Dr Lucy Mort

Lucy has expertise in qualitative research, and she has led and contributed to a number of research projects, including studies on the 10-year route to settlement, integration and social cohesion, the hostile environment, the NHS charging system, and homelessness among EEA migrants.

She is currently leading on the Migration Policy Unit, a major IPPR programme that seeks to build a fairer immigration system through working collaboratively with the migrants’ rights sector and with people with lived experience of the immigration system.

Lucy has written for a number of outlets, including Open Democracy, New Statesman and The House magazine. She has appeared on BBC and Bloomberg radio and is a member of the NEON spokesperson network.

Prior to joining IPPR, Lucy worked as a support worker with refugees and migrants and with domestic abuse survivors. She is a qualified social worker and her PhD research focussed on the experiences of migrant families in the context of austerity.