Professor Del Fletcher BSc (Hons) MSoc, Sc
Professor of Labour Market Studies
Summary
Del Roy Fletcher is a Professor of Labour Market Studies at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频.
About
His research interests include worklessness and labour market disadvantage, the impact of welfare reforms on disadvantaged groups, and evaluations of interventions that seek to improve the lives of people with multiple and complex needs (offending, homelessness, problematic substance/alcohol misuse and mental ill health). He was recently a co-investigator on a major ESRC study of the ethnicality and ethicacy of welfare conditionality.
Del has directed several national evaluations of labour market pilot programmes including the Jobseekers Mandatory Activity, Working Neighbourhoods Pilot, and the New Deal Innovation Fund. He recently directed the evaluation of the West Yorkshire Finding Independence Project which seeks to improve the way services are coordinated and delivered so that people experiencing multiple and complex needs are better able to manage their lives. Del was a commissioner of the Sheffield Fairness Commission and has authored over 30 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals.
香蕉视频 interests
- worklessness and labour market disadvantage
- labour market policy and strategy
- welfare reform and it's impact on disadvantaged groups
- severe and multiple disadvantage
- offender employment interventions
- peer support and peer mentoring in custodial and community settings.
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- Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频
We have been commissioned by Sheffield City Council to evaluate the Work and Health Scheme provided by Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service (SOHAS). The scheme targets those with physical and mental health conditions in deprived communities employed in small and medium enterprises. The aim is to help individuals better manage their conditions and retain paid employment. This six-month study comprises both quantitative and qualitative research methods and is directed at improving the service provided.
2023-2024 Evaluation of HMP Risley’s Peer Mentoring Pilot and Activity Hub delivery model for HM Prison and Probation Service and Creating Future Opportunities. Role: Team Member and Expert Adviser.
2014-2020 West Yorkshire Finding Independence Evaluation, Big Lottery Fund. Role: Director.
2013-2020 Evaluation of Talent Match, Big Lottery Fund. Role: Member of research team.
2013-2018 Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, Support and Behaviour Change. ESRC. Role: Co-Investigator.
Publications
Journal articles
Fletcher, D. (2023). . People, Place and Policy Online, 17 (1), 53-56.
Redman, J., Fletcher, D., White, R., & Mccarthy, L. (2022). . Journal of Social Policy.
Fletcher, D., & Redman, J. (2022). Capital and Class.
Redman, J., & Fletcher, D. (2021). . Critical Social Policy, 42 (2), 306-326.
Fletcher, D.R. (2020). Introduction to the Special Edition. Social Policy & Administration, 54 (2), 185-190.
Fletcher, D. (2020). . Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research, 54, 185-190.
Wright, S., Fletcher, D., & Stewart, A. (2020). Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research.
Fletcher, D. (2019). Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 27 (3), 407-421.
Fletcher, D. (2019). Welfare conditionality and people with severe and multiple disadvantages: time to rebalance the social security system? People, Place and Policy.
Fletcher, D.R. (2019). People, Place and Policy Online, 13 (1), 42-47.
Fletcher, D., & Flint, J. (2018). Critical Social Policy, 38 (4), 771-791.
Fletcher, D., & Wright, S. (2017). . Critical Social Policy, 38 (2), 323-344.
Fletcher, D., Batty, E., Flint, J.F., & McNeill, J. (2016). . Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 24 (2), 171-185.
Fletcher, D. (2015). . Social Policy and Society, 14 (3), 329-339.
Fletcher, D.R. (2013). The governance of social marginality in the UK: Towards the centaur state? British Journal of Community Justice, 11 (1), 19-34.
Fletcher, D. (2011). Social Policy and Society, 10 (04), 445-458.
Fletcher, D. (2011). British journal of community justice, 9 (1/2), 111-124.
Fletcher, D.R. (2011). The development of working prisons: Transforming inmates from the lumpenproletariat to the contingent workforce? British Journal of Community Justice, 9 (1-2), 111-124.
Fletcher, D. (2010). . Social Policy and Society, 9 (03), 325-336.
Fletcher, D. (2009). Housing Studies, 24 (6), 775-791.
Fletcher, D. (2008). . Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 26 (3), 563-582.
Fletcher, D. (2008). Policy and Politics, 36 (2), 283-297.
Fletcher, D.R. (2008). Book Review: Employability and Local Labour Market Policy Ronald W. McQuaid, Anne Green and Mike Danson (Eds), 2006 London: Routledge 162 pp. 拢65.00 hardback ISBN 0 415 37630 0 hardback. Urban Studies, 45 (1), 241-243.
Fletcher, D.R. (2007). . Policy and politics, 35 (1), 65-85.
Fletcher, D.R. (2005). Environment and planning C: government and policy, 23 (5), 715-731.
Fletcher, D.R. (2004). Environment and planning C: government and policy, 22 (1), 115-128.
Fletcher, D.R. (2002). The Police Act and the Recruitment of Offenders: Towards the Limits of Social Exclusion? Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 20 (5), 757-773.
Fletcher, D.R. (2002). Policy and politics, 31 (4), 497-510.
Fletcher, D.R. (2001). Ex鈥怬ffenders, the Labour Market and the New Public Administration. Public Administration, 79 (4), 871-891.
Fletcher, D.R. (2000). The National Development Programme: policy implementation in an era of welfare reform. Policy & Politics, 28 (2), 163-178.
Fletcher, D.R. (1999). Ex-Offenders and the Labour Market: A Review of the Discourse of Social Exclusion and Consequences for Crime and the New Deal. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 17 (4), 431-444.
Fletcher, D.R. (1998). The Effectiveness of Active Labour-Market Policies: Latest Evidence from the National Development Programme. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 16 (5), 573-589.
Fletcher, D.R. (1997). Evaluating Special Measures for the Unemployed: some reflections on recent UK experience. Policy & Politics, 25 (2), 173-184.
Book chapters
Fletcher, D. (2020). In Albertson, K., Corcoran, M., & Phillips, J. (Eds.) Marketisation and Privatisation in Criminal Justice. Bristol University Press
Fletcher, D.R. (2008). Employment and disconnection: Cultures of worklessness in neighbourhoods. In Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference. (pp. 99-117).
Reports
Crisp, R., Fletcher, D., Parr, S., & Wilson, I. (2020). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/west-yorkshire-finding-independence-wy-fi-effectiveness-outcomes-and-impact---final-evaluation
Crisp, R., Green, A., & Fletcher, D. (2014). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/talent-match-case-study-theme-report-partnership-working-and-development
Fletcher, D., & Dalgleish, K. (2012). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/an-evaluation-of-the-personal-effectiveness-and-employability-through-the-arts-project
Fletcher, D., & Batty, E. (2012). Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/offender-peer-interventions-what-do-we-know
Fletcher, D., Flint, J.F., Gore, T., Powell, R., Batty, E., & Crisp, R. (2012). . Department for Work and Pensions. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/qualitative-study-of-offender-employment-review-final-report
Fletcher, D. (2010). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/review-of-offender-financial-capability-support-key-messages
Fletcher, D., Gore, T., Reeve, K., Robinson, D., Bashir, N., Goudie, R., & O'Toole, S. (2008). . Department for Work and Pensions. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/social-housing-and-worklessness-qualitative-research-findings
Fletcher, D., Gore, T., Macmillan, R., Batty, E., & Pearson, S. (2008). . Department for Work and Pensions; Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/qualitative-evaluation-of-the-jobseeker-mandatory-activity-jma
Crisp, R., & Fletcher, D. (2008). . Department for Work and Pensions. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/a-comparative-review-of-workfare-programmes-in-the-united-states-canada-and-australia
Fletcher, D., Gore, T., Reeve, K., & Robinson, D. (2008). . Department for Work and Pensions. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/social-housing-and-worklessness-key-policy-messages
Dewson, S., Casebourne, J., Darlow, A., Bickerstaffe, T., Fletcher, D., Gore, T., & Krishnan, S. (2007). . 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/evaluation-of-the-working-neighbourhoods-pilot-final-report
Fletcher, D. (2004). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/reducing-re-offending-the-enterprise-option
Fletcher, D., Taylor, A., Hughes, S., & Breeze, J. (2001). . Joseph Rowntree Foundation. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/recruiting-and-employing-offenders
Fletcher, D. (2001). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/evaluation-of-the-new-deal-innovation-fund-rounds-one-and-two
Theses / Dissertations
Povey, L. (2023). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Fletcher, D., Crisp, R., & Gore, T.
Hamer, R.E. (2022). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Fletcher, D., Reeve, K., & Ferrari, E.
Redman, J. (2020). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Fletcher, D.
Postgraduate supervision
Del has been the Director of Studies on the following PhDs:
- 2023 Governing marginalised women: gendered dimensions of the ‘carceral-assistential net’ - Larissa Povey.
- 2022 The Scylla State: an alternative view of survival sex work and addiction - Rebecca Hamer.
- 2020 From welfare to warfare: class struggle on the margins - Jamie Redman.