Luke Nolan

Profile

I am a postgraduate researcher with the Department of People, Work and Employment at Leeds University Business School. I obtained a BA in Sociology from The Open University in 2023 and completed an MA in Social Research at the University of Leeds in 2024.

 

Research interests

My research is focused on not-for-profit worker cooperatives in the context of degrowth, particularly, how their place in the market influences their environmental, social and economic sustainability. Through a practice theory framework I aim to produce a micro-level analysis of the sustainability of worker’s practices, paying close attention to the presence of non-market and informal labour practices.

My general research interests include:

• Degrowth
• Sustainability Transitions
• Cooperativism
• Decolonial Organisation Studies
• Autonomy at work

Qualifications

• BA Sociology, The Open University 2023
• MA Social Research, The University of Leeds 2024

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change