Communities as empowerment, service & resource – Dr Kendra Briken
In our place-based approach, communities play an important part in analysing transforming working lives. In our project, we conceptualise community on three levels. Read more.
‘Forgotten heroes’ in food-retailing – Dr Anastasios Hadjisolomou
‘Forgotten heroes’ inJobs in food retailing are recognised as precarious. Despite claims that food retail workers are crucial to organisational success, employers fail to address the insecure nature of these jobs, trapping workers in low-paid, unstable conditions. food-retailing. Read more.
Advocating for Decent Work in Hospitality – Dr Anastasios Hadjisolomou
Over 30 years ago, Roy Wood in Working in Hotels and Catering described hospitality work as ‘exploitative, degrading, poorly paid, unpleasant, insecure and taken as a last resort or because it can be tolerated in the light of wider social and economic commitments and constraints.’ Read more.
Resilient Local Labour Markets? – Prof Stuart McIntyre
Local labour markets across the UK have experienced a succession of well-documented shocks in recent years, including shocks common across the UK, like the CoViD-19 pandemic and the rise of homeworking, but also more localised shocks stemming from the closure of large local employers. Read more.