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Name | Camille Allard |
Label | Researcher in Sociology |
Summary | Camille Allard is a Sociologist researching different aspects of caring and the care economy from a feminist perspective. Her research focused on understanding how care is structured and distributed in organisations such as workplaces, schools, and social movements. |
Work
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2024.05 - Present Research Fellow
University degli Studi di Milano
Conducting critical discursive analysis of political documents and interviews with leaders of youth-led social and climate movement organizations.
- Carrying critical discursive analysis of political documents to highlight possibilities for 'alternatives imaginaries'
- Conducting interviews with leaders and volunteers of youth-led social and climate movement organizations
- Exploring contributions towards 'alternatives imaginaries' discourses
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2021.01 - 2024.04 Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer
University of Birmingham
Led research on workplace wellbeing and delivered lectures on health and social policy implementation.
- Leading scoping review on decision-making approaches in workplaces regarding staff wellbeing
- Conducting semi-structured and think-aloud interviews with employers
- Designing and delivering lectures on health and social policy implementation
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2019.01 - 2021.01 Research Assistant and Teaching Associate
University of Sheffield
Conducted policy analysis and delivered teaching in sociology and management.
- Policy documents analysis on recognition of family carer roles
- Leading seminars on Sociology of Work, Organizational Behaviour, and Research Methods
- Teaching Classical Sociological Thoughts and Psycho-social determinants of health
Education
Awards
- 2021.01
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy
Recognition for involvement in Higher Education teaching in the UK
Publications
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2025 Care as Capital: Developing theory about school investment in mental health and wellbeing
Social Science & Medicine
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2024 Policies for working carers in the UK context
Combining work and care: care leave and related employment policies in international context
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2023 Speaking up as a working carer: working carers' use of voice and struggles for representation in the workplace
International Journal of Care and Caring
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2023 Guilt, Care, and the Ideal Worker: Comparing Guilt Among Working Carers and Care Workers
Gender, Work & Organization
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2022 -
2021 Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care [Book Review]
International Journal of Care and Caring
Book review of 'Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care' by Madeleine Bunting
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2021 Birth and death: experience, ethics, politics [Book Review]
Mortality
Book review of 'Birth and death: experience, ethics, politics' by Kath Woodward and Sophie Woodward
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2020 Challenges of combining work and unpaid care, and solutions: A scoping review
Health & Social Care in the Community
Skills
Research Methods | |
Critical Discursive Analysis | |
Semi-structured Interviews | |
Policy Analysis | |
Qualitative Research |
Lecturer | |
Responsible of 'The Politics of Care', 20 hour seminar at the University of Milan (Undergraduates and Postgraduates) | |
Co-lecturer of 'Health policy', module at the University of Birmingham (MSc Postgraduate Students) |
Guest Lecturer for the modules | |
Gender and Social Justice (University of Milan, Postgraduates) | |
Introduction to research (University of Birmingham, Undergraduates) | |
Sociology of Professions: ‘becoming’ a doctor (University of Birmingham, Undergraduates) | |
The Sociology of Everyday Life (University of Sheffield, Undergraduates) | |
Introduction to Classical Sociologial Thought (University of Sheffield, Undergraduates) | |
Doing Social Research (University of Sheffield, Undergraduates) | |
Work and Employment in the 21st Century (University of Sheffield, Undergraduates and Postgraduates) | |
Organizational Behaviour (University of Sheffield, Undergraduates) | |
Introduction to the psycho-social determinants of health (University of Sheffield, Undergraduates) |
Languages
French | |
Native |
English | |
Fluent |
Italian | |
A2 |
Interests
Research Interests | |
Sociology of Work and Organizations | |
Sociology of care | |
Feminist theories | |
Critical Perspectives on Wellbeing |