Ben Schneider

I am a historical social scientist of work and wellbeing and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Welfare and Labor Research, Oslo Metropolitan University. My research analyzes job quality and quality of life in the past, focusing on the impacts of technology. I am currently the leader of the Work and Wellbeing in History project, funded by the Center for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

My PhD at the University of Oxford analyzed the impact of innovation on work from the Industrial Revolution to the 20th century. As part of this project, I constructed the first historical measure of job quality, the Historical Occupational Quality Index. More information about my doctoral thesis and HOQI documentation is available on the Research page.

Before my PhD, I was a Research Associate for the nationally-acclaimed housing assistance organization Jericho Project. I also contributed to the Freedom on the Move project and helped to compile American Capitalism: A Reader. My CV is available here.