Martin Knapp

Martin Knapp is a professor of health and social care policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), which is based in the health policy department. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow in the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC; formerly PSSRU) at the LSE. Since 2023, Martin has been Programme Director for the Research Programme for Social Care, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in England. From 2009 until 2024, he was also Director of the NIHR of the School for Social Care Research. Martin's main research interests are in the areas of social care (often called long-term care), child and adult mental health, dementia, and neurodiversity. Much of his work uses economic arguments and evidence to inform policy discussion and influence practice development. His research has had wide-ranging impacts on policy and practice in a number of fields.