Dr Niamh Bridson Hubbard (2026)
- Research Affiliate
About
Niamh was an ESRC DTP funded PhD candidate in the Sociology Department at the University of Cambridge. She holds both an undergraduate degree in Geography and an MPhil in the Sociology of Marginality and Exclusion from the University of Cambridge. She has previously worked within the NHS and Welsh Government. She completed her PhD with the department, with her thesis Learning from change: how the future of work in the UK can better protect employee mental health and wellbeing.
Outside of her academic work, Niamh is a UCAPP scholar and competes in athletics and cross country at an international level.
Supervisor
Professor Brendan Burchel
Affiliation Dates
12/05/2026 - 12/05/2027
Awards
- 2020 Polity Prize for the best Sociology MPhil dissertation
- 2020 Osprey of the year
- 2017 Newman-Turner Prize awarded by Magdalene College
Research
Niamh is interested in how work in the UK is changing and how those changes are impacting our mental health and wellbeing. Using primarily quantitative methods, her research is currently exploring individuals' experiences of job retention schemes, homeworking, and shorter working weeks.
Research Projects
Working with teams from Four Day Week Ireland, University College Dublin, and Boston College, to explore the social, economic, and environmental impacts of organisations shifting to working a four day working week.
Research Groups & Affiliations
Individual in the Labour Market