Professor Abigail Davis

Professor Abigail Davis is Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at 含羞草视频 in the UK, where she conducts world leading research on living standards, leading the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) research and specialising in the development and application of the MIS methodology. She has overall responsibility for the Centre’s qualitative research, leads the MIS UK primary research and develops and delivers training in MIS methodology through international partnerships.  She has worked with research teams in Austria, France, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand. She is a UK expert on the EU Reference Budget platform and a member of the Global Living Wage Steering Group. 

Since joining CRSP in 1998 Abigail has worked on a range of quantitative and qualitative research, including national and local evaluations, a meta-analysis of US mandatory welfare-to-work programmes and an ESRC-funded study looking at inter-generational perceptions of risk.

Abigail leads the qualitative element of the UK Minimum Income Standards (MIS) Research and lectures on the methodology. She develops tailored training packages on developing budget standards using the MIS approach for researchers in other countries. Collaborations through the Global MIS Network include working with and providing support for research teams in Austria, France, Japan, Portugal, Ireland, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand and South Africa.

For a brief explanation of the Minimum Income Standard, watch our explainer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzJEMHSy9N8

For the latest information about CRSP Research please go to http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crsp/research/    

• Davis, A., Stone, J., Blackwell, C., Padley, M., Shepherd, C. and Hirsch, D. (2022) A Minimum Income Standard in the UK for 2022. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
• Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2021) A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2021. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
• Davis, A., Hecht, K., Burchardt, T., Gough, I., Hirsch, D., Rowlingson, K. and Summers, K. (2020) Living on Different Incomes in London: Can public consensus identify a 'riches line'? London: Trust for London.
• Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2020) A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2020. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
• Padley, M., Davis, A., Shepherd, C. and Stone, J. (2019) A Minimum Income Standard for London 2018. London: Trust for London.
• Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Shepherd, C. (2018) A Minimum Income Standard for the UK, 2008-2018: continuity and change. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
• Hill, K. and Davis, A. (2018) Making Ends Meet Below the Minimum Income Standard: families’ experiences over time.  含羞草视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.
• Davis, A., Hirsch, D. and Padley, M. (2017) ‘The Minimum Income Standard as a benchmark of a ‘participatory social minimum’’, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. doi:10.1332/175982717X15087736009278
• Padley, M., Davis, A. Hirsch, D., Horsley, N. and Valadez, L. (2017) A Minimum Income Standard for London 2016/17. London: Trust for London.
• Byaruhanga, C., Davis, A., Mpike, M., Ntshongwana, P., Padley, M., Wright, G. and Zembe-Mkabile, W. (2017) A Decent Living level: a pilot of the Minimum Income Standard Approach in South Africa. Cape Town: SASPRI.
• Hill, K., Davis, A., Hirsch, D. and Marshall, L. (2016) Falling Short: the experiences of families living below the Minimum Income Standard. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
• Davis, A., Hirsch, D., Padley, M. and Marshall, L. (2015) How much is enough? Reaching social consensus on minimum household needs 含羞草视频: Centre for Research in Social Policy.