Dr Carolyn Downs

Senior Lecturer

Research Overview

Dr Carolyn Downs is a senior lecturer in Lancaster University Management School, visiting professor at the University of Lodz, Poland and the director of several EU-funded research projects. Currently she is the Engagement Director of the Marketing department and a member of the senior management team. Within Lancaster University, she is a member of two research centres; the Centre for Consumption Insights and theme lead for Computing and Society in the Lancaster Intelligent, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Centre. Her research interests are underpinned by a common methodological approach, which is Participatory Action Research, and include work-based learning (WBL), with an active research group sharing practice and knowledge across HE and industry, enterprise education, innovation, the uses (consumption) of technology, sociology of consumption (particularly of risky leisure), the care industry (workforce issues and business models) and business history. She is a leading media commentator on gambling issues and advises the Department of Media, Culture and Sports on the topic.

'Implementation of Modified Lie/Bet Gambling Screen in Blackpool and Lancaster Mental Health Referral Settings'
08/12/2022 → 31/03/2023
Research

CASCADES - Craft and Artisan Skills for co-operative and digital Enterpise and Innovation Gains
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
Research

LAPIS: Learning for Adult Social Care Practice Innovations and Skills
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
Research

Eliemental: Innovations in Enterprise Education for Groups Vulnerable to Social Exclusion 2019-1-UK01-KA202-061939
02/09/2019 → 31/08/2022
Research

ELIE 2
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2022
Research

Situational and structural risks from playing the postcode lottery
05/11/2018 → 07/01/2019
Research

HELPcare
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2017
Research

LLP: ELIMENTAL
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2015
Research

ELIE (Employability: Learning through International Entrepreneurship) funded by the EU LLP Total grant £372,000. Award reference 510778-LLP-1-2010-1-UK-ERASMUS-ECUE.
01/11/2010 → 01/11/2012
Other

‘Keep it in the can' Young people and alcohol consumption 'Funded by Iconic Salford Research Competition (Salford City Council and University). Total grant £10,000.
01/09/2009 → 01/08/2010
Other

Gambling and Debt – A Pilot Study Funded by GamCare and the Money Advice Trust. Total grant £30,000
01/07/2008 → 30/06/2009
Other

Problem Gambling Seminar
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Work Employment and Society Conference 2023
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Work Employment and Society Conference 2023
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Gambling in the Lives of Working Women
Invited talk

Community, Work and Family (Journal)
Publication peer-review

British Journal of Psychology (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Dallam School
School Engagement

ICEIRD 2012: 5th International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Recording Leisure Lives: Sports, Spectacles and Spectators in 20th Century Britain
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Earning a Crust: deconstructing work, wealth and opportunity
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Sociology (Journal)
Publication peer-review

British Journal of Sociology (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Journal of Gambling Studies (Journal)
Publication peer-review

North West Higher Education Enterprise Champions: Stimulating Enterprise Learning and Development
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Employability of Graduates & Higher Education Management Systems
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

4th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Mass Observation Annual Conference 2011
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Community, Work and Family (Journal)
Editorial activity

Association of Business Historians Annual Conference 2010
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Leisure Studies Association 2010 Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

3rd Annual Digital Cultures Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Children, Youth and Leisure Seminar
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Mass Observation Annual Conference 2010
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

International Gambling Studies (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Calculated risks: new perspectives on gambling conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Centre for the History of Retail and Distribution (CHORD) Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Leisure Studies Association Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Matthew Boulton Conference 2009
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Bolton Health Research Forum Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Mass Observation and Leisure Studies Association Conference 2009
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Salford Seminar Series
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

The British Society for Eighteenth–Century Studies, 38th Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

GamCare Conference 2008
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
Visiting an external academic institution

UK Gambling and Social Responsibility Forum
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Gambling Commission (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel

Mengjun Tao

Mengjun Tao

PhD student, Associate Lecturer

  • Centre for Consumption Insights
  • Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre
  • LIRA - Biomedical
  • LIRA - Society and Human Behaviour
  • Management and Society