Research Director in the Qualitative Research Unit at the National Centre for Social Research
Chris began his career in local government where he became active in the local government trade union, NALGO, holding lay positions at branch, regional and national level over a period of ten years. In 1992 he took up a position as a full-time regional officer with NALGO, later becoming UNISON’s deputy director of equal opportunities between 1996 and 1999.
He left UNISON to pursue a career in research in 1999. He was a research fellow in the Centre for Equality Research In Business (CERB) between 1999 and 2002, where he worked on two projects concerning race equality policies at work and trade union organising strategies. From 2002 he was a senior research officer within CERB and worked with Fiona Colgan, Adrian McKearney and Tessa Wright on a two year HE ESF funded project concerning lesbian, gay and bisexual workers and employment. During this time he also worked as an independent researcher undertaking research and evaluation for a range of commissioners including Acas, the Employers’ Organisation for Local Government, Save the Children, the Children’s Fund and the Scottish Executive.
Chris is now an external associate of the Institute. He works as a Research Director in the Qualitative Reserch Unit at the National Centre for Social Research. Prior to joining the unit his recent research had focussed on distinct areas, employment and industrial relations and the experiences of children and young people. He has an over-arching interest in equalities issues, particularly in the areas of race and sexuality. His research has used both quantitative and qualitative methods. However, he has a particular interest in qualitative methods which he has taught at LMU and on courses run by the Social Research Association.
Research Director
Qualitative Research Unit
National Centre for Social Research
c.creegan@natcen.ac.uk
020 7549 8536
2005
‘Organising and diversity: reflections on the case of Unifi’, in G. Gall (Ed) Union recognition: Organising and Bargaining Outcomes, London: Routledge (with F. Colgan)
2008 (in press)
‘Lesbian Workers: Personal Strategies amid Changing Organisational Responses to ‘Sexual Minorities’ in UK Workplaces,’ Journal of Lesbian Studies (with F. Colgan, A. McKearney and T. Wright)
2003
‘Race equality policies at work: Employee perceptions of the ‘implementation gap’ in a UK local authority’, Work Employment and Society, 17: 4: 617-640 (with F. Colgan, R. Charlesworth and G. Robinson)
2006
www.workinglives.org/docs/ESF_LGB_Report_5_June_2006.pdf
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‘Involving young people in doing evaluation: A training resource for practitioners and researchers’ (with S. Laws) London: Save the Children
