Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett

Margot Ruth Aline Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, CBE FAcSS (born 3 May 1949[1]) is currently Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University. She has written or contributed to a number of books, pamphlets and articles on poverty, social security and women’s citizenship.

She was born to Dr Werner Bernard and Daphne (née Carter) Lister. She attended a private school and then the University of Essex, from which she graduated with a BA in sociology, and continued to an MA in multi-racial studies from the University of Sussex. She has also received honorary doctorates from the universities of Manchester (1987), Essex (2012) and Glasgow Caledonian University.[2][3] After completing her MA she went to work for the Child Poverty Action Group.[4]

She was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours[5] and in 2009 she became a Fellow of the British Academy. She was appointed to the House of Lords as a Life Peer on 31 January 2011 as Baroness Lister of Burtersett, of Nottingham in the County of Nottinghamshire[6] (Burtersett being the village her mother originated from). She sits as a member of the Labour Party.[7]

Employment history

Child Poverty Action Group

As a professor

Miscellaneous

Publications

References

  1. "Baroness Lister of Burtersett". BBC Democracy. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. http://www.essex.ac.uk/events/event.aspx?e_id=4262
  3. Who's Who 2011
  4. A speech presented by the Baroness Lister upon her honorary doctorate from the University of Essex on 18 July 2012.
  5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55513. p. 9. 12 June 1999.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 59689. p. 1849. 3 February 2011.
  7. http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/margot-aline/90403

External links

Debretts profile

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