institute for employment studies

about IES

Claire Tyers BSc, MSc

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Claire is part of our Work, Health and Well-being research team. She has over ten years experience of delivering research and evaluation for policy clients. After joining IES in 1999, she became an Associate Director, and in 2010 a Principal Associate.

Claire has led a range of large-scale research projects, most recently focussing on the evaluation of pilots run by the HSE as part of their commitment to reducing sickness absence and work-related illness. Claire has managed the evaluations of: the Workplace Health Connect Pilot which tested a model of occupational health support as delivered to SMEs; the Stress Implementation Plan which piloted the HSE’s management standards on work related stress, and; the Constructing Better Health pilot which tested the provision of occupational health support and health testing to the construction industry.

She has also contributed to research examining worker behaviour around asbestos, and the impact of regulations in this area, in addition to research examining sickness absence management within the police force. Recently Claire helped to conduct a review of evidence for the cross departmental Health, Work and Wellbeing Executive which examined the effectiveness of work based interventions in the treatment of common health problems. Claire also has a track record of research in the learning and skills area, including work considering the labour market outcomes of graduates, and the role of career guidance for graduates and adults.

Claire is able to use a range of research methods in her work, including the collection and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data. She is able to deliver large scale, mixed methodology evaluations, but is also interested in working on smaller scale, exploratory studies.

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