Jack Saunders

Dr Jack Saunders is a Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern British History at University College London. His research focuses on labour history, particularly power dynamics in post-war British workplaces, trade union activism in the motor industry, and women's organizing in the NHS. He explores themes like de-industrialisation, emotional labour, and 20th-century political culture.

Education: PhD in History from UCL (2015). Prior roles include research on the NHS cultural history at Warwick University (2016–2019) and teaching citizenship history at King's College London (2019).

Research Interests: Saunders examines worker identities, healthcare labor dynamics, and the socio-political impacts of industrial change. His work bridges labor activism, gender studies, and emotional labor in modern Britain.

Publications: Key works include studies on NHS worker identities, de-industrialisation narratives, and car factory labor militancy. His 2019 monograph Assembling Cultures analyzes post-war British automotive industry activism.

Awards: None listed. Advising: Currently unavailable as primary PhD supervisor.

Labs/Teams: Not explicitly mentioned. Teaching includes modules on 20th-century British history, the 1970s crisis, and post-war social change.