The Conversation: Good for business and good for society: how organisations can hire more ex-offenders
An article written by Jan Lodge, PhD student at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses the ways businesses can hire more ex-offenders. “As with any group, some ex-offenders may lack the skills or qualifications for some jobs they want to pursue…
When PhD research generates timely impact
Translating research into valuable insights on how to support the reintegration of people with convictions. The last few months have brought a significant disruption to labour markets around the world. While many people now feel their job is under threat…
Think tank honours
Jan Lodge, a PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School, is named a member of the ThinkTank30 of the Club of Rome (Germany). Jan Lodge, a PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School, was named a new member of ThinkTank30,…
Lessons from prison
How prisoners' coping strategies for loneliness and isolation can help those in coronavirus lockdown writes Jan Lodge, PhD Candidate in Organisational Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School. Jan Lodge, PhD candidate Isolation and confinement during the unprecedented coronavirus lockdowns around…
The Conversation: Prisoners have to deal with extreme isolation in confinement: here’s how they cope
We can all learn on how to cope with isolation and loneliness from prisoners during these unprecedented times says Jan Lodge, a PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School. Jan has been researching how individuals with a criminal conviction move…
Unsettling research
No ivory tower here: how academics are affected by research in unsettling contexts like refugee camps, prisons and rape-crisis centres. A frequent refrain voiced about academic institutions is that there is too much “ivory tower” research divorced from the realities…
