Honorary Doctorates 2023: Deborah Stone (BSS)

Deborah Stone is professor emerita at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. She has previously worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dartmouth College, and she has taught and conducted research on health and social policy, the welfare state and political decision making at a number of American universities. Deborah Stone is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of political policy making and health policy. Her research has been pivotal in helping researchers around the globe become aware of the importance of narratives, metaphors and figures in political debates and processes.