Simon Bailey
Research Fellow
Social Sciences
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Biography
I'm a full time research fellow, currently working on several projects related to the organisation of health and social care. I'm a member of the Organisation & Society subject group, the Manchester Ethnography Network, the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, and the Health Services Research Centre. I joined MBS in 2011, prior to which I worked at the University of Nottingham, where I completed my PhD in 2008. I completed my undergraduate training in sociology at the London School of Economics in 2004.
Research Interest
Sociology of organization; medical sociology; public policy and management; ethnography; Michel Foucault; knowledge practices.
Publications
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Managing modern healthcare: knowledge, networks, practice.
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Power, empowerment, and person-centred care: Using ethnography to examine the everyday practice of unregistered dementia care staff.
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The policy work of piloting: Mobilising and managing conflict and ambiguity in the English NHS.
