Staff profiles
Karen Escott
BA (Hons), PGCE
Phone 0114 225 3552
E-mail k.escott@shu.ac.uk
Karen is the academic leader for the planning and regeneration group at Sheffield Hallam University.
Prior to joining the university in 2002, Karen worked at the Centre for Public Services (1989-2002) providing research expertise and strategic advice to a wide range of clients including national and regional agencies, local authorities, trade unions and community groups. She also worked for Sheffield City Council's Department of Employment and Economic Development (1982-1989), developing local economic appraisals and labour market studies, and as a researcher in local economic development at Middlesex University (1978-1982).
Karen is a member of the Academy of Urbanism and a trustee of public arts organisation BEAM
Research interests
- social and economic analysis including evaluation of anti-poverty and regeneration initiatives
- public service management
- equal opportunities including gender and local labour markets
Karen is currently supervising two PhD students on the following topics
- Institutions, power and scale: exploring the politics of economic development in Northern England.
- Local authority leadership in regeneration in the North West region
Recent publications
Escott, K. (2008) 'Access to work' in S. Yeandle (ed) Policy for a Change: Local Labour Market Analysis and Gender Equality. Bristol. Policy Press.
Escott, K. Grant, L. and Buckner, L. (2007) Young women on the margins of the labour market. Paper to Work, Employment and Society Conference, Aberdeen 12-14th September.
Escott, K. and Buckner, L (2006) Young women's employment: growing up poor in England and Wales. YWCA.
Escott, K. and Punn, S. (2006) Tackling gender inequality: linking research to policy making and mainstreaming. Local Economy Vol. 21 No. 2 May 2006
Escott, K, and Buckner, L. (2006) Addressing Women's Poverty: Local Labour Market Initiatives. Synthesis Report. Centre for Social Inclusion, Sheffield Hallam University
Research and consultancy projects
Escott, K., Grant, L., Gore, T and Poole, G (2007) The State of the District: North East Derbyshire, Report prepared for North East Derbyshire District Council, Chesterfield: NEDCC
Escott, K. (2007) From getting by to getting on: women's employment and local regeneration programmes. RENEW North West/Oxfam
Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets funded by HE ESF Ltd 2003-6 working in partnership with 11 participating local authorities in the nine English regions. Research studies of women's participation in local labour markets including comparative analysis
Gender and Governance in Regeneration for Regional Action West Midlands (2004)
South Yorkshire Objective 1 Mid-term Evaluation (2003)
Women's poverty for Equal Opportunities Commission (2003)
Various commissions for Centre for Public Services
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