Martin Richard John Knapp CBE | |
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Born | August 8, 1952 |
Title | Professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Kent (PhD) London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc) |
Thesis | Production relations for old people's homes (1980) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Main interests | Care 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]