Professor Mhairi Mackenzie
- Professor of Social Policy and Inequalities (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
- Professor of Public Policy, Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
telephone:
0141 330 4352
email:
Mhairi.Mackenzie@glasgow.ac.uk
College of Social Sciences, School of Social & Political Sciences, R110 Level 1, Urban Studies, 27 Bute Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RS
Research interests
My interests lie in the social and political determinants of health and in using qualitative methods to understanding competing discourses of the policy problem and its solutions. I am also interested in the mitigation of existing inequalities by public services (especially health). These interests have also led to a focus on gender-based violence.
Research groups
Publications
Selected publications
Mackenzie, M. , Skivington, K. and Fergie, G. (2020) "The state they're in": unpicking fantasy paradigms of health improvement interventions as tools for addressing health inequalities. Social Science and Medicine, 256, 113047. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113047) (PMID:32460096) (PMCID:PMC7306155)
Mackenzie, M. , Gannon, M., Stanley, N., Cosgrove, K. and Feder, G. (2019) ‘You certainly don't go back to the doctor once you've been told, “I'll never understand women like you.”’ Seeking candidacy and structural competency in the dynamics of domestic abuse disclosure. Sociology of Health and Illness, 41(6), pp. 1159-1174. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12893) (PMID:31001866)
Mackenzie, M. , Collins, C., Connolly, J., Doyle, M. and McCartney, G. (2017) Working-class discourses of politics, policy and health: 'I don't smoke; don't drink. The only thing wrong with me is my health'. Policy and Politics, 45(2), pp. 231-249. (doi: 10.1332/030557316X14534640177927)
McCartney, G., Collins, C. and Mackenzie, M. (2013) What (or who) causes health inequalities: theories, evidence and implications? Health Policy, 113(3), pp. 221-227. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.021)
Mackenzie, M. , Conway, E., Hastings, A. , Munro, M. and O'Donnell, C. (2013) Is ‘candidacy’ a useful concept for understanding journeys through public services? A critical interpretive literature synthesis. Social Policy and Administration, 47(7), pp. 806-825. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2012.00864.x)
All publications
Grants
Andrea Williamson, Kate O’Donnell, Mhairi Mackenzie, Sharon Simpson, Geoff Wong. Developing Interventions to Tackle ‘Missingness’ in Primary Care. NIHR. £593,404. NIHR 2022-25 University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Health & Wellbeing - Research - General Practice and Primary Care - Research - Developing interventions to reduce "missingness" in healthcare
Michele Burman, Mhairi Mackenzie, Margaret Malloch, Loraine Gelsthorpe. Scottish Prison Assessment and Review of Outcomes for Women (SPAROW). Scottish Prison Service. £82,900. 2023-25 Scottish Prisons Assessment and Review of Outcomes for Women (SPAROW) - SCCJR
Louise Lawson, Ade Kearns, Mhairi Mackenzie, Tanya Wilson. Women in Multiple Low-Paid Employment: Pathways Between Work, Care and Health 2020-2023. Nuffield Foundation. £324,262. 2020-2024. Women in multiple low-paid employment: pathways between work, care and health - Nuffield Foundation
Oscar Valiente, Srbani Maitra, Mhairi Mackenzie, Manish Kumar Thakur, Saikut Maitra, Hugo Javier Fuentes Castro, Victor Aramburo Cano, Matthias Pilz, Philipp Gonon. Can Dual Apprenticeships Create Better and More Equitable Social and Economic Outcomes for Young People? A Comparative Study of India and Mexico ESRC-GCRF 2018-2021 £424,323 University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Education - Research - Research projects - Can dual apprenticeships create better and more equitable social and economic outcomes for young people? A comparative study of India and Mexico
Chantler, K (PI), McCarry, M, Mackenzie, M, Scottish Women’s Aid, Shakti Women’s Aid, Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid. Understanding Forced Marriage in Scotland. The Scottish Government: £40,000. 2015-2016.
Mackenzie, M & Burman, M. Assisting the Police to Learn from Process - Knowledge Exchange and the Implementation of 'Clare's Law'. Police Scotland. 2015.
Wu, Abrams, Cooper, Govan, Grieve, Hawkins, Langhorne, Mackenzie, Stott, Sutton, Thomson, Quinn. Complex Reviews Research Support Unit. £1,979,825. National Institute for Health Research; June 2015-May 2020.
Wyke S, Mercer S, Mackenzie M, O'Donnell CA. Evaluation of the Links Worker Programme in 'Deep End' Practices in Glasgow. £336,537. NHS Health Scotland; August 2014-Oct 2016.
Mackenzie M, Stanley N, Feder, G, Cosgrove K,Barton D.Police to Primary Care: Testing the feasibility and acceptability of a high risk domestic abuse notification pilot. CSO: £182,584. May 2014- Jan 2016.
Mackenzie M, Hastings A, Watt G & Simpson S. Proportionate Universalism – testing concept and methods. University of Glasgow Adam Smith Research Foundation; £1,898. 2013.
Hastings A, Watt G, Mackenzie M. Studentship: Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith Studentship: ‘When push comes to shove: getting primary care practitioners and patients on board for ‘proportionate universalism’ in the age of austerity’ Sept 2012 -Sept 2016.
Kearns A, Mackenzie M. Studentship: Scottish Government/ESRC Studentship: Expanding Horizons? Investigating the Commonwealth Games 2014 Legacy for Young People in the East End ofGlasgow Sept 2012 - Sept 2015
Mackenzie M, Hastings A, Munro M, O’Donnell CA. A critical interpretive review of the applicability of ‘candidacy’ as a concept in understanding access to public services. University of Glasgow Adam Smith Research Foundation/Urban Studies Research Fund; £3,851. May-July 2011.
Mackenzie, M, O’Donnell CA, McCartney G. Studentship: Testing the applicability of realist synthesis in the context of the Commonwealth Games.Glasgow Centre for Population Health; £54,500. 1 August 2011 – 31 July 2014.
O’Donnell CA, Mackenzie M, Mair F. Tackling health inequalities in primary care: can performance indicators be a sustainable part of the solution? CSO Healthcare Improvement; £74,995. 1 August 2010 – 31 March 2010.
O’Donnell CA, Mackenzie M, Sridharan S, Platt S. National evaluation of Keep Well.
NHS Health Scotland; £1,051,679. 1 April 2007 – 30 September 2010.
O’Donnell CA, Mackenzie M, Sridharan S, Platt S. National evaluation of Keep Well: Patient and practice experience. NHS Health Scotland; £59,227. 1 March 2008 – 30 September 2010.
McGregor A, Beaumont P, Fischbacher M, Mackenzie M, Stewart S. Evaluation of the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives Workplace Services and Award Programme. NHS Health Scotland; £231,000. 1 June 2009 – 31 March 2012.
Hankey C, Leslie W, Lean, M, Mackenzie M. Food Choices and Changes in Body Weight and Shape in those attempting Smoking Cessation. Food Standards Agency; £660,850. 1 September 2007 – 28 February 2010.
Supervision
Current Doctoral Candidates
Anna Bailey (joint supervision with Kathryn Skivington, Gillian Fergie, Ruth Lewis): Participatory and deliberative processes in the UK related to income insecurity: a scoping review. MRC +3 (2021 – 2024)
- Vanderhoven, Ellen
Dual apprenticeships in Mexico
Completed PhDs
Carole Anderson (joint supervision with Margaret Reid): Negotiating infant feeding in private and public: an exploratory study of women’s experiences ESRC Quota Award (1+3): 2005-2011
Breannon Babbel (joint supervision with Annette Hastings and Graham Wa: When push comes to shove: getting primary care practitioners and patients on board for ‘proportionate universalism’ in the age of austerity. Kelvin/Smith Scholarship 2016-2020
David Baruffati (joint supervision with Sharon Wright & Gerry McCartney): Getting Under the Skin: An urban ethnography exploring the links between deprivation and health within a working-class Glasgow community. ESRC Open Award (1+3): 2016-2020
Brian Chaplin (joint supervision with Phil Hanlon): Health and Wellbeing in an island community where urban style deprivation and traditional rural values interact. Self-funded: 2005-2010
Ellie Conway (joint supervision with Susan Deeley): Family Secrets and Social Silence: women with insecure immigration status and domestic abuse policy in Scotland. ESRC Quota Award (1+3) 2012-2016
Anna Cunningham (joint supervision with Kate O’Donnell and Gerry McCartney): Testing the applicability of realist synthesis in the context of the Commonwealth Games. Glasgow Centre for Population Health. 2016-2019
Jenn Glinski (joint supervision with Oona Brooks, Jon Minton and Scottish Women’s Aid): ‘Careful calculus’ in its structural and policy context: what does it cost to leave an abusive relationship? ESRC Collaborative Award (1+3): 2016-2020
Sharon Greenwood (joint supervision with Lucy Pickering and Joy Barlow): 'I try hard not to blame my dad’: a sociological interpretation of the ‘problem’ with parental problem substance use'. ESRC Open Competition: (+3) 2016-2019
James Kaufman (joint supervision with Sharon Wright): The welfare racket: conditionality and marketised activation in street-level welfare-to-work . ESRC Project aligned studentship: (+3): 2016-2019
Colleen Kerr (joint supervision with Ade Kearns): Health and wellbeing in mixed communities. ESRC Case studentship (+3) 2011-2014
Maureen Kidd (joint supervision with Ade Kearns): Expanding Horizons? Investigating the Commonwealth Games 2014 Legacy for Young People in the East End of Glasgow. ESRC Case studentship (+3) 2016-2019.
Sue Laughlin (Joint supervision with Moira Munro): How fair is the city? The impact of equality legislation on city life: a Glasgow Case Study. Self-funded. 2013-2018.
Steve Rolfe (joint supervision with Annette Hastings): Assessing the outcomes of community involvement in local government. Urban Studies Foundation Studentship (+3): 2016-2019
Ellen Vanderhoven (joint supervision with Oscar Valiente and Srbani Maitra)ESRC Open Competition (+3) 2019-2022
Sarah Ward (joint supervision with Prof Ken Gibb): Assets approaches to community health and wellbeing. What Works Scotland/NHS Ayrshire & Arran (+3): 2015-2018
Heather Wardle (joint supervision with Gerda Reith): New applications of expansive empirical sociology: understanding the relationship between gambling behaviour, social environment and risk. ESRC Open Competition (+3): 2014-2017
Examining(PhDs/MDs)
Gillian Fergie: Understanding young adults' online engagement and health experiences in the age of social media: exploring diabetes and common mental health disorders (University of Glasgow, 2014)
Billy Gazard: Individuals and Institutions: Structural Adversity and Health in South East London (King’s College London, 2016)
Gerry McCartney: How will the Commonwealth Games impact on Glasgow’s health and how will we know? (University of Glasgow, 2010)
Elizabeth McKenzie: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of access and pathways to health care among BME community residing in Ayrshire (Queen Margaret University, 2017)
Kate Munro: Developing a dialogue on health: user involvement in health and health services (University of Glasgow, 2008)
David Ogilvie: Shifting towards healthier transport? From systematic review to primary research (University of Glasgow, 2007)
Nicholas Sharrer: The Impact of Social Housing on Health: Glasgow and Baltimore in the Twentieth Century (University of Glasgow, 2016)
Emma Forbes: Perception and reality: an exploration of domestic abuse victims' experiences of the criminal justice process in Scotland, (University of Glasgow, 2019)
Penelope Laycock: An exploration of adult children’s experiences of their parents’ alcohol abuse (University of Strathclyde, 2022)
Coco Moore: An exploration of the NHS Social Prescribing Model across two English counties (University of Worcester, 2023)
Teaching
In 2024/25 I will be convening and teaching on Honours course: Health Policy and Health Inequalities
Additional information
Member of the Social Policy Association
Editorial Board Member Social Policy and Society: 2014-2019
Chair of Editorial Board Social Policy and Society: 2019-2023
Deputy Director Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership: 2016-2024.
ESRC Peer Review College since 2015
International research review roles: Norwegian Research Council Panel, Irish Health and Social Security Executive, Agence Reserche France.
Specialist social scientist health inequalities reviewer and panel roles: AHRC Health Disparities Programme, UK Multi Research Council and Charitable Funders Prevention Research Programme, ESRC Large Grant Assessment Panel, The Health Foundation, National Institute for Health Research and The Wellcome Trust.
ESRC Peer Review Centre Doctoral Training Behavioural Research.
Advisory Group Chair for NIHR Funded Research Programme at Universities of Lancaster and Liverpool – LiLaC.