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Name Camille Allard
Label Researcher in Sociology
Summary Camille Allard is a Research Fellow at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. She is a sociologist researching different aspects of caring and the care economy from a feminist perspective. Her research has focused on care and wellbeing support and practices within organisations for individuals with care responsibilities, or those experiencing life events such as grief and loss, and the roles of knowledge/evidence use, social imaginaries, and epistemologies. She has extensive experience leading qualitative research in international contexts, having explored a variety of topics, including individual experiences of work and care among ageing workers and British working carers, and wellbeing perspectives in schools and workplaces in the UK.

Work

  • 2024.05 - Present
    Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor
    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
    • Adjunct Professor for the module in Globalization, Social Justice and Human Rights and the seminar series The Politics of Care
  • 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
  • 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

  • 2018.01 - 2022.01
    PhD
    University of Sheffield
    Sociology
  • 2015.01 - 2017.01
    MA
    Sorbonne University and University of Copenhagen
    Moral and Political Philosophy
  • 2012.01 - 2015.01
    BA
    University of Rennes 1 and University of Sherbrooke
    Philosophy

Awards

Publications

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
B1

Interests

Research Interests
Sociology of Work and Organizations
Sociology of care
Feminist theories
Critical Perspectives on Wellbeing