William Fleming

I'm a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Wellbeing Research Centre, University of Oxford. 

My research expertise is in work, wellbeing and organisational interventions: how work is better or worse for us, and how jobs might be improved through interventions. In sum, what works, what doesn’t work, and why? 

Before taking up my current post, I completed my PhD in Sociology at the University of Cambridge. My thesis amounted to an empirical critique of the dominant approach in workplace wellbeing practices and narratives. The first two of these research papers were published in Industrial Relations Journal and Social Theory & Health with international media coverage in outlets like the New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune and many more (even going viral on TikTok). 

My future research agenda is more positive, focussing on experimental and quasi-experimental interventions. I'm also working on projects covering working time, career transitions, data quality, coproduction, and institutionalism.

I shortly held a role as a postdoctoral Research Associate with NIHR ARC East of England (Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge), exploring digital transformation and co-production in public mental health services. You can read our article from this project in JMIR Human Factors. 

I am an affiliate of the sociology departments at Oxford and Cambridge, and currently Visiting Fellow at the LSE Department of Management.

If you would like to discuss anything relating to my research, please email me.
william.fleming@hmc.ox.ac.uk

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