Keetie Roelen – författare

The added value of mixed methods research in poverty and vulnerability is now widely established. Nevertheless, gaps and challenges remain. This volume shares experiences from research in developed and developing country contexts on how mixed methods approaches can make research more credible, usable and responsive to complexity.

'An important and necessary book' - Roman Krznaric'This urgent book gives us renewed hope' - Natasha CarthewThe only way to truly tackle poverty? With empathy. Poverty is bad for everyone - this is not news. It increases crime, burdens healthcare systems and raises taxpayers' bills. With increased economic uncertainty making poverty a more probable prospect for many, fixing inequality has never been more urgent.In this eye-opening and revelatory book, writer and researcher Keetie Roelen proposes a simple solution accessible to us all: empathy. The Empathy Fix promises a radical rethink of poverty, taking the reader inside its lived experience, the latest efforts to combat it, and arming them with the information needed to enact lasting social change.Through empathy, we can all contribute to a more equal society.'If you want to understand the reality of poverty, start by reading this book' - Olivier De Schutter'A stellar piece of work from a seasoned researcher' - Mary O'Hara'A unique, sensitively-crafted and much-needed book' - Sarah P Corbett

'An important and necessary book' - Roman Krznaric'This urgent book gives us renewed hope' - Natasha CarthewDespite being a focal point of Labour's 2024 election campaign, poverty continues to rise. It's now been 20 years since a prolonged decrease in poverty rates, with 14.3 million people and 31% of UK children living in poverty in 2025. Fixing inequality has never been more urgent.In this eye-opening book, expert and host of the Poverty Unpacked podcast Keetie Roelen argues that empathy -not policy alone - is the missing ingredient in the fight against poverty. She takes readers inside poverty's lived experience across the social spectrum, explores the latest ideas and programmes to combat it across the globe, and arms readers with the information needed to enact lasting social change. 'If you want to understand the reality of poverty, start by reading this book' - Olivier De Schutter'A stellar piece of work from a seasoned researcher' - Mary O'Hara'A unique, sensitively-crafted and much-needed book' - Sarah P CorbettPreviously published as The Empathy Fix.