
Projects
We have a number of projects which are committed to addressing inequalities at work.
The projects often involve cross-disciplinary teams of researchers who collaborate with international academic colleagues as well as wider stakeholders.
Decent work and the city
This is a four-year project looking at labour markets in different cities across the world.
The politics of equality
This is a three-year project contrasting the experiences and issues related to equality at work in terms of policy and regulation within the UK to other cases within Europe.
Temporary contracts, precarious employment
This project assessed the nature and extent of employment precariousness in the framework of EU fundamental rights and employment law.
Creating good jobs in the catering sector
This project explores job quality in catering jobs and what shapes employees’ perceptions.
Employee gentleness in caregiving organisations
This project aimed to understand the nature of employee gentleness in care settings.
Making room for dad
This study examines families’ experiences of shared parental leave.
Platform-based working
This project examines the global sourcing of digital labour and new forms of work organisation.
The rise of the dual labour market
Fighting precarious employment in the new member states through industrial relations.
The state as a socially responsible customer
This interdisciplinary research project investigates public procurement contracts, socially responsibility and employment conditions.
Working conditions of male and female football players
This was a series of two projects on the working conditions of football players of both sexes.