Professor Kelly Hall

Kelly Hall

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Professor of Social Policy

Contact details

Telephone
+44(0)121 415 8027
Email
k.j.hall@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Social Policy and Society
Muirhead Tower
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Kelly is a Professor in Social Policy. Her research focuses on adult social care and she has expertise in the role of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Her research also explores international retirement migration, focusing on the care and support of older British nationals in Spain. She is passionate about participatory methodologies, particularly in ensuring that research is co-produced with VCSEs and communities. 

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, 2003
• MSc Social Research Methods, Nottingham Trent University, 2004
• PG Cert in Higher Education, 2008
• PhD Sociology and Social Policy, Nottingham Trent University, 2005-2011

Biography

Kelly joined the Department in August 2013 as a Lecturer in Social Policy. She had previously worked as Lecturer in聽Sociology at the University of Northampton, before which she worked as a Research Fellow for the Health Services Management Centre, University 麻豆精选.

Kelly is currently the Director of Global Engagement for the School of Social Policy.

Teaching

Kelly currently leads the undergraduate module ‘Enterprising Solutions to Social Problems’. Until 2023, she led and now contributes to the postgraduate module “Policy Futures: Theories and Concepts in International Policy Making”.

Postgraduate supervision

Kelly currently supervises PhD students in a number of areas of social policy. She has particular expertise in the areas of social care, social enterprise, the third sector, international retirement migration, ageing and participatory research.

Research

Kelly鈥檚 research focuses on adult social care. She has a particular interest in researching the role of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in the social care sector, as well as international retirement migration.

Her research on social care in England has centred on care markets, social enterprises, micro enterprises and social innovation. Her most recent work explored the contribution of social enterprises to the social care sector (/schools/social-policy/research/projects/social-enterprise-social-care.aspx).听

Her research on international retirement migration focuses on the migration and return of vulnerable, older British people within the EU and more recently the impact of Brexit. She has undertaken a number of studies in collaboration with Age UK, Age Concern Espa帽a and the British Consulates to explore the lived experiences of older British people in Spain, including access to and experiences of care. She co-leads the charitable association and website 聽in collaboration with the British Consulates, Spain.

She draws on participatory approaches in her social care research and is currently co-leading a project (with Birmingham Voluntary Services Council) designed to build research capacity in voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Birmingham. The project is designed to build knowledge of participatory research in social care, facilitate stronger connections between social care researchers and VCSEs and deliver training and mentoring to researchers and VCSEs on participatory methodologies. 聽

Her research has been published in academic books and journals, including Ageing and Society and Public Management Review. She has also published a number of policy briefs and animations.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Hall, K & Kilkey, M 2025, '', International Journal of Care and Caring.

Kerlin, J, Ye, M & Hall, K 2025, '', Public Performance and Management Review.

Huete, R, Giner, J, Mantecon, A, Hall, K & Gil-Monllor, R 2025, '', La Revista Espa帽ola de Investigaciones Sociol贸gicas (REIS), no. 191, pp. 43-62. <>

Hall, K & Alexander, C 2023, '', Health and Social Care in the Community, vol. 2023, 9454428.

Giner鈥怣onfort, J & Hall, K 2023, '', Population, Space and Place.

Allen, K, Burn, E, Hall, K, Mangan, C & Needham, C 2023, '', Social Policy and Society, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 172-186.

Needham, C, Allen, K, Burn, E, Hall, K, Mangan, C, Al-Janabi, H, Tahir, W, Carr, S, Glasby, J, Henwood, M & McKay, S 2022, '', Journal of Social Policy.

Hall, K, Ono, M & Kohno, A 2021, '', Comparative Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 7.

Hall, K 2021, '', Ageing and Society.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Hall, K 2024, . in M Kilkey & L Baldassar (eds), Handbook on Migration, Mobility and Care. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Hall, K 2024, . in I Calzada (ed.), Retirement Migrants and Dependency: Caring for Sun Seekers. 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 145-164.

Hall, K & Kinghorn, P 2021, . in R Hazenberg & C Paterson-Young (eds), Social Impact Measurement for a Sustainable Future: The Power of Aesthetics and Practical Implications. 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 229-246.

Comment/debate

Hall, K, Ayton, D, Skouteris, H, Miller, R & Needham, C 2025, '', International Journal of Integrated Care, vol. 25, no. 2, 14.

Needham, C, Morris, H, Miller, R, Ayton, D, O'Connor, M, Hall, K & Skouteris, H 2024, '', International Journal of Care and Caring, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 553鈥�558.

Conference article

Kerlin, J, Ye, M & Hall, K 2023, '', Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2023, no. 1.

Expertise

Kelly’s research interests include ageing, social care, migration and the third sector.

Policy experience

Kelly has published reports for Department of Health and Social Care, Public Policy Institute for Wales, the FCO and the British Consulate. Her most recent talks about care for older British people in Spain.