BACKGROUND

Peter Elias studied in the sciences before undertaking his doctoral studies in applied labour economics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Professor at the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, where he has worked across a wide variety of research areas over the last 30 years. These have ranged from the evaluation of large-scale government programmes, statistical monitoring of the status of particular groups in the labour market, the study of occupational change and the relationship between further and higher education, vocational training and labour market outcomes. Related to these research areas, he has developed methods for the measurement and analysis of labour market dynamics and has a keen interest in the classification of labour market activities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society

From October 2004 he has acted as the Strategic Advisor for Data Resources to the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , assisting the ESRC and other research funding councils and agencies with plans to develop data resources for research across the social sciences and at the boundaries between the social sciences and other disciplines.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Statistics and Indicators to Monitor VET and Lifelong Learning in European Countries, with Mr. Terence Hogarth, Institute for Employment Research, Dr Lynn M Gambin - Institute for Employment Research Prof. Peter P Elias - Institute for Employment Research Prof Robert A Wilson - Institute for Employment Research, Funded by: CEDEFOP, Project Start Date: 01/11/2011 Project End Date: 28/02/2015
• Strategic Advisor for Data Resources (SADR), Funded by: ESRC, Project Start Date: 01/10/2010 Project End Date: 30/09/2013 [details]
  
  

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Elias, P. and K. Purcell (2012) 'Higher Education and Social Background' in Understanding Society Findings 2012 Link: http://research.understandingsociety.org.uk/files/research/findings/Understanding-Society-Findings-2012.pdf, p.23 - 24, Editors: Institute for Social and Economic Research
• Elias, P. (2009) 'A revised UK national strategy for data resources for social and economic research, 2009-2012 (report)', [Report]
• Purcell, K. and Elias, P. (2009) 'Achieving equality in the knowledge economy' in Women and employment: changing lives and new challenges, 19 - 53, Editors: Scott, J., Dex, S. and Joshi, H., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
• Guimarães, N. A, Cardoso, A., Elias, P. and Purcell, K. (2008) Mercados de trabalho e oportunidades: reestruturação econômica, mudança ocupacional e desigualdade na Inglaterra e no Brasil Editors: Guimarães, N. A, Cardoso, A., Elias, P. and Purcell, K., Rio de Janeiro: FGV
• Purcell, K., Wilton, N. and Elias, P. (2007) 'Hard Lessons for Lifelong Learners? Mature graduates and Mass Higher Education' Higher Education Quarterly 61 (1), 57 - 82

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