Department of Social Policy and Intervention
[4] Within the department, research is organised around two main units: Whilst the majority of work is focused on OECD countries, faculty members also address important social policy issues in developing countries.The academic backgrounds of members of staff in the department include anthropology, demography, economics, health services research, political science, psychology, social policy, social work and sociology.[citation needed] The department offers teaching on two core graduate study tracts: Comparative Social Policy (MSc and MPhil) and Evidence Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation (MSc and MPhil).Additionally the department provides teaching on the undergraduate Politics, Philosophy and Economics course.[7] Notable former heads of department have included Leonard Barnes, A. H. Halsey, Stein Ringen, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Bernhard Ebbinghaus.