Potential PhD supervisors
The following members of IER's academic staff are keen to supervise PhDs in a range of subjects. The research interests of staff are listed to provide an overview of the subjects and techniques they would be interested in supervising at a postgraduate level.
Find out about our current doctoral students here.
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Dr Eva Katharina Sarter IER Director of Graduate Studies Political scientist with expertise in public policies, regulation of labour, and comparative research. Research interests: focusses on social public procurement and the use of public procurement as a tool for the regulation of labour as well domestically as in global supply chains, equality, and public services. Research methodology: qualitative methods. |
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Professor Chris Warhurst, IER Director Research interests: labour market and labour process developments, trends and issues. Interested in supervising doctorate and masters research degrees in job quality, skills and aesthetic labour Research methodology: interlinked quantitative and qualitative methods |
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Research interests: differential access to the labour market and the relationship between employment and social inclusion/exclusion; work, welfare and public policy, particularly participation of disadvantaged groups in active labour market programmes; education and employment as vehicles for social mobility; Social capital, social networks and integration, especially of migrants. Research methodology: interlinked quantitative and qualitative methods |
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Research interests: local labour market skills and their intersection with productivity and inclusive growth Research methodology: qualitative methods |
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Research interests: working and volunteering in later life and the impact of the fuller working lives agenda on employment, training and career development; skills development and career progression of apprentices and graduates; health and social care labour markets Research methodology: qualitative methods |
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Research interests: analysis of big data sources for labour market analysis; development of labour market information for practice and policy; skill shortages identification and labour market forecasting Research methodology: quantitative methods, big data techniques |
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Research Interests: migration and migrant labour, job quality, low wage work, equity in the labour market, and community labour partnerships. Research Methodology: qualitative research |
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Research interests: education, training and skills - particularly issues related to skills mismatch; transitions from education to work; the future of work; job quality; and fair and decent work. Jamelia is trained as an economist, and uses mixed methods in her research (including surveys, secondary data analysis, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions). Research methodology: quantitative methods (statistical analysis, regression analysis), qualitative methods (content analysis, thematic analysis), mixed methods analysis |
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Research interests: Public policy and extended working lives, individual orientations to work and retirement, employer attitudes and practices towards older workers, psychological effects of joblessness, regional labour markets. Research methodology: Qualitative and quantitative methods. |
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Research interests: Comparative employment and industrial relations, including social dialogue at EU and workplace level, Non-standard work and labour market segmentation, European work/life balance policies, digitalisation and public procurement practices. Research methodology: mixed methods but stronghold being qualitative research methods. |
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Research interests: Inequalities in access to and success in higher education, Higher education and employment as vehicles for social mobility; Job quality premium for university graduates, Trend of job quality across countries, Relationship between job quality and well-being. Research methodology: Longitudinal research and tracking (using mainly quantitative methods), Survey data analyses, Cross-cultural comparative analyses. |
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