The aim of the project is to provide understandings of the lived experience of being in employment, yet, according to official government figures, remain below the poverty line.
This means individuals in employment where gross income from employment per household is £16,000 per year or less.
The project will run from October 2014 to September 2015.
This means individuals in employment where gross income from employment per household is £16,000 per year or less.
The project will run from October 2014 to September 2015.
We are conducting this project because studies of in-work poverty rarely focus on the voices or lived experiences of those in employment and at the same time living in poverty.
The research is aimed at minority or marginal groups in Scottish society - women, disabled and self-employed.
We make such groups the focus of the research project because such groups have been most affected by in-work poverty since the financial crash in 2008.
The study has ethical approval.
Involvement in the project involves an interview expecting to last about 60 to 90 minutes, with interviews conducted at a time and place to suit interviewees.
The interviews will be informal and friendly, and about the interviewee talking about how low pay impacts on work and non-work life.
We aim to interview between 60 and 80 individuals from across Scotland.
All identifying features from such interviews will be removed or anonymised.
The interviews will be informal and friendly, and about the interviewee talking about how low pay impacts on work and non-work life.
We aim to interview between 60 and 80 individuals from across Scotland.
All identifying features from such interviews will be removed or anonymised.
The findings from the study will be used to organise a dissemination event for policy makers in Scotland, to which all our participants will be welcome to attend, as well as conventional research outputs, such as journal articles.
The study is joint funded by Heriot-Watt University and Carnegie Trust Small Research Grants.
The project is run by four academics employed by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
If you would like to know about the project or would like to volunteer to take part in the study send an email by clicking on this link.