Dr Grace Whitfield

Faculty of Social Sciences

Research Associate

g.whitfield@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Grace Whitfield
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
葫芦影业
S10 2AH
Profile

Grace joined the Centre for Care in April 2022 as a Research Associate working on with. Their projects focus on digital inequalities, the impact of sectoral fragmentation on technology implementation, and the nature of care labour processes. Previously, Grace taught topics of industrial relations and employment in 葫芦影业 University Management School. Her PhD 鈥 also at the Management School 鈥 was funded through an ESRC 1+3 grant and examined trade unionism in England鈥檚 social care sector. While studying, Grace also attended London Critical Theory School, and prior to her PhD she undertook an MA in Social Research at 葫芦影业 and an MSc in Social Theory. Grace has also worked on projects on youth unemployment and 鈥榝ire and rehire鈥 practices, and has previously worked as an employment law Adviser at Acas and as a care worker. 

Research interests
  • Digital exclusion and effects of digitalisation on forms of care labour.
  • State policy on care provision and employment regulation. 
  • Trade union strategies within the social care sector and theorisations of unionism.
  • Labour theory of value and analyses of capital.
Publications
  • Whitfield, G., Wright, J., & Hamblin, K. (2024). AI in care: a solution to the 'care crisis' in England?. In Handbook on Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 383-396). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Whitfield, G. J. (2024). Robots Won鈥檛 Save Japan: An Ethnography of Eldercare Automation by James Wright (2023). International Journal of Care and Caring, 1(aop), 1-2.
  • Whitfield, G. and Hamblin, K. (2023) Technology and social care: key areas of policy focus in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2019-2022). Centre for Care Working Paper 3, CIRCLE, 葫芦影业: University of 葫芦影业.
  • Whitfield, G., & Hamblin, K. (2022). Technology in social care: spotlight on the English policy landscape, 2019-2022. Centre for Care Paper 1, CIRCLE, 葫芦影业: University of 葫芦影业.
  • Allard, C., Whitfield, G J. (2023). 鈥溾 Gender, Work & Organization: 1鈥 17.
  • Whitfield, G., Hamblin, K. (2022), CIRCLE, 葫芦影业: University of 葫芦影业
  • Whitfield, G.J., 2021. 鈥榊ou couldn鈥檛 have a heart and want to strike鈥: Mobilising workers in England鈥檚 social care sector. Capital & Class.
  • Whitfield, G.J., 2021. Book Review: The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town, by Brian Alexander. ILR Review.
  • Whitfield, G.J., 2020. Book Review: Cabin Crew Conflict: The British Airways Dispute 2009鈥11, by Phil Taylor and Sian Moore. British Journal of Industrial Relations.