Professor
Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology Colin Bell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I joined the University in 2007, having worked previously at the Universities of Manchester, Birmingham and Kent. I am currently working on an NIHR/ESRC funded project on Dementia Friendly Neighbourhoods and a Big Lottery (DRILL) funded project on Costing Good Self-Directed Support. I have previously led research funded by the ESRC, Scottish Government, Dept of Health and Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Projects included comparative care policy and gender equality, disability support, women's politicisation, and partnership working between health and social care.
Gender; care policy; disability; health and social care partnerships; dementia; ageing; comparative social care policies; women's political participation; devolution and social policy
Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences
Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
Senior Fellow of Centre on Constitutional Change
University of Edinburgh
The costs and benefits of 'good' self-directed support
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning (Scotland)
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Neighbourhoods and Dementia: A mixed methods study
PI: Professor Richard Ward
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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The Constitutional Future of Scotland and the United Kingdom
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Enabling health and wellbeing among older people: capitalising on resource
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Self-directed support - evidence base
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Preventing or delaying disablement amongst older adults: mapping the Scottish landscape of policies and programmes
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Funded by: Scottish Government
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Book Chapter
Introduction: Unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective
Kröger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (2025) Introduction: Unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective. In: Kroger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Policy Press, pp. 3-12. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch001
Book Chapter
Towards an understanding of care poverty
Rummery K, Kröger T, Brimblecombe N & Rodrigues R (2025) Towards an understanding of care poverty. In: Kroger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Policy Press, pp. 191-201. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch013
Edited Book
Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice
Kröger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) (2025) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch002
Article
Ageing and Care Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges
Rummery K, Kröger T & Rodrigues R (2025) Ageing and Care Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges [Alternde Gesellschaften und ‘Care Poverty’: theoretische und empirische Herausforderungen]. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-025-01011-2
Book Chapter
Care poverty and conflicts in social citizenship: the right to care?
Rummery K (2024) Care poverty and conflicts in social citizenship: the right to care?. In: Kroger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Policy Press, pp. 15-28. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch002
Article
Campbell S, Keady J, Manji K, Odzakovic E, Rummery K & Ward R (2023) ‘I can see what's going on without being nosey…’: What matters to people living with dementia about home as revealed through visual home tours. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 38 (9), Art. No.: e5999. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5999
Article
Dangerous care: developing theory to safeguard older adults in caring relationships in the UK
Sherwood-Johnson F, Rummery K, Lawrence J, Mackay K, Ramsay K & McGregor R (2023) Dangerous care: developing theory to safeguard older adults in caring relationships in the UK. Journal of Adult Protection. https://doi.org/10.1108/jap-10-2022-0023
Article
Getting lost with dementia: Encounters with the time-space of not knowing
Ward R, Rummery K, Odzakovic E, Manji K, Kullberg A & Campbell S (2022) Getting lost with dementia: Encounters with the time-space of not knowing. Health and Place, 78, Art. No.: 102940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102940
Article
Taking time: The temporal politics of dementia, care and support in the neighbourhood
Ward R, Rummery K, Odzakovic E, Manji K, Kullberg A, Keady J & Campbell S (2022) Taking time: The temporal politics of dementia, care and support in the neighbourhood. Sociology of Health and Illness. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13524
Article
Partnership and Personalisation in Personal Care: Conflicts and Compromises
Rummery K, Lawrence J & Russell S (2022) Partnership and Personalisation in Personal Care: Conflicts and Compromises. Social Policy and Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746422000525
Article
The Right to Care? Social citizenship and care poverty in developed welfare states
Rummery K (2022) The Right to Care? Social citizenship and care poverty in developed welfare states. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-09-2021-0229
Authored Book
Rummery K, McAngus C & Edwards A (2021) What Works In Improving Gender Equality: International Best Practice in Childcare and Long-term Care Policy. Bristol: Policy Press. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/what-works-in-improving-gender-equality
Book Chapter
Enabling the neighbourhood: the case for rethinking dementia-friendly communities
Ward R, Rummery K, Odzakovic E, Manji K, Kullberg A, Keady J, Clark A & Campbell S (2021) Enabling the neighbourhood: the case for rethinking dementia-friendly communities. In: Ward R, Clark A & Phillipson L (eds.) Dementia and Place: Practices, Experiences and Connections. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 94 -112. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/dementia-and-place
Book Chapter
Making and maintaining neighbourhood connections when living alone with dementia
Odzakovic E, Kullberg A, Hellstrom I, Clark A, Campbell S, Manji K, Rummery K, Keady J & Ward R (2021) Making and maintaining neighbourhood connections when living alone with dementia. In: Ward R, Clark A & Phillipson L (eds.) Dementia and place: practices, experiences and connections. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 67-89. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/dementia-and-place
Book Chapter
Clark A, Campbell S, Keady J, Kullberg A, Manji K, Odzakovic E, Rummery K & Ward R (2021) Understanding the meaning of neighbourhoodS for people living with dementia: the value of a relational lens. In: Ward R, Clark A & Phillipson L (eds.) Dementia and place: practices, experiences and connections. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 23- 43. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/dementia-and-place
Article
Odzakovic E, Kullberg A, Hellström I, Clark A, Campbell S, Manji K, Rummery K, Keady J & Ward R (2021) 'It's our pleasure, we count cars here': an exploration of the 'neighbourhood-based connections' for people living alone with dementia. Ageing and Society, 41 (3), pp. 645-670. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X19001259
Article
Gender equality and the governance of long-term care policy: new comparative models and paradigms
Rummery K (2021) Gender equality and the governance of long-term care policy: new comparative models and paradigms. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 37 (1), pp. 16-33. https://doi.org/10.1017/ics.2020.16
Article
Beyond the shrinking world: dementia, localisation and neighbourhood
Ward R, Rummer K, Odzakovic E, Manji K, Kullberg A, Keady J & Campbell S (2021) Beyond the shrinking world: dementia, localisation and neighbourhood. Ageing and Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x21000350
Article
Rummery K (2020) Challenges for Holyrood 2021. IPPR Progressive Review, 27 (3), pp. 303-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/newe.12214
Article
Neighbourhoods as relational places for people living with dementia
Clark A, Campbell S, Keady J, Kullberg A, Manji K, Rummery K & Ward R (2020) Neighbourhoods as relational places for people living with dementia. Social Science and Medicine, 252, Art. No.: 112927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112927
Book Chapter
Disability and austerity: the perfect storm of attacks on social rights
Rummery K (2019) Disability and austerity: the perfect storm of attacks on social rights. In: Heins E, Needham C & Rees J (eds.) Social Policy Review 31: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2019. Social Policy Review, 31. Policy Press, pp. 29-46. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-policy-review-31
Article
Participatory social network map making with family carers of people living with dementia
Campbell S, Clark A, Keady J, Kullberg A, Manji K, Rummery K & Ward R (2019) Participatory social network map making with family carers of people living with dementia. Methodological Innovations, 12 (1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799119844445
Newspaper Article
Kirstein Rummery: The key step we must take to bring women equality
Rummery K (2019) Kirstein Rummery: The key step we must take to bring women equality. The National. 23.06.2019.
Article
Feminising Politics to Close the Evidence-Policy Gap: The Case of Social Policy in Scotland
Cairney P & Rummery K (2018) Feminising Politics to Close the Evidence-Policy Gap: The Case of Social Policy in Scotland. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 77 (4), pp. 542-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12266
Article
The lived neighbourhood: understanding how people with dementia engage with their local environment
Ward R, Clark A, Campbell S, Graham B, Kullberg A, Manji K, Rummery K & Keady J (2018) The lived neighbourhood: understanding how people with dementia engage with their local environment. International Psychogeriatrics, 30 (6), pp. 867-880. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217000631
Article
McAngus C & Rummery K (2018) Campaigning for the female vote in the Scottish independence referendum: Comparing women for independence and women together. Scottish Affairs, 27 (2), pp. 145-168. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2018.0234
Research Report
The housing experiences of disabled people in Britain
Satsangi M, Theakstone D, Matthews P, Lawrence J, Rummery K, Mackintosh S, Baghirathan S & Boniface G (2018) The housing experiences of disabled people in Britain. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report Series. Equality and Human Rights Commission. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/housing-experiences-disabled-people-britain
Article
The Theory and Practice of Welfare Partnerships: The Case of the Cultural Sector
McCall V & Rummery K (2017) The Theory and Practice of Welfare Partnerships: The Case of the Cultural Sector. Social Policy and Administration, 51 (1), pp. 56-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12162
Article
Rummery K & McAngus C (2015) The Future of Social Policy in Scotland: Will Further Devolved Powers Lead to Better Social Policies for Disabled People?. Political Quarterly, 86 (2), pp. 234-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12159
Newspaper Article
Ignoring disabled people and carers could cost parties thousands of votes
Rummery K (2015) Ignoring disabled people and carers could cost parties thousands of votes. The Conversation. 28.04.2015.
Newspaper Article
Once again, Britons are mostly being asked to vote for men
Rummery K (2015) Once again, Britons are mostly being asked to vote for men. The Conversation. 31.03.2015.
Newspaper Article
Scotland can help the UK fix its disastrous system of benefits for disabled people
Rummery K (2015) Scotland can help the UK fix its disastrous system of benefits for disabled people. The Conversation. 29.01.2015. https://theconversation.com/scotland-can-help-the-uk-fix-its-disastrous-system-of-benefits-for-disabled-people-36860
Newspaper Article
Ofcom got it wrong: it's time to listen and learn from fringe parties
Rummery K (2015) Ofcom got it wrong: it's time to listen and learn from fringe parties. The Conversation. 09.01.2015. https://theconversation.com/ofcom-got-it-wrong-its-time-to-listen-and-learn-from-fringe-parties-36035
Newspaper Article
If Westminster delivers, Scotland will have one of the world’s most powerful devolved parliaments
Rummery K (2014) If Westminster delivers, Scotland will have one of the world’s most powerful devolved parliaments. The Conversation. 27.11.2014. https://theconversation.com/if-westminster-delivers-scotland-will-have-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-devolved-parliaments-34778
Research Report
Counting the Cost of Choice and Control: Evidence for the costs of self-directed support in Scotland
Rummery K, Bell D, Bowes A, Dawson A & Roberts JE (2012) Counting the Cost of Choice and Control: Evidence for the costs of self-directed support in Scotland. Scottish Government. Scottish Government Social Research Series. Scottish Government Social Research. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch
Article
Care: A Critical Review of Theory, Policy and Practice
Rummery K & Fine M (2012) Care: A Critical Review of Theory, Policy and Practice. Social Policy and Administration, 46 (3), pp. 321-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2012.00845.x
Article
Rummery K & Greener I (2012) Introduction: UK Devolution. Social Policy and Administration, 46 (2), pp. 139-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00827.x
Article
Engendering politics and policy: the legacy of New Labour
Annesley C, Gains F & Rummery K (2010) Engendering politics and policy: the legacy of New Labour. Policy and Politics, 38 (3), pp. 389-406. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557310X521071
Article
Rummery K (2009) Healthy partnerships, healthy citizens? An international review of partnerships in health and social care and patient/user outcomes. Social Science and Medicine, 69 (12), pp. 1797-1804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.004
Article
Rummery K (2009) A Comparative Discussion of the Gendered Implications of Cash-for-Care Schemes: Markets, Independence and Social Citizenship in Crisis?. Social Policy and Administration, 43 (6), pp. 634-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00685.x
Book Review
Care, Community and Citizenship: Research and Practice in a Changing Policy Context
Rummery K (2008) Care, Community and Citizenship: Research and Practice in a Changing Policy Context. Review of: Care, Community and Citizenship: Research and Practice in a Changing Policy Context. Susan Balloch and Michael Hill. (Eds). The Policy Press, Bristol (2007), 304 pp. ISBN: 9781861348708. Health and Social Care in the Community, 16 (6), pp. 659-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.823_2.x
Edited Book
Social policy review 20. Analysis and debate in social policy, 2008
Maltby T, Kennett P & Rummery K (eds.) (2008) Social policy review 20. Analysis and debate in social policy, 2008. Social Policy Review, 20. Bristol: Policy Press. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo13439747.html
Edited Book
Women and New Labour: Engendering Politics and Policy?
Annesley C, Gains F & Rummery K (eds.) (2007) Women and New Labour: Engendering Politics and Policy?. Bristol: Policy Press. http://www.policypress.co.uk/
Book Chapter
Caring, Citizenship and New Labour: Dilemmas and contradictions for disabled and older women
Rummery K (2007) Caring, Citizenship and New Labour: Dilemmas and contradictions for disabled and older women. In: Annesley C, Gains F & Rummery K (eds.) Women and New Labour: engendering policy and politics?. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 175-191.
Book Chapter
New Labour: Towards an Engendered Politics and Policy
Rummery K, Gains F & Annesley C (2007) New Labour: Towards an Engendered Politics and Policy. In: Annesley C, Gains F & Rummery K (eds.) Women and New Labour: Engendering Politics and Policy?. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 231-249.
Book Chapter
Modernising Services, Empowering Users: Adult Social Care in 2006
Rummery K (2007) Modernising Services, Empowering Users: Adult Social Care in 2006. In: Clarke K, Maltby T & Kennett P (eds.) Social policy review 19. Analysis and debate in social policy, 2007. Social policy review, 19. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 67-83.
Article
Partnerships and Collaborative Governance in Welfare: The Citizenship Challenge
Rummery K (2006) Partnerships and Collaborative Governance in Welfare: The Citizenship Challenge. Social Policy and Society, 5 (2), pp. 293-303. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746405002976
ASRP002 Research Design and Process SPCU9JM Disability and Society
