Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas is a Senior Lecturer at the Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences, part of Sheffield Hallam University's College of Social Sciences and Arts. He previously held positions including Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham, Visiting Lecturer at Goldsmiths, and Lecturer at the University of East London. His teaching spans political economy, comparative politics, welfare theory, and research methods across sociology and politics programs.

Thomas's research focuses on European political economy with a quantitative emphasis, examining income inequality, post-industrialization, welfare states, and labour markets. His recent work analyzes class composition in hospitality sectors, union strategies against labour insecurity, and austerity's impact on social dynamics.

He has contributed to impactful reports such as Tackling Labour Market Injustice (Sheffield TUC, 2020) and collaborated on studies like the Dialogic Teaching project with the Education Endowment Foundation. His interdisciplinary approach bridges sociology, political science, and economic analysis.