Professor Lisa Buckner
- Position: Professor of Social Statistics
- Areas of expertise: Quantitative research; local labour markets inequalities; gender, provision of unpaid care
- Email: L.J.Buckner@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 7989
- Location: 11.19 Social Sciences Building
- Website: Researchgate
Profile
I joined the university as a Senior Research Fellow in January 2006, became a lecturer in July 2012 and Professor in December 2023. Before coming to Leeds, I was at the Centre for Social Inclusion and CRESR at Sheffield Hallam University. I have previously worked as a local government demographer and in Census Division at the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
My specialist areas are the analysis of large and complex data sets, and the use of official statistics and surveys for policy-applied research on labour market inequality.
Research interests
My research interest are policy-applied quantitative research on gender, employment, caring and equality at the local level, in particular the following areas.
- Inequality and local labour markets
- Balancing paid employment and unpaid care
- 'Working below potential'
- Carers, employment and services (CES)
- Evaluation of Fit as a Fiddle
- Evaluation of the Caring with Confidence Programme
- Evaluation of the National Carers’ Strategy Demonstrator Sites Programme
- Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets (GELLM)
- NIHR Improving employment opportunities for carers
- Regional factsheets on carers
Qualifications
- PhD Outdoor Pig Production
- MSc Mathematical Biology
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Statistics
Professional memberships
- Royal Statistical Society