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Overview

Simon Duncan is affiliated with the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields within social sciences and health professions, with a focus on pharmaceutical practices, patient outcomes, health systems, and employment studies.

They have contributed to a range of topics including:

  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Youth Development and Social Support

Simon Duncan's main fields of study are:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

Subfields of focus include:

  • General Health Professions
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Education

Their recent publications reflect interdisciplinary approaches and cover diverse issues. Papers published include:

  • "Evaluating an inpatient deprescribing initiative at a rural community hospital in Ontario" (2020) in Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada
  • "Transitions into work for young people with complex needs: a systematic review of UK and Ireland studies to improve employability" (2020) in British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
  • "Negotiating Leadership in Interdisciplinary Co-Productive Research: A Case Study of An International Community-Based Project Between Collaborators From South Africa and the United Kingdom" (2020) in SAGE Open
  • "Living Together Apart: Size and Significance of Co-Residency Following Relationship Breakdown in Contemporary Britain" (2024) in Sociological Research Online

Frequent co-authors in their work include Angie Hart, Mohamed Gazarin, Brian Devin, Darren Tse, and Emily Mulligan, indicating a collaborative research style across multiple disciplines and topics.

The venues where Simon Duncan has published cover areas related to social sciences and health, including:

  • Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada
  • British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
  • SAGE Open
  • Sociological Research Online

Best Publications

  • Lone Mothers, Paid Work and Gendered Moral Rationalities

    Simon Duncan;Rosalind Edwards

  • The Local State and Uneven Development: Behind the Local Government Crisis

    Lydia Morris;Simon Duncan;Mark Goodwin

  • Motherhood, paid work and partnering: values and theories

    Simon Duncan;Rosalind Edwards;Tracey Reynolds;Pam alldred

  • What's the problem with teenage parents? And what's the problem with policy?

    Simon Duncan

  • Success and Failure in Housing Provision: European Systems Compared

    James Barlow;Simon Duncan

  • Mothering, Class and Rationality:

    Simon Duncan

  • Regulation Theory, the Local State, and the Transition of Urban Politics:

    M Goodwin;S Duncan;S Halford

  • Theorizing European Gender Systems

    Simon Duncan

  • SPACE, SCALE AND LOCALITY*

    Simon Duncan;Mike Savage

  • Single Mothers In International Context: Mothers Or Workers?

    Simon Duncan;Rosalind Edwards

  • People who live apart together (LATs) ¿ how different are they?

    Simon Duncan;Miranda Phillips

  • Lone Mothers and Paid Work - Rational Economic Man or Gendered Moral Rationalities?

    Simon Duncan;Rosalind Edwards

  • Cohabitation, Marriage and the Law: Social Change and Legal Reform in the 21st Century

    Anne Barlow;Simon Duncan;Grace James;Alison Park

  • Mothers and child care: policies, values and theories

    Simon Duncan;Rosalind Edwards;Tracey Reynolds;Pam Alldred

  • The Local State and Uneven Development

    Mark Goodwin;Simon Duncan

  • Gender, Economy, and Culture in the European Union

    Simon Duncan;Birgit Pfau-Effinger

  • The use and abuse of housing tenure

    James Barlow;Simon Duncan

  • Geographies of family formations: spatial differences and gender cultures in Britain

    Simon Duncan;Darren Smith

  • Individualisation versus the geography of ‘new’ families

    Simon Duncan;Darren Smith

  • Teenage parenthood: What's the problem?

    Simon Duncan;Rosalind Edwards;Claire Alexander

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosalind Edwards
Rosalind Edwards University of Southampton
Mark Goodwin
Mark Goodwin University of Exeter
James Barlow
James Barlow Imperial College London
Mike Savage
Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia

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