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Work Futures Research Centre (WFRC)
Work Futures Research Centre (WFRC)

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Charlie Walker MA, MSocSci, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Postsocialism
  • Masculinities
  • Care leavers

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Charlie

Email: charlie.walker@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Daniel Ashton

Professor

Research interests

  • Work in the cultural and creative industries
  • Artificial intelligence and creative work/industries
  • Data analytics and practices for creative ecosystems

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Daniel

Email: d.k.ashton@soton.ac.uk

Address: Satellite - Park Avenue, Winchester, SO23 8DL (View in Google Maps)

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Dr David Cross PhD, MSc, BA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Self-employment
  • Commitment
  • Liminality

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with David

Email: d.e.cross@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Dr Donna Arrondelle

Research Fellow (DIGNIFIE Study)

Research interests

  • Her current research interests focus on contemporary imprisonment, working at the intersections of incarceration, dynamics of intimacy, and health justice.  
  • Research group memberships
  • Institute of Criminal Justice Research (ICJR) Members | Institute of Criminal Justice Research | University of Southampton 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Jane Parry

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Changing workplaces and occupations
  • Workforce inequalities
  • Flexible, remote and hybrid working

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jane

Email: j.parry@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Jenny Fleming

Chair in Criminiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jenny

Email: j.fleming@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Dr Maria Villares-Varela

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Migrant entrepreneurship
  • Work and employment relation in small firms
  • Family businesses

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Maria

Email: m.villares-varela@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Dr Michalis Veliziotis

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Trade unions and human resource management (HRM)
  • Quality of work
  • Labour market institutions

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Michalis

Email: m.veliziotis@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Mina Beigi

Professor of Career Studies

Research interests

  • Work-nonwork interface
  • Understudied careers
  • Career success

Connect with Mina

Email: m.beigi@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Pauline Leonard BA Sociology,PGCE, MA(Ed), PhD, FAcSS, FRSA

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Pauline

Email: pauline.leonard@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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