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Sophie Bowlby

Professor Sophie Bowlby

Co-Chair of the Healthier Working Lives Knowledge Network

  • Visiting Research fellow, University of Reading

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Biography

My experience in the ageing arena. I’m a geographer with longstanding interests in physical and social access to places, people and services. Recent research addresses informal care and use of old and new technologies for social contact and I’m Chair of a not-for-profit dial-a-ride service for people with restricted mobility. (https://readibus.co.uk).

The impact I’d like to make as part of the HWL programme. I’d like to help bring together the skills and experience of a wide variety of people to make HWL successful, helping care workers develop an enduring role in innovative, long-term advances in social care that enhance the quality of their lives and the lives of those they care for.

Research

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Healthier working lives for the care workforce

The programme assesses the challenges and opportunities for the over 50’s care workforce.

Project status: Ongoing

En Route to Recovery: Diversity and Vulnerability in Care Work During And after The Covid-19 Pandemic

ERSC funded, En Route to Recovery: Diversity and Vulnerability in Care Work During And after The Covid-19 Pandemic.

Project status: Ongoing

Features

Expert Perspective: Why HWL is a different type of research programme

How HWL is designed to be a research programme that is different from most social science research projects.

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Research

Healthier Working Lives banner
Healthier working lives for the care workforce

The programme assesses the challenges and opportunities for the over 50’s care workforce.

Project status: Ongoing

En Route to Recovery: Diversity and Vulnerability in Care Work During And after The Covid-19 Pandemic

ERSC funded, En Route to Recovery: Diversity and Vulnerability in Care Work During And after The Covid-19 Pandemic.

Project status: Ongoing

Features

Expert Perspective: Why HWL is a different type of research programme

How HWL is designed to be a research programme that is different from most social science research projects.

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