Dr Uisce Jordan
- Research Associate (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
email:
Uisce.Jordan@gla.systa-s.com
pronouns:
She/her/hers
adam smith business school
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236Publications
2025
Jordan, Uisce 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236, Patrick, Ruth, Power, Maddy, Pybus, Katie and Kaufman, James
(2025)
‘The scales never seem to balance’: exploring the lived realities of poverty during the UK ‘cost-of-living crisis’ through participatory research.
Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 33(2),
pp. 199-220.
(doi: 10.1332/17598273Y2025D000000041)
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236, Power, Maddy, Kaufman, James, Mann, Emily, Patrick, Ruth and Pybus, Katie
(2025)
Living on a low income during the cost-of-living crisis: Exploring experiences and perceptions.
Discourse and Society, 36(3),
pp. 365-380.
(doi: 10.1177/09579265241288585)
2024
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236 and Sage, Daniel
(2024)
A constant threat? A narrative exploration of the relationship between benefit receipt, mental distress and the threat of homelessness.
Critical Social Policy, 44(3),
pp. 357-377.
(doi: 10.1177/02610183231199674)
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236
(2024)
A visual investigation of resilience from the perspective of social work students in the UK.
Social Work Education, 43(4),
pp. 1024-1038.
(doi: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2161506)
2023
Campbell, Anne, Millen, Sharon, Guo, Li, Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236, Taylor-Beswick, Amanda, Rintoul, Chris and Diamond, Aisling
(2023)
Reducing opioid related deaths for individuals who are at high risk of death from overdose: a co-production study with people housed within prison and hostel accommodation during Covid-19.
Frontiers in Public Health, 11,
1080629.
(doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1080629)
(PMID:37404271)
(PMCID:PMC10316785)
2022
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236
(2022)
“I feel like I’m useful. I’m not useless, you know?”: exploring volunteering as resistance to stigma for men who experience mental illness.
Social Policy and Society, 21(4),
pp. 668-678.
(doi: 10.1017/S1474746422000045)
Articles
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236, Patrick, Ruth, Power, Maddy, Pybus, Katie and Kaufman, James
(2025)
‘The scales never seem to balance’: exploring the lived realities of poverty during the UK ‘cost-of-living crisis’ through participatory research.
Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 33(2),
pp. 199-220.
(doi: 10.1332/17598273Y2025D000000041)
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236, Power, Maddy, Kaufman, James, Mann, Emily, Patrick, Ruth and Pybus, Katie
(2025)
Living on a low income during the cost-of-living crisis: Exploring experiences and perceptions.
Discourse and Society, 36(3),
pp. 365-380.
(doi: 10.1177/09579265241288585)
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236 and Sage, Daniel
(2024)
A constant threat? A narrative exploration of the relationship between benefit receipt, mental distress and the threat of homelessness.
Critical Social Policy, 44(3),
pp. 357-377.
(doi: 10.1177/02610183231199674)
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236
(2024)
A visual investigation of resilience from the perspective of social work students in the UK.
Social Work Education, 43(4),
pp. 1024-1038.
(doi: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2161506)
Campbell, Anne, Millen, Sharon, Guo, Li, Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236, Taylor-Beswick, Amanda, Rintoul, Chris and Diamond, Aisling
(2023)
Reducing opioid related deaths for individuals who are at high risk of death from overdose: a co-production study with people housed within prison and hostel accommodation during Covid-19.
Frontiers in Public Health, 11,
1080629.
(doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1080629)
(PMID:37404271)
(PMCID:PMC10316785)
Jordan, Uisce ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-1236
(2022)
“I feel like I’m useful. I’m not useless, you know?”: exploring volunteering as resistance to stigma for men who experience mental illness.
Social Policy and Society, 21(4),
pp. 668-678.
(doi: 10.1017/S1474746422000045)
Prior publications
Book Section
Uisce Jordan, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Katie Pybus, Emily Mann, Changing Realities participants (2025) Lost trust, lost hope: what low-income parents say about politics in the 2024 UK election – a call for participatory research Social Policy Review 37 Uisce Jordan. ISBN 9781447377245 (doi: 10.51952/9781447377245.ch002)
Uisce Jordan (2022) 'You’re a number, you’re not a person’: welfare protocols for men experiencing mental distress. Men and Welfare Uisce Jordan.
Article
Anne Campbell, Uisce Jordan, Carolyn Blair, Michele Jordan, Paul Murphy (2025) ‘A Tale of Gin and Prostitution’: Using Community Theatre to Explore Attitudes Towards Sex Work in Northern Ireland Affilia Crossref. (doi: 10.1177/08861099241258168)
Thesis
Uisce Jordan (2021) Incapacity-related benefit claiming: a battle for legitimacy? Uisce Jordan.