Prof Daiga Kamerade
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Professor of Work and Wellbeing
Biography
Daiga is an experienced lecturer and researcher and has been working at various universities in the UK and abroad for nearly twenty years. Daiga joined the University of Salford in October 2016 from the Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Birmingham. Prior to this Daiga worked at the University of Manchester and was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge for a study on how working conditions affects workers’ engagement in voluntary organizations. Daiga has also been involved in data collection and analysis consultancy work for numerous private and public sector organizations.
Areas of Research
Work, wellbeing and mental health.
Volunteering and voluntary work
Working time reduction and four day working week
Quantitative research methods
Areas of Supervision
Work, wellbeing and mental health.
Future of work
Underemployment
Voluntary work
Volunteering
Quantitative research methods
Academic writing and publishing
Qualifications
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PhD in Social and Political Sciences
2004 - 2008
Recognitions
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Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge
Publications
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A shorter working week for everyone : how much paid work is needed for mental health and well-being?
Kamerāde, D., Wang, S., Buchell, B., Balderson, U., & Coutts, A. (2019). A shorter working week for everyone : how much paid work is needed for mental health and well-being?. Social Science and Medicine, 241, 112353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.06.006