Dr Jamie Redman MSc, BA (Hons)
Research Associate
Summary
I am a Research Associate at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University. I am currently working on a national evaluation of the Affordable Homes Programme, commissioned by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC). I am also working on a solutions-focused research project exploring methods of improving job quality in South Yorkshire; as part of the Yorkshire Policy Engagement Research Network (Y-PERN) and in partnership with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA). Prior to this, I worked as an ESRC post-doctoral fellow at the University of Sheffield, examining the historical development of British social security policy over the 20th/21st century and its contemporary delivery in employment services. My research interests converge around welfare reform, employment services, labour markets, poverty and unemployment.
Teaching
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Research
- Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research
- Social and Economic Research Institute
Publications
Journal articles
Dobson, J., & Redman, J. (2025). Environmental wellbeing: a concept and principles for research, policy and action. Local Environment. http://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2025.2506587
Andersen, K., Redman, J., Stewart, K., & Patrick, R. (2024). ‘It's the kids that suffer’: Exploring how the UK'sbenefit cap and two-child limit harm children. Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research. http://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13034
Redman, J., Fletcher, D., White, R., & Mccarthy, L. (2022). 'You had to be the detective': implementing workfare in British employment services. Journal of Social Policy. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279422000733
Fletcher, D., & Redman, J. (2022). 'The sanctions are good for some people but not for someone like me who actually genuinely does their job search.' British JSA claimant views on punitive welfare reform: hegemony in action? Capital and Class. http://doi.org/10.1177/03098168221109653
Redman, J. (2022). Book review: David Etherington, austerity, welfare and work: exploring politics, geographies and inequalities. Work, Employment and Society, 36 (1), 192-193. http://doi.org/10.1177/09500170211038536
Redman, J. (2021). ‘Chatting Shit’ in the Jobcentre: Navigating Workfare Policy at the Street-Level. Work, Employment and Society, 095001702110241. http://doi.org/10.1177/09500170211024138
Redman, J., & Fletcher, D. (2021). Violent bureaucracy: a critical analysis of the British public employment service. Critical Social Policy, 42 (2), 306-326. http://doi.org/10.1177/02610183211001766
Redman, J. (2019). The benefit sanction: a correctional device or a weapon of disgust? Sociological Research Online. http://doi.org/10.1177/1360780419851132
Reports
Sanderson, E., Crisp, R., Redman, J., & Wells, P. (2025). Skills and Employment Briefing - Designing local and regional skills and employment strategies: advice for Combined and Local Authorities. Sheffield Hallam University. https://www.shu.ac.uk/centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/skills-and-employment-briefing--ypern
Crisp, R., Dallas, E., Fowler-Davis, S., Davies, M., Dobson, J., Hamer, R., ... Szydlowska, A. (2023). Understanding the SEED Domains: A scoping review of social, economic, environmental and democratic wellbeing. Sheffield Hallam University, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research. https://www.shu.ac.uk/centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/understanding-the-seed-domains-a-scoping-review
Bimpson, E., Reeve, K., Batty, E., Chambers, J., Goodchild, B., Mccarthy, L., ... Wilson, I. (2022). Local authority enforcement in the private rented sector: headline report. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-enforcement-in-the-private-rented-sector-headline-report/local-authority-enforcement-in-the-private-rented-sector-headline-report
Batty, E., Crisp, R., Gilbertson, J., Martin, P., Pardoe, J., Parkes, S., ... Wilson, I. (2021). Working well early help annual report 2021. Sheffield Hallam University, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research. http://doi.org/10.7190/cresr.2021.1032611143
Theses / Dissertations
Redman, J. (2020). From welfare to warfare: class struggle on the margins. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Fletcher, D. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00343