Dr Eleanor Jupp joined the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research in August 2015. Prior to this she held teaching and research positions at the Open University, University of Reading and Oxford Brookes University. Her teaching and research interests combine social policy and urban social geography, with particular interests in disadvantaged communities, neighbourhoods and social action. Theoretically she works with frameworks of emotions, embodiment, affect and care.
Before undertaking her PhD, Dr Jupp worked in policy and practice in the voluntary sector, and as a UK government policy advisor on issues of neighbourhood regeneration and social exclusion. She continues to collaborate with the voluntary sector on research and is committed to collaborative and impactful research with marginalised communities.
Dr Jupp was awarded a BA English and French, Joint Hons, at the University of Oxford, an MA Anthropology and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, London, and a PhD Human Geography from The Open University. Her thesis was entitled ‘Making Public Space, Community Groups and Local Participation in Stoke-on-Trent’, supervised by Professor Doreen Massey and Professor Gillian Rose.
Dr Jupp’s research has focused on a number of empirical topics, including:
She has overarching interests in gender and feminist theory, and how matters of care, emotions, space and embodiment can be considered in relation to the welfare state, and has made significant contributions to analysis in this terrain. Her monograph entitled Care, Crisis and Activism, (Bristol University Press, 2023) drew together research on austerity, everyday lives and community action from the past ten years. Other books include Emotional States: sites and spaces of effective governance (Routledge, 2017, eds Jupp, Pykett, Smith) and The New Politics of Home: housing, gender and care in times of crisis (Policy Press, 2019, Jupp, Bowlby, Franklin and Hall). She has published widely in high impact social science journals, and a recent article on theorising affect in social policy research (2023) won the Herbert Gottweis Prize for the most impactful article in Critical Policy Studies.
Dr Jupp has particular expertise in creative, qualitative, participatory methods, often working with artists and creative practitioners to undertake research and produce impactful outputs.
Past funded research projects have focused on the geographies of Sure Start Children’s Centres (Open University, 2010-12); localism and urban policy (Open University, 2011-13); ‘home’ and the welfare state (ESRC, 2013-15), and austerity, children’s services and voluntary action in Medway and Oxfordshire (University of Kent, 2015-2017). Current and recent research includes:
Dr Jupp teaches undergraduate modules on social policy and sociology including:
She also contributes to the Social Researcher Degree Apprenticeship, and has managed UG work placements and years in professional practice for several programmes in the School.
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Dr Jupp is interested in hearing from potential PhD students in any of the following areas: urban and neighbourhood policy and practice, activism, community action and volunteering, emotions and identities in welfare governance, austerity, childhood and family services.
Dr Jupp is on the Editorial Board of Local Government Studies and a regular reviewer for a range of journals and funding bodies. She sat on the advisory board for a Wellcome Trust funded project New Parenting and Urban Austerity (PI Dr Jennie Middleton, 2017-19). She is Secretary of the Gender and Feminist Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society.
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