Michael Orton
Research Fellow
Employment Research
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
Biography
Michael joined IER in 2002, having spent the previous year as a Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, also at Warwick. Prior to that he worked for over 15 years in the voluntary sector and local government. This included working for Citizens Advice Bureau (from being a volunteer through to Bureau Manager), an anti-poverty policy role in a local authority Finance Department, and being an Investigator for the Local Government Ombudsman - with the latter including a year working for the New South Wales Ombudsman, Sydney. Michael's work has been published widely in journal articles, research reports and book chapters. He has appeared as an expert witness before a Parliamentary Committee Inquiry, and his work has featured in Parliamentary Questions and attracted a variety of media coverage.
Research Interest
Michael's work forms part of the IER research theme of Work, Welfare and Public Policy and is based on social policy analysis, and core issues of poverty, work/welfare and inequalities.
Publications
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Orton C, Hughes M. Illustration. Pottery in Archaeology [Internet]. Cambridge University Press; 93–103.
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Orton C, Hughes M. Preface. Pottery in Archaeology [Internet]. Cambridge University Press; xvii–xviii.
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Orton C, Hughes M. Pottery in Archaeology. Cambridge University Press; 2013;
