Staff Profile

I am currently Head of Sociology. 

I joined Newcastle Sociology in 2017, after a period at University of Leeds. Most of my research has a focus on young people, with a particular interest in youth transitions. I am also interested in issues around employment, low pay and welfare reform. I have a specific interest in the North East and much of my research has been conducted in Teesside

I offer supervision for post-graduate research students in the following areas: youth transitions and youth cultures, social class, inequality, employment work and welfare, austerity and austerity politics

SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH PROJECTS

(2015)            ‘Sociological theory and poverty’ A review of literature for JRF as part of their    anti-poverty strategy, 10k

(2012-2013)    ‘Poverty Myths’ Shildrick T. (PI) and MacDonald, R. Webb Memorial Trust 15.5k.

(2011 – 2012) ‘Worklessness, Unemployment and Poverty: a review of evidence and practice’ Macdonald, R. and Shildrick, T. Institute of Local Governance and Middlesbrough Council, 17.5k

(2010 – 1011) ‘Intergenerational Cultures of Worklessness: popular myth or miserable reality?’ Joseph Rowntree Foundation £107k,Shildrick, T(PI) MacDonald, R. and Furlong, A.  (1 of only 5 to get funded from over 640 initial applications)

(2008 – 2010) ‘Two steps forward, two back? Understanding recurrent poverty’ Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £105k, Shildrick, T. (PI), MacDonald R. and Webster, C.

(2003 – 2005) ‘Poor Transitions: young adults and social exclusion’ Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £45k, R. MacDonald, T. Shildrick, C. Webster, M. Simpson, A. Abbas, M. Cieslik.

(2003 – 2005) ‘Evaluation of Hartlepool ‘Dordrecht’ Crime Initiative Hartlepool Probation Service, £30k, M. Simpson, T. Shildrick, T. MacDonald.

(2002 – 2003) ‘Evaluation of Community Campus ’87 Careers Club’ Community Campus ’87 Middlesbrough, £1k, T. Shildrick and A. Abbas.

(2001 – 2002) ‘An Evaluation of Hartlepool Youth Services’ Hartlepool Borough Council, £5k, T. Shildrick, R.MacDonald, A. Abbas.

Soc1031 Knowing in Sociology: An introduction to theory, methods and epistemology (Level one)

Soc 3094  Class in Everyday Life

Soc 8034 Social Divisions and Inequality (MA) 

• Shildrick T, MacDonald R, Furlong A. Not single spies but in battalions: a critical, sociological engagement with the idea of so-called ‘Troubled Families’. The Sociological Review 2016, 64(4), 821-836.
• MacDonald R, Shildrick T. Biography, History and Place: Understanding Youth Transitions in Teeside. In: Irwin S; Nilsen A, ed. Transitions to Adulthood Through Recession: Youth and Inequality in a European Comparative Perspective. London, UK: Routledge, 2018, pp.74-96.
• Shildrick T, Rucell J. Sociological Perspectives on Poverty. York, UK: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2015.
• Shildrick T. Young People and Social Class in the United Kingdom. In: Wyn, J; Cahill, H, ed. Springer Handbook of Childhood and Youth Studies. Springer, 2015, pp.491-501.
• Shildrick T, MacDonald R, Webster C, Garthwaite K. Poverty and Insecurity: Life in 'low-pay, No-pay' Britain. Bristol: Policy Press, 2012.
• Shildrick T. Lessons from Grenfell: Poverty propaganda, stigma and class power. The Sociological Review 2018, 66(4), 783-798.
• Shildrick T. Poverty. In: Ryan, M., J, ed. Essential Concepts in Sociology. Blackwell, 2018. In Preparation.
• Shildrick T. Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the myths. Bristol: Policy Press, 2018.