John Hills was an active participant in planning this issue of the Review, and would as a matter of course have written one of the papers, given his important body of work on pensions, including as one of the three Commissioners of the influential UK Pensions Commission which reported in 2005, and his book, Good Times, Bad Times: The Welfare Myth of Them and Us (revised edition 2017) all of which bore directly on reciprocity across the life cycle.
John’s early death in December 2020 robbed readers of what would have been a deeply enlightening and humane paper, and robbed the authors of the other papers in this issue – and the much wider community at LSE and outside – of an inspirational colleague and friend.
This issue is dedicated to his memory.
The LSE Public Policy Review is an open-access, refereed journal which is published quarterly. Each issue is thematic and concentrates on a key topic at the heart of current debates in public policy. Public policy challenges bring to the fore cross-cutting questions which require a global perspective and a focus on their interconnectedness. Because of this, articles in each issue take different disciplinary perspectives, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and analysis at the forefront of current thinking. As a result, each issue presents a comprehensive approach to the specific theme and an analysis that is academically rigorous but also readily accessible to all readers. The LSEPPR publishes original research papers, conceptual articles, review papers written for a general readership, in non-technical language aimed at a wide audience including government, business and policy-makers, as well as academics and students. LSEPPR seeks to actively contribute to the study and development of public and social policy, public administration and public management.
