Jonathan Richard Bradshaw, CBE, FBA, FAcSS (born 15 February 1944)^[1] is a British academic, specialising in social policy, poverty and child welfare.^[2] He is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the University of York and a part-time Professor of Social Policy at Durham University.^[3][4][5] Since 2013, he has served as chairman of the policy committee of Child Poverty Action Group.^[6] His brother is Ben Bradshaw, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter.

Honours

In 1996, Bradshaw was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).^[3][7] In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 'for services to child poverty'.^[8] In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). The British Academy is the UK's national academy for humanities and social sciences.^[2]

Selected works

• Bradshaw, Jonathan, ed. (1993). Budget standards for the United Kingdom. Aldershot: Avebury. ISBN 185628591X.
• Bradshaw, Jonathan; Skinner, Christine; Stimson, Carol; Williams, Julie (1999). Absent fathers?. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415215927.
• Bradshaw, Jonathan (2000). "Preface". In Rowntree, B. Seebohm (ed.). Poverty: a study of town life (2nd ed.). Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 1861342020.
• Bradshaw, Jonathan; Mayhew, Emese (2005). The well-being of children in the UK (2nd ed.). London: Save the Children. ISBN 184187101X.
• Jonathan, Bradshaw, ed. (2008). Social security, happiness, and well-being. Antwerp: Intersentia. ISBN 978-9050958158.
• Bradshaw, Jonathan, ed. (2011). The well-being of children in the UK (3rd ed.). Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 978-1847428363.
• Bradshaw, Jonathan; Harris, Toby, eds. (2014). Energy and Social Policy. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1138833159.