Work Futures Research Centre (WFRC)

Our people

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

Dr Ben Thomas PhD

Policy Research Fellow
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Dr Charlie Walker MA, MSocSci, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Postsocialism
  • Masculinities
  • Care leavers

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Daniel Ashton

Professor-Cultural & Creative Industries

Research interests

  • Work and the Creative Economy
  • Culture, Data and Place
  • Arts and Cultural Organisations

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr David Cross PhD, MSc, BA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Self-employment
  • Commitment
  • HR Profession

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

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Professor Jenny Fleming

Chair in Criminiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Joao V. Ferreira PhD

Lecturer in Economics

Research interests

  • Behavioural and experimental economics
  • Individual and social choice
  • Political economy

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Leonora Amponsah-Asante MSc.

Research interests

  • Organisational Silence
  • Risk Management
  • Project Management
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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

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