Martin Knapp is Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (亚博app下载), based in the Health Policy Department. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow in the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC; formerly PSSRU) at the 亚博app下载. Since 2023, Martin has been Programme Director for the Research Programme for Social Care, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in England. From 2009 until 2024, he was also Director of the NIHR of the School for Social Care Research. Martin's main research interests are in the areas of social care (often called long-term care), child and adult mental health, dementia and neurodiversity. Much of his work uses economic arguments and evidence to inform policy discussion and influence practice development. His research has had wide-ranging impacts on policy and practice in a number of fields.
Teaching
HP432 Mental Health Policy
Affiliations
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Policy Innovation and Evaluation (LSHTM, 亚博app下载, Imperial College London) (from 2011)
NIHR Dementia and Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit (Exeter, 亚博app下载, Bradford, Newcastle) (since 2024)
NIHR Healthy Ageing Policy Research Unit (Newcastle, Manchester, 亚博app下载) (from 2019)
NIHR School for Social Care Research (York, 亚博app下载, Leeds, Leeds Beckett, Bristol, Sheffield) (since 2009)
*Professor Knapp does not have fixed office hours but will always respond promptly to email requests for meetings.