Dr Katharine Stockland

Dr Katharine Stockland is a Senior Social Researcher at NIESR and a Research Associate at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE). She is a qualitative researcher, with expertise in ethnography, interviews, focus groups, and content analysis. 

Research Interests

Katharine’s primary interests revolve around migration and integration, particularly in relation to religious communities in the UK. Her work has also looked at experiences of migrant workers in low-paid, insecure work and the impact of the immigration bureaucracy on the well-being and social lives of those without immigration papers.  Katharine has additionally led research projects on inequalities in the workplace, and has contributed to evaluations of educational interventions in schools.

Education

2011-2017 – PhD in Social Anthropology, Brown University, USA
2008-2010 – MPhil (Distinction) in Migration Studies, University of Oxford, UK
2003-2007 – MA (First Class) in Politics and Italian, University of Edinburgh

Employment

2021 – present – National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Senior Social Researcher
2019-2021 – Brown University, USA, Visiting Scholar
2010-2011 – University of Oxford, Research Assistant
2007-2008 – Parliamentary and Campaigns Officer, Royal National Institute for Deaf People

Additional Information

Publications

Books

Stockland, K. (2022). African Pentecostalism in Britain. Migration, Inclusion, and the Prosperity Gospel. Abingdon: Routledge

Gamlen, A., Marsh, K. (2012). Migration and Global Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Reports

Stockland, K., Rostron, J. & Runge, J. (2023) A qualitative investigation into the experiences of workers in the hospitality sector in Scotland, Fair Work Convention, Scottish Government.

Kitson, S., Runge, J. Stokes, L., Rostron, J., Aleynikova, K., Boshoff, J., Marioni, L, Harvey, M., Stockland, K., Zuniga-Montanez, C., Manzoni, C. (2023) Domestic abuse and schools, WWCSC.

Stokes, L., Runge, J., Rostron, J., Dorsett, R., Boshoff, J., Marioni, L., Zuniga-Montanez, C., Harvey, M., Stockland, K., Aleynikova, K., & Manzoni, C. (2023) Evaluation report: Individual Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in Primary Schools, NIESR, WWCSC.

Stokes, L., Runge, J., Aleynikova, K., Rostron, J., Marioni, L., Boshoff, J., Harvey, M., Stockland, K., Zuniga-Montanez, C. & Manzoni, C. (2023) Evaluation report: Group Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in Secondary Schools, NIESR, WWCSC.

Stokes, L., Runge, J., Stockland, K., Dorsett, R., Boshoff, J., Marioni, L., Harvey, M., Aleynikova, K., Rostron, J., Zuniga-Montanez, C. & Manzoni, C. (2023) Evaluation report: Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in Schools: Focus on Child Sexual Abuse, NIESR, WWCSC.

Stokes, L., Runge, J., Rostron, J., Dorsett, R., Marioni, L., Boshoff, J., Manzoni, C., Aleynikova, K., Harvey, M., Stockland, K. & Zuniga-Montanez, C. (2023) Evaluation report: Individual Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in Secondary Schools: Greater Manchester Combined Authority, NIESR, WWCSC.

Runge, J., Cathro, C., Stockland, K., Shaw, L. & Broughton, N. (2022): Media reporting of labour market statistics, NIESR/BIT, ONS.

Cathro, C., Runge, J., Whitwell-Mak, J., Stockland, K., Shaw, L., Broughton, N. & Rostron, J. (2022): Presenting labour market statistics to the public, NIESR/BIT, ONS.

Stockland, K., Runge, J. & Rostron, J. (2022) Exploration of the pay and career progression of women aged over 50 in Scotland, Fair Work Convention, Scottish Government.