Tracy Shildrick

Tracy Shildrick is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. She has researched extensively in deprived neighbourhoods over the last eighteen years with a particular focus on poverty, worklessness and young people's transitions to adulthood. She regularly presents to national and international audiences on issues of poverty and social exclusion. Her co-authored book, Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low Pay, No Pay Britain won the Peter Townsend British Academy Prize.

Tracy Shildrick is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. She has researched extensively in deprived neighbourhoods over the last eighteen years with a particular focus on poverty, worklessness and young people's transitions to adulthood. She regularly presents to national and international audiences on issues of poverty and social exclusion. Her co-authored book, Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low Pay, No Pay Britain won the Peter Townsend British Academy Prize. See less