ham ▁College , ▁Oxford , ▁under ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁Barbara ▁Har vey : ▁his ▁D Ph il ▁was ▁awarded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁for ▁his ▁th esis ▁" Land , ▁family ▁and ▁inheritance ▁in ▁a ▁later ▁medieval ▁community : ▁Bird bro ok , ▁ 1 2 9 2 – 1 4 1 2 ". ▁After ▁sp ending ▁a ▁year ▁working ▁for ▁a ▁commercial ▁law ▁firm , ▁Sch of ield ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford ▁to ▁take ▁up ▁a ▁research ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁Well come ▁Unit ▁for ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Medicine ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁Three ▁years ▁later , ▁he ▁took ▁up ▁a ▁post ▁in ▁the ▁Cambridge ▁Group ▁for ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Population ▁and ▁Social ▁Str ucture ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge , ▁before ▁joining ▁Aber yst w yth ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁Professor ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁History ▁and ▁Wel sh ▁History ; ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁Head ▁of ▁that ▁Department ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁co - editor ▁of ▁the ▁Econom ic ▁History ▁Review , ▁a ▁scholar ly ▁journal . ▁Sch of ield ' s ▁research ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁English ▁medieval ▁rural ▁economy ▁and ▁society . ▁ ▁Hon ours ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Sch of ield ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Social ▁Sciences . ▁He