Neil Gilbert

Research Bio

Neil Gilbert is the Milton and Gertrude Chernin Professor of Social Welfare and Social Services. Dr. Gilbert is director of the Center for Comparative Welfare State Research and was the founding director of the Family Welfare Research Group. His research interests include: design and evaluation of social service delivery systems; theoretical framework for social policy analysis; evaluative research; the welfare state; administration and organizational theory; family policy and child abuse prevention; comparative social welfare.

Research Expertise and Interest

social welfare, comparative welfare state analysis, child welfare, evaluation research, family policy, social security

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring
  • Social Welfare Policy  [SOCWEL 112]  

  • Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates  [SOCWEL 198]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [SOCWEL 199]  

  • Individual Study for Graduate Students  [SOCWEL 296]  

  • Individual Research for Graduate Students  [SOCWEL 299]  

  • Group Study in Social Welfare  [SOCWEL 98]  

2025 Fall
  • Social Welfare Policy  [SOCWEL 112]  

  • Social Welfare Policy  [SOCWEL 112]  

  • Social Welfare Policy  [SOCWEL 112]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [SOCWEL 199]  

  • Foundations of Social Welfare Policy  [SOCWEL 220]  

  • Individual Study for Graduate Students  [SOCWEL 296]  

  • Individual Research for Graduate Students  [SOCWEL 299]  

2025 Summer
  • Individual Research for Graduate Students  [SOCWEL 299]  

2025 Spring
  • Field Studies in Social Welfare  [SOCWEL 197]  

  • Individual Study for Graduate Students  [SOCWEL 296]  

  • Field Studies in Social Welfare  [SOCWEL 97]  

  • Senior Honors Course  [SOCWEL H195]