Education
BA, Brooklyn College; MSW with honors and PhD, University of Pittsburgh.
Neil GilbertProfessor of Social Welfare
The Chernin Chair in Social Welfare
Neil
Gilbert
Distinguished Professor and scholar of the modern welfare state, family policy, and the institutions that shape social well-being.
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15authored books
20edited volumes
145+articles & chapters
2Fulbright fellowships
01 / SCHOLARSHIP
Comparing how societies care.
01Comparative welfare states
02Family policy
03Child welfare
04Social security
05Social-service evaluation
Five decades of inquiry into how public policy, families, and markets meet.
Career & distinction
A life of scholarship, leadership, and public service.
Professor Gilbert’s work connects comparative welfare policy with child and family services, social security, and the institutions that shape responsibility and care.
Academic leadership
Acting Dean of Berkeley Social Welfare and a five-year chair of its doctoral program.
National recognition
Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.
Doctor Honoris Causa
Awarded an honorary doctorate by Spain’s National University of Distance Education.
Editorial leadership
Chair of the editorial board of the International Journal of Social Welfare and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford University Press Library on International Social Policy.
International appointments
Visiting roles at Oxford, the London School of Economics, Stockholm, Hamburg, Madrid, Prague, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Geneva.
Beyond the university
An avid skier, mountaineer, and certified Class I paraglider pilot, with ascents including the Matterhorn and Grand Teton.