Professor Jo Ingold

Professor Jo Ingold has a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Bristol and a Master's in Sociological Research and a PhD from the University of Sheffield. Jo was first in family to university and prior to becoming an academic worked in UK central government and the non-profit sector.

Jo began working at the Peter Faber Business School in November 2023, having previously worked at Deakin Business School and Leeds University Business School. 

Jo's teaching and research focuses on employment and skills programs, employer engagement and the workplace inclusion of under-leveraged talent. She has been awarded a number of grants in the UK and Australia, including most recently evaluating initiatives to foster sustainable employment pathways for Aboriginal communities and industry partnerships with the employment services and recruitment sectors. 

She is currently leading a program of research focused on employers, job quality and employment services - an ARC Linkage (with partners Jobsbank, Asuria, Jobs Victoria and Social Ventures Australia) an UK Research and Innovation Standard Grant and the evaluation of Social Ventures Australia's Employer Innovation Labs.

She works closely with government and industry to translate her research into policy and practice. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals and co-chairs the UK Employment Related Services Association's Employer Engagement Forum. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Chartered Academic Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute. She is Editor of Work, Employment and Society and is on the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Social issues.

Awards

Winner of Ken Young Best Paper Prize in Policy & Politics 2017

Deakin Faculty of Business and Law Award for Research and Innovation 2022

Research Impact Award Leeds University Business School for REF 2021 Case Study

Deakin University Vice Chancellor's Award for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 202

Academic qualifications

2015                            University of Leeds ULTRA Teaching and Research Award

2010                            PhD (Comparative Public Policy), University of Sheffield

2006                            MA Sociological Research, University of Sheffield

1999                            BSc (Hons) Social Policy and Planning (First Class), University of Bristol

Peer-reviewed articles

De Vries, R., Geiger, B., Scullion, L., Summers, K., Edmiston, D., Ingold, J., Young, D. (2023) 'Welfare attitudes in a crisis: How COVID exceptionalism undermined greater solidarity', Journal of Social Policy, 1-20 doi:10.1017/S0047279423000466 [Open Access]

Ingold, J. and Knox, A (2023) 'An analysis of employer engagement in employment services: Evidence from Australia', Journal of Industrial Relations - https://doi.org/10.1177/00221856231159512 [Open Access]

Valizade, V., Ingold, J., Stuart, M. (2022) 'Employer Participation in Active Labour Market Policies in the United Kingdom and Denmark: The Effect of Employer Associations as Social Networks and the Mediating Role of Collective Voice', Work, Employment and Society.

Edmiston, D., Robertshaw, D., Young, D., Ingold, J., Gibbons, A., Summers, K., Scullion, L., Baumberg Geiger, B., de Vries, R. (2022) 'Mediating the claim? How 'local ecosystems of support' shape the operaton and experience of UK social security', Social Policy & Administration [Open Access]

Cruddas, J., Thompson, P., Pitts, Ingold, J. (2021) 'Labour's political strategy: age, assets and the politics of work' Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13097 [Open Access]

Thompson, P., Pitts, F.H. Ingold, J.  (2020) 'A strategic left? Starmerism, pluralism and the soft left', The Political Quarterly 

Scholz, F. and Ingold, J. (2020) Activating the 'ideal jobseeker': Experiences of individuals with mental health conditions on the UK Work Programme', Human Relations, pp. 1-24.

Ingold, J. (2020) Employers' perspectives on benefit conditionality in the UK and Denmark, Social Policy & Administration 54(2): 236-249.

Monaghan, M. and Ingold, J. (2019) 'Policy practitioners' accounts of evidence-based policymaking: The case of Universal Credit', Journal of Social Policy 48(2): 351-368.

Ingold, J. and Valizade, D. (2017) 'Employers' recruitment of disadvantaged groups: exploring the effect of active labour market programme agencies as labour market intermediaries', Human Resource Management Journal 27(4): 530-547 (A)

Ingold, J. and Monaghan, M. (2016) 'Evidence translation: an exploration of policymakers' use of evidence', Policy and Politics 44(2): 171-190.

Ingold, J. and Stuart, M. (2015) 'The demand-side of active labour market policies: a regional study of employer engagement in the Work Programme', Journal of Social Policy 44(3): 443-462.

Scholz, F. and Ingold, J. (2020) 'Activating the &lsquoideal jobseeker': Experiences of individuals with mental health conditions on the UK Work Programme', Human Relations, pp. 1-24.

Monaghan, M. and Ingold, J. (2019) 'Policy practitioners' accounts of evidence-based policy making: The case of Universal Credit', Journal of Social Policy 48(2): 351-368.

Ingold, J. and Etherington, D. (2013) 'Work, welfare and gender inequalities: An analysis of activation strategies for partnered women in the UK, Australia and Denmark', Work, Employment and Society 27(4), 621-638.

Etherington, D. and Ingold, J (2012) 'Welfare to work and the inclusive labour market: A comparative study of activation policies for sickness benefit claimants in the UK and Denmark', Journal of European Social Policy, 22(1), 30-4.

Books and book chapters

Ingold J (forthcoming 2024) Balancing the demand- and supply-sides: Active labour market programs in the UK and Australia, in (eds.) J MacLeavy and F.H. Pitts Handbook on the Future of Work, London: Routledge.

Ingold, J., McGurk, P. (2023) Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work, Bristol: Bristol University Press - https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/employer-engagement

Ingold, J. and McGurk, P. (2023) 'Introduction: Why Is Employer Engagement Important?' in (eds.) J. Ingold and P. McGurk (2023) Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work, Bristol: Bristol University Press pp. 1-14.

Baker, O., Ingold, J., Crichton, E., Carr, T. (2023) 'Practice Case Study: Programme Commissioning and Co- opetition in the UK and Australia' in (eds.) J. Ingold and P. McGurk Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work, Bristol: Bristol University Press, pp. 75-86.

Bredgaard, T., Ingold, J. and van Berkel, R. (2023) 'Varieties of Policy Approaches to Employer Engagement in Activation Policies' in (eds.) Ingold, J., McGurk, P. Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work, Bristol: Bristol University Press pp.15-33.

McGurk, P. and Ingold, J, (2023) 'Conclusion: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work' (eds.) J. Ingold, and P. McGurk (2023) Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work, Bristol: Bristol University Press pp. 233-245.

D. Robertshaw, K. Summers, L.C. Scullion, D. Edmiston, B. Baumberg Geiger, A.R. Gibbons, J. Ingold, R. De Vries, D.H.J. Young (2022) 'Welfare at a (social) distance: accessing social security and employment support during the Covid-19 and its aftermath'. In (eds.) K. Garthwaite, R. Patrick, M. Power, A. Tarrant, R. Warnock Covid-19 Collaboration: Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic, Bristol: Policy Press 

Etherington, D. and Ingold, J (2015) 'Social dialogue, partnership and the Danish model of activation of disabled people: challenges and possibilities in the face of austerity', in Grover, C. and Piggott, L. Work, welfare and disabled people: Is employment really the answer?, Bristol: Policy Press, 145-160.

Reports

Baumberg Geiger, B., Scullion, L.C., Summers, K., Martin, P.B., Lawler, C., Edmiston, D., Gibbons, A.R., Ingold, J., Robertshaw, D., de Vries, R. (2021) Non-take up of benefit at the start of the Covid19 pandemic. Project report. Salford: Welfare at a Social Distance Project

Baumberg Geiger, B., Edmiston, D., Scullion, L.C., Summers, K., de Vries, R., Ingold, J., Robertshaw, D. and Young, D. (2021) Hunger and the welfare state: Food insecurity among benefit claimants in the UK, Salford: Welfare at a Social Distance Project.

Baumberg Geiger, B., Scullion, L.C., Summers, K., Martin, P.B., Lawler, C., Edmiston, D., Gibbons, A.R., Ingold, R., Karagiannaki, E., Robertshaw, D. and de Vries, R. (2021) At the edge of the safety net: unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3, Salford: Welfare at a Social Distance Project

Hale, C., Benstead, S., Hardy, K., Ingold, J. (2021) I already have a job... getting through the day: Energy limiting chronic illness (elci), social inclusion, employment and social security, Sheffield: Centre for Welfare Reform.

Scott, T. and Ingold, J. (2020) Collaboration is key: but is it really as easy as 'working together'? Discussion Paper for the Institute of Employability Professionals.

Baumberg Geiger, B., Karagiannaki, E., Edmiston, D., Scullion, L.C., Summers, K., Ingold, J. Robertshaw, D. and A.R Gibbons (2020) Claiming But Connected to Work. Project report. Salford: Welfare at a Social Distance Project

Edmiston, R., Geiger, B., de Vries, R., Scullion, L.C. Summers, K., Ingold, J., Robertshaw, D., Gibbons, A.R. and Karagiannaki, E. (2020) Who are the new COVID-19 cohort of benefit claimants?: Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report# 2, Salford: Welfare at a Social Distance Project

Baumberg Geiger B, Karagiannaki E, Edmiston D, Scullion L, Summers K, Ingold J, Robertshaw D, Gibbons AR (2020) Claiming but connected to work: Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report# 1, Salford: Welfare at a Social Distance Project

Ingold J and Carr T (2020) 'How can we better integrate employer engagement in service delivery?' Institute of Employability Professionals Journal #2

Ingold J, Sarkar M, Valizade D, Garcia R, Scholz F (2017) Employer Engagement in Active labour Market Programmes in the UK and Denmark: Final Report, CERIC Policy Report No. 8, Leeds: Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change.

Ingold, J. and Valizade, D. (2015) 'Employer engagement in active labour market policies in the UK and Denmark: A survey of employers. CERIC Policy Report No. 6, Leeds Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change.

Ingold J and Stuart M (2014) Employer engagement in the Work Programme. CERIC Policy Report No. 5, Leeds: Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change

2023-2026 - Chief Investigator: Building Sustainable Employment Pathways, Australian Research Council ($200,000)

2023-2025 - Co-Investigator: ESRC Standard Grant 'Activating Employers' with the Universities of Brighton and Sussex (GBP480,000)

2022-2023 - Chief Investigator: 'Geelong Aboriginal Employment Action Research' funded by the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victoria ($150,000)

2021-2023 - Chief Investigator: 'EyrePlus Evaluation of Foundation Skills for Your Future Remote Community Pilots', South Australia ($75,000)

2021 - Co-Investigator: ESRC Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) Innovation Fund 'Digitalisation of Employment Services: a comparative case study of the UK and Australia' with the University of Leeds (£21,000)

2020-2021 - Co-Investigator: ESRC Covid Rapid Response Grant 'Welfare at a (social) Distance - Accessing social security and employment support during the Covid 19 crisis and its aftermath' with the Universities of Salford, Leeds, Kent and LSE (£600,000)

2014-18 - Principal Investigator: ESRC Future Leaders Award - 'How do inter-organisational relations affect employer engagement in welfare to work programmes in the UK and Denmark?' (£280,000)

006-2010 - ESRC CASE collaborative PhD studentship in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions, UK

Category B funding

Other funding

2023 - Exploring the Barriers and Enablers of Justice Clients' Reintegration into the Labour Market (La Trobe University)

2022 - Rebuilding the Career Ladder (citigroup and Social Ventures Australia)

2022 - Employer Engagement Practitioner Standard (Institute of Employability Professionals)

2020-2023 - Research and consulting (Asuria Pty)

2018 - Early Career Forum Regional Event Fund and Leeds University Business School Seedcorn Funds 

2015-16 - 'Financialisation, Social Investment and Europe's Social Question' (Independent Social Research Fund Flexible Grants for Small Groups)

2012 - 'Policy Translation&rsquo in the Department for Work and Pensions (Higher Education Innovation Fund)

Master's funded by the University of Sheffield 

Human Resource Management, especially Recruitment and Talent Acquisition and Workplace Inclusion

Public Management and Employment Services

Disability

Evidence-based HRM

Evidence-based public policymaking and its impact on organisations

2020-2023 - Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, Department of Management, Deakin Business School 2018

2020-2023 -  Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Human Resource Management and Public Policy, Department of Work and Employment Relations Division, Leeds University Business School

2013-2018 - Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Public Policy, Department of Work and Employment Relations Division, Leeds University Business School

2011-2013 - Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Building Sustainable Societies, Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change (CERIC), Leeds University Business School

2011-Social Science Tutor, Sheffield International College, University of Sheffield (UK)

2009-2010 - Doctoral Researcher and Seminar Tutor, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield (UK)

2004-2005 - Learning Consultant, Learning Academy, Department for Education and Skills, Sheffield (UK)  

2003-Policy Adviser: Workforce Skills, Department for Education and Skills, Sheffield (UK)                        

2001-2003 - Research Officer: Welfare-to-work evaluation and analysis, Department for Work and Pensions, Sheffield (UK))

1999-2001 - Communications Officer, Brook Advisory Centres, Manchester

1998-1999 - Trainee Value for Money Specialit, District Audit, Leeds/Widnes (UK)

1997-1998 - Vice-President (Education and Welfare), University of Bristol Students'Union (UK)

Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals

Certified Academic Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute 

Fellow of the Higher Education AcademyCo-Chair of the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) Provider Forum on Employer Engagement

Member of the British Sociological Association

Member of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management

Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute