Dr Paula Holland

Senior Lecturer

Research Overview

My research focusses on: the relationship between work, disability and health; barriers to disabled people’s employment; and interventions to support disabled workers’ employment, including workplace adjustments. Disabled people have lower employment rates than non-disabled people, and are also more likely to be employed in insecure, lower-skilled and low-paid work. These employment inequities have severe consequences for their financial independence, health and wellbeing, and provide a mechanism for producing and exacerbating social inequalities in health.

I am leading the funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which explores how remote and hybrid working can be designed to be inclusive of disabled workers’ needs and preferences. Our interim report can be accessed here: Beyond the Office? How remote and hybrid working can help close the disability employment gap

I am a member of the which aims to find cost-effective ways to reduce work disability among individuals with musculoskeletal disorders. I led a qualitative research for the Centre exploring the

I am co-Investigator on the of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis.

I have also conducted qualitative research and evidence synthesis on the role of workplace adjustments and organisational policies in facilitating work retention for people with musculoskeletal disorders.


01/10/2023 → 31/07/2024
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02/01/2023 → 31/12/2024
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02/01/2023 → 01/10/2025
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01/09/2022 → 30/04/2023
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01/12/2021 → 30/06/2022
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01/11/2021 → 30/04/2022
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01/09/2020 → 31/05/2021
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01/10/2019 → 31/12/2026
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01/10/2019 → 31/03/2026
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01/07/2018 → 30/11/2018
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01/03/2018 → 30/11/2021
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01/09/2014 → 30/09/2016
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01/07/2014 → 30/06/2019
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01/10/2013 → 30/04/2015
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Membership of committee

  • Centre for Health Inequalities Research
  • Centre for Organizational Health and Well Being
  • Work and Health Forum