Dr Jed Meers
Senior lecturer
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Profile
Biography
LLB, MRes, PhD, PGCAP (York)
I am a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of York. With Professor Joe Tomlinson (York Law School) and Professor Simon Haliday (Strathclyde Law School), I’m a founding member and co-Director of the Administrative Fairness Lab. My research interests are focused mainly on social welfare law and policy, administrative law, equality and discrimination law, and local government.
For an up-to-date list of research publications, please see my page on York Research database. If you are after something that is otherwise behind a paywall, do please get in touch.
I’m currently working on a range of projects, including:
- A package of work examining administrative fairness in front-line health care contexts
- An evaluation of the Universal Credit system
- An examination of council tax support and collection policies in Local Government
- A study examining needs assessment processes under the Care Act 2014
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Legal concepts (module convenor)
- Public law II (module convenor)
- Public law I
- Introduction to law and society
- Anti-social behaviour law and policy
- Housing policy
External activities
Memberships
- Socio-legal Studies Association Executive Committee Member
- Cases Editor, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
- Co-Convenor, ‘Social Rights, Citizenship and the Welfare State’, Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Stream
- Conference Administrator, Society of Legal Scholars (Paperbank and EasyChair)