Dr. Emma Stone

Emma joined JRF in 1998 and has previously managed programmes on Immigration and Inclusion, Supporting Disabled Adults in their Parenting Role, Disabled Children and Young People, Race Equality and Disability. Current areas of interest include:

• the future and funding of adult social care in the UK; 
• power and participation of people who are marginalised and 'unheard'; 
• contributing to and learning from the city and people of Bradford through the JRF Bradford Programmes.  

Before joining JRF in 1998, Emma was a contract researcher for the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds and completed a PhD on 'Disability and Development in China' (having previously done Chinese as an undergraduate followed by a Masters in International Development Studies).

Outside JRF, Emma is a Trustee for DORS: Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan and a member of the International Programmes Sub-Committee for Y Care International (having previously served two terms as a Trustee of YCI until September 2009).