About me...

I completed a masters in Social Research and PhD in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University in 2021 (1+3 ESRC). I am now a Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) based in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. My research focuses on disabled people’s experience of working in small and medium size enterprises and the policies designed to support smaller businesses to recruit, retain and progress disabled people in their workplaces. I draw upon concepts from the field of disability studies, social policy and critical business and management studies. 

Email me at: c.j.molyneux@leeds.ac.uk 

Find me on LinkedIn and Twitter

Read my latest article Why employer inflexibility matters for the recruitment, retention and progression of disabled workers here.

Also, shared here by the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) in their March 2023 Bulletin

Publications

Molyneux, C. (2023) Why employer inflexibility matters for the recruitment, retention and progression of disabled workers, Disability & Society, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2023.2168180 

Molyneux, C. (2023) Policy Brief: Disabled People, Work and SMEs. [online] Available at: https://caramolyneux.blogspot.com/2023/02/policy-brief.html

Molyneux, C. (2022) Announcement of doctoral theses, Disability & Society, 37:2, 357 DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2021.2019994 

Molyneux, C. (2021) Disabled People, Work and Small-Medium-Size Enterprises. PhD Thesis, Lancaster University [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1432 

Conferences

Molyneux, C., Holland, P., Winstanley, J. (2022) Navigating serial inequities: disabled workers’ experiences of becoming entrepreneurs. British Sociological Society - Medical Sociology Conference, Lancaster University

Molyneux, C. (2022) ‘Flex-able’ Working: Disabled People and Small and Medium Size Enterprises. Social Policy Association (Swansea University, 2022) symposium contributor to the Employment & Social Security Policy Group 

Molyneux, C. (2022) Pandemic Stories from the UK: Disabled people's Experience of Employment in Socially Distanced Times. In: 37th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Center on Disability Studies (CDS), College of Education, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Molyneux, C. (2019) Landscapes of Exclusion: A Qualitative Study of Small and Medium Size Employers (SME’s) and Disabled People: Labour market relations, employment and occupation. In: Nordic Network for Disability Research - Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Molyneux, C. (2018) Employment and Support Allowance: State Crafting the “Disability Category”. In: Centre for Disability Research (CeDR) Lancaster University.

OTHER OUTPUTS:

I recently peer reviewed and contributed to a UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology POSTnote on Invisible Disabilities in Education and Employment, Research Briefing, published Thursday, 12 January, 2023. Full report here.

Policy Brief  - see the link in this site

Link to other work here, including my campaign work for the UK Mortgage Prisoner Action Group

Blog contribution to SIC “The Inclusive Practice Basics – Top Ten Tips For Organisations” https://sicofficial.co.uk/magazine/the-inclusive-practice-basics-top-ten-tips-for-organisations

I provided the research team with Easy Read documents - Clare’s Law Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme project, Lancaster University - https://clareslawexperiencesproject.com/?page_id=377

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Sociology

MA Social Research

BA Hons Disability Studies

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Associate Fellow of Advance HE (previously HEA)

Social Policy Association (SPA)

British Sociological Association (BSA)

WORKING GROUPS MEMBERSHIP & RESEARCH NETWORKS

SPA Employment and Social Security Policy Group

Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds

Centre for Musculoskeletal Health & Work, University of Southampton