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Valerie Egdell

Northumbria University

Valerie Egdell

Valerie Egdell is Professor of Work and Employment at Newcastle Business School. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in social gerontology, social policy, and social geography. Her research is centred on workplace inclusion and sustainable employability.

Valerie is co-leading the Working With Dementia (WWD) Network Plus (Alzheimer’s Society, ESRC and NIHR funded, 2024-29). The aim of this network is to shift current understanding of working with dementia and to enhance work experiences for those affected by dementia to help to address the wider social and financial inequalities of dementia in society. She is also currently undertaking research to understand the work-life negotiations of (new) worker mothers of twins, triplets and higher order multiples.

Her research has also examined age management in the workplace, the education-to-work transitions of younger workers, and the scarring effects of unemployment.

Valerie is editorial board member for the journal Ageing & Society and was on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology (2020-2025).

Valerie has a degree in Geography from Durham University; and an MA in Human Geography Research and a PhD from Newcastle University. Her PhD examined how carers of people living with dementia mobilise their support networks and draw on their social, cultural and emotional resources.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries United Kingdom;
Topics Dementia care and support; Outcomes for unpaid/informal carers; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Co-production methods; Document analysis; Focus groups; Grounded Theory; Interviews; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal qualitative studies; Participatory research methods; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Research ethics; Theory and frameworks;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Employment Education and Family carers; policy; Strengthening Responses to Dementia;
Websitehttps://researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/persons/valerie-egdell/?_gl=1*1b05lpx*_gcl_au*NTQ4Mjk3ODU1LjE3NDU4NDkyMDY.*_ga*ODE0MTI4NTE4LjE3MzczODQ5Mzk.*_ga_GZ3Q7PNF2K*czE3NDg4NjY0MjEkbzE1JGcwJHQxNzQ4ODY2NDMwJGo1MSRsMCRoMA..
ORC.ID0000-0001-5321-9987
Research interests
  • Dementia and the workplace
  • Work-life negotiations of (new) worker mothers of twins, triplets and higher order multiples
  • Older workers
  • The Capability Approach
  • Young people’s education-to-work transitions
  • Scarring effects of unemployment and/or a poor start in the labour market
Key publications

Bolger, E., Egdell, V., & Ritchie, L. (2023). Dementia in the workplace: implications for career development practice. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 51(1), 74-83.

Egdell, V., Hussein, R., Harrison, D., Bader, A. K., & Wilson, R. (2023). ‘I Find it Daunting… That I’m Gonna Have to Deal with This until 60’: Extended Working Lives and the Sustainable Employability of Operational Firefighters. Work, Employment and Society, 37(3), 721-739.

Ritchie, L., Egdell, V., Danson, M., Cook, M., Stavert, J., & Tolson, D. (2022). Dementia, work and employability: using the capability approach to understand the employability potential for people living with dementia. Work, Employment and Society, 36(4), 591-609.

Egdell, V., Cook, M., Stavert, J., Ritchie, L., Tolson, D., & Danson, M. (2021). Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees living with dementia?. Aging & Mental Health, 25(1), 134-141.

Egdell, V., Maclean, G., Raeside, R., & Chen, T. (2020). Age management in the workplace: Manager and older worker accounts of policy and practice. Ageing & Society, 40(4), 784-804.

Egdell, V., Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2018). The legal implications of dementia in the workplace: establishing a cross-disciplinary research agenda. Ageing & Society, 38(11), 2181-2196.

Egdell, V. (2013). Who cares? Managing obligation and responsibility across the changing landscapes of informal dementia care. Ageing & Society, 33(5), 888-907.