Professor Valerie Egdell

Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

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 focuses on age management in the workplace; youth and older worker transitions; and dementia and the workplace. She has applied the Capability Approach to examine careers guidance practice and the scarring effects of unemployment. She has undertaken research funded by a range of funders including the European Commission, the Alzheimer's Society and the Scottish Government.

Valerie is editorial board member for the journal Ageing & Society and on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology.

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.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Age management in the workplace
Older worker transitions
Dementia and the workplace
Young people's expectations of the workplace
The Capability Approach
The scarring effects of unemployment and/or a poor start in the labour market

Key Publications

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Behavioral science and the facilitation of extended working lives: A commentary on how behavioral nudges can help counteract workplace ageism, Egdell, V., Salvi, S., Onkal, D. 17 Mar 2023, In: The Journal of Aging and Social Change
Dementia in the workplace: the implications for career development practice, Bolger, E., Egdell, V., Ritchie, L. 2 Jan 2023, In: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
‘I Find it Daunting . . . That I’m Gonna Have to Deal with This until 60’: Extended Working Lives and the Sustainable Employability of Operational Firefighters , Egdell, V., Hussein, R., Harrison, D., Bader, A., Wilson, R. 1 Jun 2023, In: Work, Employment and Society
Dementia, Work and Employability: Using the Capability Approach to understand the employability potential for people living with dementia, Ritchie, L., Egdell, V., Danson, M., Cook, M., Stavert, J., Tolson, D. 1 Aug 2022, In: Work, Employment and Society
Workplace Preparedness for an Ageing Workforce: A Case Study, Egdell, V., Maclean, G., Chen, T., Raeside, R. 18 Aug 2022, In: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance, Egdell, V., Robertson, P. 1 Jul 2021, In: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees living with dementia?, Egdell, V., Cook, M., Stavert, J., Ritchie, L., Tolson, D., Danson, M. 2 Jan 2021, In: Aging and Mental Health
Everyday citizenship and people with dementia edited by Ann‐Charlotte Nedlund, Ruth Bartlett and Charlotte L.Clarke Edinburgh, Dunedin Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781780460826, £21.50 (Pbk), Egdell, V. 1 Dec 2021, In: Social Policy & Administration
Young People’s Expectations of Work and the Readiness of the Workplace for Young People: Two Sides of the Same Coin?, Grant, K., Egdell, V., Vincent, D. May 2021
A Capability Approach to Understand the Scarring Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity: Developing the Research Agenda, Egdell, V., Beck, V. 1 Oct 2020, In: Work, Employment and Society

Professional Activity

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Membership of network: Supporting Healthy Ageing at Work (SHAW) Knowledge Network (External organisation) 2021
Publication Peer-review: Children and Youth Services Review (Journal) 2021
Other: Developing an evidence-based health and wellbeing resource pack to improve employee engagement 2021
Publication Peer-review: Employee Relations (Journal) 2021
Publication Peer-review: Journal of Aging and Social Policy (Journal) 2020
Publication Peer-review: Work, Aging and Retirement (Journal) 2020
Invited talk: Older Workers in Great Britain: Perspectives from the devolved nations 2019
Oral presentation: Dementia in the workplace: the implications for career development practice 2019
Oral presentation: Dementia, work and employability: Using the Capability Approach to understand the employability potential for people with dementia 2019
Invited talk: Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees with dementia 2019

PGR Supervision

Dan Cheng Determinants of perceived quality of life among older Chinese tourists Start Date: 14/03/2019 End Date: 30/11/2021

Qualifications

Geography PhD February 18 2010
Geography MA October 09 2006
Geography BSc (Hons) June 30 2005
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2018

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