- ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield Professor, Sue Yeandle, has been appointed OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in the King’s Birthday Honours
- Professor Yeandle, who led the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Faculty of Social Sciences from 2014 - 2023, has been honoured for her services to research into care and caring
- Professor Yeandle has led numerous studies commissioned by charities, governments and local authorities and is internationally recognised as a leading authority on unpaid carers and the support and services they need
- She led the team that built the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s prestigious ESRC Centre for Care and guided the development of IMPACT, the UK Centre for implementing evidence in adult social care
- Professor Yeandle believes her honour recognises the colleagues and carers around the world she has worked with through her research
A Professor of Sociology at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield, Sue Yeandle, has been appointed OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Professor Yeandle, from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield’s Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Faculty of Social Sciences, has been honoured for her services to research into care and caring.
Much of Professor Yeandle’s research has focused on the lives, support needs and advocacy of unpaid carers in different countries. She has built many valued connections with carers’ organisations in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America and has published widely on issues of equality and fairness in care.
Professor Yeandle’s expertise on the challenges carers face in combining unpaid care with paid employment is internationally recognised and she has advised governments, parliamentary committees and many research teams around the world on the topic.
Professor Yeandle 2023. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, producing influential research papers for the European Commission, UN Women and Germany’s Federal Ministry for social affairs, and in 2022 recognised in Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential Academics in UK Government.
In November 2021, Professor Yeandle was awarded £10 million of UK research council funding as the Principal Investigator and Director of the new Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre for Care, which leads the way in addressing the urgent need for accessible research data and evidence on social care in the UK. The centre is building a world-class data and research library on care, working with policymakers and stakeholders to address the pressures and inequities in how care and caring is experienced across the life-course, in the care sector and in everyday life.
Professor Yeandle is especially proud and grateful for the long-standing partnerships with Carers UK and with Eurocarers - the European association working for carers - that have supported and informed her thinking and research over many years,
She believes societal arrangements for care affect the wellbeing of all, across the life course, in every community and in all walks of life, and that all voices should be heard. She said: “I’m delighted to accept this honour recognising the contribution made by studies of care and caring I have led over many years.
“I’m grateful both to colleagues who’ve worked with me as we’ve tried, through our research, to make a difference in carers’ lives, and especially to the many unpaid carers and carers’ organisations I’ve met along the way. I hope they will feel this honour also recognises them, and unpaid carers all around the world, who contribute so much to our world each and every day.“
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