Jane Lewis

Jane Elizabeth Lewis, (born 14 April 1950) is a British social scientist and academic, specialising in gender and welfare. She was Barnett Professor of Social Policy at the University of Oxford from 2000 to 2004 and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics from 2004 to 2016.

Early life and education Lewis was born on 14 April 1950. She moved to Canada, undertaking further studies at the University of Western Ontario, and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1979. She was made a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College in 1998:

Between 1998 and 2000, Lewis was Professor of Social Policy at the University of Nottingham. In 2004, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

Selected works