Katy Morris

Sociologist of spatial inequality and social stratification

Research


Peer Reviewed Publications


Getting a Foot in the Door: Local labour markets and the school-to-work transitions


Katy Morris

Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 28(1), 2025, pp. 137 - 157


A Tale of Two Cities: Occupational change in London 1991 – 2021


Katy Morris

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, vol. 11, 2025, pp. 1-4


Where DESO Disappears: Spatial inequality and social stratification at labour market entry


Katy Morris

European Sociological Review, vol. 39(1), 2023, pp. 85–103


The Paradox of Local Inequality: Meritocratic beliefs in unequal localities


Katy Morris, Felix Bühlmann, Nicolas Sommet, Leen Vandecasteele

British Journal of Sociology, vol. 73(2), 2022, pp. 421-460


Immobility and the Brexit vote


Neil Lee, Katy Morris, Thomas Kemeny

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, vol. 11(1), 2018, pp. 143–163


The ‘Employer Engagement Cycle’ in Secondary Education: Analysing the testimonies of young British adults


Steven Jones, Anthony Mann, Katy Morris

Journal of Education and Work , vol. 29(7), 2016, pp. 834-856


Submitted Papers


Occupational Earning Potential: A new measure of social hierarchy applied to Europe


Daniel Oesch, Oliver Lipps, Roujman Shabazian, Erik Bihagen, Katy Morris

SocArXiv preprint


Stratified Scars: Social inequality in the labour market consequences of upper secondary dropout


Kerstin Ostermann, Alexander Patzina, Katy Morris

SocArXiv preprint



Work in Progress



Selected Policy Publications


Occupational Earning Potential: A new measure of social hierarchy applied to Europe


Daniel Oesch, Oliver Lipps, Roujman Shahbazian, Erik Bihagen, Katy Morris

JRC Working Papers Series on Labour, Education and Technology , 2024/06


Recession, recovery and medium-sized cities


Naomi Clayton, Katy Morris

2010


No city left behind? The geography of the recovery and the implications for the coalition


Neil Lee, Katy Morris, Jonathan Wright, Alexandra Jones, Naomi Clayton, Ian Brinkley

2010



Other


Vulnerabilities in Local Contexts


Felix Bühlmann, Katy Morris, Nicolas Sommet, Leen Vandecasteele

Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life: Dynamics of Stressors, Resources, and Reserves, 2023, pp. 139-152