The Centre is Co-Directed by Professor Karen Broadhurst, Professor Judith Harwin, Professor Suzanne Ost and Dr Chris Grover and is home to more than twenty staff and doctoral students. Members of the group have held a variety of grants, including from the Department of Education, the Department of Health, the ESRC, the AHRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the British Academy and UNICEF.

The Centre works with a range of national and international policy and practice partners and is committed to the co-production of knowledge and research with real-world impacts.