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Professor Ian Kessler is a Professor of Public Policy and Management at King's Business School, King's College London. He previously held positions at the University of Oxford for over two decades. His primary affiliations include the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce and the Policy Institute at King's College London. He advises prominent bodies such as the Royal College of Nursing, Police Federation, and National Audit Office.
Research Interests:
- Work organization in public services
- Assistant/support roles in healthcare, education, and social care
- Emotional labor among care workers
- Public sector trade unions, pay, and grading systems
Publications focus on healthcare workforce restructuring, pandemic impacts on wellbeing, and policy analysis. Recent work includes evaluating the Nursing Associate role and international recruitment strategies in social care. He has contributed to impactful studies like the 'Improving Care Quality and the Development of the Healthcare Support Worker Role in NHS England' (REF 2021).
Grants include NIHR-funded projects on workforce strategies, with ongoing research into widening participation in healthcare roles and apprenticeship programs. He leads the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit (2024–2028).
