Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett
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Margot Ruth Aline Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, CBE 1999; FBA 2009
Born 3 May 1949; daughter of Dr Werner Bernard Lister and Daphne (née Carter)
Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University
, since 1994
Educated University of Essex
(BA Hons Sociology); University of Sussex
(MA Multi-Racial Studies)
Child Poverty Action Group: Legal Res. Officer, 1971–75; Assistant Director, 1975–77; Deputy Director 1977–79; Director 1979–87; Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford, 1987–93. Donald Dewar Visiting Professor of Social Justice, University of Glasgow, 2005–06. Vice-Chair, NCVO, 1991–93. Member: Opsahl Commission, 1992–93; Commission for Social Justice, 1992–94; Commission on Poverty, Participation and Power, 1999–2000; Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty, 2004–06; National Equality Panel, 2008–10. Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture, University of Leeds, 1989. Founding Academician, Academy of Social Sciences, 1999. Hon. LLD Manchester, 1987
Appointed to the House of Lords as Baroness Lister of Burtersett, of Nottingham in the County of Nottinghamshire
Born 3 May 1949; daughter of Dr Werner Bernard Lister and Daphne (née Carter)
Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University
Loughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
, since 1994
Educated University of Essex
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
(BA Hons Sociology); University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
(MA Multi-Racial Studies)
Child Poverty Action Group: Legal Res. Officer, 1971–75; Assistant Director, 1975–77; Deputy Director 1977–79; Director 1979–87; Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford, 1987–93. Donald Dewar Visiting Professor of Social Justice, University of Glasgow, 2005–06. Vice-Chair, NCVO, 1991–93. Member: Opsahl Commission, 1992–93; Commission for Social Justice, 1992–94; Commission on Poverty, Participation and Power, 1999–2000; Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty, 2004–06; National Equality Panel, 2008–10. Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture, University of Leeds, 1989. Founding Academician, Academy of Social Sciences, 1999. Hon. LLD Manchester, 1987
Appointed to the House of Lords as Baroness Lister of Burtersett, of Nottingham in the County of Nottinghamshire