Dr Steve Nolan
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: S.P.Nolan@ljmu.ac.uk
ORCID
Steve is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Liverpool John Moores University. He completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in 2021.
His work spans a range of critical issues including cultural value, crime and entrepreneurship with a particular interest in the causal impacts of public policy.
He has produced high-profile reports for the UK Home Office and the Runnymede Trust. His work has been recognised in both academic and public spheres, with frequent contributions to media discussions on economic issues.
He is module leader on a course in Contemporary Economic Policy.
Degrees
2022, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
2021, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, PhD in Economics
2016, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, MA in Political Economy
2015, University of London, United Kingdom, Diploma for Graduates in Economics
2000, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, MA Hons in Mathematics/ Film and Television Studies
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Research Associate, Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity, The University of Manchester, 2020 - 2021
Journal article
Haj Youssef M, Nolan S, Hussein H. 2025. The transition behaviour of self-employed in the UK and the role of unionisation during 2008 economic downturn Journal of Management History, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Knight L, Neiva Ganga R, Tucker MP, Shore AP, Nolan S. 2024. Contexts and complexities: a realist evaluation of integrated care system leadership Leadership in Health Services, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Haj Youssef M, Nolan S, Hussein H. 2024. Navigating turbulence in the UK: how gender shapes self-employed social engagement during crises? International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Report
Motalebi P, Nolan S, Hansen M, Neiva Ganga R. 2024. Evaluation of House of Memories: Online Dementia Awareness Training for Nursing Students in Higher Education Publisher Url Public Url
Motalebi P, Nolan S, Hansen M, Neiva R, Davies L. 2024. Evaluation of House of Memories Cymru Publisher Url Public Url
Nolan S, Faulkner C, Christiaens M, Hindmarsh M. 2023. 2022 Grand National Economic Impact Report Public Url
Nolan S, Phoenix J, Ball E, McManus M. 2022. County Lines Programme Evaluation County Lines Programme Evaluation
McManus M, Ball E, McElwee J, Astley J, McCoy E, Harrison R, Steele R, Quigg Z, Timpson H, Nolan S. 2022. Shaping the Future of Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements in Wales: What does good look like?
Nolan S, Clark K. 2021. The Changing Distribution of the Male Ethnic Wage Gap in Great Britain IZA Discussion Paper :1-53 DOI Publisher Url
Nolan S, Clark K. 2021. COVID-19 and Apprenticeship Policy for Ethnic Minority Young People Publisher Url
Editorial/letter to the editor
Nolan S, Clark K. 2021. Young ethnic minorities bear brunt of recessions, and it’s happening again – here’s how to stop it The Conversation, Publisher Url
Thesis/Dissertation
Nolan S. Essays on attitudes toward immigration Saporiti A, Nicolo A, Andrews M.
Chapters
Nolan S. Green Growth and Post-Growth: Navigating Conflicting Approaches to Sustainability The Elgar Companion to Management Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Media Coverage:
Discussion of Bond Market turmoil on BBC 5Live Wake Up to Money (opens in a new tab) 2025
Panel discussion - Wake Up to Money on BBC 5Live (opens in a new tab) 2024
Panel discussion - Wake Up to Money on BBC 5Live (opens in a new tab) 2024
BBC Breakfast interview on the economic impact of Taylor Swift (opens in a new tab) 2024
BBC News Channel Interview on March UK inflation. (opens in a new tab) 2024
Interview for World Business Report on the BBC News Channel (opens in a new tab) 2024
Interview for World Business Report on BBC News channel (opens in a new tab) 2023
Apperance on BBC One Breakfast to discuss the inflation rate. (opens in a new tab) 2023
Interview for World Business Report on BBC News channel. (opens in a new tab) 2023
Apperance on BBC One Breakfast to discuss inflation rate. (opens in a new tab) 2023
News stories on economic impact anaylsis of the 2022 Grand National. 2023
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
www.bbc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
www.itv.com (opens in a new tab)
Appearance on the BBC Arabic News channel to discuss the rise in interest rates by the Bank of England. 2023
Interview of BBC Radio Merseyside to discuss rise in interest rates by the Bank of England. 2023
Interview of Radio Merseyside on subject of Bank of England interest rate rise. 2022
Interview on Radio Merseyside on the macroeconomy. 2022
Interview of Radio Merseyside on fallout from the "mini-budget". 2022
Interview on Radio Merseyside on the fallout from the "mini-budget". 2022
Other Professional Activity:
Liverpool John Moores University champion for The Pandemic Institute. 2024
Conference presentation:
Dementia-friendly Wales: The health and cultural value of House of Memories Cymru, 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Porto, Oral presentation. 2024
Entrepreneurs' social engagement in times of crisis: the difference between male and female entrepreneurs, EURAM 2023, Trinity College London, Oral presentation. 2023
The Changing Distribution of the Male Ethnic Wage Gap in Great Britain, Royal Economics Society Conference, Online, Oral presentation, https://res.org.uk/videos/res2022-special-session-ethnic-wage-gaps-in-britain/. 2022
Research Grants Awarded:
Department for Culture Media and Sport, Cultural Heritage, People and Place: Understanding value via a regional case study, Dr Tamara West (University of Liverpool), Dr Rafaela Ganga (LJMU), Grant value (£): £420,657.17, Duration of research project: 30 months. 2023
National Museums Liverpool, House of Memories. Digital Dementia Awareness Training for Nursing Students in Higher Education, Rafaela Neiva, Dean McShane, Marcus Hansen, Grant value (£): 10000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2023
Welsh Government, House of Memories Cymru, Rafaela Ganga, Marcus Hansen, Grant value (£): 10000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2023
UK Home Office, County Lines Evaulation, Professor Michelle McManus (LJMU), Emma Ball (LJMU), Grant value (£): £338,970, Duration of research project: 1 year. 2021
Public engagement:
Public talk or lecture, Local community stakeholders, Invited speaker, Liverpool Cathedral, What If...?, Public talk and debate around different measures of economic success.. 2023
Other invited event:
County Lines Evaluation - presentation, UK Home Office (online), Presentation of findings of evaluation of County Lines Drugs policing.. 2023
County Lines Evaluation - Quantitive Report Presentation, UK Home Office (online), Presentation to the Home Office policy team on the findings of the quantitive evaluation of County Lines Drugs policing.. 2022
External committees:
Internal Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP), The Pandemic Institute’s (TPI), https://www.thepandemicinstitute.org/.