Professor Irene Hardill
Professor Irene Hardill joined Northumbria in 2010 as a Professor of Public Policy. Prior to that, she was
Professor in the Graduate School at Nottingham Trent University. She has a particular expertise in volunteering, and the voluntary and community sector working collaboratively to co-produce knowledge.
Irene’s recent research has been supported by the ESRC and includes leading a project on mobilising voluntary action during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has recently completed an evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on methodological innovation for the ESRC.
Professor in the Graduate School at Nottingham Trent University. She has a particular expertise in volunteering, and the voluntary and community sector working collaboratively to co-produce knowledge.
Irene’s recent research has been supported by the ESRC and includes leading a project on mobilising voluntary action during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has recently completed an evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on methodological innovation for the ESRC.
In addition to managing an extensive list of ESRC-funded projects, Professor Hardill has managed projects from other sponsors, including the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, Age UK, the Canadian High Commission and the French Government.
Irene has a prolific publishing history, covering the changing world of work through the many meanings of work, paid and unpaid, in the home and in the community.
Irene has a prolific publishing history, covering the changing world of work through the many meanings of work, paid and unpaid, in the home and in the community.