Mr Raj Patel Impact Fellow, University of Essex

Raj Patel
Email
rajpatel@essex.ac.uk
Telephone
3831
Office
2N2.5A.06
Curriculum vitae

Policy, impact and research interests

Raj is a policy analyst and his expertise is in research, policy development, public relations, building partnerships and business development. His substantive areas of expertise include growth and regional development; entrepreneurship and innovation; labour markets and skills; and regeneration. Having worked in government, academia, business and charities at a senior level, he is particularly interested in ideas around how to better join up economic and social development. He is a strong proponent for strengthening academic and policy collaboration to improve long-term decision-making, fuel social innovation and improve lives. His current responsibilities cover the use of large scale data and evidence to understand economic and social change; facilitating knowledge exchange; and building networks and productive partnerships.

Latest Publications

Health burden of the daily commute

  1. Luke Munford
  2. Jennifer Roberts
  3. Nigel Rice
  1. Commuting
  2. Travel
  3. Health
  4. Well Being

Access to sports facilities: a hurdle to physical activity?

  1. Heather Brown
  2. Frauke Becker
  3. Kofi Antwi
  1. Commuting
  2. Travel
  3. Health
  4. Well Being

The social and spatial context of urban health inequalities

  1. Jens Kandt
  1. Health
  2. Public Policy
  3. Area Effects
  4. Geography

Parent-child relationships count the most, more than friends or siblings

  1. Deniz Yucel
  2. Anastasia Vogt Yuan
  1. Health
  2. Well Being
  3. Social Networks
  4. Young People

Connections between parent and child wellbeing

  1. Elizabeth Webb
  2. Laia Becares
  3. Yvonne Kelly
  4. Anne McMunn
  5. Amanda Sacker
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  1. Health
  2. Well Being
  3. Young People
  4. Sociology Of Households
  5. Social Psychology

Neighbourhood influences on child mental wellbeing and behaviours

  1. Ivy Shiue
  1. Health
  2. Area Effects
  3. Well Being
  4. Young People
  5. Social Behaviour

About the study: 10 key features

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  1. Surveys
  2. Social Sciences

Final word: making a difference together

  1. Raj Patel
  1. Surveys
  2. Public Policy
  3. Social Sciences

Latest Media

To understand the impact of government policies we need a long-term evaluation culture

  1. Raj Patel
  1. Surveys
  2. Public Policy
  3. Government

Most people working from home want to keep doing it, new analysis using Understanding Society data

  1. Piotr Marzec
  2. Alita Nandi
  3. Raj Patel
  1. Labour Market
  2. Households
  3. Life Course Analysis
  4. Commuting
  5. Household Economics
  6. Health
  7. Covid-19
  8. Public Policy
  9. Demography
  10. Geography
  11. Sociology Of Labour
  12. Ethnic Groups
  13. Sociology Of Households

Common policy problems and what researchers can do about them

  1. Raj Patel
  1. Households
  2. Social Policy
  3. Surveys
  4. Public Policy
  5. Government
  6. Societies
  7. Social Change
  8. Research
  9. Social Sciences
  10. Information Networks

Working with the policy machinery

  1. Raj Patel
  1. Households
  2. Social Policy
  3. Surveys
  4. Public Policy
  5. Government
  6. Societies
  7. Social Change
  8. Research
  9. Social Sciences
  10. Information Networks

Gained in translation: adding value to research to inform policy

  1. Raj Patel

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