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Dr Marco Pomati
(he/him)
Reader in Social Research Methods and Social Policy
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
My current research interests are the improvement of measurement and analysis of poverty and living standards, as well as the rigorous evaluation of social policies through advanced quantitative research and mixed-methods approaches. As a member and teaching lead of the Cardiff Q-Step Centre, I am committed to enhancing the proficiency of both undergraduate and postgraduate students in robust quantitative methods, grounded in my interdisciplinary background in Social Policy and Sociology.
I hold degrees from the University of Bristol, the London School of Economics and Goldsmith’s University. Before joining Cardiff, I worked at the University of Bristol, the National Foundation for Educational Research, the National Centre for Social Research and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion where I helped design as well as carried out quantitative analysis of small- and large-scale socio-economic surveys and assessment data.
Current research
Following work for Eurostat with UK and European partners that led to the establishment of a new indicator of material and social deprivation, between 2019 and 2024 I have led as PI or co-led as Co-I a wide range of funded projects, underpinned by the common themes of understanding and improving the measurement of adult and children’s needs and the extent to which these are fulfilled in a wide range of national and international contexts and for a range of funders, including the Economic and Social Research Council (UKRI/ESRC), the Nuffield Foundation, United Nations Children's Fund and CARE Canada.
Recent projects include: the improvement of the way socially perceived necessities are measured and analysed in Uganda, Tanzania and India; the assessment of perceived rights and rights deprivation among young adults as well as the relationship between housing deprivation and poverty in a comparative European context. For more information see the Research tab.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students, mainly in the areas of Poverty and Inequality. If you are interested in undertaking a PhD with me and work in these areas, please do get in touch (preferably with a 1 or 2 page proposal).
Editorial roles
Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (Chief editor with J.Mack, 2021-ongoing)
Social Policy Review (Editor 2019-2022)
Board memberships
Multidimensional poverty and poverty dynamics working group (Development Studies Association)
Health Foundation Grant Board (2019-2022)
GCRF Grant Board (2016-2021)
Administrative responsibilities
BSc Social Analytics Teaching Lead
SSRM and PhD Social Policy Lead for the School of Social Sciences and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (2018-2023)
Publication
2024
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S., Jose, S. and Reddy, B. 2024. Multidimensional adult and child poverty in India-establishing consensus about socially perceived necessities for a new measure of poverty. Indian Journal of Human Development (10.1177/09737030241274084)
- Pomati, M. and Mack, J. 2024. Poverty and social security in South Korea. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 32(2), pp. 182-185. (10.1332/17598273Y2024D000000020)
- Weon, S., Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in South Korea: Developing measures to assess progress towards the sustainable development goals. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 32(2), pp. 277-311. (10.1332/17598273Y2023D000000009)
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children: Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2007-2018). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF Tanzania. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys. Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Pomati, M., Hick, R. and Stephens, M. 2024. The link between housing affordability and poverty in Europe. [Online]. London: London School of Economics. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2024/03/14/the-link-between-housing-affordability-and-poverty-in-europe/
- Hick, R., Pomati, M. and Stephens, M. 2024. Housing affordability and poverty in Europe: On the deteriorating position of market renters. Journal of Social Policy (10.1017/S0047279423000703)
- Gordon, D. et al. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty and deprivation in Uganda Report : Volume 1. The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf
- Gordon, D., Grieve, T., Najera, H., Nandy, S., Pomati, M., Oloya, A. and Zhang, M. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in Uganda. Volume 1: The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation - 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: UNICEF. Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf#page=89
- Pomati, M. 2024. The geography of child poverty in Uganda. In: Gordon, D. et al. eds. Multidimensional Child Poverty In Uganda Volume 1: The Extent and Nature of Multidimensional Child Poverty and Deprivation - 2024. UNICEF, pp. 75-83.
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Mary, Z. 2024. The state of Zanzibar's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2010-2020). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-zanzibars-children
2023
- Pomati, M. and Nájera Catalán, H. E. 2023. The spatial distribution of multidimensional poverty in Uganda in 2014. Small area estimates of multidimensional poverty in Uganda using the 2014 Census. Cardiff University.
- Mack, J. and Pomati, M. 2023. Universal Basic Income: the debate [Editorial]. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 31(1), pp. 3-4. (10.1332/175982721X16704285585313)
2022
- Hick, R., Pomati, M. and Stephens, M. 2022. Severe housing deprivation in the European Union: A joint analysis of measurement and theory. Social Indicators Research 164, pp. 1271-1295. (10.1007/s11205-022-02987-6)
- Jolly, A., Cefalo, R. and Pomati, M. eds. 2022. Social policy review 34. Social Policy Review. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
- Mack, J. and Pomati, M. 2022. Modern slavery [Editorial]. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 30(2), pp. 96-97. (10.1332/175982721X16497585897342)
- Hick, R., Pomati, M. and Stephens, M. 2022. Housing and poverty in Europe: examining the interconnections in the face of rising house prices. Cardiff University.
2021
- Mendoza-Quispe, D. et al. 2021. Urbanization in Peru is inversely associated with double burden of malnutrition: Pooled analysis of 92,841 mother-child pairs. Obesity 29(8), pp. 1363-1374. (10.1002/oby.23188)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2021. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2.2 of the sustainable development goals in Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia and Mali. In: Nébié, G. et al. eds. Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa. ibidem, pp. 99-120.
- Pomati, M., Jolly, A. and Rees, J. eds. 2021. Social policy review 33: analysis and debate in social policy 2021. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Pomati, M. et al. 2021. Trends and patterns of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in Peru: A pooled analysis of 129,159 mother-child dyads. International Journal of Obesity 45, pp. 609-618. (10.1038/s41366-020-00725-x)
2020
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2020. Progrès vers la réalisation de l'ODD 2: évaluation de la malnutrition multiple chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans en Afrique occidentale et centrale. Statéco 114
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Assessing progress towards SDG2: Trends and patterns of multiple malnutrition in young children under 5 in West and Central Africa. Child Indicators Research 13, pp. 1847-1873. (10.1007/s12187-019-09671-1)
- Rees, J., Pomati, M. and Reins, E. eds. 2020. Social policy review 32: analysis and debate in scial policy, 2020. Social Policy Review. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2 of the sustainable development goals. Social Indicators Research 148, pp. 105-126. (10.1007/s11205-019-02198-6)
- Pomati, M. et al. 2020. Multidimensional child poverty and the SDGs: from measurement to action. In: Lawson, D., Angemi, D. and Kasirye, I. eds. What Works for Africa's Poorest Children. From Measurement to Action. Practical Action Publishing, pp. 19-42.
2019
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2019. Millions of malnourished children in West and Central Africa have been overlooked by UN estimates - new data. The Conversation 2019(8 Nov)
- Pomati, M. 2019. Barry Knight (2017), rethinking about poverty: what makes a good society?, Bristol: Policy Press, £9.99, pp. 184, pbk. [Book Review]. Journal of Social Policy 48(3), pp. 641-642. (10.1017/S0047279419000461)
- Guio, A. and Pomati, M. 2019. How do European citizens cope with economic shocks? The longitudinal order of deprivation.. In: Cheung, S. C. and Xiao, L. eds. Social policy and local governance: developments in Europe and China (社会政策与地方治理：欧洲和中国的经验). Social Sciences Academic Press (China), pp. 29-102.
2018
- Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2018. The distribution and dynamics of economic social wellbeing in the UK: An analysis of the recession using multidimensional indicators of living standards - Final Report. Project Report. [Online]. Nuffield Foundation. Available at: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Patsios%2042858%20-%20Nuffield_EAD_MILS_SummaryFindings_Nov2018_final.pdf
- Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2018. The distribution and dynamics of economic social wellbeing in the UK: An analysis of the recession using multidimensional indicators of living standards. Project Report. [Online]. Nuffield Foundation. Available at: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Patsios 42858 - Nuffield_EAD_MILS_FinalReport_Nov2018.pdf
- Pomati, M. and Patsios, D. 2018. The distribution and dynamics of economic social wellbeing in the UK: An analysis of the recession using multidimensional indicators of living standards - Summary Findings. Project Report. [Online]. Nuffield Foundation. Available at: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Patsios%2042858%20-%20Nuffield_EAD_MILS_SummaryFindings_Nov2018_final.pdf
- Guio, A., Gordon, D., Marlier, E., Najera, H. and Pomati, M. 2018. Towards an EU measure of child deprivation. Child Indicators Research 11, pp. 835-860. (10.1007/s12187-017-9491-6)
- Depio, S., Ahaibwe, G., Kasirye, I., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2018. Child poverty and deprivation in refugee-hosting areas. Evidence from Uganda. UNICEF.
2017
- Patsios, D., Pomati, M. and Hillyard, P. 2017. Living standards in the UK. In: Bramley, G. and Bailey, N. eds. Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Vol. 2: The Dimensions of Disadvantage., Vol. 2. Policy Press, pp. 57–90., (10.1332/policypress/9781447334224.003.0003)
- Dermott, E. and Pomati, M. 2017. The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support. In: Dermott, E. and Main, G. eds. Poverty and social exclusion in the UK: The nature and extent of the problem., Vol. 1. Policy Press
- Guio, A. and Pomati, M. 2017. How do European citizens cope with economic shocks? The longitudinal order of deprivation. In: Atkinson, A. B., Guio, A. and Marlier, E. eds. Monitoring Social Inclusion in Europe. European Union, pp. 385-398.
- Guio, A., Marlier, E. and Pomati, M. 2017. Evolution of material deprivation over time: the impact of the great recession in EU countries. In: Atkinson, T., Guio, A. and Marlier, E. eds. Monitoring Social Inclusion in Europe. European Union, pp. 367-383.
- Guio, A., Gordon, D., Najera, H. and Pomati, M. 2017. Revising the EU material deprivation variables. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2785/33408
2016
- Pomati, M. 2016. Book Review: Giampietro Gobo and Sergio Mauceri, Constructing survey data: an interactional approach. Qualitative Research 16(6), pp. 742-744. (10.1177/1468794115592559)
- Nandy, S., Pomati, M. and Lenoël, A. 2016. L'approche consensuelle de mesure de la pauvreté : une application au cas du Bénin. Stateco 110, pp. 71-89.
- Guio, A., Marlier, E., Gordon, D., Fahmy, E., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2016. Improving the measurement of material deprivation at the European Union level. Journal of European Social Policy 26(3), pp. 219-233. (10.1177/0958928716642947)
- Dermott, E. and Pomati, M. 2016. The parenting and economising practices of lone parents: policy and evidence. Critical Social Policy 36(1), pp. 62-81. (10.1177/0261018315602198)
- Dermott, E. and Pomati, M. 2016. 'Good' parenting practices: how important are poverty, education and time pressure?. Sociology 50(1), pp. 125-142. (10.1177/0038038514560260)
2015
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2015. Applying the consensual method of estimating poverty in a low income African setting. Social Indicators Research 124(3), pp. 693-726. (10.1007/s11205-014-0819-z)
- Deutsch, J., Guio, A., Pomati, M. and Silber, J. 2015. Material deprivation in Europe: which expenditures are curtailed first?. Social Indicators Research 120(3), pp. 723-740. (10.1007/s11205-014-0618-6)
2013
- Gordon, D., Mack, J., Lansley, S., Main, G., Nandy, S., Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2013. The impoverishment of the UK. PSE UK first results. Living standards. Project Report. Milton Keynes: Open University.
2011
- Antonucci, L. and Pomati, M. 2011. The Second Peter Townsend Memorial Conference: measurement issues and emerging concepts. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 19(2), pp. 169-174. (10.1332/175982711X574030)
2010
- Kirkup, C., Wheater, R., Morrison, J., Durbin, B. and Pomati, M. 2010. Use of an aptitude test in University entrance: a validity study. Working paper. London: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32423/10-1321-use-of-aptitude-test-university-entrance-validity-study.pdf
- Speilhofer, T., Golden, S., Evans, K., Marshall, H., Mundy, E., Pomati, M. and Styles, B. 2010. Barriers to participation in education and training. Project Report. [Online]. London: National Foundation for Educational Research. Available at: http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/BPTZ01/BPTZ01_home.cfm
Articles
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S., Jose, S. and Reddy, B. 2024. Multidimensional adult and child poverty in India-establishing consensus about socially perceived necessities for a new measure of poverty. Indian Journal of Human Development (10.1177/09737030241274084)
- Pomati, M. and Mack, J. 2024. Poverty and social security in South Korea. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 32(2), pp. 182-185. (10.1332/17598273Y2024D000000020)
- Weon, S., Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in South Korea: Developing measures to assess progress towards the sustainable development goals. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 32(2), pp. 277-311. (10.1332/17598273Y2023D000000009)
- Hick, R., Pomati, M. and Stephens, M. 2024. Housing affordability and poverty in Europe: On the deteriorating position of market renters. Journal of Social Policy (10.1017/S0047279423000703)
- Mack, J. and Pomati, M. 2023. Universal Basic Income: the debate [Editorial]. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 31(1), pp. 3-4. (10.1332/175982721X16704285585313)
- Hick, R., Pomati, M. and Stephens, M. 2022. Severe housing deprivation in the European Union: A joint analysis of measurement and theory. Social Indicators Research 164, pp. 1271-1295. (10.1007/s11205-022-02987-6)
- Mack, J. and Pomati, M. 2022. Modern slavery [Editorial]. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 30(2), pp. 96-97. (10.1332/175982721X16497585897342)
- Mendoza-Quispe, D. et al. 2021. Urbanization in Peru is inversely associated with double burden of malnutrition: Pooled analysis of 92,841 mother-child pairs. Obesity 29(8), pp. 1363-1374. (10.1002/oby.23188)
- Pomati, M. et al. 2021. Trends and patterns of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in Peru: A pooled analysis of 129,159 mother-child dyads. International Journal of Obesity 45, pp. 609-618. (10.1038/s41366-020-00725-x)
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2020. Progrès vers la réalisation de l'ODD 2: évaluation de la malnutrition multiple chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans en Afrique occidentale et centrale. Statéco 114
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Assessing progress towards SDG2: Trends and patterns of multiple malnutrition in young children under 5 in West and Central Africa. Child Indicators Research 13, pp. 1847-1873. (10.1007/s12187-019-09671-1)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2 of the sustainable development goals. Social Indicators Research 148, pp. 105-126. (10.1007/s11205-019-02198-6)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2019. Millions of malnourished children in West and Central Africa have been overlooked by UN estimates - new data. The Conversation 2019(8 Nov)
- Pomati, M. 2019. Barry Knight (2017), rethinking about poverty: what makes a good society?, Bristol: Policy Press, £9.99, pp. 184, pbk. [Book Review]. Journal of Social Policy 48(3), pp. 641-642. (10.1017/S0047279419000461)
- Guio, A., Gordon, D., Marlier, E., Najera, H. and Pomati, M. 2018. Towards an EU measure of child deprivation. Child Indicators Research 11, pp. 835-860. (10.1007/s12187-017-9491-6)
- Pomati, M. 2016. Book Review: Giampietro Gobo and Sergio Mauceri, Constructing survey data: an interactional approach. Qualitative Research 16(6), pp. 742-744. (10.1177/1468794115592559)
- Nandy, S., Pomati, M. and Lenoël, A. 2016. L'approche consensuelle de mesure de la pauvreté : une application au cas du Bénin. Stateco 110, pp. 71-89.
- Guio, A., Marlier, E., Gordon, D., Fahmy, E., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2016. Improving the measurement of material deprivation at the European Union level. Journal of European Social Policy 26(3), pp. 219-233. (10.1177/0958928716642947)
- Dermott, E. and Pomati, M. 2016. The parenting and economising practices of lone parents: policy and evidence. Critical Social Policy 36(1), pp. 62-81. (10.1177/0261018315602198)
- Dermott, E. and Pomati, M. 2016. 'Good' parenting practices: how important are poverty, education and time pressure?. Sociology 50(1), pp. 125-142. (10.1177/0038038514560260)
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2015. Applying the consensual method of estimating poverty in a low income African setting. Social Indicators Research 124(3), pp. 693-726. (10.1007/s11205-014-0819-z)
- Deutsch, J., Guio, A., Pomati, M. and Silber, J. 2015. Material deprivation in Europe: which expenditures are curtailed first?. Social Indicators Research 120(3), pp. 723-740. (10.1007/s11205-014-0618-6)
- Antonucci, L. and Pomati, M. 2011. The Second Peter Townsend Memorial Conference: measurement issues and emerging concepts. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 19(2), pp. 169-174. (10.1332/175982711X574030)
Book sections
- Pomati, M. 2024. The geography of child poverty in Uganda. In: Gordon, D. et al. eds. Multidimensional Child Poverty In Uganda Volume 1: The Extent and Nature of Multidimensional Child Poverty and Deprivation - 2024. UNICEF, pp. 75-83.
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2021. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2.2 of the sustainable development goals in Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia and Mali. In: Nébié, G. et al. eds. Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa. ibidem, pp. 99-120.
- Pomati, M. et al. 2020. Multidimensional child poverty and the SDGs: from measurement to action. In: Lawson, D., Angemi, D. and Kasirye, I. eds. What Works for Africa's Poorest Children. From Measurement to Action. Practical Action Publishing, pp. 19-42.
- Guio, A. and Pomati, M. 2019. How do European citizens cope with economic shocks? The longitudinal order of deprivation.. In: Cheung, S. C. and Xiao, L. eds. Social policy and local governance: developments in Europe and China (社会政策与地方治理：欧洲和中国的经验). Social Sciences Academic Press (China), pp. 29-102.
- Patsios, D., Pomati, M. and Hillyard, P. 2017. Living standards in the UK. In: Bramley, G. and Bailey, N. eds. Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Vol. 2: The Dimensions of Disadvantage., Vol. 2. Policy Press, pp. 57–90., (10.1332/policypress/9781447334224.003.0003)
- Dermott, E. and Pomati, M. 2017. The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support. In: Dermott, E. and Main, G. eds. Poverty and social exclusion in the UK: The nature and extent of the problem., Vol. 1. Policy Press
- Guio, A. and Pomati, M. 2017. How do European citizens cope with economic shocks? The longitudinal order of deprivation. In: Atkinson, A. B., Guio, A. and Marlier, E. eds. Monitoring Social Inclusion in Europe. European Union, pp. 385-398.
- Guio, A., Marlier, E. and Pomati, M. 2017. Evolution of material deprivation over time: the impact of the great recession in EU countries. In: Atkinson, T., Guio, A. and Marlier, E. eds. Monitoring Social Inclusion in Europe. European Union, pp. 367-383.
Books
- Jolly, A., Cefalo, R. and Pomati, M. eds. 2022. Social policy review 34. Social Policy Review. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
- Pomati, M., Jolly, A. and Rees, J. eds. 2021. Social policy review 33: analysis and debate in social policy 2021. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Rees, J., Pomati, M. and Reins, E. eds. 2020. Social policy review 32: analysis and debate in scial policy, 2020. Social Policy Review. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Depio, S., Ahaibwe, G., Kasirye, I., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2018. Child poverty and deprivation in refugee-hosting areas. Evidence from Uganda. UNICEF.
Monographs
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children: Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2007-2018). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF Tanzania. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys. Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Gordon, D. et al. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty and deprivation in Uganda Report : Volume 1. The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf
- Gordon, D., Grieve, T., Najera, H., Nandy, S., Pomati, M., Oloya, A. and Zhang, M. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in Uganda. Volume 1: The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation - 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: UNICEF. Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf#page=89
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Mary, Z. 2024. The state of Zanzibar's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2010-2020). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-zanzibars-children
- Pomati, M. and Nájera Catalán, H. E. 2023. The spatial distribution of multidimensional poverty in Uganda in 2014. Small area estimates of multidimensional poverty in Uganda using the 2014 Census. Cardiff University.
- Hick, R., Pomati, M. and Stephens, M. 2022. Housing and poverty in Europe: examining the interconnections in the face of rising house prices. Cardiff University.
- Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2018. The distribution and dynamics of economic social wellbeing in the UK: An analysis of the recession using multidimensional indicators of living standards - Final Report. Project Report. [Online]. Nuffield Foundation. Available at: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Patsios%2042858%20-%20Nuffield_EAD_MILS_SummaryFindings_Nov2018_final.pdf
- Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2018. The distribution and dynamics of economic social wellbeing in the UK: An analysis of the recession using multidimensional indicators of living standards. Project Report. [Online]. Nuffield Foundation. Available at: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Patsios 42858 - Nuffield_EAD_MILS_FinalReport_Nov2018.pdf
- Pomati, M. and Patsios, D. 2018. The distribution and dynamics of economic social wellbeing in the UK: An analysis of the recession using multidimensional indicators of living standards - Summary Findings. Project Report. [Online]. Nuffield Foundation. Available at: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Patsios%2042858%20-%20Nuffield_EAD_MILS_SummaryFindings_Nov2018_final.pdf
- Guio, A., Gordon, D., Najera, H. and Pomati, M. 2017. Revising the EU material deprivation variables. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2785/33408
- Gordon, D., Mack, J., Lansley, S., Main, G., Nandy, S., Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2013. The impoverishment of the UK. PSE UK first results. Living standards. Project Report. Milton Keynes: Open University.
- Kirkup, C., Wheater, R., Morrison, J., Durbin, B. and Pomati, M. 2010. Use of an aptitude test in University entrance: a validity study. Working paper. London: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32423/10-1321-use-of-aptitude-test-university-entrance-validity-study.pdf
- Speilhofer, T., Golden, S., Evans, K., Marshall, H., Mundy, E., Pomati, M. and Styles, B. 2010. Barriers to participation in education and training. Project Report. [Online]. London: National Foundation for Educational Research. Available at: http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/BPTZ01/BPTZ01_home.cfm
Websites
- Pomati, M., Hick, R. and Stephens, M. 2024. The link between housing affordability and poverty in Europe. [Online]. London: London School of Economics. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2024/03/14/the-link-between-housing-affordability-and-poverty-in-europe/
Research
Recent funded projects:
- Supporting Out of school Adolescent girls' Rights and Skills. Project evaluation (Principal Inverstigator) [Oct 2021-ongoing] Funder: CARE Canada
- UK-South Korea Poverty Research Network (Principal Investigator) [Jan 2022- July 2023] Funder: UK Economic and Social Research Council (See JPSJ Special Issue)
- Child Poverty in Tanzania. (Principal Investigator) [June 2021- December 2023] Funder: United Nations Children's Fund . (See The State of Zanzibar's Children report and press release and The State of Mainland Tanzania's Children)
- Housing matters: A comparative study of the relationship between housing and poverty in Europe (Co-Investigator) [Oct 2019 – March 2022] Funder: UK Economic and Social Research Council (See Project report, also see Publication tab for papers and blogs)
- Feed her Future Nutrition Program Evaluation (Principal Investigator) [Sep 2019 - Dec 2020] Funder: CARE Canada
- Integration of multidimensional child poverty measurements and analysis in national poverty reduction programmes.The Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (Principal Investigator) [July 2019 - Oct 2021] Funder: United Nations Children's Fund (Project description)
-Assessing Multi-Dimensional Poverty in India (Co-Investigator) [Jan 2020 - Feb 2021] Funder: Global Challenges Research Fund (ESRC)
- Understanding and modelling the distribution of the double burden of malnutrition in Peru (Co-Investigator) [Feb 2019 - Feb 2020] Funder: British Council
- Assisting CARE Canada in the development of reliable and valid outcome indicators to assess health and nutrition programme effectiveness in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Ethiopia (Principal Investigator) [Nov - May 2019] Funder: Global Challenges Research Fund (ESRC)
- Explaining malnutrition in Uganda: analysing local food security and expenditure (Principal Investigator) [April- Sep 2018] Funder: Global Challenges Research Fund (ESRC)
- The distribution and dynamics of economic and social wellbeing in the UK: An analysis of the recession using multidimensional indicators of living standards (Co-Investigator) [ongoing: Feb 2017- Aug 2018] Funder: Nuffield Foundation
- Measuring and Mapping the Prevalence and Patterning of Multiple Malnutrition in Young Children in West and Central Africa (Co-Investigator) [ongoing:Feb 2017- April 2018] Funder: ESRC
- Developing training tools to assist National Statistical Offices in Low and Middle Income Countries in the collection of data to assess multidimensional poverty for the Sustainable Development Goals (Co-Applicant) [ongoing] Funder: ESRC Impact Acceleration Account - Global Challanges Fund. See news items here.
- ‘Getting the measure of poverty in the Philippines and Vietnam’ (Co-Applicant) [2016] Funder: ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
- Revising EU material deprivation variables and improving EU-SILC data quality (Co-Applicant) [2014-2016] Funder: EUROSTAT
- College Networking (teaching and research) with University of Auckland (Co-Investigator) [Dec 2016] Funder: Cardiff Uni
- British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship for Scholarship exchange with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences [ongoing] (Co-Investigator) [ongoing: November 2016 - March 2018] Funder: British Academy
- Impartiality Review of BBC Reporting of Statistics (Advisory Team) [completed 2016] Funder: BBC Trust
- Coping Strategies The longitudinal pattern of curtailment (Co-Investigator) [completed 2014] Funder: European Commission
- Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey 2012 (Research Associate) [completed 2014] Funder: ESRC
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Knowing the Social World: Online and Offline surveys (Year 2, Creator and Convenor, 2016-2019)
- Social Research Methods (Year 2, Autumn Module Convenor 2015-2017)
- Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (Year 1, Teaching and 2019, 2022 Module Convenor)
- Introduction to Social and Public Policy (Year 1)
- Introduction to Social Research Methods (Year 1)
- Poverty and Social Security in the UK (Year 2)
- Gender Relations and Society (Year 2, 2014-2021)
I am the Social Analytics teaching team lead.
Postgraduate
- I convene and teach both semesters of Quantitative Research Method (MSc Social Research Methods)
- I convene and teach Statistics in Government, (MSc Data Analytics for Government).
- I contribute to Research and Evidence-based Policy and Practice (Professional Doctorate).
I was the Social Policy lead for the Masters in Social Science Research Methods and PhD UKRI Training Partnership programme (2018-2023).
Biography
Professional memberships
- Social Policy Association
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- SURE accredited (2017) for the use administrative data, how to handle such data safely, lawfully and responsibly
Academic positions
- Research Associate, University of Bristol
- Research Analyst, National Foundation for Educational Research
Speaking engagements
- 2024, Understanding young women’s autonomy through consensus building in focus groups and surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa SRHR youth groups , London, SOAS, DSA Confence, 27th June
- 2024, Measuring poverty using the Consensual Approach, Training for National Bureau of Statistics and OCGS Statisticians. Dar Es Salaam, 25th-26th January
- 2023, Poststratification, National Centre for Research Methods festival, Nov 8th
- 2023, Cognitive Interviewing, National Centre for Research Methods festival, Nov 8th
- 2023, Intergenerational inequalities in housing trajectories across Europe. European Social Policy Association, Warsaw, 7th September
- 2023, Adapting the Consensual Approach to measure young women's access to rights. Dissemination event for focus group participants. CARE Canada, Online, 13th June
- 2023, Poverty: Concepts and Measurement. Lecture delivered to the University of Oxford as part of the MPhil in Global and Area Studies. 6th March
- 2022, Cognitive Interviewing. online workshop delivered to Campinas and Sao Paolo Universities. 16th December
- 2022, Measuring Multidimensional Poverty, Training for National Bureau of Statistics and OCGS Statisticians. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 12-15 September.
- 2022, Using Focus Groups to understand and articulate rights and necessities. CARE Canada, August 2022.
- 2022, Poverty and Climate Change (Chair and Organiser). DSA 2022 Conference, Panel 45
- 2022, Housing and Poverty in the EU: Project findings (Chair) Online project meeting funded by the ESRC (online)
- 2021 Small Area Estimation. Advanced Poverty Research Methods Course, organised by UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico (online), UoB and University of Cape Town (South Africa), 3rd December
- 2021 Housing Affordability and Poverty in Europe. European Network for Housing Research Conference (online)
- 2021 Housing matters: understanding the relationship between housing and poverty, Symposium organiser, Social Policy Association Conference (online)
- 2021, Visualising Bivariate and Multivariate analysis in R. Methodological Training Workshop for the College de France MSc students. Delivered at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris, France.
- 2019, Finding the Poverty Line. Poverty Research Methods Course, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- 2019, Measuring Consensual Deprivation. Poverty Research Methods Course, University of Bristol, UK.
- 2019, Poverty: measurement, context and drivers. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2019, Poverty: measurement and context. Brasilia University, Brasilia, Brazil.
- 2019, Survey Estimates: Principles, issues and solutions. Methodological Training Workshop for the College de France MSc students. Delivered at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris, France.
- 2019, Trends and Patterns of Multiple Malnutrition in Young Children in West and Central Africa. NGO-Academia Collaboration Forum Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- 2018, Multiple Malnutrition in West and Central Africa. Building Global Partnerships for Global Challenges Symposium. Bristol, UK.
- 2017, Measuring and Mapping the Prevalence and Patterning of Multiple Malnutrition in Young Children. UNICEF Speaker Series, Kampala, Uganda.
- 2017, Child Poverty Analysis Training for UNICEF Uganda. UNICEF, Kampala, Uganda.
- 2016, "Measuring living standards in Europe" Auckland, Auckland University, New Zealand.
- 2015, "How do European Citizens cope with economic shocks? The longitudinal pattern of curtailment" Net-SILC2 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
- 2014, “A UK Living Standards Index” The 3rd Townsend Memorial Conference, London
- 2014, "The Extent of Poverty among Parents, and the Relationship with Parenting Practices in the UK" The 3rd Peter Townsend Conference, London, UK.
- 2014, "Evolution of material deprivation during the crisis" Understanding Changes in Income Inequality in the Austerity Period, Essex University, UK.
- 2013, Material Deprivation in Europe: Which Expenditures Are Curtailed First? IMPALLA-ESPANET International Conference, Luxemburg.
Supervisions
Current students
Jonathan Jones 'Aspiring To Survive: Precariat Constructions Of Social Mobility And Social Justice'.
Jake Wilkinson 'Exploring The Interconnectivity Between Consumerism, Environmental Degradation, And Mental Illness: A Cross-Country Analysis'.
Richard Saunders 'Are Individuals’ Interpretations And Political Action Regarding Climate Change Impacted By Materialist/Post-Materialist Values In Different Contexts? An Analysis Of Britain, Canada And Australia'.
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Welfare and poverty
- Applied statistics
