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48
Citations
12537
World Ranking
3082
National Ranking
520

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Ian Gough is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

Their work addresses key topics including:

  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • Social Issues and Policies
  • Healthcare Innovation and Challenges
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Subfields of study for Ian Gough include:

  • Finance
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Their research outputs have appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Sustainability Science Practice and Policy
  • LSE Public Policy Review
  • Social Policy and Society
  • Ethics Policy & Environment
  • Ecological Economics

Notable recent papers authored by Ian Gough include:

  • "The Case for Universal Basic Services" (2020) in LSE Public Policy Review
  • "Defining floors and ceilings: the contribution of human needs theory" (2020) in Sustainability Science Practice and Policy
  • "Two Scenarios for Sustainable Welfare: A Framework for an Eco-Social Contract" (2021) in Social Policy and Society
  • "Sufficiency as a Value Standard: From Preferences to Needs" (2023) in Ethics Policy & Environment

Ian Gough has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Carolyn Snell
  • Matthew Scott
  • Kirsten Jenkins
  • Kelli Kennedy
  • Harriet Thomson

Recognition for their work includes being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • A Theory of Human Need

    Len Doyal;Ian Gough

  • The political economy of the welfare state

    Ian Gough

  • Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts

    Ian Gough;Geof Wood;Armando Barrientos;Philippa Bevan

  • Wellbeing in developing countries : from theory to research

    Ian Gough;J. Allister McGregor

  • Social Assistance in OECD Countries: Synthesis Report

    T Eardley;J Bradshaw;J Ditch;I Gough

  • A comparative welfare regime approach to global social policy

    Geof Wood;Ian Gough

  • Social Assistance in Oecd Countries

    Ian Gough;Jonathan Bradshaw;John Ditch;Tony Eardley

  • A theory of human needs

    Len Doyal;Ian Gough

  • Heat, Greed and Human Need

    Ian Gough

  • Insecurity and welfare regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America

    Armando Barrientos;I Gough;G Wood;P Bevan

  • Globalization and Regional Welfare Regimes: The East Asian Case

    Ian Gough

  • Climate change and sustainable welfare: the centrality of human needs

    Ian Gough

  • Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Latin America : towards a liberal-informal welfare regime

    Ian Gough;Geof Wood;Armando Barrientos;Philippa Bevan

  • Social Assistance Regimes: A Cluster Analysis

    Ian Gough

  • Theorising wellbeing in international development

    Ian Gough;J. Allister Mcgregor;Laura Camfield

  • Social assistance in Southern Europe

    Ian Gough

  • Global Welfare Regimes: A Cluster Analysis

    Miriam Abu Sharkh;Ian Gough

  • Welfare regimes in development contexts: a global and regional analysis

    Ian Gough;Geof Wood;Armando Barrientos;Philippa Bevan

  • Heat, Greed and Human Need: Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing

    Ian Gough

  • Teoría de las necesidades humanas

    Len Doyal;Ian Gough

  • The Case for Universal Basic Services

    Ian Gough

Frequent Co-Authors

Armando Barrientos
Armando Barrientos University of Manchester
Jonathan Bradshaw
Jonathan Bradshaw University of York
Richard B. Norgaard
Richard B. Norgaard University of California, Berkeley
Nigel Thrift
Nigel Thrift University of Bristol
Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens London School of Economics and Political Science
Richard Sparks
Richard Sparks University of Edinburgh
John Scott
John Scott Queensland University of Technology
Robert Dingwall
Robert Dingwall Nottingham Trent University
Doreen Massey
Doreen Massey The Open University
Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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