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Nicholas Martindale

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Sociology

Nick's current research projects focus on occupational inequalities, the gig economy, and public sector management.

Nick completed a DPhil in Sociology at Nuffield College (2020), an MSc in Political Sociology at LSE (2016), a PGCE at UCL Institute of Education (2013), and a BA in Politics with French and Spanish at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (2010).

Nicholas Martindale

Publications

Martindale, N., Wood, A., & Burchell, B. (2024) “What do platform workers in the UK gig economy want?”, British Journal of Industrial Relations, DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12797

Martindale, N. & Lehdonvirta, V. (2023) “Labour market digitalization and social class: Evidence of mobility and reproduction from a European survey of online platform workers”, Socio-Economic Review, 21:4, 1945-1965, DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwad049

Wood, A., Martindale, N. & Lehdonvirta, V. (2023) “Dynamics of Contention in the Gig Economy: Rage Against the Client, the Platform or the State?”, New Technology, Work and Employment, 38:2, 330-350, DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12216

Thomson, P., Greany, T., Cousin, S. & Martindale, N. (2023) "Vox poetica: Bringing an arts-based research methods to school leaders’ lockdown experiences", Journal of Educational Administration and History,  55:2, 215-230, DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2022.2071849

Martindale, N. (2022) “Austerity, Outsourcing and the State School Workforce: Trends from 20,000 English Schools”, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43:3, 451-474, DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2021.2018650 (Winner of Best Early Career Article)

Thomson, P., Greany, T. & Martindale, N. (2021) “The Trust Deficit in England: Emerging Research Evidence about School Leaders and the Pandemic”, Journal of Educational Administration and History, 53:3-4, 296-300, DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2021.1975366

Martindale, N. (2019) “Does Outsourcing School Systems Degrade Education Workforces? Evidence from 18,000 English State Schools”, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40:8, 1015-1036, DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2019.1647092 (Shortlisted for Best Early Career Article)