Dr Nicholas Martindale
MA (Cantab), CELTA, PGCE, MSc, DPhil (Oxon)
Current positions
Lecturer in Management
University of Bristol Business School
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Research interests
Nick's research focuses on Social Stratification and the Sociologies of Work and Education. His current projects are concerned with inequalities in elite occupations. Previous projects have investigated working conditions in the gig economy and the consequences of the marketization of state education.
His research has been published in American Sociological Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations, British Journal of Sociology of Education (Best Early Career Article Award), Socio-Economic Review, and Work, Employment and Society.
He holds a DPhil in Sociology from Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was also Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow. He completed an MSc in Political Sociology (LSE), and a BA in Politics (Cambridge).
Publications
Selected publications
06/04/2026The son also supervises – gendered transmission and generative mechanisms in the intergenerational reproduction of managerial status
American Sociological Review
What do platform workers in the UK gig economy want?
British Journal of Industrial Relations
Labour market digitalization and social class
Socio-Economic Review
Austerity, outsourcing and the state school workforce
British Journal of Sociology of Education
Does outsourcing school systems degrade education workforces? Evidence from 18,000 English state schools
British Journal of Sociology of Education
Recent publications
06/04/2026The son also supervises – gendered transmission and generative mechanisms in the intergenerational reproduction of managerial status
American Sociological Review
Beyond the ‘Gig Economy’
Work, Employment and Society
What do platform workers in the UK gig economy want?
British Journal of Industrial Relations
Labour market digitalization and social class
Socio-Economic Review
Vox Poetica
Journal of Educational Administration and History
Teaching
He is currently director of the second year placement unit (Management Reflection and Development in Practice, EFIM20031) and of the Master's unit HR analytics (MGRCM0066).
He is also a qualified teacher (PGCE) with four years experience in South London comprehensives, and a qualified ESOL teacher (CELTA) with experience in Japan and South America.