Dr Andrew Papworth
Research Associate

Profile

Biography

Andrew is a Research Associate in the ESRC Vulnerabilities and Policing Futures Research Centre, and an Economic and Social Research Council New Investigator in the School for Business and Society. 

Andrew has previously worked in the Centre for Dementia Studies at Leeds Beckett University, and in both the School for Business and Society (2022-23) and the Department of Health Sciences (2019-22) at the University of York.

Andrew completed his PhD in the Department of Geography at University College London (UCL) in 2018, which was jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council. He was a Visiting Scholar in the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia (USA) in 2017. Andrew completed an MSc in Health Sciences at the University of York in 2013, which was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

You can find Andrew on:

• ORCiD 
• LinkedIn
• ResearchGate

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) – University of Durham, 2007
• MSc – University of York, 2013
• PhD – University College London (UCL), 2018

Research

Overview

Andrew works part time for the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, which explores how the police and other services can best work together to prevent and reduce vulnerabilities. At present, Andrew is working on a mixed-methods project investigating modern slavery in the UK, which aims to explore how preventative approaches could reduce demand on police services.

Andrew’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) New Investigator Grant is supporting the mixed-methods INTERPRET study, which seeks to understand the frequency, nature and impact of police contact on people who use drugs.

Andrew has conducted research with many different vulnerable populations, including people who use drugs, people living with dementia, young people, and indigenous people. His research and impact activities have been funded by the ESRC, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR),  the Natural Environment Research Council, the Royal Geographic Society, and Research England.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Guest Lecturer (2022-25):  Environmental Justice, Harm, and Policy (SPY00058H), School for Business and Society, University of York.

Guest Lecturer (2023-24): Introduction to Social Policy (SPY00002C), School for Business and Society, University of York.

Guest Lecturer (2021-22): Children’s Palliative Care—Phase 1, Scholarship and Special Interest Programme (SSIP), Hull York Medical School, University of Hull

Postgraduate

Guest Lecturer (2022-23) / Seminar Lead (2020-23) / Research Staff Teaching Assistant (2019-20): Qualitative Health Research (HEA00033M), Department of Health Sciences, University of York

Publications

Full publications list

Please visit PURE for my latest publications