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Overview
I am a senior lecturer in the School of Social Sciences.
My doctorate is in Philosophy and I also have a Master Mariner's certificate. My research and teaching reflect these twin interests in Philosophy and Seafaring.
I came to the School of Sciences as a lecturer from a position in the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), where I was a Principal Researcher and Assistant Director. Before working in SIRC, I was a sea-going ship's officer.
With my seafaring background, my research has focused primarily on the maritime sector and issues of work-related health, risk, and safety in the context of global social and economic processes. More recently, I have been researching seafarer terms and conditions of employment and how seafarers understand differential treatment. This research has led to several papers theorising social justice in transnational contexts.
I teach undergraduates and postgraduates. My main teaching is as follows
- Research Methods and Design (MSc and Professional Doctorate)
- Globalisation (1st year undergraduates)
- Equality and Social Justice in a Globalised World (3rd Yr undergraduates)
I also supervise undergraduate, MSc, and Ph.D. dissertations.
I have examined and chaired a number of Ph.D. dissertations
Publication
2025
- Bailey, N. and Winchester, N. 2025. Sensemaking, inequity and agency in a precarious transnational workspace: The case of international seafarers. Industrial Relations Journal (10.1111/irj.70022)
- Bailey, N. , Winchester, N. and Ellis, N. 2025. What is your intention? Tacit knowledge and community-based learning for collision avoidance in the global maritime industry. Journal of Vocational Education and Training 777 (2), pp.343-363. (10.1080/13636820.2023.2213685)
2018
- Bailey, N. and Winchester, N. 2018. Framing social justice: the ties that bind a multinational occupational community. British Journal of Sociology 52 (4), pp.796-812. (10.1177/0038038516670111)
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 2013. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.25-37.
- Walters, D. and Bailey, N. J. 2013. Lives in peril: profit or safety in the global maritime industry?. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2012
- 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).
- Bailey, N. J. and Winchester, N. J. 2012. Islands in the stream: Revisiting methodological nationalism under conditions of globalization. Sociology 46 (4), pp.712-727. (10.1177/0038038511425563)
- Winchester, N. J. and Bailey, N. J. 2012. The return of cultural dopes? Cultural explanations and the problem of agency. Presented at: BAM 2012: British Academy of Management Annual Conference - "Management Research Revisited: Prospects for Theory and Practice" Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK 11-13 September 2012.
- Winchester, N. J. and Bailey, N. J. 2012. Making sense of 'global' social justice: claims for justice in a global labour market. Sociological Research Online 17 (4) 10. (10.5153/sro.2777)
2011
- 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. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2011). Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University. , pp.21-32.
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.
- Bailey, N. J. and Winchester, N. J. 2010. Making sense of ‘global’ social justice. Presented at: The British Sociological Association Annual Conference Glasgow, UK 7 - 9 April 2010.
2009
- Bailey, N. J. 2009. Making sense of differences in perceptions of risk. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2009 Cardiff, UK 8-9 July 2009. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2009). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.9-24.
- Thomas, M. and Bailey, N. J. 2009. Out of time: work, temporal synchrony and families. Sociology 43 (4), pp.613-630. (10.1177/0038038509105411)
2008
- Bailey, N. J. 2008. Passing ships' information. The Sea (192)
- Bailey, N. J. 2008. Re-imagining the allocation of shipboard work. Presented at: 2nd International Scientific Maritime Conference: Human Resources in the Shipping Industry: New Trends and Challenges in the 21st Century Limasso, Cyprus 21 - 22 November 2008.
- Bailey, N. J. 2008. Why stay at sea?. Presented at: Shenzhen International Maritime Forum: Seafarers and Development. Shenzhen, China 17 - 18 April 2008.
- 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.
2007
- Bailey, N. 2007. Changing views - the world through a porthole. The Sea (187), pp.4-4.
- Bailey, N. J. 2007. Maritime incidents: ways of seeing. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2007 Cardiff, UK 4-5 July 2007. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2007). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.112-137.
- 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).
2006
- Bailey, N. J. 2006. Risk perception and safety management systems in the global maritime industry. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety 4 (2), pp.59-75.
- 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).
- Bailey, N. J. , Housley, W. and Belcher, P. M. 2006. Navigation, interaction and bridge team work. The Sociological Review 54 (2), pp.342-362. (10.1111/j.1467-954X.2006.00617.x)
- Thomas, M. and Bailey, N. J. 2006. Square pegs in round holes? Leave periods and role displacement in UK-based seafaring families. Work, Employment and Society 20 (1), pp.129-149. (10.1177/0950017006061277)
2005
- Bailey, N. 2005. Understanding shipboard risk. The Sea (175), pp.4.
- Bailey, N. J. 2005. Training, technology and AIS: looking beyond the box. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2005 Cardiff, UK 6-7 July 2005. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. 4th International Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2005). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.108-128.
- Ellis, N. et al. 2005. Safety and perceptions of risk. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2005 Cardiff University July 2005. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2005). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre. , pp.91-107.
2003
- Bailey, N. 2003. The prudent mariner takes avoiding action. The Sea (164), pp.4-4.
- Bailey, N. J. 2003. Seafarer compensation claims. Project Report.London: International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).
Articles
- Bailey, N. 2007. Changing views - the world through a porthole. The Sea (187), pp.4-4.
- Bailey, N. 2003. The prudent mariner takes avoiding action. The Sea (164), pp.4-4.
- Bailey, N. 2005. Understanding shipboard risk. The Sea (175), pp.4.
- Bailey, N. and Winchester, N. 2018. Framing social justice: the ties that bind a multinational occupational community. British Journal of Sociology 52 (4), pp.796-812. (10.1177/0038038516670111)
- Bailey, N. J. 2008. Passing ships' information. The Sea (192)
- Bailey, N. J. 2006. Risk perception and safety management systems in the global maritime industry. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety 4 (2), pp.59-75.
- Bailey, N. J. , Housley, W. and Belcher, P. M. 2006. Navigation, interaction and bridge team work. The Sociological Review 54 (2), pp.342-362. (10.1111/j.1467-954X.2006.00617.x)
- Bailey, N. J. and Winchester, N. J. 2012. Islands in the stream: Revisiting methodological nationalism under conditions of globalization. Sociology 46 (4), pp.712-727. (10.1177/0038038511425563)
- Bailey, N. and Winchester, N. 2025. Sensemaking, inequity and agency in a precarious transnational workspace: The case of international seafarers. Industrial Relations Journal (10.1111/irj.70022)
- Bailey, N. , Winchester, N. and Ellis, N. 2025. What is your intention? Tacit knowledge and community-based learning for collision avoidance in the global maritime industry. Journal of Vocational Education and Training 777 (2), pp.343-363. (10.1080/13636820.2023.2213685)
- Thomas, M. and Bailey, N. J. 2009. Out of time: work, temporal synchrony and families. Sociology 43 (4), pp.613-630. (10.1177/0038038509105411)
- Thomas, M. and Bailey, N. J. 2006. Square pegs in round holes? Leave periods and role displacement in UK-based seafaring families. Work, Employment and Society 20 (1), pp.129-149. (10.1177/0950017006061277)
- Winchester, N. J. and Bailey, N. J. 2012. Making sense of 'global' social justice: claims for justice in a global labour market. Sociological Research Online 17 (4) 10. (10.5153/sro.2777)
Books
- Walters, D. and Bailey, N. J. 2013. Lives in peril: profit or safety in the global maritime industry?. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Conferences
- Bailey, N. J. 2009. Making sense of differences in perceptions of risk. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2009 Cardiff, UK 8-9 July 2009. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2009). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.9-24.
- Bailey, N. J. 2007. Maritime incidents: ways of seeing. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2007 Cardiff, UK 4-5 July 2007. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2007). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.112-137.
- Bailey, N. J. 2008. Re-imagining the allocation of shipboard work. Presented at: 2nd International Scientific Maritime Conference: Human Resources in the Shipping Industry: New Trends and Challenges in the 21st Century Limasso, Cyprus 21 - 22 November 2008.
- Bailey, N. J. 2005. Training, technology and AIS: looking beyond the box. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2005 Cardiff, UK 6-7 July 2005. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. 4th International Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2005). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.108-128.
- Bailey, N. J. 2008. Why stay at sea?. Presented at: Shenzhen International Maritime Forum: Seafarers and Development. Shenzhen, China 17 - 18 April 2008.
- 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. Published in: Sampson, H. ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2011). Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University. , pp.21-32.
- Bailey, N. J. and Winchester, N. J. 2010. Making sense of ‘global’ social justice. Presented at: The British Sociological Association Annual Conference Glasgow, UK 7 - 9 April 2010.
- Ellis, N. et al. 2005. Safety and perceptions of risk. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2005 Cardiff University July 2005. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2005). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre. , pp.91-107.
- 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 2013. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). , pp.25-37.
- Winchester, N. J. and Bailey, N. J. 2012. The return of cultural dopes? Cultural explanations and the problem of agency. Presented at: BAM 2012: British Academy of Management Annual Conference - "Management Research Revisited: Prospects for Theory and Practice" Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK 11-13 September 2012.
Monographs
- Bailey, N. J. 2003. Seafarer compensation claims. Project Report.London: International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
Research
- Globalisation , Work, Health and Safety
- Work, Family life and Identity
- Practical Reasoning
- Ethics
Biography
Nick has served as a deck officer on a range of vessel types and holds a Master Mariner's certificate. His first degree was in Philosophy (Hull University); he also holds an MSc in Social Science Research Methods (Cardiff University) and a doctorate in Philosophy (Oxford University).
- 20011 - Lecturer
- 2006 - 20011 Assistant Director SIRC + (RCUK Academic Research Fellow)
- 2002 - 2006 Researcher (SIRC)
- 1994 - 2002 Ship's Officer
- 1989 - 1994 Dean St Peter's College, Oxford
- 1989 - 1994 Tutorial supervisor (philosophy), Oxford