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Dr Edward Yates serves as a Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations within the Work, Employment and Organisations department at the University of Sheffield's Management School. He is an active researcher at the Centre for Decent Work (CDW), contributing to critical analyses of labour market dynamics and employment relations through both academic publications and policy engagement.
Yates' research centers on the interplay between political economy and labour market outcomes, with four primary thrusts: (1) Local labour markets, examining how capitalist processes manifest through local state actors, employers, and workers—particularly youth; (2) State regulation of work amid global economic shifts, analyzing policy impacts on workers; (3) Young workers' conditions, covering wages, skills training, and theoretical development of youth political economy; (4) NHS employment dynamics, investigating working conditions, attrition rates, and union roles. His methodological approach integrates critical global political economy frameworks.
Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal intensifying focus on coworking spaces, post-pandemic work transitions, and marketization's disciplinary effects. Earlier works (2016-2021) consistently interrogate youth employment, local governance strategies, and wage policy impacts—especially the National Living Wage—demonstrating longitudinal commitment to understanding how structural economic forces shape vulnerable workers' lives. NHS-related research forms a distinct thematic cluster examining healthcare labor under austerity.
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Yates supervises doctoral research with one confirmed completion in 2024 (Maria Marimpi's thesis on underemployment and mental health in dual-earner couples). He actively seeks PhD candidates exploring local labour markets, youth employment, state regulation, and NHS work conditions. His parliamentary evidence submissions—particularly the 2024 Co-Working Research Collective report—demonstrate direct policy engagement, though specific grant details remain undisclosed.
As a core member of the Centre for Decent Work, Yates contributes to this research hub's mission of advancing equitable global labor standards through politically engaged scholarship that bridges academic analysis and real-world labor challenges.
