty: will Covid-19 change its course?

These talks were followed by a Q&A session with the audience, which featured guest panellist Dr Ruth Webber, Loughborough University, and was chaired by Dr Lauren Winch, Manager of the BPI.

A recording of the webinar is available below. A list of timings for when each talk and the Q&A session features can be found at the bottom of this page, along with links to PDF copies of available presentations.

00:00 Welcome and introduction to the BPI and JRF (Lauren Winch and Rebecca McDonald)

06:30 In-Work Poverty and Covid-19: Tackling Poverty after the Pandemic (Rod Hick) Slides (PDF, 665kB)‌‌

28:18 In-Work Poverty and Social Insecurity (Abigail Davis) Slides (PDF, 1,485kB)

49:00 The rising tide of in-work poverty: will Covid-19 change its course? (Rebecca McDonald) Slides (PDF, 565kB)

1:04:20 Q&A session (Chaired by Lauren Winch)‌‌