Martin Knapp is Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), based in the Health Policy Department. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow in the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC; formerly PSSRU) at the LSE. Since 2023, Martin has been Programme Director for the Research Programme for Social Care, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in England. From 2009 until 2024, he was also Director of the NIHR of the School for Social Care Research. Martin's main research interests are in the areas of social care (often called long-term care), child and adult mental health, dementia and neurodiversity. Much of his work uses economic arguments and evidence to inform policy discussion and influence practice development. His research has had wide-ranging impacts on policy and practice in a number of fields.

Teaching

HP432 Mental Health Policy

Affiliations

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Policy Innovation and Evaluation (LSHTM, LSE, Imperial College London) (from 2011)

NIHR Dementia and Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit (Exeter, LSE, Bradford, Newcastle) (since 2024)

NIHR Healthy Ageing Policy Research Unit (Newcastle, Manchester, LSE) (from 2019)

NIHR School for Social Care Research (York, LSE, Leeds, Leeds Beckett, Bristol, Sheffield) (since 2009)

*Professor Knapp does not have fixed office hours but will always respond promptly to email requests for meetings.