Dr Stuart Stamp

Dr Stuart Stamp is an Independent Social Researcher and Research Associate with the Department. He has a BA in Law, a Diploma in Consumer Affairs, and a Masters in Communication and Cultural Studies. Thanks in large part to a Scholarship awarded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), Stuart completed his PhD – entitled “Personal Debt, Poverty and Public Policy in Ireland” – through the Department in 2009. He lectures on undergraduate models in The Development of the Irish Welfare State, Research Strategies, Welfare States in Times of Change, and Linking Equality and Social Inclusion. His research interests include personal over-indebtedness, financial exclusion, and debt advice, from the perspective of low income and inequality.
Over the past 30 years, Stuart has helped to establish services in both Ireland and the UK to assist people who are over-indebted, and has worked as an adviser and manager of these services. He has also worked as trainer and support to those providing such services.

In recent years, Stuart has focused more on research and policy analysis on these topics. He has worked on research studies for the Combat Poverty Agency, for Money Advice and Budgeting Services (MABS), for the Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) and for the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE). Stuart has contributed to a number of national and international conferences and policy consultations on personal debt and financial exclusion issues. He is also a subject matter expert on a new Advanced Diploma in Money Advice Practice (ADMAP) at the University of Ulster, and contributes to a programme for key workers in the homeless sector developed by Dublin City University.