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Valerie Egdell is Professor of Work and Employment at Newcastle Business School. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in social gerontology, social policy, and social geography. Her research is centred on workplace inclusion and sustainable employability.
Valerie is co-leading the Working With Dementia (WWD) Network Plus (Alzheimer’s Society, ESRC and NIHR funded, 2024-29). The aim of this network is to shift current understanding of working with dementia and to enhance work experiences for those affected by dementia to help to address the wider social and financial inequalities of dementia in society. She is also currently undertaking research to understand the work-life negotiations of (new) worker mothers of twins, triplets and higher order multiples.
Her research has also examined age management in the workplace, the education-to-work transitions of younger workers, and the scarring effects of unemployment.
Valerie is editorial board member for the journal Ageing & Society and was on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology (2020-2025).
Valerie has a degree in Geography from Durham University; and an MA in Human Geography Research and a PhD from Newcastle University. Her PhD examined how carers of people living with dementia mobilise their support networks and draw on their social, cultural and emotional resources.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Geography, PhD, The Changing Landscapes of Informal Dementia Care: Mapping the Sites, Stages and Support, Newcastle University
Award Date: 18 Feb 2010
Geography, MA, Newcastle University
Award Date: 9 Oct 2006
Geography, BSc (Hons), Durham University
Award Date: 30 Jun 2005
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Egdell, V. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Egdell, V. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Egdell, V. (Participant), Bader, K. (Participant), Charlton, H. (Participant), Thirkell, E. (Participant) & Kennedy, M. (Participant)
Activity: Other
Egdell, V. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Egdell, V. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review