Colin Lindsay

Phone01415483976
Emailcolin.lindsaystrath.acuk

United Kingdom

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Professor Colin Lindsay is currently supervising eight Doctoral students. Professor Lindsay is interested in PhD supervision on issues including: public management reform; public service delivery; governance in public policy; employability and skills; workplace innovation; unemployment and labour market disadvantage; health and incapacity in the labour market; welfare reform; active labour market policies.

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2011
The role of skills: from worklessness to sustainable employment with progression: UK Commission for Employment and Skills Evidence Report no. 38
Devins, D., Bickerstaffe, T., Nunn, A., Mitchell, B., McQuaid, R., Egdell, V. & Lindsay, C., 1 Sept 2011, 123 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Fit for purpose? Welfare reform and challenges for health and labour market policy in the UK
Lindsay, C. & Houston, D., 2011, In: Environment and Planning A. 43, 3, p. 703-721 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
27 Citations (Scopus)

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2010
Employability through health? Partnership-based governance and the delivery of Pathways to Work condition management services
Lindsay, C. & Dutton, M., 2010, In: Policy Studies. 31, 2, p. 245-264 20 p.
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13 Citations (Scopus)

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Fit for work? Health, employability and challenges for the UK welfare reform agenda
Houston, D. & Lindsay, C., 2010, In: Policy Studies. 31, 2, p. 133-142 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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28 Citations (Scopus)

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In a lonely place? Social networks, job seeking and the experience of long-term unemployment
Lindsay, C., 2010, In: Social Policy and Society. 9, 1, p. 25-37 13 p.
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Partnerships to support early school leavers: school-college transitions and winter leavers in Scotland
Canduela, J., Chandler, R., Elliott, I., Lindsay, C., Macpherson, S., McQuaid, R. & Raeside, R., 2010, In: Journal of Education and Work. 23, 4, p. 339-362 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Re-connecting with 'what unemployment means': employability, the experience of unemployment and priorities for policy in an era of crisis
Lindsay, C., 2010, Social Policy Review 22: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2010 . Greener, I., Holden, C. & Kilkey, M. (eds.). Bristol, p. 121-148 28 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
5 Citations (Scopus)
2009
New governance and the case of activation policies: comparing experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands
Lindsay, C. & McQuaid, R., Oct 2009, In: Social Policy and Administration. 43, 5, p. 445-463 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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24 Citations (Scopus)

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Delivering employability in a vanguard 'active' welfare state: the case of Greater Copenhagen in Denmark
Lindsay, C. & Mailand, M., Jul 2009, In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 27, 6, p. 1040-1054 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
9 Citations (Scopus)

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Employee demand for skills: evidence and policy review: UK Commission for Employment and Skills Research Report no. 3
Johnson, S., Sawicki, S., Pearson, C., Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R. & Dutton, M., 2009, 133 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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New perspectives on employability and labour market policy: reflecting on key issues
Lindsay, C. & Serrano Pascual, A., 2009, In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 27, 6, p. 951-957 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

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16 Citations (Scopus)

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2008
Inter-agency co-operation and new approaches to employability
Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R. & Dutton, M., 2008, In: Social Policy and Administration. 42, 7, p. 715-732 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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43 Citations (Scopus)

313 Downloads (Pure)
Inter-agency co-operation in activation: comparing three vanguard ‘active’ welfare states
Lindsay, C. & McQuaid, R., 2008, In: Social Policy and Society. 7, 3, p. 353-365 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2007
Coalfields and neighbouring cities: economic regeneration, labour markets and governance
Gore, T., Fothergill, S., Hollywood, E., Lindsay, C., Morgan, K., Powell, R. & Upton, S., 17 Jun 2007, 96 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Making equalities work? Scottish trade unions’ approaches to equal opportunities
Lindsay, C., Munro, A. & Wise, S., 2007, In: Equal Opportunities International. 26, 5, p. 465-481 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The United Kingdom's 'work first' welfare state and activation regimes in Europe
Lindsay, C., 2007, Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe. Serrano Pascual, A. & Magnusson, L. (eds.). Brussels, p. 35-70 16 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
‘New approaches to employability in the UK: combining ‘human capital development’ and ‘work first’ strategies?
Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R. & Dutton, M., 2007, In: Journal of Social Policy. 36, 4, p. 539-560 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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120 Citations (Scopus)

213 Downloads (Pure)
2006
Approaches to evaluation in community regeneration: Communities Scotland Research Report no. 76
McQuaid, R., Greig, M. & Lindsay, C., 2006, 46 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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2005
Job guarantees, employability training and partnerships in the retail sector
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C. & Greig, M., 1 Feb 2005, In: Local Economy. 20, 1, p. 67-78 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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15 Citations (Scopus)

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Alternative job search strategies in remote rural and peri-urban labour markets: the role of social networks
Lindsay, C., Greig, M. & McQuaid, R., 2005, In: Sociologia Ruralis. 45, 1, p. 53-70 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Employability, services for unemployed job seekers and the digital divide
Lindsay, C., 2005, In: Urban Studies. 42, 2, p. 325-339 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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22 Citations (Scopus)

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The concept of employability
McQuaid, R. & Lindsay, C., 2005, In: Urban Studies. 42, 2, p. 197-219 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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741 Citations (Scopus)

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‘McJobs’, ‘good jobs’ and skills: job-seekers' attitudes to low-skilled service work
Lindsay, C., 2005, In: Human Resource Management Journal. 15, 2, p. 50-65 16 p.
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32 Citations (Scopus)

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2004
Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: unemployed job seekers and attitudes to service work
Lindsay, C. & McQuaid, R., 2004, In: Work, Employment and Society. 18, 2, p. 297-319 23 p.
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90 Citations (Scopus)

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Different routes, common directions? Activation policies for young people in Denmark and the UK
Lindsay, C. & Mailand, M., 2004, In: International Journal of Social Welfare. 13, 3, p. 195-207 13 p.
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40 Citations (Scopus)

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Re-connecting the unemployed: information and communication technology and services for job seekers in rural areas
McQuaid, R., Lindsay, C. & Greig, M., 2004, In: Information, Communication and Society. 7, 3, p. 364-388 25 p.
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2003
Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. & McQuaid, R., Apr 2003, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 19, 2, p. 187-200 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
56 Citations (Scopus)
Local responses to long-term unemployment: delivering access to employment in Edinburgh
Lindsay, C. & Sturgeon, G., 2003, In: Local Economy. 18, 2, p. 159-173 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus)
Wired for work? ICT and job seeking in rural areas
McQuaid, R., Lindsay, C. & Greig, M., 2003, 58 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
2002
Long-term unemployment and the "employability gap": priorities for renewing Britain's New Deal
Lindsay, C., 2002, In: Journal of European Industrial Training. 26, 9, p. 411-419 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
27 Citations (Scopus)
The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets
McQuaid, R. & Lindsay, C., 2002, In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 20, 4, p. 613-628 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
58 Citations (Scopus)

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