Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that uses systematic reviews to look at the effects of social policy interventions in areas including crime , education and international development. They are published in the open access journal Campbell Systematic Reviews

Evidence for Policy & Practice Information. Excellent source of systematic reviews & research syntheses for a multitude of social science and health topics.

Very active research program based at ISER (University of Essex), offering tax-benefit microsimulation models for the EU & the UK that enables researchers to calculate the effects of taxes/benefits on household incomes and work incentives for each country and for the EU

Offers an historical approach to public policy.

Its main database provides data on social security schemes in over 170 countries, others covers pensions, reforms, and good practice.

Research centre at Goteborg University offers free access to its cross-national time series dataset on social policy. Data for 40 countries from 1946, with an emphasis on social policy in relation to quality of government.

High profile organisation aiming to influence UK public policy to benefit those on low & middle income.

Social Care Online is produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), an independent organisation with a remit to review knowledge about social care, to develop best practice guides and to promote their use in policy and practice. It provides free access to a wealth of resources including a searchable database of references to research briefings, to reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites. This incorporates Caredata and information from AgeInfo. It indexes government documents, reports, papers, grey literature and book chapters covering all aspects of social care. Key topics include social policy, social services, social welfare, child care, care of the elderly, social work, evidence based practice, criminal justice policy, mental health, housing policy, social exclusion and social welfare. The database may be searched or browsed. The site also includes online research tutorials and an extensive directory of links to other related social care websites. Note: SCO content is no longer being updated from 1 Jan 2023 and from end of 2023 content will be moved to the subscription database: Social Policy & Practice

Extremely useful datasets on social protection and benefits. 34 countries covered (mainly Europe and N. America). Registration required.

Useful listing maintained by LSE Library for keeping up to date with government & other publications.

Successor to Institute for Community Studies (1954-), focusing on community development, social change, youth, inequalities.