Joe is a PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University. His doctoral research situates the Yorkshire miners (1811-80) in the context of protest, politics and work, through utilising modern methodologies such as the politics of everyday resistance, space and place, and the ‘makeshift economy’. He has previously studied at the University of Durham (Van Mildert College) and the University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College). Joe is also a fully qualified secondary school teacher.