Isabel is a Research Officer working mainly within the cluster on 'Migration, the state and Governance'. She is currently carrying out research on the role of migrant care workers in ageing societies, and on local authority diversity and integration policies.
Before joining COMPAS, Isabel worked at the Policy Studies Institute in London . She completed her PhD in Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and holds degrees in Sociology and in Development Studies. Her doctoral thesis explored the responsiveness of employment service provision to the needs of refugees, focusing on provision in the public and third sectors and the influence of state-defined performance regimes on responsiveness to needs. Her research interests include welfare state reform, migration and welfare inequalities.