Casey Smith

Researcher, IPPR Scotland

Casey is a researcher at IPPR Scotland.

Casey joined IPPR Scotland in May 2021 and has co-authored several reports since then across a range of issues.

This includes a report exploring shorter working time alternatives for Scottish workers; an evaluation of a universal basic services approach for Scottish public services; and more recently a report outlining proposals advocating for how Scotland meets its child poverty targets.

Before working at IPPR Scotland, Casey was a researcher at Fuel Change, and produced research papers on decarbonisation in Scotland. He honed his research skills at the University of Strathclyde where he undertook a masters in public policy, and produced his dissertation on the social causes of Scotland's drug-death crisis.

Casey has a keen interest in constitutional politics, devolution, and is passionate about helping to promote creative solutions to help tackle the climate crisis.

More from this author:

  1. A toddler laughing, with a medical professional visible in the background

    Delivering for children: Why child maintenance needs urgent reform

    Children whose parents have separated and struggle to reach a maintenance agreement are let down by child maintenance services which erects deliberate barriers between parents and the support on offer – urgent reform is needed.
  2. St Andrew's Cross flag

    10 years after Indy Ref: Reflecting on Scotland's anti poverty politics

    A decade after the 2014 independence referendum transformed Scottish politics, Scotland needs to reflect on what has and hasn’t worked in the fight against poverty.

  3. Tipping the scales: The social and economic harm of poverty in Scotland

    In a country as rich as Scotland, the moral imperative to eradicate poverty is clear.