Dr Calum Carson
Senior Research Associate (Nuffield Foundation)Research Overview
My primary research interests broadly revolve around the Decent Work agenda, with a specific focus on corporate social responsibility, living wages, active labour market policy and the future of work.
Profile
Senior Research Associate primarily interested in decent work, corporate social responsibility, living wages, active labour market policy, and the future of work. I am currently employed as a Senior Research Associate on the Inclusive Remote and Hybrid Working Study, exploring disabled workers' experiences of remote and hybrid working. Prior to this I was a Postdoctoral Researcher on the “Universal Credit and Employers” project, led by Dr Katy Jones, which sought to explore employer views of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and the requirements that underpin Universal Credit for people who are unemployed and workers on a low income. My PhD thesis explored the multi-dimensional impact of the Real Living Wage on the UK employment landscape through a focus on the experineces of workers, employers and advocates, and prior to this I was employed as a researcher at the International Labour Organisation, Geneva (focusing on the Decent Work Agenda).
Outside of academia, I am a keen photographer and hiker.
Current Research
I am currently employed as a Senior Research Associate on the Inclusive Remote and Hybrid Working Study, exploring disabled workers' experiences of remote and hybrid working. Beyond this, I am continuing to develop outputs from both my PhD thesis on the Real Living Wage, and the Universal Credit and Employers research project.
Expert evidence session on national employer flexible working policies
22/05/2024 → 22/05/2024
Consultancy
Inclusive Remote and Hybrid Working Study
01/03/2023 → 31/12/2024
Research
Visiting Fellowship
01/02/2023 → 28/02/2023
Research
Designing inclusive remote and hybrid working to support disabled workers
02/01/2023 → 31/12/2024
Research
Universal Credit and Employers Research Project
02/08/2021 → 31/01/2023
Research
Labour Market and Policy Research
04/01/2021 → 31/07/2021
Consultancy
The UK Living Wage Campaign: Experiences of Employers, Workers, and Advocates
01/10/2015 → 04/01/2021
Research
Roundtable on Health and Work with North East Employers (Lancaster Castle)
Invited talk
Designing Inclusive Forms of Remote and Hybrid Working talk (University of Antwerp)
Oral presentation
Women in Multiple Low-Paid Employment Launch event (Scottish Parliament)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Workshop on designing inclusive hybrid working models
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Inclusive Remote and Hybrid Working Study: Worker Experiences talk (University of Göttingen)
Oral presentation
Designing Inclusive Forms of Remote and Hybrid Work (BSA 2024 Conference talk)
Oral presentation
Oral evidence testimony to All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment (Westminster)
Invited talk
Women in Multiple Low-paid Employment roundtable
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
How Flexible Working Can Work for Disabled People and Carers (invited talk by Zoom UK)
Invited talk
IPPO Roundtable on hybrid working and disabilities
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Work, Employment and Society Conference 2023
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Sociological Association Work, Employment and Society conference
Oral presentation
"Supporting disabled employees in hybrid working settings" policy roundtable (Equality and Human Rights Commission)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course