Yr Athro Helen Sampson

2025

• Turgo, N. and Sampson, H. 2025. Modernity and tradition at sea: Filipino seafarers and their superstitious beliefs. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 54(2), pp. 252-277. (10.1177/08912416241308571)
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Turgo, N. 2025. The health and wellbeing of Seafarers working on cargo ships in 2023-2024. Project Report. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Turgo, N. 2025. Seafarers’ access to health care while working on cruise and cargo vessels. Project Report. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Turgo, N. 2025. Seafarers’ health and access to healthcare in the cruise and cargo sectors in 2024: An overview. Project Report. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Turgo, N. 2025. The health of Seafarers working on cruise and cargo vessels 2023-2024. Project Report. Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff University.

2024

• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W. and Gilliat-Ray, S. 2024. Chaplaincy and seafarers: Faith at work. Oxford University Press. (10.1093/9780198913290.001.0001)
• Sampson, H. 2024. Sea-Time - An ethnographic adventure. Routledge.

2023

• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2023. ‘Overstretched and under-resourced’: the corporate neglect of port welfare services for seafarers. Maritime Policy and Management 50(7), pp. 876-888. (10.1080/03088839.2022.2084788)
• Cadge, W., Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2023. The work of port chaplains: views from seafarers served. Journal of Contemporary Religion 38(2), pp. 325-342. (10.1080/13537903.2021.1986311)
• Turgo, N., Cage, W., Gilliat-Ray, S., Sampson, H. and Smith, G. 2023. Relying on the kindness of strangers: Welfare-providers to seafarers and the symbolic construction of community. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 52(2), pp. 192-217. (10.1177/08912416221092001)
• Gilliat-Ray, S., Smith, G., Cadge, W., Sampson, H. and Turgo, N. 2023. ‘Here today, gone tomorrow’: the risks and rewards of port chaplaincy. Journal of Beliefs and Values 44(2), pp. 173-187. (10.1080/13617672.2022.2039982)
• Sampson, H. and Acejo, I. 2023. The port-based welfare needs of women seafarers. Project Report. Cardiff University.

2022

• Sampson, H. 2022. Beyond borders: the regulation of the living and working conditions of international seafarers. In: Boris, E. et al. eds. Global Labor Migration: New Directions. Ilinois: University of Ilinois Press, pp. 223-239.
• Sampson, H. 2022. ‘Beyond the State’: The limits of international regulation and the example of abandoned seafarers. Marine Policy 140, article number: 105046. (10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105046)
• Sampson, H. and Ellis, N. 2022. Scoping exercise relating to the future evaluation of evidence underpinning decision-making in the shipping industry. Project Report. Cardiff University.

2021

• Turgo, N. and Sampson, H. 2021. “What is immediate and obvious feels real”: National identity and emotional vulnerabilities in the field. Methodological Innovations 14 (10.1177/20597991211035526)
• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2021. Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring. Project Report. Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University.
• Ellis, N., Wadsworth, E. and Sampson, H. 2021. Mapping maritime professionals: Towards a full-scale European data collection system. Project Report. Brussels: ETF.
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I., Turgo, N. and Tang, L. 2021. Recommended standard of accommodation for seafarers working on board cargo vessels. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Gekara, V. O. and Sampson, H. eds. 2021. The world of the seafarer: qualitative accounts of working in the global shipping industry. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs. Springer. (10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2)
• Sampson, H. and Ellis, N. 2021. Stepping up: the need for proactive employer investment in safeguarding seafarers’ mental health and wellbeing. Maritime Policy and Management 48(8), pp. 1069-1081. (10.1080/03088839.2020.1867918)
• Smith, G., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Sampson, H. 2021. A working theology: an evaluation of the popular beliefs of Roman Catholic Filipino seafarers. Practical Theology 14(6), pp. 506-517. (10.1080/1756073X.2021.1951945)

2020

• Sampson, H. 2020. Introduction. In: Gekara, V. O. and Sampson, H. eds. The World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry., Vol. 9. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs Springer, pp. 1-5., (10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2_1)
• Sampson, H. 2020. The rhythms of shipboard life: work, hierarchy, occupational culture and multinational crews. In: Gekara, V. O. and Sampson, H. eds. The World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry., Vol. 9. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs Springer, pp. 87-98., (10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2_8)
• Poulson, R. and Sampson, H. 2020. A swift turnaround? Abating shipping greenhouse gas emissions via port call optimization. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 86, article number: 102460. (10.1016/j.trd.2020.102460)
• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2020. Harmony of the seas?: Work, faith, and religious difference among multinational migrant workers on board cargo ships. Ethnic and Racial Studies 43(16), pp. 287-305. (10.1080/01419870.2020.1776362)
• Sampson, H. and Johannessen, I. A. 2020. Turning on the tap: the benefits of using 'real-life' vignettes in qualitative research interviews. Qualitative Research 20(1), pp. 56-73. (10.1177/1468794118816618)

2019

• Sampson, H. 2019. Delphi groups, qualitative. In: Atkinson, P. et al. eds. SAGE Research Methods. Alternative Qualitative Methods London: SAGE, (10.4135/9781526421036762374)
• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Tang, L. 2019. 'Between a rock and a hard place': the implications of lost autonomy and trust for professionals at sea. Work, Employment and Society 33(4), pp. 648-665. (10.1177/0950017018821284)
• Poulsen, R. T. and Sampson, H. 2019. 'Swinging on the anchor': the difficulties in achieving greenhouse gas abatement in shipping via virtual arrival. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 73, pp. 230-244. (10.1016/j.trd.2019.07.007)
• Sampson, H. 2019. 'Fluid fields' and the dynamics of risk in social research. Qualitative Research 19(2), pp. 131-147. (10.1177/1468794117746085)
• Sampson, H. and Ellis, N. 2019. Fatalities and injuries among seafarers in the period 2000-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H. and Ellis, N. 2019. Seafarers’ mental health and wellbeing. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H. and Ellis, N. 2019. Seafarers' mental health and wellbeing. Project Report. Cardiff, UK: Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.

2018

• Sampson, H. 2018. Howard Penny McCall. Environment, labour and capitalism at sea: ‘working the ground’ in Scotland. xiv, 227 pp., tables, illus., bibliogr. Manchester: Univ. Press, 2017. £75.00 (cloth) [Book Review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 24(4) (10.1111/1467-9655.12922)
• Acejo, I., Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Ellis, N. and Tang, L. 2018. The causes of maritime accidents in the period 2002-2016. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I., Turgo, N. and Tang, L. 2018. The working and living conditions of seafarers on cargo ships in the period 2011-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).
• Sampson, H. 2018. Connectivity: A reason for seafarers to disconnect. KNect 365 Maritime 2018(Jan 29)
• Sampson, H. 2018. Mandatory shipboard equipment: help or hindrance. Seaways 2018(Jan), pp. 6-7.
• Tang, L. and Sampson, H. 2018. Improving training outcomes: the significance of motivation when learning about new shipboard technology. Journal of Vocational Education and Training 70(3), pp. 384-398. (10.1080/13636820.2017.1392997)
• Sampson, H. and Turgo, N. 2018. Finding the way in to a global industry! The usefulness of elite events to social science researchers. Journal of Organizational Ethnography 7(1), pp. 2-15. (10.1108/JOE-04-2017-0022)
• Sampson, H. 2018. Patterns in horse-human relationships: the case of Wales. Society and Animals 26, pp. 333-356. (10.1163/15685306-12341506)
• Sampson, H. 2018. Shaping the future of work. In: Frontiers of Global Sociology: Research Perspectives for the 21st Century. ISA Research
• Sampson, H. 2018. Trabalhadores marítimos internacionais e transnacionalismo no século XXI (nternational maritime workers and transnationalism in the 21st century). Unicamp Press.

2017

• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I. and Turgo, N. 2017. Changes in seafarers' health 2011-16: Recommendations from the summary report. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I. and Turgo, N. 2017. Changes in seafarers' health 2011-2016: A summary report. Project Report. Cardiff: Sefarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H. 2017. Vanishing trust at sea?. Seaways Nov, pp. 14-15.

2016

• Sampson, H. 2016. "Seabirds matter more than us!": understanding the complex exercise of CSR in the global shipping industry. Journal of Sustainable Mobility 3(2), pp. 101-119.
• Sampson, H. and Acejo, I. 2016. "Keeping your seat warm": the role of seafarers’ wives in the maintenance of social status and societal place. In: Xu, Q. and Jordan, L. eds. Migrant Workers: Social Identity, Occupational Challenges and Health Practices. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 137-154.
• Sampson, H. and Acejo, I. 2016. 'Keeping your seat warm': The role of seafarers' wives in the maintenance of social status and societal place. In: Xu, Q. and Jordan, L. P. eds. Migrant Workers. Nova Science, pp. 137-153.
• Sampson, H. and Tang, L. 2016. Strange things happen at sea: training and new technology in a multi-billion global industry. Journal of Education and Work 29(8), pp. 980-994. (10.1080/13639080.2015.1102213)
• Sampson, H. 2016. Brown, Mike & Barbara Humberstone (eds); Seascapes: shaped by the sea [Book Review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 22(2), pp. 432-433. (10.1111/1467-9655.12412)
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The relationships between seafarers and shore-side personnel: Recommendations from an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The relationships between seafarers and shore-side personnel: an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The use of mandatory equipment on board cargo ships: Recommendations from an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The use of mandatory equipment on board cargo ships: an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Bloor, M. J., Baker, S. C. and Dahlgren, K. 2016. Greener shipping? A consideration of the issues associated with the introduction of emission control areas. Maritime Policy & Management 43(3), pp. 295-308. (10.1080/03088839.2015.1040862)
• Walters, D., James, P., Sampson, H., Bhattacharya, S., Xue, C. and Wadsworth, E. J. K. 2016. Supply chain leverage and regulating health and safety management in shipping. Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations 71(1), pp. 33-56. (10.7202/1035901ar)

2015

• James, P., Walters, D., Sampson, H. and Wadsworth, E. 2015. Protecting workers through supply chains: lessons from two construction case studies. Economic and Industrial Democracy 36(4), pp. 727-747. (10.1177/0143831X14532296)
• Bloor, M. J., Baker, S. C., Sampson, H. and Dahlgren, K. 2015. Enforcement issues in the governance of ships' carbon emissions. Laws 4(3), pp. 335-351. (10.3390/laws4030335)
• James, P., Walters, D., Sampson, H. and Wadsworth, E. J. 2015. Regulating the employment dynamics of domestic supply chains. Journal of Industrial Relations 57(4), pp. 526-543.
• Sampson, H. 2015. Maritime futures: jobs & training for UK ratings. Project Report. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers.
• Sampson, H. and Ellis, N. 2015. Elusive corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global shipping. Journal of Global Responsibility 6(1), pp. 80-98. (10.1108/JGR-08-2014-0028)

2014

• Bloor, M., Sampson, H. and Gekara, V. 2014. Global governance of training standards in an outsourced labor force: the training double bind in seafarer license and certification assessments. Regulation and Governance 8(4), pp. 455-471. (10.1111/rego.12042)
• Sampson, H., Walters, D., James, P. and Wadsworth, E. 2014. Making headway? Regulatory compliance in the shipping industry. Social and Legal Studies 23(3), pp. 383-402. (10.1177/0964663914529684)
• Bloor, M. J., Sampson, H., Baker, S. C. and Dahlgren, K. 2014. The instrumental use of technical doubts: technological controversies, investment decisions and air pollution controls in the global shipping industry. Science and Public Policy 41(2), pp. 234-244. (10.1093/scipol/sct050)
• Sampson, H. 2014. The globalization of a labour market: the case of seafarers. In: Thrift, N. et al. eds. Globalization in Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 92-96.

2013

• Sampson, H., Ellis, N. and Bailey, N. J. 2013. 'Walking the talk': how companies succeed in managing risk at sea. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2013, Cardiff, UK, 3-4 July 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) pp. 25-37.
• Bloor, M. J., Sampson, H., Baker, S. C., Walters, D., Dahlgren, K., Wadsworth, E. J. K. and James, P. 2013. Room for manoeuvre? Regulatory compliance in the global shipping industry. Social and Legal Studies 22(2), pp. 171-189. (10.1177/0964663912467814)
• Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2013. Corporate social responsibility and the quality of seafarers accommodation and recreational facilities. Presented at: IMISS2013 - International Scientific Meeting for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Shipping, Kotka, Finland, 11-12 June 2013 Presented at Kunnaala, V. and Viertola, J. eds.IMISS2013 - Proceedings of the International Scientific Meeting for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Shipping: 2nd International Maritime Incident and Near Miss Reporting Conference. Turku: Turun yliopisto / University of Turku pp. 91-109.
• Sampson, H. and Thomas, M. 2013. Lone researchers at sea: gender, risk and responsibility. In: Smart, B., Peggs, K. and Burridge, J. eds. Observation Methods., Vol. 2. SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods London: SAGE, pp. 165-189.
• Bloor, M., Baker, S., Sampson, H. and Dahlgren, K. 2013. Effectiveness of international regulation of pollution controls: the case of the governance of ship emissions - Final Report. Project Report. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Bloor, M. J., Baker, S. C. and Sampson, H. 2013. Issues in the enforcement of future international regulations on ships’ carbon emissions. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H. 2013. International seafarers and transnationalism in the twenty-first century. New Ethnographies. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
• Bloor, M. J., Sampson, H., Baker, S. C. and Dahlgren, K. 2013. Useful but no oracle: reflections on the use of a Delphi Group in a multi-methods policy research study. Qualitative Research (10.1177/1468794113504103)
• Gekara, V. O., Acejo, I. and Sampson, H. 2013. Re-imagining global union representation under globalisation: a case of seafaring labour and the Nautilus International cross-border merger. Global Labour Journal 4(3), pp. 167-185.
• Sampson, H. 2013. Globalisation, labour market transformation and migrant marginalisation: the example of transmigrant seafarers in Germany. Journal of International Migration and Integration 14(4), pp. 751-765. (10.1007/s12134-012-0266-0)
• Sampson, H. 2013. Enduring the waves: Life of a modern-day seafarer. Global Dialogue 3(5), article number: Short article.
• Bloor, M., Sampson, H., Baker, S. and Dahlgren, K. 2013. The governance of ships’ sulphur emissions: issues of enforcement and equal treatment. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 73-82.
• Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2013. Accommodation and welfare on contemporary cargo ships. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 100-118.
• Tang, L., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Turgo, N. and Sampson, H. 2013. Behind the headlines? An analysis of accident investigation reports. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 1-24.
• Turgo, N., Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Tang, L. 2013. Understanding the relationships between ship and shore personnel - a new study. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 38-53.
• Turgo, N., Ellis, N., Tang, L., Sampson, H. and Acejo, I. 2013. The use of mandatory equipment on-board. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 54-72.
• Walters, D. and Sampson, H. 2013. Supply chain leverage and health and safety management in shipping - the case of the container trade. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 83-99.

2012

• Tang, L. and Sampson, H. 2012. The interaction between mass media and the internet in non-democratic states: the case of China. Media, Culture & Society 34(4), pp. 457-471. (10.1177/0163443711436358)
• Bailey, N. J., Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2012. Exploring differences in perceptions of risk, and its management, amongst personnel directly associated with the operation of ships. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).
• Bloor, M. J., Baker, S. C. and Sampson, H. 2012. Effectiveness of international regulation of pollution controls: the case of the governance of ship emissions - Interim Report. Project Report. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H. and Bloor, M. J. 2012. The effectiveness of global regulation in the shipping industry: a critical case study. Revista Latino-Americana de Estudos do Trabalho (RELET) 17(28), pp. 45-72.
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I., Tang, L., Turgo, N. and Zhiwei, Z. 2012. Seafarer accommodation on contemporary cargo ships. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Walters, D., Wadsworth, E. J. K., Sampson, H. and James, P. 2012. The limits of influence: the role of supply chains in influencing health and safety management in two sectors. Project Report. Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.

2011

• Sampson, H. and Tang, L. 2011. New shipboard technology and training provision for seafarers. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H., Gekara, V. and Bloor, M. J. 2011. Water-tight or sinking? A consideration of the standards of the contemporary assessment practices underpinning seafarer licence examinations and their implications for employers. Maritime Policy & Management 38(1), pp. 81-92. (10.1080/03088839.2010.533713)
• Bailey, N. J., Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2011. Living and working conditions aboard large yachts. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2011, Cardiff, UK, 6-7 July 2011 Presented at Sampson, H. ed.Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2011). Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University pp. 21-32.
• Sampson, H. 2011. Spilling oil, spilling blood: cost and corporate decision-making concerning safe working practices. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety 9(1), pp. 17-32.
• Tang, L. and Sampson, H. 2011. Training and technology: findings from the questionnaire study. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2011, Cardiff, UK, 6-7 July 2011 Presented at Sampson, H. A. ed.Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) symposium proceedings 2011. Cardiff: Cardiff University pp. 1-20.
• Gekara, V. O., Bloor, M. J. and Sampson, H. 2011. Computer-based assessment in safety-critical industries: the case of shipping. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 63(1), pp. 87-100. (10.1080/13636820.2010.536850)
• Acejo, I., Sampson, H., Turgo, N. and Wadsworth, E. 2011. The health and self-medication practices of seafarers. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2011Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2011). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 89-107.
• Ellis, N., Sampson, H. and Wadsworth, E. 2011. Fatalities at sea. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2011Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2011). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 46-65.

2010

• Bailey, N. J., Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2010. Safety and perceptions of risk: a comparison between respondent perceptions and recorded accident data. Working paper. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University.
• Bailey, N. J., Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2010. SIRC report to the PYA on living and working conditions aboard yachts. Technical Report.
• Ellis, N., Bloor, M. J. and Sampson, H. 2010. Patterns of seafarer injuries. Maritime Policy & Management 37(2), pp. 121-128. (10.1080/03088830903533742)
• Bloor, M. J., Fincham, B. and Sampson, H. 2010. Unprepared for the worst: risks of harm for qualitative researchers. Methodological Innovations Online 5(1), pp. 45-55. (10.4256/mio.2010.0009)

2009

• Bloor, M. J. and Sampson, H. 2009. Regulatory enforcement of labour standards in an outsourcing globalized industry: the case of the shipping industry. Work Employment & Society 23(4), pp. 711-726. (10.1177/0950017009344915)
• Bloor, M. J. and Sampson, H. 2009. Computer based assessment in association with the issue of Seafarer certificates of competency. Presented at: Workshop for European Member State Representatives on Training Capacities, Lisbon, Portugal, 5 Nov 2009.
• Sampson, H. 2009. The modern day challenges to seafarers’ health. The Sea(197)
• Bloor, M. J. and Sampson, H. 2009. Training capacities of current labour supply countries utilised by EU flagged vessels. Presented at: Workshop for European Member State Representatives on Training Capacities, Lisbon, Portugal, 5 Nov 2009.
• Sampson, H., Gekara, V. O. and Bloor, M. J. 2009. EMSA commissioned study of computer-based assessment in association with the issue of seafarer licences. Lisbon: EMSA.
• Ellis, N., Bloor, M. and Sampson, H. 2009. Patterns in injury reporting. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2009Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2009). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 1-8.

2008

• Sampson, H. 2008. Flagging standards - Globalisation and environmental, safety, and labour regulations at sea - By Elisabeth R. DeSombre [Book Review]. British Journal of Industrial Relations 46(4), pp. 822-823. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00702_5.x)
• Sampson, H., Bloor, M. J. and Fincham, B. 2008. A price worth paying? Considering the 'cost' of reflexive research methods and the influence of feminist ways of 'doing'. Sociology 42(5), pp. 919-933. (10.1177/0038038508094570)
• Bailey, N. J., Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2008. Training and technology onboard ship: How seafarers learned to use the shipboard Automatic Identification System (AIS). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University.
• Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2008. The global labour market for seafarers working aboard merchant cargo ships 2003. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H. 2008. Speaking up for better on-board welfare. The Sea(191), pp. 4-5.

2007

• Bailey, N. J., Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2007. Perceptions of risk in the maritime industry: personal injury. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).
• Sampson, H. and Bloor, M. J. 2007. When Jack gets out of the box: The problems of regulating a global industry. Sociology 41(3), pp. 551-569. (10.1177/0038038507076623)
• Bloor, M., Fincham, B. and Sampson, H. 2007. Qualiti (NCRM) commissoned inquiry into the risk to well-being of researchers in qualitative research. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H. and Wu, B. 2007. Thoughts on safety: the views of Chinese seafarers. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2007, 04-05 July 2007Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2007). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 138-156.

2006

• Sampson, H. 2006. Why we should talk about swimming pools. The Sea(184), pp. 4-5.
• Bailey, N. J., Ellis, N. and Sampson, H. 2006. Perceptions of risk in the maritime industry: ship casualty. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).
• Winchester, N., Sampson, H. and Shelly, T. 2006. An analysis of crewing levels: findings from the SIRC global labour market study. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H. 2006. Learning at sea. The Sea(179), pp. 4-5.
• Sampson, H. and Schroeder, T. 2006. In the wake of the wave: globalization, networks and the experiences of transmigrant seafarers in northern Germany. Global networks 6(1), pp. 61-80. (10.1111/j.1471-0374.2006.00133.x)
• Sampson, H. 2006. Transnational drifters or hyperspace dwellers: an exploration of the lives of Filipino seafarers aboard and ashore. In: Beynon, H. and Theo, N. eds. Patterns of Work in the Post Fordist Era: Fordism and Post-Fordism., Vol. 2. Elgar Reference Collection Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 612-636.

2005

• Sampson, H. 2005. Left high and dry? The lives of women married to seafarers in Goa and Mumbai. Ethnography 6(1), pp. 61-85. (10.1177/1466138105055661)
• Wu, B. and Sampson, H. 2005. Reconsidering the cargo sector's seafarer labor market: a 21st century profile of global seafarers. Ocean Yearbook 19(1), pp. 357-380.
• Ellis, N., Sampson, H., Aguado, J. C., Baylon, A., Del Rosario, L., Lim, Y. F. and Velga, J. 2005. What seafarers think of CBT. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Ellis, N., Sampson, H., Walters, D. and Bailey, N. 2005. Safety and perceptions of risk. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2005, Cardiff University, July 2005Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2005). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 91-107.

2004

• Sampson, H. 2004. Global wages for global workers. The Sea(167), pp. 4-5.
• Sampson, H. 2004. Navigating the waves: the usefulness of a pilot in qualitative research. Qualitative Research 4(3), pp. 383-402. (10.1177/1468794104047236)
• Sampson, H. 2004. Romantic rhetoric, revisionist reality: the effectiveness of regulation in maritime training. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 56(2), pp. 245-267. (10.1080/13636820400200256)
• Alderton, T. et al. 2004. The global seafarer: living and working conditions in a globalized industry. International Labour Organization.

2003

• Sampson, H. and Wu, B. 2003. Compressing Time and Constraining Space:  The Contradictory Effects of ICT and Containerization on International Shipping Labour. International Review of Social History 48(s11), pp. 123-152. (10.1017/S0020859003001299)
• Sampson, H. and Zhao, M. 2003. Multilingual crews: communication and the operation of ships. World Englishes 22(1), pp. 31-43. (10.1111/1467-971X.00270)
• Sampson, H. 2003. Transnational drifters or hyperspace dwellers: An exploration of the lives of Filipino seafarers aboard and ashore. Ethnic and Racial Studies, pp. 253-277. (10.1080/0141987032000054420)
• Thomas, M., Sampson, H. and Zhao, M. 2003. Finding a balance: companies, seafarers and family life. Maritime Policy Management 30(1), pp. 59-76. (10.1080/0308883032000051630)
• Sampson, H. and Thomas, M. 2003. The social isolation of seafarers: causes, effects, and remedies. International Maritime Health 54(1-4), pp. 58-67.
• Sampson, H. 2003. Women seafarers: global employment policies and practices. Geneva: ILO.
• Sampson, H. 2003. Equal training in an unequal world: an exploration of global MET standards. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2003, Cardiff University, 19 September 2003Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2003). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 41-52.
• Sampson, H. 2003. Powerful unions, vulnerable workers: the representation of seafarers in the global labour market. Presented at: Brazilian Congress of Anthropologists and Sociologists, Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 21-25 October 2003.

2002

• Sampson, H. 2002. Destructive obedience and the importance of seafarer training. The Sea(160), pp. 4.
• Kahveci, E., Lane, T. and Sampson, H. 2002. Transnational seafarer communities. Project Report. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre.

2001

• Thomas, M., Sampson, H. and Minghua, Z. 2001. Behind the scenes: seafaring and family life. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2001, Cardiff University, 29 June 2001Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2001). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 117-143.

2000

• Sampson, H. 2000. Bunkers or ballast?. The Sea(147), pp. 4.
• Sampson, H. 2000. The modern approach to leisure and recreation aboard merchant ships: do it yourself!. The Sea(146), pp. 4.