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Nicola Yeates
NationalityBritish
OccupationProfessor of Social Policy
HonorsFellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (2025)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2007)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Bath (BSc)
University of Bristol (PhD)
Queen’s University Belfast (PGCert)
Academic work
DisciplineSocial policy
InstitutionsThe Open University
Main interestsGlobalization
Care economies
Labour migration
Social policy
Notable worksGlobalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers
Understanding Global Social Policy
Global Youth Unemployment

Nicola Yeates is a British academic and Professor of Social Policy at The Open University. Her work focuses on globalization, social policy, care economies, and international labor migration.

Education

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Yeates earned a BSc (Hons) in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Bath in 1990. She completed her PhD at the University of Bristol in 1996. In 1999, she obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching from Queen’s University Belfast.[1]

Academic career

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From 1996 to 2005, Yeates was a Lecturer in Social Policy at Queen’s University Belfast. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer at The Open University in 2005, later becoming Professor of Social Policy in 2011 and subsequently in 2023.[2]

Honors

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Yeates was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2025,[3] and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2007.[4] In recognition of her contributions to teaching, she received a Teaching Excellence Award from Queen’s University Belfast in 2003.[5] She has also served as an elected member of the Social Policy Association.[6]

Selected books

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  • Yeates, N. and Holden, C. (Eds.). (2022). Understanding Global Social Policy (3rd ed.). Bristol: The Policy Press.
  • Yeates, N. and Fergusson, R. (2021). Global Youth Unemployment: History, Governance and Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781789900415.[7][8]
  • Yeates, N. and Pillinger, J. (2019). International Health Worker Migration and Recruitment: Global Governance, Politics and Policy. Routledge. ISBN 9781138933309.[9]
  • Yeates, N. (2014). Understanding Global Social Policy (2nd ed.). Bristol: The Policy Press.[10]
  • Yeates, N. (2009). Globalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers: Explorations in Global Care Chains. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230005341.[11][12][13]
  • Yeates, N. and Holden, C. (Eds.). (2009). The Global Social Policy Reader. Bristol: The Policy Press.[14][15]
  • Deacon, B., Macovei, M., van Langenhove, L., & Yeates, N. (Eds.). (2009). World-Regional Social Policy and Global Governance: New Research and Policy Agendas in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. London: Routledge.
  • Yeates, N., Ferguson, I., & Lavalette, M. (2008). Social Justice: Welfare, Crime and Society. Bristol: The Policy Press.[16]
  • Yeates, N. (2008). Understanding Global Social Policy. Bristol: The Policy Press.
  • Yeates, N. (2001). Globalization and Social Policy. Sage Publications. ISBN 0761968024. (Also published in Italian, 2004)

References

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  1. ^ "Nicola Yeates". UNU-CRIS.
  2. ^ "Prof Nicola Yeates". Open University.
  3. ^ "The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes 64 leading social scientists to its Fellowship". Academy of Social Sciences. 1 April 2025.
  4. ^ "External Examiners Directory" (XLSX). www.advance-he.ac.uk.
  5. ^ "Previous Prizewinners". Queen's University Belfast. 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Spa executive contact details 2009 - 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-06.
  7. ^ Rambaldi, Chiara (1 December 2022). "Book review: Ross Fergusson & Nicola Yeates, Global Youth Unemployment: History, Governance and Policy". Review of Development and Change. 27 (2): 286–289. doi:10.1177/09722661221107454. ISSN 0972-2661.
  8. ^ Berry, Craig (2022). "Global Youth Unemployment: History, Governance and Policy by Ross Fergusson and Nicola Yeates, by Craig Berry". British Journal of Industrial Relations. 60 (1): 250–251. doi:10.1111/bjir.12657. ISSN 1467-8543.
  9. ^ Doetter, Lorraine Frisina (April 2020). "Nicola Yeates and Jane Pillinger (2019), International Health Worker Migration and Recruitment: Global Governance, Politics and Policy, London: Routledge, £115.00, pp. 280, hbk". Journal of Social Policy. 49 (2): 451–452. doi:10.1017/S0047279419001041. ISSN 0047-2794.
  10. ^ Foli, Rosina (October 2016). "Nicola Yeates (ed.) (2014), Understanding Global Social Policy. Bristol: Policy Press. £70.00, pp. 368, hbk". Journal of Social Policy. 45 (4): 765–766. doi:10.1017/S004727941600043X. ISSN 0047-2794.
  11. ^ Gabaccia, Donna R. (1 January 2010). "Globalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers: Explorations in Global Care Chains". Contemporary Sociology. 39 (1): 98–99. doi:10.1177/0094306109356659ggg. ISSN 0094-3061.
  12. ^ Gauthier, Carol-Anne (2009). "Review of Globalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers: Explorations in Global Care Chains". Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations. 64 (4): 707–708. doi:10.7202/038882ar. ISSN 0034-379X. JSTOR 23079031.
  13. ^ Hughes, Karen (1 October 2009). "Nicola Yeates, Globalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers: Explorations in Global Care Chains". Canadian Journal of Sociology. 34 (4): 1131–1133. doi:10.29173/cjs6514. ISSN 1710-1123.
  14. ^ "Book Review of The Global Social Policy Reader edited by Nicola Yeates and Chris Holden - Tutkimusportaali - Converis - Jyväskylän yliopisto". University of Jyväskylä.
  15. ^ Sykes, Rob (July 2010). "Nicola Yeates and Chris Holden (eds.) (2009), The Global Social Policy Reader. Bristol: Policy Press. £28.99, pp. 520, pbk". Journal of Social Policy. 39 (3): 500–501. doi:10.1017/S0047279410000188. ISSN 1469-7823.
  16. ^ Page, Robert (1 August 2009). "Review: Social Justice: Welfare, Crime and Society: Janet Newman and Nicola Yeates (eds) Open University Press, Maidenhead, 2008, 191pp, ISBN 978—0335229307, £19.99 (pbk)". Critical Social Policy. 29 (3): 573–575. doi:10.1177/02610183090290031505. ISSN 0261-0183.
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