RUFI Staff
Paul A Jones MSc, MEd, MCIL, PhD.
Paul has a research background in the fields of social enterprise, regeneration, financial services for people on low incomes and credit union development. He has undertaken numerous research studies into credit union management and organisation and works closely with the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd in promoting the modernisation of the British credit union movement. His research studies into financial services for people on low incomes have been commissioned, for example, by Citizens’ Advice, The Co-operative Bank, Friends Provident Foundation and Barclays.
Simon Rahilly BA (Hons), PG Dip in Soc Admin.
Simon has researched and written on Social Security, Housing Benefit and Housing, with articles in journals such as Legal Action, the Journal of Social Security Law, the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law and Social Policy and Administration. Recent research has included work with Save the Children on the impact of the government’s welfare to work policy and as a partner to an EC funded study of Social Exclusion in Rome, Paris and London
The RUFI research team is open to LJMU academics and others who are interested in developing research into the impact of poverty and financial exclusion on low income communities.
