Daiga was awarded a Digit Innovation Fund in 2023 on DIGITVOL: Digital Inclusion of Disabled Individuals in Online and Offline Voluntary Work.
Background
I am the Co-Director of the Centre for Inclusive Society Research at the School and Health and Society, University of Salford and a Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Business Studies at the University of Cambridge. My research lies in the intersection of psychology and sociology, focused on understanding of how various forms of work- paid, unpaid, voluntary, digital and unemployment affect individuals’ mental health and wellbeing. My recent projects include a study of digital inclusion of disabled adults in online and offline voluntary work, a sociological investigation into underemployment, a contribution to the four-day working week trial in the UK, and a pioneering study on inclusive volunteering for disabled adults.
Research interests
- Work, wellbeing and mental health
- Working time reduction and four day working week
- Voluntary work
Journal articles
Wang, S., Kamerāde, D., Burchell, B., Coutts, A., & Balderson, S. U. (2022). What matters more for employees’ mental health: job quality or job quantity?. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 46(2), 251-274.
Wang, S., Kamerāde, D., Bessa, I., Burchell, B., Gifford, J., Green, M., & Rubery, J. (2022). The impact of reduced working hours and furlough policies on workers’ mental health at the onset of COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study. Journal of Social Policy, 1-25.
Patel, T. G., Kamerāde, D., & Carr, L. (2022). Higher rates of bullying reported by ‘White’males: gender and ethno-racial intersections and bullying in the workplace. Work, Employment and Society, 09500170221134397.
Balderson, U., Burchell, B., Kamerāde, D., Wang, S., & Coutts, A. (2021). An exploration of the multiple motivations for spending less time at work. Time & Society, 30(1), 55-77.
Wang, S., Coutts, A., Burchell, B., Kamerāde, D., & Balderson, U. (2021). Can active labour market programmes emulate the mental health benefits of regular paid employment? Longitudinal evidence from the United Kingdom. Work, Employment and Society, 35(3), 545-565.
Kamerāde, D., Wang, S., Burchell, B., Balderson, S. U., & Coutts, A. (2019). A shorter working week for everyone: How much paid work is needed for mental health and well-being?. Social Science & Medicine, 241, 112353.
Kamerāde, D., & Bennett, M. R. (2018). Rewarding work: Cross-national differences in benefits, volunteering during unemployment, well-being and mental health. Work, Employment and Society, 32(1), 38-56.
Kamerāde, D., & Richardson, H. (2018). Gender segregation, underemployment and subjective well-being in the UK labour market. Human Relations, 71(2), 285-309.
Kamerade, D., & Burchell, B. (2004). Teleworking and participatory capital: Is teleworking an isolating or a community-friendly form of work?. European Sociological Review, 20(4), 345-361.
Policy publications
Lewis, K., Stronge, W., Kellam, J., Kikuchi, L., Schor, J., Fan, W., Kelly, O., Gu, G., Frayne, D., Burchell, B., Hubbard, B., White, J., Kamerāde, D., & Mullens, F. (2023). The results are in: the UK’s four day week trial [Project Report]. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/66551/
Donahue, K., Goodall, C., Jochum, V., & Kamerāde, D. (2022). Volunteering together: inclusive volunteering and disabled people. Spirit of 2012: Insights Research and Learning.
Kamerāde, D., & Paine, A. E. (2014). Volunteering and employability: implications for policy and practice. Voluntary Sector Review, 5(2), 259-273.