Our people
Find out more about the people who make up the Work and Equalities Institute.
Steering group
- Jill Rubery – Director
- Debra Howcroft – Deputy Director
- Miguel Martinez Lucio – Deputy Director for Research and Coordinator for doctoral and early career development
- Emma Banister – Research themes leader
- Tony Dundon – Coordinator for publication and dissemination
- Gail Hebson - Research themes leader
- Eva Herman - PGR student representative
- Sheena Johnson – Coordinator for policy advisory group and research themes leader
- Aristea Koukiadaki – Research themes leader
- Stefania Marino – PGR network representative
- Clare Mumford – Research staff representative
- Stephen Mustchin – Research themes leader
- Anthony Rafferty – Research Coordinator
- Jenny Rodriguez – Seminar series coordinator
Core members
- Emma Banister – Senior Lecturer in Marketing
- Shabneez Bankaraully – Lecturer in Comparative and International Business
- Paul Chan – Lecturer in Project Management
- Sharon Clarke – Professor of Organisational Psychology
- Cary Cooper – Professor of Organisational Psychology
- Elaine Dewhurst – Senior Lecturer in Employment Law
- Tony Dundon – Professor of HRM & Employment Relations
- Julie Froud – Professor of Financial Innovation
- Anita Greenhill – Senior Lecturer in People Management and Organisation
- Damian Grimshaw – Professor of Employment Studies and Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre (currently seconded as Research Director at the ILO)
- Helen Gunter – Professor of Education Policy
- John Hassard – Professor of Organisational Analysis
- Gail Hebson – Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies
- David Holman – Professor of Organisational Psychology
- Debra Howcroft – Professor of Technology and Organisation
- Ceri Hughes – Research Associate, IGAU
- Cristina Inversi – Lecturer in Employment Law
- Mat Johnson – Lecturer in HR Mgt/Employment Studies
- Sheena Johnson – Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
- Saleema Kauser – Lecturer in Organisational Strategy
- Arjan Keizer – Senior Lecturer in International Human Resources
- Aristea Koukiadaki – Senior Lecturer in Employment Law
- Marti Lopez Andreu - Lecturer in HRM and Employment relations
- Stefania Marino – Coordinator for doctoral and early career development
- Miguel Martinez Lucio – Deputy Director for Research
- Anne McBride – Professor of Employment Studies
- Clare Mumford – Research Associate
- Stephen Mustchin – Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies
- Karen Niven – Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Organisational Psychology
- Helen Norman – Research Fellow, SoSS
- Elinor O'Connor – Senior Lecturer in Occupational Psychology and Director of Teaching and Learning at Alliance MBS
- Masakatsu Ono - Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
- Anthony Rafferty – Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies
- Jenny Rodriguez – Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies
- Jill Rubery – Professor / Director of the Work and Equalities Institute
- Imran Saqib – Lecturer in Human Resource Management
- Isabel Tavora – Lecturer in Human Resource Management
- Abigail Tazzyman – Research Associate, NIHR CLAHRC
- Andra Toader – Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
- Sanne Velthuis – Research Associate, MIE
- Laura Watt – Research Associate, WEI
- Jennifer Whillans – Research Associate, SCI
- Sara Willis – Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
- Dieter Zapf – Visiting Professor
Affiliate members
- Matt Alford – Lecturer in International Business and Management
- Stephanie Barrientos – Professor in the Global Development Institute
- Lara Bianchi – Research Associate, Business and Human Rights Catalyst
- Tarani Chandola – Professor of Medical Sociology
- Fiona Devine – Head of Alliance Manchester Business School/Professor of Sociology
- Jamie Doucette – Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
- Colette Fagan – Vice-President for Research, The University of Manchester/Professor of Sociology
- Helen Gunter – Professor of Education Policy
- Richard Heeks – Professor of Development Informatics
- Christopher Humphrey – Professor of Accounting
- Sally Jacobs – Lecturer in Social Pharmacy
- Tom Lavers – Lecturer in Politics and Development
- Ruth Lupton – Professor of Education
- Gary Lynch-Wood – Senior Lecturer in Corporate Governance
- Ruth McDonald – Professor of Health Science Research and Policy
- Ken McPhail – Vice Dean of Social Responsibility, Faculty of Humanities/Professor of Accounting
- Wendy Olsen – Professor of Socio-Economics
- Christopher Phillipson – Professor of Gerontology
- Debora Price – Professor of Social Gerontology
- Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo – Presidential Fellow
- Susan Speakman – Honorary Lecturer, CIPD
- Georgina Waylen – Professor of Politics
- Sarah Willis – Lecturer in Social Pharmacy
External members
- Jo Cartwright - Course Leader for Human Resource Management MA and PG Dip, London Metropolitan University
- Ria Deakin - Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Francine Morris - Lecturer in People Management, Salford University
- Safak Tartanoglu Bennett - University of Greenwich
- Ricardo Twumasi - Lecturer in Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology, King's College London
Emeritus members
- Helge Hoel – Emeritus Professor in Organisational Behaviour
- Michael Marchington – Emeritus professor of Human Resource Management
- Jeremy Waddington – Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations
- Roger Walden – Emeritus Lecturer
Advisory boards
The Work and Equalities Institute has three advisory boards:
International Academic Advisory Board
- Marian Baird, The University of Sydney Business School
- Rose Batt, Cornell University
- Gerhard Bosch, Uni Duisburg-Essen
- Jenny Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Fang Lee Cooke, Monash University
- Premilla D'Cruz Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Ståle Einarsen, University of Bergen
- Arne Kalleberg, University of North Carolina
- Kevin Kelloway, Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia
- Maarten Keune, Amsterdam University
- Dong-One Kim, Korea University Business School
- Tom Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Ellen Kossek, Purdue University, Indiana
- Katherine Lippel, University of Ottawa
- Paula McDonald, The Queensland University of Technology
- Ruth Milkman, City University of New York
- Lourdes Munduate, University of Seville
- Rafa Muñoz de Bustillo, The University of Salamanca
- Gregor Murray, University of Montreal
- Valeria Pulignano, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Ida Regalia, University of Milan
- Bill Roche, University College Dublin
- Chris Tilly, University of California
- Adrian Wilkinson, Griffith University
- Charles Woolfson, Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, Sweden
National Policy Advisory Board
- Matt Ainsworth, Greater Manchester Combined Authority Ageing Hub
- Helen Beers, Health and Safety Laboratory
- Samantha Clarke, Director of North West ACAS
- Lynn Collins, TUC North West Regional Secretary
- Nicola Countouris, Professor of Labour Law and European Law, UCL
- Steve Craig, UCATT
- Silvia Galandini, Oxfam
- Jo Garsden, Greater Manchester Combined Authority Ageing Hub
- Alison Higgins, Health and Safety Executive
- David Horsler, Salford City Council
- Paul McGarry, Greater Manchester Combined Authority Ageing Hub
- Gwen Oliver, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Stephen Overell, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- David Perfect, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Steve Sumner, IOSH Chair National Safety Symposium
- Heather Wakefield, Chair, Maternity Action
- Graham Whitham, Greater Manchester Poverty Action
- Tom Wilson, Greater Manchester Poverty Action
- Wilson Wong, CIPD
International Policy Advisory Board
- Janine Berg, Senior Policy Advisor, ILO
- Enrique Fernandez-Macias, Senior Policy Advisor, Eurofound
- Maria Jepsen, Head of research, European Trade Union Institute
- Shahra Razavi, Chief research and data, UN Women
- Peter Rigney, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
- Manuel Velázquez, Chief Labour and Social Security Inspectorate, Biscay, Spain
- Salvo Leonardi, CGIL
PhD students and researchers
- Susan Abumere
- Daina Bellido de Luna Maye
- Fernanda Bispo Martins Teixeira
- Jacob Boult
- Parveen Bunglawala
- Ben Crawford
- Maximiliano Escaffi Schwarz
- Ben Fell
- Sajia Ferdous
- Eva Herman
- Katarina Hollan
- Charlotte Hoyland
- Mazhar Hussain
- John Martindale
- Oghenetejiro Orhobor
- Stephen Overell
- Eleni Maria Pagoni
- Susannah Robertson-Hart
- Caitlin Schmid
- Alysha Shivji
- Lina Siegl
- Holly Smith
- Lee Stringer
- Vildan Tasli
- Nathaniel Tetteh
- Susanna Whawell
- Ashley Williams
- Joanna Wilson
- Abbie Winton