Staff Profile

Biography

Dr Antonios Roumpakis is currently an Associate Professor at the School for Arts and Social Sciences. Dr Antonios Roumpakis joined the Hong Kong Metropolitan University in February 2026. 

Dr Antonios Roumpakis was previously appointed as Professor of Comparative Social Policy and served as Head of Social Policy (2022-2025) at the School for Business and Society, University of York. He has also been elected as a member of the Social Policy Association Executive Board (2018-2025) where, among other roles, he served as Treasurer (2022-2025). Since 2022, he also serves as a co-editor of the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Cambridge University Press).

Dr Antonios Roumpakis has published in top ranked peer-reviewing journals (e.g. Journal of Social Policy, Critical Social Policy, International Labour Review, Politics, Journal of Comparative and International Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, Social Policy & Administration). Dr Antonios Roumpakis has also published book chapters with reputable publishers and internationally prominent edited volumes (Edgar Elgar, Policy Press, Ashgate). He has supervised numerous PhD students to completion, co-organised national and international conferences and has presented his research in regional and international fora.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Comparative historical research methods
• Debt, indebtedness and housing
• Households, families and social reproduction
• Political economy of welfare
• Pension reforms & governance of pension funds
• Power approaches to welfare
• Familistic welfare regimes

Academic & Professional Experience

Professor of Comparative Social Policy, University of York, October 2025 - September 2026.

Head of Social Policy, School for Business and Society, September 2022 - August 2025.

Treasurer of Social Policy Association, July 2022 - July 2025.

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Comparative Social Policy, Dept. of Social Policy & Social Work, University of York, 2019 - 2024.

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Comparative Social Policy, Dept. of Social Policy & Social Work, University of York, 2012 - 2019.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Nordic Centre of Excellence for Welfare Research (NORDwel), Faculty of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland, September 2010 - June 2011 (full-time).

Teaching Fellow in Social Policy, Dept. of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath, September 2008 - July 2010 (full-time).

Research Fellow at the Centre for Death & Dying, University of Bath, 2007-2008 (part-time).

Research Fellow at the European Research Institute, University of Bath, 2005-2007 (part-time).

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Mumtaz, Z., Roumpakis, A. and Sumarto, M. (2025) 'Overcoming hybridisation in global welfare regime classifications: Lessons from a single case study', Journal of Social Policy, 54 (4): 1113-1133.
• Kühner, S., Hong, I., Ketola, M. & Roumpakis, A. (2023) Editors' Introduction: Ten years of the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (2013-2022)—Taking Stock and Charting A Route Forward, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 39(1):1-12.

Selected Professional & Community Services

• Head of Social Policy, School for Business and Society, University of York (2022-2025)
• Chair of the Board of Studies, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York (2020-2022)
• Director of Postgraduate Taught (Campus) Programmes, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York (2015-2020)

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Modified Date: 26 Feb, 2026
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