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Work and the Economy
Faculty in this area study inequality in work arrangements within the context of the changing nature of work and the economy. Areas of study include professional work and the process of professionalization and regulation, gender and work, the interplay between structural factors and individual agency in school-work transitions, job-stress, disability accommodation and precarious employment arrangements, retirement and occupational pensions, and work and aging.
Research Stories
Mobility and Stability: post-graduate employment experiences of working-class students
The publication is a recent output from a 16-year longitudinal study of the university and post-university experiences of people who started university first-in-family students from working-class backgrounds.
The impact of technological change on professional work and professional regulation
In two current grant-funded projects, I am exploring the impact of technological change on professional work and professional regulation.