Professor Gary Pollock
Professor Gary Pollock
Policy Evaluation and Research Unit
My profile
Interests and expertise
Mainly working on multi-partner European research projects.
Projects
COORDINATE: https://www.coordinate-network.eu
GUIDE: http://www.guidecohort.eu
https://roadmap2021.esfri.eu/projects-and-landmarks/browse-the-catalogu…
Early Life Cohort: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/early-life-cohort-feasibility-study/
LEARN: Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing iNequalities
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-educational-sciences/news/news-archi….
Teaching
Multiple Regression
Multilevel Modelling
Longitudinal Modelling
Research outputs
- Longitudinal and comparative survey research methods
- Educational achievements
- Child well-being
- Young people’s civic and political engagement
- Sequence Analysis using Optimal Matching Analysis
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Nico, M., Pollock, G. (2021) The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course. Routledge.
Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami, H., Rees, G., Stasulane, A. (2018) Measuring Youth Well-being How a Pan-European Longitudinal Survey Can Improve Policy. Springer.
Ceslik, M., Pollock, G. (2017) Young people in risk society: The restructuring of youth identities and transitions in late modernity.
Pilkington, H., Pollock, G., Franc, R. (2017) Understanding youth participation across europe: From survey to ethnography.
Karn, V.A., Foundation, J.R., Institute, U.O.S.I.T., Housing, U.O.S.D.O.E.H.A. Information Technology in Housing.
Cieslik, M., Pollock, G. (2002) Young people in risk society. Ashgate Publishing.
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Chapters in books
Goswami, H., Pollock, G. (2025) 'A child-centred approach to longitudinal survey data collection.' The Oxford Handbook of Child-Centered Approaches to Migrant Children. Oxford University Press,
Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami, H. (2021) 'Life-course inequality and policy: a focus on child well-being.' The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course. Routledge,
Pollock, G., Goswami, H., Szymczyk, A. (2021) 'Child well-being across the life-course: what do we know, what should we know?.' Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course: Evidence from Longitudinal Research. Bristol University Press,
Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami, H., Fox, C. (2018) 'With a view towards the future: working towards an accelerated European cohort survey.' In Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami, H., Rees, G., Stasulane, A. (ed.) Measuring youth well-being: how a Pan-European longitudinal survey can improve policy. Springer, pp. 163-178.
Ozan, J., Pollock, G., Goswami, H., Lynn, P. (2018) 'Challenges in conducting a new longitudinal study on children and young people's well-being in the European Union.' In Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami,, H., Rees, G., Stasulane, A. (ed.) Measuring youth well-being: how a Pan-European longitudinal survey can improve policy. Springer, pp. 111-130.
Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami, H. (2018) 'Notions of well-being, the state of child well-being research and the MYWEB project.' In Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami, H., Rees, G., Stasulane, A. (ed.) Measuring Youth Well-being: how a pan-European longitudinal survey can improve policy. Cham: Springer, pp. 1-13.
Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Goswami, H. (2018) 'Notions of Well-Being, the State of Child Well-Being Research and the MYWeB Project.' Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research. pp. 1-13.
Grimm, R., Pollock, G., Ellison, M. (2017) 'Eurosceptic youth: Interest, trust and ideology.' In Leruth, B., Startin, N., Usherwood, S. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism. Routledge, pp. 215-230.
Pilkington, H., Franc, R., Pollock, G. (2017) 'Conclusion: What is the ‘value added’ of multi-method, transnational research?.' Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe: From Survey to Ethnography. pp. 317-329.
Pollock, G. (2017) 'Survey research and sensitivity to context: The myplace project and its case study approach.' Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe: From Survey to Ethnography. pp. 19-36.
Grimm, R., Pollock, G., Ellison, M., Koronaiou, A., Lagos, E., Sakellariou, A. (2017) 'Attitudes towards the eu among young people in eastern Germany, Greece, and the UK: Embedding survey data within socio-historical context.' Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe: From Survey to Ethnography. pp. 67-98.
Pollock, G., Pilkington, H., Franc, R. (2017) 'Introduction: Thinking globally, understanding locally.' Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe: From Survey to Ethnography. pp. 1-15.
Pollock, G.P.S., Tholen, J., Khachatryan, G., Roberts, K., Velidze, R. (2012) 'Transitions to adulthood in rural villages during the transition from communism in the South Caucasus.' In Leccardi, C., Feixa, C., Kovacheva, S., Reiter, H. (ed.) 1989 Young People and Social Change After the all of the Berlin Wall. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing,
Pollock, G. (2010) 'Youth transitions in the South Caucasus: employment, housing and family.'
Pollock, G.P.S., Roberts, K. (2010) 'New Class Divisions in the New Market Economies: Evidence from the Careers of Young Adults in Post-soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.' In Macdonald, R., Shildrick, T., Blackman, S. (ed.) Young People, Class and Place. London: Rotuledge,
Pollock, G.P.S., Ceislik, M. (2002) 'Studying Young People in Late Modernity.' In Pollock, G.P.S., Ceislik, M. (ed.) Young People in Risk Society. Aldershot: Ashgate,
Pollock, G.P.S. (2002) 'Ignoring the Past: Underemployment and Risk in Late Modernity.' In Pollock, G.P.S., Ceislik, M. (ed.) Young People in Risk Society. Aldershot: Ashgate,
Pollock, G.P.S. (1998) 'Qualifications and Employment in Britain: a Longitudinal Analysis.' In Lange, T. (ed.) Understanding the School-to-Work Transition. New York: Nova Science,
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Reports
Pollock, G., Ozan, J., Baldwin, R., Goswani, H., O'Leary, C.P., Fox, C. (2016) D7.2: Evaluation report: Cost benefit analysis of an ELSCYP, projected operational field costs, operational practice in longitudinal surveys. European Commission.
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Journal articles
Toni, B., Krpanec, E., Blažev, M., Dević, I., Downey, S., Huttunen, I., Panico, L., Perron, Z., Santos, A., Taylor, L.K., Upadyaya, K., Symonds, J., Pollock, G. (2024) 'Children’s understanding of well-being related questions: results of cognitive interviews in four European countries.' International Journal of Social Research Methodology, pp. 1-16.
Ellison, M., Pollock, G., Grimm, R. (2020) 'Young People's Orientations Towards Contemporary Politics: Trust, Representation and Participation.' Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 23(6) pp. 1201-1226.
Ejaz, B., Muazzam, A., Anjum, A., Pollock, G., Nawaz, R. (2020) 'Measuring the Scale and Scope of Social Anxiety among Students in Pakistani Higher Education Institutions: An Alternative Social Anxiety Scale.' Sustainability, 12(6) pp. 2164-2164.
Anjum, A., Muazzam, A., Manzoor, F., Visvizi, A., Pollock, G., Nawaz, R. (2019) 'Measuring the Scale and Scope of Workplace Bullying: An Alternative Workplace Bullying Scale.' Sustainability, 11(17)
Goswami, H., Fox, C., Pollock, G. (2018) 'Erratum to: The Current Evidence Base and Future Needs in Improving Children’s Well-Being Across Europe: is There a Case for a Comparative Longitudinal Survey? (Child Indicators Research, (2016), 9, 2, (371-388), 10.1007/s12187-015-9323-5).' Child Indicators Research, 11(2) pp. 705-705.
Goswami, H., Fox, C., Pollock, G. (2016) 'The Current Evidence Base and Future Needs in Improving Children’s Well-Being Across Europe: is There a Case for a Comparative Longitudinal Survey?.' Child Indicators Research, 9(2) pp. 371-388.
Pollock, G., Brock, T., Ellison, M. (2015) 'Populism, ideology and contradiction: mapping young people's political views.' Sociological Review, 63
Pilkington, H., Pollock, G. (2015) ''Politics are bollocks': youth, politics and activism in contemporary Europe.' Sociological Review, 63(S2) pp. 1-35.
Ellison, M., Fox, C., Gains, A., Pollock, G. (2013) 'An evaluation of the effect of housing provision on re-offending.' Safer Communities, 12(1) pp. 27-37.
Roberts, K., Pollock, G. (2011) 'Class in the South Caucasus.' European Societies, 13(5) pp. 757-782.
Ken, R., Pollock, G. (2011) 'Politics and trust in the South Caucasus, and in East and West Europe.' Polish Sociological Review, 174(2) pp. 167-179.
Tholen, J., Huseynzade, D., Ibrahimov, A., Pollock, G., Roberts, K. (2010) 'Graduate careers during the post-communist transition in the South Caucasus.' Educational Research and Reviews, 5(3) pp. 108-118.
Pollock, G. (2009) 'Defending the Border: Identity, Religion and Modernity in the Republic of Georgia.' SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 43(6) pp. 1214-1216.
Roberts, K., Pollock, G. (2009) 'New class divisions in the new market economies: evidence from the careers of young adults in post-Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.' Journal of Youth Studies, 12(5) pp. 579-596.
Roberts, K., Pollock, G., Tholen, J., Tarkhnishvili, L. (2009) 'Youth leisure careers during post-communist transitions in the South Caucasus.' Leisure Studies, 28(3) pp. 261-277.
Roberts, K., Pollock, G., Rustamova, S., Mammadova, Z., Tholend, J. (2009) 'Young adults' family and housing life-stage transitions during post-communist transition in the South Caucasus.' Journal of Youth Studies, 12(2) pp. 151-166.
Birchwood, D., Roberts, K., Pollock, G. (2008) 'Explaining differences in sport participation rates among young adults: Evidence from the South Caucasus.' European Physical Education Review, 14(3) pp. 283-298.
Pollock, G. (2008) 'Youth Transitions: Debates over the Social Context of Becoming an Adult.' Sociology Compass, 2(2) pp. 467-484.
Roberts, K., Pollock, G., Manasyan, H., Tholen, J. (2008) 'School-to-work transitions after two decades of post-communist transition: what’s new?.' Eurasian journal of business and economics, 1(2) pp. 103-129.
Tholen, J., Khachatryan, G., Velidze, R., Pollock, G., Roberts, K. (2008) 'Transitions to adulthood in rural villages during the transition from communism in the South Caucasus.' Social Problems, 4pp. 117-140.
Pollock, G. (2007) 'Holistic trajectories: A study of combined employment, housing and family careers by using multiple-sequence analysis.' Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 170(1) pp. 167-183.
Pollock, G. (2002) 'Contingent identities: Updating the transitional discourse.' YOUNG, 10(1) pp. 59-72.
Pollock, G., Antcliff, V., Ralphs, R. (2002) 'Work orders: Analysing employment histories using sequence data.' International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 5(2) pp. 91-105.
Pollock, G. (2000) 'Sociology and the future of work: Contemporary discourses and debates.' SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE, 5(3) pp. U135-U136.
Pollock, G. (1998) 'Britain in Europe: An introduction to sociology.' SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE, 3(3) pp. U170-U171.
Pollock, G. (1998) 'Youth, the 'underclass' and social exclusion.' SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 32(2) pp. 416-417.
Pollock, G. (1998) 'Exploring social issues using SPSS for Windows.' SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 32(1) pp. 218-219.
Pollock, G. (1997) 'Individualization and the transition from youth to adulthood.' Young, 5(1) pp. 55-67.
Pollock, G. (1997) 'Uncertain futures: Young people in and out of employment since 1940.' Work, Employment and Society, 11(4) pp. 615-638.
POLLOCK, G. (1995) 'YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY - PETERSEN,AC, MORTIMER,JT.' WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY, 9(2) pp. 408-410.
POLLOCK, G. (1995) 'INTRODUCING STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL-RESEARCH - STEP-BY-STEP CALCULATIONS AND COMPUTER TECHNIQUES USING SPSS - CRAMER,D.' SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 29(1) pp. 168-169.
STEELE, A., POLLOCK, G. (1994) 'THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL-AUTHORITY HOUSING MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY COMPETITIVE TENDERING.' LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES, 20(4) pp. 610-621.
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Other
Pollock, G.P.S. (2009) Joventut I canvi social. Transfromacions en les transicions dels I les joves a la vida adulta’.
Pollock, G.P.S. (2006) Unemployment.
Career history
2018 -
Professor, Policy Evaluation and Research Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University
2008 - 2018
Professor and Head of Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University
2002 - 2008
Principal Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
2002
PhD, University of Liverpool
1992 - 2002
Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
1992
MSc Sociology, University of Salford
1990 - 1992
Research Assistant, University of Salford
1989
PGCE, Wolverhampton Polytechnic
1987
BA (Hons) Political Theory and Institutions, University of Liverpool
Press and media
Media appearances or involvement
2016 (February) BBC Radio 4 ‘Thinking Allowed’, interview by Laurie Taylor on the results of the MYPLACE survey in relation to populism.