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Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research
Professor John Baldock
Responsibilities
As Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research, Prof Baldock has responsibility for research, innovation and enterprise. The following department heads report to Prof Baldock:
- Director of Research Services
Dr Simon Kerridge - Dean of the Graduate School
Professor Diane Houston - Director of Innovation & Enterprise
Carole Barron
Prof Baldock is also the Equality and Diversity champion for marriage and civil partnership, as well as pregnancy and maternity.
Academic career
Prof Baldock is also Professor of Social Policy and a member of the research staff in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research.
His principal interests are:
- the demographic ageing of societies and its consequences and implications, particularly for social policy;
- the ways older people are provided with help and care from friends, family, the voluntary sector and the state and the differences between nations in these areas;
- the ways in which people cope with the disabilities of age, particularly the effects on one’s sense of self or identity;
- how industrial societies deal with the fact that many households seek to combine paid work with informal care for children and disabled and older adults;
- patterns of pension provision and the potential for pension reform, particularly in industrial countries.