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2002 PhD, University of Liverpool
1992 MSc Sociology, University of Salford
1989 PGCE, Wolverhampton Polytechnic
1987 BA (Hons) Political Theory and Institutions, University of Liverpool
Since 1992, Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University.
1990 - 1992, Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Health and Housing, University of Salford.
Analysing Social Problems
Multiple Regression
Multilevel Modelling
Questionnaire Design and Testing Psychometric Properties
Co-Director of the Growing Up in Digital Europe Research Infrastructure (www.eurocohort.eu)
H. Pilkington, G. Pollock (2015). ‘Politics are Bollocks’: Youth, Politics and Activism in Contemporary Europe. The Sociological Review. 63(2_suppl), pp.1-35.
M. Nico, G. Pollock (2021). The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course. Routledge.
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, G. Rees, A. Stasulane (2018). Measuring Youth Well-being How a Pan-European Longitudinal Survey Can Improve Policy. Springer.
M. Ceslik, G. Pollock (2017). Introduction: Studying young people in late modernity.
H. Pilkington, G. Pollock, R. Franc (2017). Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe From Survey to Ethnography. H. Pilkington, G. Pollock, R. Franc. Springer.
VA. Karn, JR. Foundation, UOSIT. Institute, UOSDOEHA. Housing Information Technology in Housing.
M. Cieslik, G. Pollock (2002). Young people in risk society. Ashgate Publishing.
H. Pilkington, G. Pollock (2015). ‘Politics are Bollocks’: Youth, Politics and Activism in Contemporary Europe. The Sociological Review. 63(2_suppl), pp.1-35.
M. Ellison, C. Fox, A. Gains, G. Pollock (2013). An evaluation of the effect of housing provision on re-offending. Safer Communities. 12(1), pp.27-37.
K. Roberts, G. Pollock (2011). Class in the South Caucasus. European Societies. 13(5), pp.757-782.
R. Ken, G. Pollock (2011). Politics and trust in the South Caucasus, and in East and West Europe. Polish Sociological Review. 174(2), pp.167-179.
J. Tholen, D. Huseynzade, A. Ibrahimov, G. Pollock, K. Roberts (2010). Graduate careers during the post-communist transition in the South Caucasus. Educational Research and Reviews. 5(3), pp.108-118.
G. Pollock (2009). Defending the Border: Identity, Religion and Modernity in the Republic of Georgia. SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 43(6), pp.1214-1216.
K. Roberts, G. Pollock (2009). New class divisions in the new market economies: evidence from the careers of young adults in post-Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Journal of Youth Studies. 12(5), pp.579-596.
K. Roberts, G. Pollock, J. Tholen, L. Tarkhnishvili (2009). Youth leisure careers during post-communist transitions in the South Caucasus. Leisure Studies. 28(3), pp.261-277.
K. Roberts, G. Pollock, S. Rustamova, Z. Mammadova, J. Tholend (2009). Young adults' family and housing life-stage transitions during post-communist transition in the South Caucasus. Journal of Youth Studies. 12(2), pp.151-166.
D. Birchwood, K. Roberts, G. Pollock (2008). Explaining differences in sport participation rates among young adults: Evidence from the South Caucasus. European Physical Education Review. 14(3), pp.283-298.
G. Pollock (2008). Youth Transitions: Debates over the Social Context of Becoming an Adult. Sociology Compass. 2(2), pp.467-484.
K. Roberts, G. Pollock, H. Manasyan, J. Tholen (2008). School-to-work transitions after two decades of post-communist transition: what’s new?. Eurasian journal of business and economics. 1(2), pp.103-129.
J. Tholen, G. Khachatryan, R. Velidze, G. Pollock, K. Roberts (2008). Transitions to adulthood in rural villages during the transition from communism in the South Caucasus. Social Problems. 4, pp.117-140.
G. Pollock (2007). Holistic trajectories: A study of combined employment, housing and family careers by using multiple-sequence analysis. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society. 170(1), pp.167-183.
G. Pollock (2002). Contingent identities: Updating the transitional discourse. YOUNG. 10(1), pp.59-72.
G. Pollock, V. Antcliff, R. Ralphs (2002). Work orders: Analysing employment histories using sequence data. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 5(2), pp.91-105.
G. Pollock (2000). Sociology and the future of work: Contemporary discourses and debates. SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE. 5(3), pp.U135-U136.
G. Pollock (1998). Britain in Europe: An introduction to sociology. SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE. 3(3), pp.U170-U171.
G. Pollock (1998). Youth, the 'underclass' and social exclusion. SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 32(2), pp.416-417.
G. Pollock (1998). Exploring social issues using SPSS for Windows. SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 32(1), pp.218-219.
G. Pollock (1997). Individualization and the transition from youth to adulthood. Young. 5(1), pp.55-67.
G. Pollock (1997). Uncertain futures: Young people in and out of employment since 1940. Work, Employment and Society. 11(4), pp.615-638.
G. POLLOCK (1995). YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY - PETERSEN,AC, MORTIMER,JT. WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY. 9(2), pp.408-410.
G. POLLOCK (1995). INTRODUCING STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL-RESEARCH - STEP-BY-STEP CALCULATIONS AND COMPUTER TECHNIQUES USING SPSS - CRAMER,D. SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 29(1), pp.168-169.
A. STEELE, G. POLLOCK (1994). THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL-AUTHORITY HOUSING MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY COMPETITIVE TENDERING. LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES. 20(4), pp.610-621.
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami (2021). Life-course inequality and policy: a focus on child well-being. In: The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course. Routledge,
G. Pollock, H. Goswami, A. Szymczyk (2021). Towards a comparative cohort survey of child well-being. In: Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course: Evidence from Longitudinal Research. Bristol University Press,
J. Ozan, G. Pollock, H. Goswami, P. Lynn (2018). Challenges in Conducting a New Longitudinal Study on Children and Young People Well-Being in the European Union. G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, G. Rees, A. Stasulane. In: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp.111-130.
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami (2018). Notions of Well-Being, the State of Child Well-Being Research and the MYWeB Project. In: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Springer International Publishing, pp.1-13.
G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, C. Fox (2018). With a View Towards the Future: Working Towards an Accelerated European Cohort Survey. G. Pollock, J. Ozan, H. Goswami, G. Rees, A. Stasulane. In: Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Cham: Springer, pp.163-178.
G. Pollock, H. Pilkington, R. Franc (2018). Introduction: Thinking Globally, Understanding Locally. In: Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe. Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp.1-15.
R. Grimm, G. Pollock, M. Ellison, A. Koronaiou, E. Lagos, et al. A. Sakellariou. (2018). Attitudes Towards the EU Among Young People in Eastern Germany, Greece, and the UK: Embedding Survey Data Within Socio-Historical Context. In: Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe. Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp.67-98.
G. Pollock (2018). Survey Research and Sensitivity to Context: The MYPLACE Project and Its Case Study Approach. In: Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe. Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp.19-36.
H. Pilkington, R. Franc, G. Pollock (2018). Conclusion: What is the ‘Value Added’ of Multi-method, Transnational Research?. In: Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe. Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp.317-329.
M. Cieslik, G. Pollock (2017). Young People in Risk Society: The Restructuring of Youth Identities and Transitions in Late Modernity. GPS. Pollock, M. Ceislik. In: Young People in Risk Society: The Restructuring of Youth Identities and Transitions in Late Modernity. Aldershot: Routledge, pp.159-175.
GPS. Pollock, J. Tholen, G. Khachatryan, K. Roberts, R. Velidze (2012). Transitions to adulthood in rural villages during the transition from communism in the South Caucasus. C. Leccardi, C. Feixa, S. Kovacheva, H. Reiter. In: 1989 Young People and Social Change After the all of the Berlin Wall. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing,
K. Roberts, G. Pollock (2010). New class divisions in the new market economies: evidence from the careers of young adults in post-Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. R. Macdonald, T. Shildrick, S. Blackman. In: Young people, class and place. London: Routledge,
G. Pollock Youth transitions in the South Caucasus: employment, housing and family.
GPS. Pollock, M. Ceislik (2002). Studying Young People in Late Modernity. GPS. Pollock, M. Ceislik. In: Young People in Risk Society. Aldershot: Ashgate,
GPS. Pollock (1998). Qualifications and Employment in Britain: a Longitudinal Analysis. T. Lange. In: Understanding the School-to-Work Transition. New York: Nova Science,
GPS. Pollock (2009). Joventut I canvi social. Transfromacions en les transicions dels I les joves a la vida adulta’.
GPS. Pollock (2006). Unemployment.
Pollock, G. (2020) ‘Growing Up in Digital Europe: developing the first Europe-wide birth cohort survey’ City-ESS NatCen Survey Methodology seminar series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy5_WBlSJrs&t=2666s
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘Growing Up in Europe: developing the first Europe wide birth cohort survey’ LIfBi – Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe e.V., Bamberg.
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘How EuroCohort data will provide a strong evidence base to support child well-being policies across Europe’ OECD Workshop on Harnessing new social data for effective social policy and service delivery, Paris.
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘EuroCohort: developing the first Europe wide birth cohort survey’ University of Bologna.
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘EuroCohort: developing the first Europe wide birth cohort survey’ ISCTE University Institute Lisbon.
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘Youth political participation across Europe’ University of Jyväskylä.
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘EuroCohort: developing the first Europe wide birth cohort survey’ University of Helsinki.
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘Cost estimation of setting up EuroCohort’, 4th SERISS Survey Experts Network Workshop, The Hague.
Pollock, G. (2019) ‘Young People's understandings of Contemporary Politics: Trust, Representation and Barriers to Participation’ My Future Our Society conference, Foundation P&V Stichting, Brussels
European Sociological Association conference 2019, Manchester, Chair of Local Organising Committee
European Commission Horizon 2020 Expert
Membership of Editorial Board
Sociology Vestnik (2014+) Journal of St Petersburg State University
Sociology (2009-2012)
Journal referee
Advances in Life Course Research
American Journal of Sociology
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Theory and Practice
Journal of Data and Information Quality
Journal of Higher Education
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A: Statistics in Society
Journal of Youth Studies
Leisure Studies
Societies
Sociological Methods and Research
Sociological Research On-Line
Sociology
TRAMES: a journal of the humanities and social sciences
Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research
2020 EU H2020 Starting Communities Grant: COORDINATE: COhort cOmmunity Research and Development Infrastructure Network for Access Throughout Europe. PI and lead Institution: G. Pollock, Manchester Metropolitan University. 5 million Euro. Twenty-two partner consortium to enhance access to longitudinal data across Europe and to initiate the preparatory phase of a cross-Europe birth cohort survey, 48 months.
2017 EU H2020 Infrastructure Development Grant no. 777449 ECDP: European Cohort Development Project. PI and lead Institution: G. Pollock, Manchester Metropolitan University. 2.1 Million Euro). Sixteen partner consortium to develop the infrastructure for a future European Cohort survey, 24 months.
2013 EU 7th Framework Programme, SSH FP7-613368, MYWEB: Measuring Youth Well-Being. PI and lead Institution: G. Pollock, Manchester Metropolitan University. Award amount 1.5 Million Euro. Twelve partner consortium to assess the business case and scientific feasibility of a Europe wide longitudinal survey with a focus on child wellbeing, 30 months.
2011 EU 7th Framework Programme, SSH FP7-266831, Large Scale Integrating project: ‘MYPLACE: Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement’, PI and lead institution: H. Pilkington, University of Warwick, co-investigator G. Pollock, MMU. 8 Million Euro. Pollock coordinated the fieldwork preparation, questionnaire survey and dissemination Work Packages across 14 different countries in Europe. 48 months.
2019-2022 International advisor and collaborating partner on Academy of Finland project ‘Agents –young people’s agency in social media’, led by the University of Jyvaskyla.
2018-2020 International advisor to the ‘Linked Lives’ project, PI Dr Magda Nico, ISCTE, University of Lisbon.
2017-2020 Member of European Union and Council of Europe’s ‘Youth Partnership’ Pool of European Youth Researchers
2017 - 2019 Member of the Board of Strategic Advice, Synergies for Europe's Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences (SERISS), H2020 Infrastructure development project led by Prof. Rory Fitzgerald, City University London.
2010-2014 International Expert (Sociology) on academic standards for TEMPUS project: ‘Developing an Internal Quality Assurance System at Telavi State University’, Georgia. Led by Hogschule van Arnhem en Nijmegen
2008-2012 Centre for Social Sciences, Tbilisi State University, Georgia: adviser on research methods curriculum for postgraduate students.
The multi-channel Optimal Matching technique detailed in my RSS (A) paper of 2007 has been included in the TraMineR R based sequence analysis data analysis package by its development team from the Department of Econometrics at the University of Geneva (Gabadinho, A. Studer, M. Muller N.S. and Ritschard, G. (2010) Sequences and Trajectories Mining for Social Scientists, http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/TraMineR/TraMineR.pdf
2016 (February) BBC Radio 4 ‘Thinking Allowed’, interview by Laurie Taylor on the results of the MYPLACE survey in relation to populism.
https://www.acast.com/thinkingallowed/weather-forecasting-young-people-and-politics
Adjunct Professor (Dosentti) University of Jyväskylä
Adjunct Professor (Dosentti) University of Helsinki
Sociology Vestnik (2014+) Journal of St Petersburg State University
Sociology (2009-2012)