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Personal profile
Biography
Stephen Drinkwater is Professor of Economics at the Business School at the University of Roehampton, London. He was previously a Reader in Economics at Swansea University and a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Surrey prior to that. He has also been employed as a research fellow at the University of Portsmouth and Manchester Metropolitan University. Stephen is also a research fellow at the Institute for Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn, the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) at the University of Manchester, the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Data, Research and Methods (WISERD) and the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College London.
Research interests
Stephen's main research interests lie in applied micro economics, particularly within the labour market as well as regional issues. His research has primarily focused on labour market discrimination, self-employment, industrial relations, international and interregional migration, the effect of language on economic activity and voting behaviour.
Research projects
Stephen has received research funding from a range of external organisations including the European Commission (to investigate the impact of East-West migration following EU enlargement), the Joseph Rowntree Foundatiaon (to examine the performance of ethnic minorities in the UK labour market), the Welsh Government (to analyse subjective wellbeing as well as various projects on labour market outcomes), NORFACE (to examine migration strategies of recent Polish migrants to the UK), the Office for Manpower Economics (to estimate ethnic pay gaps in the public sector) and the ESRC (for a socio-economic analysis of recent Polish migration to the UK, to assess widening access policies on HE participation in Wales, to match EUSS data with other sources and to investigate aspects of civil society). With regards to the latter he is currently a co-investigator on a work package on the WISERD Civil Sratification and Civic Repair project (£6.3 million funding from 2019 to 2024) which follows on from the initial WISERD Civil Society project (£6.2 million funding from 2014 to 2019).
Consultancy work
Stephen has carried out a range of consultancy projects including for the OECD, Government Office for Science, ESRC, European Commission/IZA, Welsh Development Agency, Surrey County Council, Portsmouth City Council and South Hampshire Local Authorities.
Projects include Entrepreneurship amongst Ethnic and Immigrant Groups in the UK (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), the Impact of Immigration on Host Economies (Government Office for Science), an Evaluation of the Census Programme (ESRC) and Welfare Participation Amongst Immigrants in the UK and Assessing the Migration Potential from Eastern Partnership Countries to the UK (European Commission/IZA).
Teaching
Labour Economics
Research Methods
Keywords
- HB Economic Theory
- Labour and Regional Economics
- HA Statistics
- Labour Markets and Migration
Network
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Research Incubator Labs: Enhancing Postgraduate Students’ Research Skills and Capacity
Silva de Souza, R., Drinkwater, S., Izak, M. & Chen, A.
1/02/23 → 21/07/23
Project: Research
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Selectively liberal? social change and attitudes towards homosexual relations in the UK
Collins, A., Drinkwater, S. & Jennings, C., 25 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Rationality and Society. p. 104346312311723 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brexit and the NHS: Voting Behaviour and Views on the Impact of Leaving the EU
Robinson, C. & Drinkwater, S., 17 Aug 2022, In: British Politics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Communities of/for interest: Revisiting the role of migrants’ online groups
Guma, T., Jones, R. D. & Drinkwater, S., 21 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Sociology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Brexit Referendum and Three Types of Regret
Drinkwater, S. & Jennings, C., 13 Aug 2022, In: Public Choice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Xenophobia, Hostility, and Austerity: European Migrants and Civil Society in Wales
Drinkwater, S., Jones, R. D. & Guma, T., 18 Oct 2022, Age of Uncertainty - Civil Society: Institutions, Governance and Change. Chaney, P. & Rees Jones, I. (eds.). Bristol: Policy Press, p. 163-185Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Labour Economics (Journal)
Stephen Drinkwater (Peer reviewer)
3 Jan 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Brexit, Covid and International Migrants: An Empirical Analysis for the UK
Stephen Drinkwater (Speaker)
2 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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Presentation to the Third Stakeholder Group Meeting for EUSS Data Linkage Project
Stephen Drinkwater (Advisor)
4 Oct 2022Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Contribution to the work of non-academic organisations
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Self-Interested or Self-Defeating? How the Self-Employed Voted in the EU Referendum
Stephen Drinkwater (Speaker)
23 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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Presentation to 6th EUSS Data Linkage Steering Group Meeting
Stephen Drinkwater (Speaker)
28 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Oral presentation for an academic audience
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Press/Media
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Brexit. Pourquoi la déception gagne les Britanniques
31/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Keir Starmer’s deafening silence on the failures of Brexit
28/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Would a cut in the number of low skilled EU migrants hurt the UK economy?
26/08/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Profiles
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Khatereh Seyed
- Faculty of Business and Law - Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow
- Centre for Sustainability and Responsible Management Postgraduate Research Students
Person: Doctor of Philosophy, Academic