Dr Marion Ellison is a Reader in European Public Sociology and Policy. Her specialisms include comparative social policy and welfare in Europe, work and employment in Europe, multi-level governance in Europe, comparative child care law, policy and practice in Europe comparative professional social work and comparative public management and governance

Marion Ellison is a Reader in European Social and Public Policy at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh as well as Visiting Professor in Comparative Welfare States at Ca’Foscari University in Venice. Specialising and publishing widely in comparative social policy, social work, public management, governance and work and employment in Europe, she is permanent partner for Scotland for the EU (FP7) INSPIRES Project (Innovative Social Policies for Inclusive and Resilient Labour Markets in Europe),   Marion authored the final report to the European Commission informing EU 2020 recommendations as well as the policy briefs for national and local governments across Europe. Her forthcoming book with Edward Elgar ‘Youth Vulnerability, Inequality and Social Exclusion in Europe: Policy Lessons and Innovations for Improving Young People's Transitions into Work' ‘ (2017) examines the impact of social and employment policies adopted after the 2008 financial crisis on young people across Europe.