Martin Knapp

Martin Richard John Knapp
CBE
Professor Martin Knapp, January 2014
Born(1952-08-08)August 8, 1952
TitleProfessor
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Kent (PhD)

London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc)

University of Sheffield (BSc)
ThesisProduction relations for old people's homes (1980)
Academic work
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Main interestsCare policy, mental health policy

Martin Richard John Knapp, CBE (born 8 August 1952) is an economist and policy analyst whose research, teaching and consultancy activities are concentrated in the areas of health and social care. As well as being Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU)[1] at the London School of Economics, he is Professor of Social Policy and Chair of LSE Health and Social Care. He also holds appointments as Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Centre for the Economics of Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and has an honorary professorial positions in Hong Kong and the Czech Republic.[2]

  1. ^ "Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) - LSE Health and Social Care - LSE". Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. ^ LSE personal staff webpage http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/PSSRU/staff/knapp.htm