Dr Dean Stroud
Lecturer
Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
- stroudda1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2087 7406
- Room 2.39, Glamorgan Building, Glamorgan Building
Dean Stroud is a lecturer in education at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences. The principal focus of his research is skill needs and training and workplace learning. Other areas of interest include the labour process and industrial relations, workforce reconfiguration and equality and diversity. More recently his research has focused on $acirc; green$acirc; and sustainability issues, particularly with regard to $acirc; green$acirc; skills and jobs and transitions from high to low carbon economies.
Current Writing
Stroud, D. (with Fairbrother, P., Blake, J. and Evans, C.) Jobs and skills in transition from high to low carbon economies Urban Studies (Under Review)
Stroud, D. (with Hopkins, A. and Crayford, A.) Higher Education and Industry Collaborations: Insights from a $acirc; successful$acirc; case study Education Engineering (in progress)
Stroud, D. (with Evans, C.) $acirc; Greening steel work: Varieties of capitalism, the green skills agenda and the "greening" of the labour process$acirc; in M. Hauptmeier and M. Vidal (Ed) The Comparative Political Economy of Work and Employment Relations PalgraveMacMillan (forthcoming)
Stroud, D. (with Evans, C.) The green skills agenda and the $acirc; greening$acirc; of apprenticeships Education and Work (in progress)
Current Research
530K $acirc; Leonardo da Vinci Multilateral Projects: Development of Innovation Greening Technical VET - Sustainable Training Module for the European Steel Industry (2011-2013)
20K $acirc; Developing Geelong: An international study of successful economic transitions
Forthcoming Conferences
Evans, C., Blake, J., Fairbrother, P. and Stroud, D. (2013) Jobs and skills: $acirc; Green$acirc; jobs and Decent Jobs Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference Work, Employment and Employment Relations in an Uneven Patchwork World 6-8 February, 2013 The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Education
- PhD in Sociology of Education (School of Education, Cardiff University) Title: $acirc; The Social Construction of Labour Markets by Students in Higher Education$acirc; .
- MSc Econ. Social Science Research Methods (School of Social and Administrative Studies, Cardiff University).
- BSc Econ. Sociology (School of Social and Administrative Studies, Cardiff University)
Academic Employment
2008 $acirc; Present Lecturer (F/T) A range of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching across the fields of sociology and education; Undergraduate, Masters, PhD and Professional Doctorate dissertation supervision.
2006 $acirc; 2008 Research Associate/Project Manager (F/T) Centre Manager and researcher attached to the Regeneration Institute (RI), Cardiff University. Development of research capacity and profile of the RI. Also managing the Equality and Diversity Learning in the European Steel Industry (Leonardo Project); The Practices and Process of Workplace learning in the British Steel Industry: A Case Study (SKOPE).
2004 $acirc; 2006 Research Associate/Project Manager (80%) Equality and Diversity Learning in the European Steel Industry (Leonardo Project); Workplace Education: Exploring the efficacy of workplace learning strategies and the potential for poorly qualified employees$acirc; engagement with new learning opportunities (Nuffield) and The Practices and Process of Workplace learning in the British Steel Industry: A Case Study (SKOPE); ESRC Identities Programme: Working Class Identities of Ex-Steelworkers in Ebbw Vale $acirc; (Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University).
2001 $acirc; 2004 Research Associate (F/T) Leonardo Da Vinci funded pilot project entitled $acirc; New Steel Industry Challenges Project$acirc; (Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University)
2001 $acirc; 2001 Research Associate (0.5) Welsh Assembly Government funded investigation entitled $acirc; Independent Investigation on Student Hardship and Funding$acirc; (Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University)
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Proposal Assessor
- Member of DYSG Research Forum (Learning and Skills Development Agency for Wales)
- Member of DYSG Equality Network Forum (Learning and Skills Development Agency for Wales)
- An associate member of DYSG (Learning and Skills Development Agency for Wales)
- Expert Advisor $acirc; European Metalworkers$acirc; Federation Steel Select Social Dialogue Committee on Workforce Development, Recruitment and Retention
- Discussant to the ESRC Waste of the World Programme (Steel Project)
- Associate member of SKOPE
- Reviewer $acirc; Economic and Industrial Democracy
- Reviewer $acirc; Sociology
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
2008 – Present Lecturer (F/T) A range of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching across the fields of sociology and education; Undergraduate, Masters, PhD and Professional Doctorate dissertation supervision.
2006 – 2008 Research Associate/Project Manager (F/T) Centre Manager and researcher attached to the Regeneration Institute (RI), Cardiff University. Development of research capacity and profile of the RI. Also managing the Equality and Diversity Learning in the European Steel Industry (Leonardo Project); The Practices and Process of Workplace learning in the British Steel Industry: A Case Study (SKOPE).
2004 – 2006 Research Associate/Project Manager (80%) Equality and Diversity Learning in the European Steel Industry (Leonardo Project); Workplace Education: Exploring the efficacy of workplace learning strategies and the potential for poorly qualified employees' engagement with new learning opportunities (Nuffield) and The Practices and Process of Workplace learning in the British Steel Industry: A Case Study (SKOPE); ESRC Identities Programme: Working Class Identities of Ex-Steelworkers in Ebbw Vale – (Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University).
2001 – 2004 Research Associate (F/T) Leonardo Da Vinci funded pilot project entitled 'New Steel Industry Challenges Project' (Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University)
2001 – 2001 Research Associate (0.5) Welsh Assembly Government funded investigation entitled 'Independent Investigation on Student Hardship and Funding' (Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University)
Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus
2018
- Stroud, D. A.et al. 2018. Governments matter for capitalist economies: regeneration and transition to green and decent jobs. Economic and Industrial Democracy 39(1), pp. 87-108. (10.1177/0143831X15601731)
- Weinel, M., Stroud, D. and Evans, C. 2018. Dromosplan: Report on human factors. Project Report. European Commission.
2017
- Weinel, M., Stroud, D. and Evans, C. 2017. Energy management structure and behaviour and motivation analysis within each sector. Project Report. European Commission.
- Weinel, M., Stroud, D. and Evans, C. 2017. Organisational factors by sector. Project Report. European Commission.
- Stroud, D. and OECD Green Growth Studies, . 2017. Greening the blue economy in Pomorskie, Poland. Paris: OECD Publishing. (10.1787/9789264281509-en)
- Stroud, D., Weinel, M. and Evans, C. 2017. Gamification as a strategy for greening the labour process. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference, Sheffield, UK, 4-6 April 2017.
2016
- Stroud, D. A. and Hopkins, A. 2016. Aspects of mutual engagement: school of engineering and industry collaborations. Higher Education Pedagogies 1(1), pp. 30-41. (10.1080/23752696.2015.1134203)
- Evans, C. and Stroud, D. A. 2016. Greening steel work: varieties of capitalism and the 'greening' of skills. Journal of Education and Work 29(3), pp. 263-283. (10.1080/13639080.2014.907487)
- Stroud, D., Weinel, M. and Evans, C. 2016. WaterWatt Work Package 3: Human and organisational challenges D3.3 Report on organisational indicators. Project Report. Horizon 2020.
2015
- Stroud, D. A., Doering, H. and Evans, C. 2015. Sustainable varieties of capitalism? The greening of steel work in Brazil and Germany. Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations 70(4), pp. 621-644. (10.7202/1034897ar)
2014
- Stroud, D. A.et al. 2014. Skill development in the transition to a 'green economy': A 'varieties of capitalism' analysis. The Economic and Labour Relations Review 25(1), pp. 10-27. (10.1177/1035304613517457)
- Evans, C. and Stroud, D. A. 2014. Greening steel work: varieties of capitalism, the environmental agenda and innovating for the Greening of the Labour Process. In: Hauptmeier, M. and Vidal, M. eds. Comparative Political Economy of Work. Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 118-138.
- Stroud, D., Evans, C. and Fairbrother, P. 2014. Organized capitalism? Explaining variation in the skills regimes of liberal market economies. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference, Kings College, London, London, UK, 7-9 April 2014.
2013
- Fairbrother, P.et al. 2013. Skilling the Bay: Geelong regional labour market profile: final report. Project Report. Centre for Sustainable Work and Organisations, RMIT.
- Stroud, D., Evans, C. and Fairbrother, P. 2013. An international study of comparator cases, skilling the bay Geelong - regional labour market profile - Attachment to final report. Working paper. Melbourne: Centre for Sustainable Organisations and Work, RMIT.
- Fairbrother, P.et al. 2013. Jobs and skills transition for the Latrobe Valley: Phase 1: Benchmark occupations and skill sets. Project Report. RMIT University and Swinburne University of Technology.
2012
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2012. The limits and prospects of union power: Addressing mass redundancy in the steel industry. Economic and Industrial Democracy 33(4), pp. 649-668. (10.1177/0143831X11425542)
- Stroud, D. A. 2012. Organizing training for union renewal: a case study analysis of the European Union steel industry. Economic and Industrial Democracy 33(2), pp. 225-244. (10.1177/0143831X11404577)
- Gardner, D. and Stroud, D. 2012. Feedback: What do students want? A comparative study of students' expectations of assessment feedback. Presented at: The Seventh AECEF International Symposium, London, UK, 13-14 September 2012.
2011
- Stroud, D. A. and Evans, C. 2011. Environmental legislation, policy and practice: the UK steel industry. Cardiff: Centre for Global Labour Research, Cardiff University.
- Stroud, D. 2011. Towards a European Steel Council on jobs and skills- Identifying the actors. Working paper.
2010
- Stroud, D. A., Turnbull, P. J. and Fairbrother, P. 2010. Workforce (gender) re-composition in ‘traditional’ industry: lessons from European port and steel sectors. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference, Rutgers, New York, USA, 2010.
- Stroud, D. A. 2010. A report for Corus, Port Talbot: an evaluation of the basics of gas combustion training. Cardiff: Centre for Global Labour Research, Cardiff University.
2009
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2009. Labour union strategies in the European Union steel sector. In: Gall, G. ed. The Future of Union Organising: Building for Tomorrow. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 114-130.
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2009. Changing experiences of (steel)work: capitalism, technology and the question of skill. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 6 - 8 April, 2009.
- Stroud, D. A.et al. 2009. Report for the ITF/ETF: women in ports. Cardiff: Centre for Global Labour Research, Cardiff University.
- Stroud, D. A. 2009. Dilemmas for contemporary trade unionism: lessons from the European steel industry. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp130.pdf
2008
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2008. Trade union strategies in the European Union steel industry. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference, University College Dublin, Ireland, 18 - 20 March, 2008.
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2008. Workplace learning: a trade union failure to service needs. Journal of Workplace Learning 20(1), pp. 6-20. (10.1108/13665620810843610)
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2008. The importance of workplace learning for trade unions: a study of the steel industry. Studies in Continuing Education 30(3), pp. 231-245. (10.1080/01580370802439920)
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2008. Training and workforce transformation in the European steel industry: questions for public policy1. Policy Studies 29(2), pp. 145-161. (10.1080/01442870802033423)
- Fairbrother, P.et al. 2008. Equality and diversity learning in the European steel industry. Project Report. European Commission.
2007
- Stroud, D. and Fairbrother, P. 2007. Training and workforce transformation in the European steel industry: Questions for public policy. Presented at: CRIMT International Conference: What Public Policies for Work in a Global Era?, Montréal, QC, Canada, 24-26 May 2007.
- Stroud, D. and Fairbrother, P. 2007. Workforce transformation in the new European steel industry: A case study analysis of the consequences of structural change for workforce composition in a "traditional" industry. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2-4 April 2007.
- Stroud, D. and Beck, V. 2007. Employability of the mature aged unemployed: An unrealistic goal for the East Midlands. Presented at: European Sociological Association, Glasgow, UK, 3-6 September 2007.
2006
- Stroud, D. A. and Fairbrother, P. 2006. Workplace Learning: Dilemmas for the European Steel Industry. Journal of Education and Work 19(5), pp. 455-480. (10.1080/13639080600988731)
2005
- Stroud, D. and Fairbrother, P. 2005. Addressing employability: Questions for trade unions. Presented at: Conference on Training, Employment and Employability, Monash University, Prato, Italy, 22-23 September 2005. pp. -.
2004
- Fairbrother, P., Stroud, D. and Coffey, A. 2004. New steel industry challenges. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Fairbrother, P., Stroud, D. and Coffey, A. 2004. The internationalisation of the world steel industry. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Fairbrother, P., Stroud, D. and Coffey, A. 2004. The changing European steel workforce. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Stroud, D., Fairbrother, P. and Coffey, A. 2004. Training and qualifications in the European steel industry. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Coffey, A., Fairbrother, P. and Stroud, D. 2004. Equality and diversity in the European steel industry. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Stroud, D., Fairbrother, P. and Coffey, A. 2004. The question of pan-European qualifications. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Fairbrother, P., Stroud, D. and Coffey, A. 2004. The European Union steel industry: from a national to a regional industry. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Parken, A.et al. 2004. Equal opportunities and diversity changing employment patterns in the European electricity industry: A Report for EPSU, EMCEF and EURELECTRIC. Project Report. [Online]. European Commission. Available at: http://www.epsu.org/IMG/pdf/ExecutiveSummary081204.pdf
- Stroud, D., Coffey, A. and Fairbrother, P. 2004. The case studies: Steel industry skills and training in Germany. Project Report. Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.
- Stroud, D., Coffey, A. and Fairbrother, P. 2004. The case studies: Steel industry skills and training in Italy. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.
- Stroud, D., Coffey, A. and Fairbrother, P. 2004. The case studies: Steel industry skills and training in Netherlands. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences.
- Stroud, D., Coffey, A. and Fairbrother, P. 2004. The case studies: Steel industry skills and training in Poland. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.
- Stroud, D., Coffey, A. and Fairbrother, P. 2004. The case studies: Steel industry skills and training in the United Kingdom. Working paper. Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.
2001
- Rees, G. M. and Stroud, D. A. 2001. Creating a mass system of higher education: participation, the economy and citizenship. In: Phillips, R., Furlong, J. and , ,. eds. Education, Reform and the State: Twenty-Five Years of Politics, Policy and Practice. RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 72-86.
- Stroud, D. A. 2001. The independent investigation group on student hardship and funding in Wales. The Welsh Journal of Education, pp. 92-104.
- Stroud, D. 2001. Further and Higher Education participation and student support arrangements: With special reference to Wales: A description and evaluation. Cardiff: National Assembly of Wales.
- Rees, G. and Stroud, D. 2001. Regenerating the coalfields: the South Wales Experience. Working paper. Bevan Foundation.
- Stroud, D. 2001. Student financial hardship in Further and Higher Education: With special reference to Wales: A research review. Working paper. Cardiff: National Assembly of Wales.
I teach and have taught on the following modules for Cardiff School of Social Sciences:
Undergraduate
- SIO005: Education and Society (1st Year)
- SIO124: Introduction to Social Science Research Methods (1st Year);
- SIO173: Introduction to Sociology (1st Year)
- SIO176: Contemporary Sociology of Education (2nd Year),
- SIO030: Social Research Methods (2nd Year);
- SIO158: Globalisation and Social Change (3rd Year)
- SIO151: Conflict and Change in Educational Policy (3rd Year) $acirc; Module Convenor;
- SIO220: Equality and Diversity in Education and Work (3rd Year) $acirc; Module Convenor
Postgraduate
- SIT103: Strategies of Applied Research;
- SIT146: Restructuring industrial sectors in a global world: the European steel industry $acirc; Module Convenor;
- SIT121: Learning and working in FE and the Post Compulsory Sector;
- SIT087: Foundations of Educational Research $acirc; Module Convenor.
Supervision
Undergraduate, Masters, PhD and Professional Doctorate dissertation supervision.
PhD Students
- Jean Pia: Labour Supply Arrangements in the Philippine Seafaring Industry
- Ralph Busier: Labour Conditions in the Open Seas: A Study of Philippine Union Dynamics
Current Prof Doctorate Supervision
- Janet Stephens: Lifelong Learning in Russell Group Universities: its demise or a bright coalition future
Administrative Duties
- UG Education Co-ordinator
- University and College Union Rep (School of Social Sciences)
- Steering Group $acirc; Centre for Global Labour Research
- Undergraduate Year Tutor
Dean Stroud is a lecturer in education at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences. The principal focus of his research is skill needs and training and workplace learning. Other areas of interest include the labour process and industrial relations, workforce reconfiguration and equality and diversity. More recently his research has focused on 'green' and sustainability issues, particularly with regard to 'green' skills and jobs and transitions from high to low carbon economies.
Current Research
1.8M - WaterWatt: The Project WaterWatt “Improvement of energy efficiency in industrial water circuits using gamification for online self-assessment, benchmarking and economic decision support”, which started at 1st of April 2016, has the main objective of increasing energy efficiency in industrial water circuits. http://www.waterwatt.eu/
530K – Leonardo da Vinci Multilateral Projects: Development of Innovation Greening Technical VET - Sustainable Training Module for the European Steel Industry (2011-2013)
20K – Developing Geelong: An international study of successful economic transitions