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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
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Research Incubator Labs: Enhancing Postgraduate Students’ Research Skills and Capacity
Silva de Souza, R. (PI), Drinkwater, S. (CoI), Izak, M. (CoI) & Chen, A. (CoI)
1/02/23 → 21/07/23
Project: Research
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Brexit and the NHS: Voting Behaviour and Views on the Impact of Leaving the EU
Robinson, C. & Drinkwater, S., 18 Oct 2023, In: British Politics. 18, p. 557-578 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, In: Rationality and Society. 35, 4, p. 420-447 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Self-Interest or Self-Defeating? How the Self-Employed Voted in the EU Referendum
Clark, K. & Drinkwater, S., 18 Jul 2023, In: INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS JOURNAL.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of customs and trade regulations on the operations of African firms
Drinkwater, S. & Robinson, C., 30 May 2023, In: Journal of Business Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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They were chasing me down the streets’: Austerity, resourcefulness, and the tenacity of migrant women’s care-full labour
Jones, R. D., Drinkwater, S. & Guma, T., 7 Jul 2023, In: Geoforum. 103882.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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External Examiner for a PhD at Swansea University
Drinkwater, S. (Supervisor)
7 Jun 2024Activity: Examinations › Examination
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Presentation to EUSS DLP Steering Group Meeting
Drinkwater, S. (Speaker)
6 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Oral presentation for an academic audience
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Presentation to the EUSS DLP Stakeholder Group
Drinkwater, S. (Advisor)
20 May 2024Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Affiliation to non-academic organisation
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Presentation to the EUSS DLP Steering Group Meeting
Drinkwater, S. (Speaker)
4 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Oral presentation for an academic audience
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Small Business Economics (Journal)
Drinkwater, S. (Peer reviewer)
2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Press/Media
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When populism runs out of road, it blames the road
18/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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On Brexit's third anniversary, the UK has more reasons to regret it than ever
1/02/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: 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