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 current research focuses on the origins and consequences of underemployment as well as inequalities in access to elite occupations. His previous projects have investigated social mobility, working conditions in the gig economy and the marketization of state education.
Nick's 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 doctorate in Sociology (2021) from Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was also Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow (2020-25). He has held research positions at the Oxford Internet Institute (2020-21) and Copenhagen Business School (2022-23). He has an MSc in Political Sociology (LSE, 2016), and a BA in Politics (Cambridge, 2010).
Publications
Selected publications
01/08/2026The Gendered Intergenerational Transmission 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: evidence of mobility and reproduction from a European survey of online platform workers
Socio-Economic Review
Austerity, outsourcing and the state school workforce: trends from 20,000 English state schools
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
01/08/2026The Gendered Intergenerational Transmission of Managerial Status
American Sociological Review
Beyond the ‘Gig Economy’: Towards Variable Experiences of Job Quality in Platform Work
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: evidence of mobility and reproduction from a European survey of online platform workers
Socio-Economic Review
Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences
Journal of Educational Administration and History
Teaching
He is unit director for HR Analytics (MGRCM0066) which focuses on quantitative and critical approaches to understanding contemporary issues in the workplace.
Nick 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.