Dr Julia Gumy
BA(Hons), MSc, PhD(Cantab.)
Expertise
I am a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Bristol
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Policy Studies with Quantitative Research Methods
School for Policy Studies
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Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and member of the Poverty and Social Justice Research Centre (School for Policy Studies) and the QStep Centre at the University of Bristol (UK). Prior to uptaking this academic position I was a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Kent (UK). I hold an BSc degree in Economics (University of Salamanca, Spain), a MSc degree in Social Policy (University of Leuven, Belgium) and a PhD in Sociology (University of Cambridge, UK).
In between my studies, I worked for public and private sector organisations in Madrid, Brussels and London.
Research interests
My research is interdisciplinary and empirically oriented. I use quantitative and comparative research methods to investigate questions related to the life course and family and individual economic and subjective well-being.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
07/03/2023Global Caregiver Perspectives on COVID-19 Immunization in Childhood Cancer
Frontiers in Public Health
Global caregiver concerns of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in children with cancer
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Job Satisfaction and Women’s Timing of Return to Work after Childbirth in the UK
Work and Occupations
Debt: Beyond Homo Economicus
The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour
Can 'New Welfare' address poverty through more and better jobs?
Journal of Social Policy