Dr Joy Spiliopoulos joined the SAPPHIRE research group, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK, in June 2023. She is part of the NIHR funded Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration as a Research Associate for the theme: 'Enhancing cultures of safety'. She is a Visiting Fellow for the Centre of Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning (CHILL) at the Nottingham University Business School, UK.
Her background is in Applied Social Science/Social Work and she holds a PhD from the Department of Applied Social Science (now Department of Sociology), Lancaster University.
She has worked for academic institutions in the UK (Lancaster University, University of Leicester and Sheffield College) and China (University of Nottingham Ningbo China, and Zhejiang University) and taught in the subject areas of sociology, international relations, criminology, gender studies.
She has worked on a number of collaborative projects funded by NGOs and government bodies (NIHR, ESRC, DFID, Oxfam, UK Home Office, local authority funded projects). She recently completed two funded projects on the effects of 'Brexit' on the retention and recruitment of migrant NHS nurses; and on returnee Filipino nurses. The collaborative project she led, 'Retention and recruitment of migrant nurses post-Brexit', has received international media attention, including BBC Radio Nottingham interview and features in television, newspaper, think tanks and internet blogs in the USA, China, Singapore, the UK and other European countries, also from bodies such as the Royal College of Nursing (Nursing Standard journal), and others. Joy's research focuses on issues of migration, gender, racism, exploitation and discrimination, UK race relations, social and health inequalities, adult social care, and others, using primarily feminist theory (intersectionality, critical feminist theory). Much of her work has focused on the positioning of nurses, care workers and domestic workers, in the NHS and the social care sector, in the UK and elsewhere (the Philippines), and more recently on the retention and recruitment of migrant nurses post-Brexit. She has a particular interest in social impact, public engagement and co-creation with stakeholders.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1839 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3430-6951 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/linkedin.com/in/joy-spiliopoulos-11a084239/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/@GeorgiaSpiliop1 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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University of Leicester
University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Research Associate for SAPPHIRE (NIHR PSRC) -
University of Leicester
University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Research Associate -
Lancaster University
University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Senior Research Associate -
Lancaster University
University, N/A, United Kingdom
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University of Leicester
University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Research Associate -
University of Nottingham - Ningbo China
University, Ningbo, China
Teaching fellow and IAPS Research fellow -
Hillsborough College
Other, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Lecturer -
Lancaster University
University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Student Based Frontline Services; Disability support -
Lancaster University
University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Seminar tutor -
Lancaster University
University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Research Associate for ESRC project 'Home/Work: The Roles of Education, Literacy and Learning in the Social Networks and Mobility Patterns of Migrant Carers’ -
Lancaster University
University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Research Associate
Research
International nursing recruitment: We must do better
| Authors | Mick McKeown, Gamu Nyasoro, Georgia Spiliopoulos, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Clinical Nursing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Father state and its migrant daughters
| Authors | Catherine Goetze, Georgia Spiliopoulos |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Globalizations |
Migrant NHS nurses as ‘tolerated’ citizens in post-Brexit Britain
| Authors | Georgia Spiliopoulos, Stephen Timmons |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | The Sociological Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Brexit uncertainties: Political rhetoric vs British core values in NHS
| Authors | Georgia Spiliopoulos |
| Year | 2021 |
| Book Title | Research Handbook of Political Propaganda | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migrant Care Workers at the Intersection of Rural Belonging in Small English Communities
| Authors | Georgia Spiliopoulos, Sondra Cuban, Karen Broadhurst |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 |
How can the NHS recruit and retain migrant nurses after Brexit?
| Authors | Georgia Spiliopoulos, Stephen Timmons |
| Year | 2019 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Help‐seeking and access to care for stroke and heart attack during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study
| Authors | Christina Weis, Georgia Spiliopoulos, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Sociology of Health & Illness | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Filipino Migrant and Returnee Nurses Resisting and Adapting to the Pressures of Becoming “Ideal Migrants”
| Authors | Georgia Spiliopoulos, Georgia Spiliopoulos, Sondra Cuban, ... |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Filipino Migrant and Returnee Nurses Resisting and Adapting to the Pressures of Becoming "Ideal Migrants"
| Authors | Georgia Spiliopoulos, Sondra Cuban |
| Year | 2025 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |