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Igor Shagalov is a Research Associate at the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at the London School of Economics. His research sits at the intersection of public sector economics, social policy, and health and social care economics. He is particularly interested in the governance of outsourced public services, the role of competition and transparency in care delivery, and the impact of local community involvement on health and social care outcomes.
His recent work examines the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing long-term care for older adults to for-profit and non-profit care homes in England, with a focus on how internal and external incentive structures shape care quality. He is currently investigating the role of local community social capital in influencing the wellbeing of older people living in care homes and evaluating the effectiveness of England’s care quality assessment framework. Igor has also contributed to the WISE study at the University of Birmingham, which explored decision-making around resource allocation for pupil mental wellbeing in English schools using a process tracing approach. In addition, he leads the Care Home Markets and Regulation policy forum within the Global Observatory of Long-term Care at LSE, bringing together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to advance evidence-informed improvements in care quality.
Igor holds a PhD in Public Administration from HSE University. Prior to joining LSE, he served as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Institutional Studies and as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Economics at HSE University. He also contributed to the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre, a consortium of leading Russian universities, where he worked on research into outsourcing social services to the non-profit sector. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and regularly presents his work at academic conferences and policy-facing events.
Expertise
social policy, health economics, public-state partnerships, political economy, institutions, development