Jochen Clasen gained his Diploma in Sociology at the Free University of Berlin in 1988 and a PhD at Edinburgh University in 1992 in Sociology and Social Policy. Professor Clasen is an expert in cross-national research on social security and unemployment policy, and has particular expertise in social policy comparisons between Germany and the UK. He has also published widely on methodological aspects of cross-national research. Recent books include: Clasen, J. (ed) (2011) Converging Worlds of Welfare: British and German Social Policy in the 21st Century, Oxford University Press; J. Clasen and N. A. Siegel (eds) (2007) Investigating Welfare State Change: The Dependent Variable Problem in Comparative Analysis, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, J. Clasen (2005) Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United Kingdom Compared, Oxford: Oxford University Press. He is Professor of Comparative Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.
Daniel Clegg gained his PhD in Social and Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence in 2005. Prior to joining the University of Edinburgh, he held research and teaching posts at the University of Stirling and the University of Oxford in the UK, and Sciences Po in Paris. His research focuses on the comparative politics of unemployment and labour market policy in developed welfare states. He is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.