Staff profile

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

BA (hons.) Sociology (major) Behaviour in Organisations (minor), IIi, University of Lancaster, July 1981.  PhD (CNAA) 'Patterns of Occupational Mobility among Men and Women in Scotland, 1930-1970', Plymouth Polytechnic, examined by Professor David Dunkerley (Plymouth Polytechnic) and Professor John Rex (Aston University) October 1984.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

·     Director of Research and Professorial Fellow, Policy&Practice, St. Chad’s College, Durham University, November 2011 – to date.

·     Hon. Professor of Social Policy, Department of Sociology, Durham University, 2012 - to date.

·     Professor of Social Policy, School of Social Sciences and Law, Teesside University, January 2008 – November 2011.

·     Assistant/Deputy Dean, School of Social Sciences and Law, Teesside University, June 2002 – March 2010.

·     Principal Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, School of Social Sciences and Law, Teesside University, July 1992 - July 2002.

·     Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Law, Teesside University, January 1990 - July 1992.

·     Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Staffordshire Polytechnic, September 1984 - December 1989.

·     ESRC Research Student and Part-time Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Social and Political Studies, Plymouth Polytechnic, September 1981 - August 1984.

 

TEACHING

Between 2013 and 2015. Led final year undergraduate/Masters Social Policy modules in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University

Between 1981 and 2002,  taught extensively across a range of sociology, social policy and social research methods modules in schools of social sciences and business schools.

Supervising doctoral in Durham Business School / Newcastle Business School, 2015-2021..

 

IMPACT OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Third Sector Research

Has undertaken projects on the third sector by public, private and third sector organisation over a period of 20 years. This has included issues surrounding tackling public health, voluntary sector interactions with the private sector, community cohesion and neighbourhood renewal, diversity and inclusion, amongst other things. Appointed as a consultant assessor for the establishment of the ESRC Third Sector Research Centre and reviewed over 20 applications.

Third Sector Trends, which began in 2008, is the core study around which other projects have developed. Initially funded by Northern Rock Foundation, the study has more recently been supported by the Community Foundation, Power to Change, Garfield Weston, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Millfield House Foundations, Charity Bank and JRF.

Worked with colleagues in several universities in Japan for the last fifteen years on the study of social enterprise and community regeneration. This has involved exchange visits between Durham/Tees Valley and Yamagata funded by the Japanese Government. Have long-established relationships with several universities including: Tohuko, Sanno, Tokyo, Keio, Waseda and Teikyo Universities.

Spoken at many national third sector conferences as a panel speaker for  ACEVO, ACF, TSRC, amongst others and speak regularly at regional conferences on the Third Sector in England. Also spoken at a number of international third sector conferences and events in Chicago, Atlanta, Tokyo, Yamagata, Barcelona, amongst others.

Uses knowledge and understanding gained in the Third Sector Trends study to advise and undertake further research for several local authorities including Sunderland City Council, Northumberland County Council, Durham County Council, Stockton Borough Council, Redcar and Cleveland Council, Kirklees Council, Bradford City Council, Sheffield Council and North Yorkshire County Council.

Act as a reviewer for a number of academic journals and book publishers including: Theory Culture and Society, Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Voluntary Sector Review, Urban Studies, amongst others.

 

Young people’s life transitions

Early career research focused on young people, gender and social mobility, drawing upon data from the Scottish Mobility Study for doctoral research, and subsequentl in the 1980s a CNAA funded long-term study of graduate employment transitions undertaken at Staffordshire University with colleagues at Brunel University.

From 2000, research focused on the evaluation of interventions to assist young people to make successful life transitions. Evaluation projects were undertaken for a range of public, private and third sector organisations including: O2 Telefonica Foundation, Big Lottery, Cabinet Office, Department for Education, UK Youth, JP Morgan, Durham County Council, National Childrens’ Workforce Development Council, National Youth Agency, amongst others.

Appointed to the Youth in Action EACEA expert advisory panel for the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in June 2012.  Given evidence to the OECD Youth Entrepreneurship Report on the O₂/Telefónica Corporate Social Responsibility programme.  Invited by the Chair of the Education Select Committee to submit evidence on approaches to evaluation for the ‘Services to Young People’ report.  Submitted evidence to the Milburn Commission on Child Poverty and Social Mobility.

• Civil society and third sector trends
• Home and community
• Japanese culture and society
• Young people and social mobility

Authored book

• Chapman, T. Gender and Domestic Life: changing practices in families and households. Palgrave
• Lindsey, I., & Chapman, T. (2017). Enhancing the Contribution of Sport to the Sustainable Development Goals. Commonwealth Secretariat

Chapter in book

• Payne, G., Payne, J., & Chapman, T. Trends in female social mobility. In E. Gamarnikow, D. Morgan, J. Purvis, & D. Taylorson (Eds.), Gender, Class and Work (61-76). Heinemann
• Government-led and community-driven initiatives in Britain and Japan. In M. Leary, & J. McCarthy (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Urban Regeneration. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203108581
• Chapman, T. The mobility of men and women. In G. Payne, & P. Abbott (Eds.), The Social Mobility of Women: Beyond male mobility models (12-24). The Falmer Press
• Chapman, T., Hockey, J., & Wood, M. Daring to be different/ Choosing an alternative to the ideal home. In T. Chapman, & J. Hockey (Eds.), Ideal Homes: Social Change and Domestic Life (194-210). Routledge
• Chapman, T. Bouncing Back: The Employment of Sector Attributes To Recover From Crises. In J. Rees, R. Macmillan, C. Dayson, C. Damm, & C. Bynner (Eds.), COVID-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK Responses, Impacts and Adaptation. Policy Press
• Chapman, T., & Hockey, J. The ideal home as it is imagined and lived. In T. Chapman, & J. Hockey (Eds.), Ideal Homes: Social Change and Domestic Life (1-14). Routledge
• Chapman, T. The Ideal Home Exhibition: conventions and constraints on consumer choice in British homes. In J. Hearn, & S. Roseneil (Eds.), Consuming Culture: power and resistance (69-90). Macmillan
• Chapman, T. The career mobility of women and men. In G. Payne, & P. Abbott (Eds.), The Social Mobility of Women: Beyond male mobility models (73-82). The Falmer Press
• Chapman, T. Promoting young people's social mobility: applying sociological perspectives to frame policy objectives. In S. Lawler, & G. Payne (Eds.), Social Mobility for the 21st Century: Everyone a winner? (133-145). Routledge
• Chapman, T., & Jary, D. Gender, higher education and the labour market. In L. Unterkircher, & I. Wagner (Eds.), Die Ander Halfte der Gesellschaft (41-58). Verlag des Osterreichischen Gewerkischaftsbundes
• Chapman, T. (in press). Ideal Homes. In S. J. Smith (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (709-793). https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-047163-1.00357-x
• Chapman, T. Gender and graduate unemployment. In M. Cross, & G. Payne (Eds.), Work and the Enterprise Culture (145-159). The Falmer Press
• Payne, G., Payne, J., & Chapman, T. The changing patterns of early career mobility. In G. Payne, & P. Abbott (Eds.), The Social Mobility of Women: Beyond male mobility models (47-60). The Falmer Press
• Chapman, T. Spoiled home identities; the experience of burglary. In T. Chapman, & J. Hockey (Eds.), Ideal Homes: Social Change and Domestic Life (133-146). Routledge

Edited book

• Chapman, T., & Hockey, J. (Eds.). Ideal Homes? Social Change and Domestic Life. Routledge

Journal Article

• Lindsey, I., Chapman, T., & Dudfield, O. (2020). Configuring relationships between state and non-state actors: A new conceptual approach for sport and development. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 12(1), 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2019.1676812
• Chapman, T. (2017). The Propensity of Third Sector Organisations to Borrow Money in the UK. Policy Studies, 38(2), 185-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2017.1288901
• Chapman, T. (2017). Journeys and destinations: using longitudinal analysis to explore how third sector organisational governance helps to navigate sustainable futures. Voluntary Sector Review, 8(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1332/204080516x14799054697067
• Chapman, T., & McGuinness, B. (2013). Consuming values in a social market: making choices about volunteering and non-volunteering. Social & public policy review, 7(1), 1-17
• Chapman, T. (2011). Smoke and Mirrors : The Influence of Cultural Inertia on Social and Economic Development in a Polycentric Urban Region. Urban Studies, 48(5), 1037-1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098010375993
• Chapman, T., Brown, J., Ford, C., & Baxter, B. (2010). Trouble with champions: local public sector-third sector partnerships and the future prospects for collaborative governance in the UK. Policy Studies, 31(6), 613-630. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2010.511524
• Chapman, T., Brown, J., & Crow, R. (2008). Entering a brave new world? An assessment of third sector readiness to tender for the delivery of public services in the United Kingdom. Policy Studies, 29(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870701847998
• Chapman, T., Crow, R., & Brown, J. (2007). They think they have God on their side': the impact of public sector attitudes on the development of social enterprise. Social Enterprise Journal, 3(1), 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/17508610780000723
• Abbas, A., Taylor, S., Chapman, T., Morland, D., & Nutt, D. (2005). Editorial Introduction to a Collection from the 2003 BSA Conference ‘Social Futures: Desire, Excess and Waste’ the Consumption and Waste Stream. Sociological Research Online, 10(2), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.1106
• Chapman, T. (2001). There's No Place Like Home. Theory, Culture and Society, 18(6), 135-146. https://doi.org/10.1177/02632760122052084
• Chapman, T. (1996). Domestic Energy Conservation in a Cold Climate. Policy Studies, 17(4), 299-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442879608423715
• Chapman, T. (1989). The impact of marriage and family life on graduates' careers. Equal opportunities international, 8(3), 5-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010506
• Chapman, T. (1989). Women Graduates in Management and the Professions. Women in management review (1992), 4(2), 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000001786

Newspaper/Magazine Article

• Chapman, T. Ten-year study shows a resilient charity sector despite austerity

Other (Print)

• Chapman, T. Real Goals for Real People
• Chapman, T. (online). An ideal home, but could you really live in it?
• Chapman, T. (online). In the fast lane with nice men
• Chapman, T. Stage sets for ideal lives
• Chapman, T. (online). Don't just lie there, reveal yourself

Report

• Chapman, T., & Hunter, J. The Value of Business to the Third Sector in the North. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. The social process of supporting small charities: an evaluation of the Lloyds Bank Foundation Grow Programme. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Gray, T. Striking a balance: a study of how community businesses in Bradford, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough build working relationships with the public, private and third sectors. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Rich, S. Evaluation of My Money Now delivered by the National Youth Agency. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., Rich, S., Gray, T., & Braidford, P. (online). Understanding Barriers to Young People's Aspirations and Ambitions in County Durham. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Gray, T. (online). How do community businesses differ from other voluntary and community organisations in the north? New comparative analysis from the Third Sector Trends Study. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (online). Structure and dynamics of the Third Sector in England and Wales: technical paper on working definitions and baseline data analysis. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Robinson, F. On the Money: how does the way third sector organisations think about money affect the way they work?,. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (in press). The situation of Third Sector organisations working in rich and poor areas: key findings from North East England and Cumbria. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Robinson, F. Key findings from the Northern Rock Foundation Third Sector Trends Study in North East England. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Hunter, J. (online). The Value of Volunteering in the North. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Rich, S. (online). Evaluation of the NYA's 'The Environment Now' Programme. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2023). Third Sector Trends in England and Wales 2022: Relationships, influencing and collaboration. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2023). Third Sector Trends in England and Wales 2022: Finances, assets and organisational wellbeing. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2022). Third Sector Trends in England and Wales 2022: employees, volunteers, diversity and investment in people. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2022). Third Sector Trends in England and Wales: structure, purpose, energy and impact. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2022). Going the Distance: How Third Sector organisations work through turbulent times. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2021). The structure, dynamics and impact of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector: a study of West Yorkshire Combined Authority, West Yorkshire & Harrogate Health and Care Partnership and Humber Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership areas. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., Gray, T., & Green, S. (2021). Enterprise and innovation in the context of place: An exploratory comparative statistical analysis. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2021). Going the extra mile: how businesses support the third sector in England and Wales. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., Longlands, S., & Hunter, J. (2020). Third Sector Trends Survey: Covid-19 and its potential impact on the third sector in the North. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2020). Third Sector Trends Covid-19 Impact Survey. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2020). Community businesses in the North of England 2020: new comparative analysis from the Third Sector Trends Study. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2020). Third Sector Trends in North West England 2020: a digest of findings. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2020). The Strength of Weak Ties: How charitable trusts and foundations collectively contribute to civil society in North East England. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2020). Third Sector Trends 2020 Briefing: Diversity and inclusion in Third Sector leadership. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2020). Third Sector Trends in North East England 2020: a digest of findings. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2020). Third Sector Trends in Yorkshire and the Humber 2020: a digest of findings. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., Mawson, J., Robinson, F., & Wistow, J. (2018). How to Work Effectively with the Third Sector. A discussion paper for public sector organisations. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T., & Hunter, J. (2017). Third Sector Trends in the North of England. [No known commissioning body]
• Chapman, T. (2015). An assessment of the willingness of organisations to borrow money in the Third Sector : findings studies in Yorkshire, North East England and Cumbria. Northern Rock
• Chapman, T., & Robinson, F. (2014). Third Sector Trends in North East England and Cumbria: headline trends 2008-2014. Northern Rock Foundation
• Chapman, T., & Robinson, F. (2014). Keeping it simple: how to work effectively with the Third Sector: a discussion paper and evidence review for local authorities. [No known commissioning body]
• Pharoah, C., Chapman, T., & Choudhury, R. (2014). An insight into the future of charity funding in the North East. [No known commissioning body]