Liam Foster is a Professor in Social Policy and a Co-Director of Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) at the University of Sheffield, UK. He specialises in theories of ageing, pensions, extending working lives, care and social inequalities. Professor Foster has developed a national and international profile in ageing and pensions. He has commented on his research in the media, advised unions, been involved in projects with business and charities, and been referenced by political parties. He has presented his research at a variety of national and international conferences and has been an invited speaker at the Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, the European Parliament in Brussels, the House of Lords and the UN in New York as a world leading expert on ageing. Professor Foster is the former member of the UK Social Policy Association Executive Committee. His recent projects include a large-scale project four country study funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health and Working Life, focused on exclusion and inequality in late working life and an ESRC Funded Centre for Care project on organising in the care sector, and social care worker pensions. Professor Foster also has a longstanding interest in teaching and research methods and has published widely in this area. He was awarded the Social Policy Association Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Award in 2021. In total, Professor Foster has authored over 75 publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters and has authored or edited ten books.
For further information about his research and publications see:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/people/academic-staff/liam-foster