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Dr Alexander Beresford speaks to Dr Temitayo Odeyemi about Temitayo's research, exploring the key complexities and challenges of just transition in Nigeria. They discuss the involvement of Nigeria's labour unions and sector-specific unions in shaping government policies around just transitions, and the different conversations that are happening at a national and subnational level when it comes to just transitions and the concept of decent work. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in May 2025. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Dr Alexander Beresford is an Associate Professor in African Politics, and Director of Research and Innovation for the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. His research provides a multi-layered insight into how global normative order is mediated and contested within and between two interwoven spaces - political struggles over inequality, power and corruption from everyday sites of politics through to the highest tables of power in South Africa; and the global diplomatic contestation of vaccine access, conflict resolution and climate change led by South Africa as an emerging power. Dr Temitayo Odeyemi is a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, and Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Parliamentary Research, Berlin, Germany. His PhD research at the University of Leeds (2024) explored the public engagement repertoires of the Nigerian national and subnational Lagos State legislatures. This built on his wider interest in how key democratic institutions drive resilience and sustainability through connections with non-state actors and everyday citizens, particularly in Sub-Saharan African contexts.

Dr Felix Schulz speaks to Professor Melanie Laroche and Jonathan Michaud from the University of Montreal about how the concept of just transitions is understood and implemented in Quebec, Canada. In the episode, they cover the province's unique industrial relations system, proactive and reactive union strategies for addressing the climate crisis, and challenges in equipping union representatives with climate expertise. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in December 2024. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast episode or the project, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. You can listen to the rest of the episodes in this series. About the speakers: Felix Schulz is an interdisciplinary researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). Prior to joining LUCSUS, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC), the Digital Futures at Work (digit) Research Centre and the Hans-Böckler-Foundation funded Competence Centre on social-ecological transformations at the University of Leeds, where he remains as Visiting Research Fellow Melanie Laroche is a professor at the Université de Montréal's...

Professor Nick Williams speaks to Dr Lee Wainwright about Lee's research on how restorative entrepreneurship can empower marginalised individuals to reclaim social and economic standing. They discuss ableist workplace norms, the parallels between societal treatment of disabled individuals and other marginalised groups, and recommendations for creating a more inclusive workplace. This episode was recorded on 5th March 2025. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.Read the book: The Routledge Companion to Disability and Work, Edited by Oana Branzei, Anica Zeyen. Lee Wainwright's chapter: Disability and Restoration Work. About the speakers: Nick Williams is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Leeds University Business School. His research mainly focuses on entrepreneurship in challenging contexts, and he has particular interests in the role of entrepreneurial activity in crises. Lee Wainwright is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship Studies at Leeds University Business School. His research focuses on how entrepreneurship can act as a process to take people out of restrictive or oppressive contexts.

Drs Lauren Machen and Helen Hughes talk about the behaviour lab at Leeds University Business School, and how it can help organisations solve real-world challenges. In this episode, they discuss how the Behaviour Lab can be used by companies to test consumer reactions, optimise workplace design, and refine communication strategies using eye-tracking, virtual reality, and other state-of-the-art tools. Visit the Behaviour Lab webpage for equipment details and further information, or contact the team via LUBSBehaviourLab@leeds.ac.uk. This episode was recorded on 31st March 2025. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Dr Lauren Machon is the Behaviour Lab Manager. Her research interests lie in innovation adoption and technology acceptance. Dr Helen Hughes is the Behaviour Lab Director and is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School. Her research focuses on the social dynamics of workplace relationships, as well as graduate employability and early career transitions to the workplace.

In this episode, Addi Manolopoulou speaks to Dr Costas Lambrinoudakis and Elliot (Zhengfa) Zhang about their recent paper – The Impact of Social Media Influencers on the Financial Market Performance of Firms. They discuss high-profile cases, including Rihanna and Kylie Jenner, and examine whether other social media stars have the power to influence stock prices. This episode was recorded on 25th March 2025. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. Read the journal article: The impact of social media influencers on the financial market performance of firms, European Financial Management. Kevin Keasey, Costas Lambrinoudakis, Danilo V. Mascia, Zhengfa Zhang. About the speakers: Addi Manolopoulou is the Departmental Manager for the Accounting and Finance Department at Leeds University Business School. She is committed to translating complex research into real-world impact. Costas Lambrinoudakis is Assistant Professor of Finance at Leeds University Business School. His research interests lie in corporate finance, financial markets, social networks, and big data. Zhengfa (Elliot) Zhang is a postgraduate researcher in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance. His main research areas are financial markets, textual analysis, LLMs, behavioural finance, and empirical asset pricing.

In this episode, Drs Bianca Orsi, Peter Hughes and Juliane Scheffel talk about their project “WISE - Women into Studying Economics” - a research project that is tackling the gender imbalance in economics. They discuss why so few women choose to study economics, the stereotypes that discourage them, and the impact a lack of diversity in the field has on policy and society. Through school visits and conversations with students, the team is uncovering key barriers and working to change perceptions. Visit the project webpage. This episode was recorded on 26th February 2025. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Dr Bianca Orsi is a lecturer in economics at Leeds University Business School. Her main research interests are on monetary policy, monetary policy transmission mechanism, inflation, capital controls, interest rate, exchange rate, currency internationalization and currency hierarchy, and financial integration. Dr Peter Hughes is also a lecturer in economics at Leeds University Business School. His areas of expertise are: monetary economics, behavioural economics, institutional economics, money, history of economic thought, and economic methodology. Dr Juliane Scheffel is an associate professor in economics at the Business School. Her research interests are in: labour economics, development economics, migration, education, and elderly care.

David Loseby, Visiting Professor of Research Impact at Leeds University Business School, interviews Frank Lee, Chief Executive Officer at the Institute for Collaborative Working, asking what makes a great partner, and how value can be created through collaboration. Both David and Frank spoke at the “Ideas in Practice: Supply Chain Summit 2024”, which was co-hosted by Leeds University Business School and the Institute for Collaborative Working. The event, held in November 2024, explored how managing complex supply chains is increasingly vital to all organisations. Additional note: In the episode, David and Frank mention ISO 44000 and ISO 44001. These are standards, created by the International Organization for Standardization, that provide frameworks for successful collaborative business relationship management. This episode was recorded on 3rd February 2025. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: David Loseby is Professor of Research Impact in Supply Chain Management at Leeds University Business School. He is a modern-day “pracademic” that has spent over three decades in procurement and supply chain roles internationally across a diverse set of sectors from pharmaceuticals, banking, retail, manufacturing, and public sector (NHS and Westminster City Council) and more recently as the Group CPO for Rolls Royce. He is also a visiting scholar at the University of East Anglia involved in Executive MBA and MSc programmes, as well as his own active research portfolio in Behavioural Science. Frank Lee is the Chief Executive Officer at the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW), a role he has held since early 2023. He joined ICW after more than 30 years with the British Standards Institution (BSI), where he held various leadership roles. Frank has been instrumental in establishing a new vision and purpose for ICW, transforming it into a modern, agile, and outward-focused institution.

Digital transformation is a game changer for businesses and economies. But SMEs, which play a major economic role, lag behind larger firms in developing digital capabilities. In this episode, Drs Alex Kevill, Mariana Estrada-Robles (Leeds University Business School) and Selen Kars-Unluoglu (University of the West of England), discuss how digital transformation is not solely a technical challenge, and how companies need to focus on people and relationships to effectively integrate technology into their organisations. This episode was recorded on 21st November 2024. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. Visit the project webpage for further information. The research discussed in this episode is funded by the BA Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme. About the speakers: Dr Alex Kevill is a lecturer in enterprise at Leeds University Business School. He has a keen interest in capability development in entrepreneurial firms, and how knowledge developed from entrepreneurial learning interventions influences entrepreneurial cognition and behaviours. Dr Mariana Estrada-Robles is also a lecturer in enterprise at Leeds University Business School. She is a researcher in the field of entrepreneurship and family business. She is also interested in examining particular challenges faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and highlighting their importance in countries like the UK, Mexico and the global context. Dr Selen Kars-Unluoglu is an associate professor in organisation studies at the University of the West of England. Her research focuses on understanding the ways organisations and entrepreneurs develop and deploy their intangible resources, such as knowledge, capabilities, and networks to generate growth and achieve learning.

Dr Ziko Konwar is joined by Dr Christopher Hassall and Professor Ulf Andersson to discuss the intricate linkages between biodiversity and business strategies, with an emphasis on operations of multinational enterprises. As part of the conversation, they explore questions such as how can businesses co-create value when it comes to preserving biological resources and mitigating the pace of biodiversity loss. And what are some of the major challenges for multinational companies integrating nature-based solutions into their business models? This episode was recorded on 3rd October 2024. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Dr Ziko Konwar is an Assistant Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School, and is the Director of Internationalization for the International Business Department. His research interests are in global strategy of multinational enterprises, with an emphasis on cross-national institutional and systemic challenges. He is the Leeds University Business School Research Lead for the 24-26 Cheney Fellowship project (see below), University of Leeds. Dr Christopher Hassall is an Associate Professor of Animal Biology in the School of Biology at the University of Leeds. He co-directs the Leverhulme Extinction Studies Doctoral Training Programme and co-leads the Aeroecology Research Group, which focuses on using radar for biodiversity monitoring. His research interests span fundamental ecology and biodiversity conservation, with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary solutions to biodiversity challenges. Professor Ulf Andersson is a Professor of Business Studies in Mälardalen University, Sweden. Ulf is a research leader and expert on subsidiary management strategy of multinational enterprises, and is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and European International Business Academy. Ulf is the first Cheney Fellow to be hosted at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds. About the project:The Cheney fellowship project will utilize inter-disciplinary research expertise to address the role of global strategy of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in biodiversity loss (e.g. species/habitat extinction and MNE global innovation). The research team comprises Professor Ulf Andersson (incoming Cheney Fellow), Dr Ziko Konwar, Professor Yingqi (Annie) Wei and Professor Frank McDonald (Leeds University Business School), Dr Christopher Hassall (Faculty of Biological Sciences,) and Professor George Holmes (School of Earth and Environment). Over the past ten years, the Cheney Fellowship programme has established fruitful and high-impact research partnerships in areas such as water security, molecular biology, medicine and materials science. This programme has been made possible through a $4 million gift from Bacteriology and Biochemistry graduate Peter Cheney and his wife Susan.

Professor Aristeidis Theotokis speaks to special guest, Rashik Parmar, MBE, about AI and the implications it could have on both business and society as a whole. In the episode, they discuss AI's potential and limitations; people's perceptions of AI; who the winners and losers are when it comes to creating value from AI; and what the biggest risks are when it comes to AI. Both Aristeidis and Rashik presented at Leeds University Business School's “The Business of AI” event as part of Leeds Digital Festival in September. The HBR article Rashik referenced in this episode is “What is responsible computing?” This episode was recorded on 11th October 2024. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.About the speakers:Aristeidis Theotokis is Professor of Marketing at Leeds University Business School. He conducts research in the areas of shopper psychology, retail technology and prosocial behaviour. He examines theories and phenomena in the areas of consumer psychology, behavioural economics and social psychology. His current research includes exploring how consumers understand and interact with AI. Rashik Parmar, MBE is a member of Leeds University Business School's Research International Advisory Board. Rashik is Group CEO of British Computer Society (BCS) where he is responsible for realising the BCS mission to make IT good for society. He is focused on inspiring the programmes that the BCS colleagues, members and partners that help us deliver the BCS strategy. Previously he was the IBM Fellow and Vice President responsible for creating and driving IBM's European technical strategy. Rashik is a member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Council and also chairs the Employment and Skills Panel at the Leeds City Region LEP and the Board of Trustees for We are IVE.

Dr Jo Cutter speaks to Hunter Moskowitz and Dr Mijin Cha from UC Santa Cruz about their case study, exploring the key themes in just transition in the US. The team discuss the roles of unions, coalitions, and policy priorities. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in May 2024. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. You can listen to the rest of the episodes in this series. About the speakers: Dr Jo Cutter is a lecturer in Work and Employment Relations at Leeds University Business School. Her research focuses on employment relations, social dialogue and the regulation of work with a core focus on skills, education and training. She is currently researching these themes in relation to two contexts: workers and the just transition and labour mobility. Hunter Moskowitz is a doctoral candidate in World History at Northeastern with a BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. He also works as a research specialist, examining climate and labor policy and just transitions at the University of California Santa Cruz. Dr Mijin Cha is an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz and a fellow at the Climate Jobs Institute, Cornell University. Dr Cha's research focuses on labour/climate coalitions and how to actualize just transitions.

Drs Gabriella Alberti and Jo Cutter are joined by Caroline Keohane and Tanya Barringer from the Food and Drink Federation to discuss how the workforce in the UK food and drink sector has been affected since the end of the free movement of labour from the EU, and other subsequent crises. This episode has been recorded as part of the Labour Mobility in Transition (LIMITS) project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Visit the project webpage. You can read the manifesto discussed in the episode here, and the LIMITS project Employer Survey report here. This episode was recorded on 11 June 2024. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Dr Gabriella Alberti is an Associate Professor in Work and Employment Relations. Her research interests revolve around the conditions of workers at the bottom end of the labour market, whether on non-standard contracts, engaged in gig/platform work, excluded from social protections, migrants and minorities workers facing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination and exclusion. Dr Jo Cutter is a lecturer in Work and Employment Relations. Her research focuses on employment relations, social dialogue and the regulation of work with a core focus on skills formation and training. She is currently researching these themes in relation to two contexts: workers and the just transition and labour mobility. Caroline Keohane is Head of Industry Growth at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) which is the voice of the UK's largest manufacturing sector. Caroline leads FDF's policy work on growth, productivity and investment and works closely with senior government officials within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). She is also a Non-Executive Board member of the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink. Tanya Barringer is a Senior Industry Growth Policy Executive at the Food and Drink Federation. Her areas of focus include skills (apprenticeships and...

Professor Vera Trappmann, Dr Janina Myrczik and Dr Justyna Kajta discuss their paper - “Becoming a young radical right activist, biographical pathways of the members of radical right organizations in Poland and Germany”. Read the paper here. “Becoming a young radical right activist, biographical pathways of the members of radical right organizations in Poland and Germany.”, Current Sociology, Janina Myrczik, Justyna Kajta, Arthur Buckenleib, Mateusz Karolak, Marius Liedtke, Adam Mrozowicki and Vera Trappmann. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in May 2024. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Vera Trappmann is Professor of Comparative Employment Relations at Leeds University Business School. Her research engages with the comparison of labour relations across Europe, focusing on the dynamics of economic and organisational restructuring and its impact on working biographies, and organized labour. Justyna Kajta is a Professor Assistant at the Institute of Social Sciences, SWPS University (Warsaw, Poland). Her main research interests concern youth, social movements, class (im)mobilities, and social and political changes in Central and Eastern Europe. She is the author of several publications, including the book (in Polish) Young Radicals? On the Identity of the Polish Nationalist Movement and Its Participants (Nomos, 2020). Janina Myrczik is a Lecturer in Qualitative Methods and a Researcher at Medical School Berlin. Her research centres on rehabilitation, ageing, and the radical right. She is particularly interested in qualitative research, social inequality and political sociology.

Dr Olga Ustyuzhantseva speaks to Mattia Dessì about Russia's energy situation and the state's views on it; the ecological impact of coal in Russia; and the role of the labour movement in Russia's coal industry.This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2.Visit the project webpage. business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/dir-re…s-11-countriesThis podcast episode was recorded remotely in May 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/down…al-explorationAbout the speakers: Mattia Dessì is a Postgraduate Researcher at Leeds University Business School. His PhD research focuses on new technologies and the future of work in the South African mining industry.Dr Olga Ustyuzhantseva is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa). Her recent research focuses on the sociotechnical transition to the sustainable development of coal-mining countries (South Africa and Russia), particularly climate, energy, and just transition policies and their impact on the coal phase-out trajectory.

Dr Jo Cutter is joined by Sam Perry, Green Bargaining Officer for Yorkshire and the Humber Trades Union Congress (TUC) to discuss the work the TUC is doing in the region to support a Just Transition for workers. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in November 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. To find out more about the TUC's Just Transition work, or to join the Yorkshire and Humber Just Transition Network, email Sam Perry sperry@tuc.org.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. You can listen to the rest of the episodes in this series. About the speakers: Dr Jo Cutter is a lecturer in Work and Employment Relations at Leeds University Business School. Her research focuses on employment relations, social dialogue and the regulation of work with a core focus on skills, education and training. She is currently researching these themes concerning two contexts: workers and the just transition and labour mobility. Sam Perry is the Green Bargaining Officer for Yorkshire and the Humber TUC. He is focused on raising the profile of environmental action within the labour movement and building capacity in trade unions to bargain for justice as organisations adapt to the need to decarbonise. His special interest is in making the case for a massive growth of energy efficiency retrofits to homes across Yorkshire and the Humber, where he brings together a background in social housing and political and union activism.

Lena Jaspersen and Tony Morgan talk about their pedagogical research on the development of employability skills in students engaged in challenge-based learning in diverse teams. Drawing on assignments produced for their own module “Innovation, Thinking and Practice”, Tony and Lena analysed reflective diaries that the students wrote throughout the module. Findings provided useful insights into how team-based learning can be designed to improve inclusivity and enhance learning outcomes, including employability skills. Lena and Tony discuss how pedagogical research can connect research and teaching activities in mutually beneficial ways. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in December 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact  research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  Useful resources: LITE Research Project: https://teachingexcellence.leeds.ac.uk/research/fellowships/i-de-es-project/ Diverging and Converging for Team-Based Learning: https://teachingexcellence.leeds.ac.uk/diverging-and-converging-for-team-based-learning/ Design Thinking for Student Projects book: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/design-thinking-for-student-projects/book276875 About the speakers: Lena Jaspersen is an early-career researcher with a multidisciplinary background in international sociology and organisation studies. Lena's overarching research interests are in collaborative innovation processes, in particular in the context of global development, and qualitative research methods. Tony Morgan (FHEA) is an Associate Professor in Innovation Management Practice at the University of Leeds in the UK, where he teaches interdisciplinary and team-based innovation modules. He previously held senior innovation and technology roles at IBM. Tony's primary interests include design thinking, innovation and innovation management, emerging technology, pedagogy and student skills development.

Mattia Dessì speaks to Dr Alexander Beresford about their South African research as part of the project looking at just transitions across the globe. They discuss factors affecting just transition in South Africa, including how international partners fit into the domestic debates, the political sphere, and the role of the ruling elite. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in October 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Mattia Dessì is a Postgraduate Researcher at Leeds University Business School. His PhD research focuses on new technologies and the future of work in the South African mining industry. Dr Alexander Beresford is an Associate Professor in African Politics, and Director of Research and Innovation for the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. His research provides a multi-layered insight into how global normative order is mediated and contested within and between two interwoven spaces - political struggles over inequality, power and corruption from everyday sites of politics through to the highest tables of power in South Africa; and the global diplomatic contestation of vaccine access, conflict resolution and climate change led by South Africa as an emerging power.

Dr Peter Gittins and Dr Deema Refai discuss their research on constrained rural entrepreneurship. They talk about the constraints and opportunities farmers are facing post-Brexit, and also discuss how other entrepreneurs work within constraints to achieve positive changes. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in November 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact  research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  Visit the project webpage for further information. The project is funded by Leeds University Business School's Impact and Engagement Support Fund and International Research Collaborations Fund. About the speakers: Peter Gittins is a Lecturer in the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies (CEES) at Leeds University Business School. He has a practical working background in farm management, helping to run his family-owned livestock farm in West Yorkshire. His research interests are centred around agricultural business management, specifically rural entrepreneurship and approaches to strategic management in farming businesses. Deema Refai is an Associate Professor in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in CEES and is currently Joint Editor in Chief of The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Deema's research focus is developed around constrained entrepreneurship, with a particular interest in the refugee and rural contexts.

In this latest episode of the “Just Transitions - a Global Exploration” series, Professor Vera Trappmann and Dr Felix Schulz discuss German workers' perception of the climate crisis, and the role of policy in transitioning to a greener economy. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. The Competence Centre mentioned in this episode is also funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in November 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact  research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Vera Trappmann is Professor of Comparative Employment Relations at Leeds University Business School. Her research engages with the comparison of labour relations across Europe, focussing on the dynamics of economic and organisational restructuring and its impact on working biographies, and organized labour. Currently climate crisis and just transition are her main focus. Felix Schulz is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Digital Futures at Work (digit) Research centre and on an international Hans-Böckler-Stiftung funded project on the role of labour in the “Just Transition”. His research is interdisciplinary, drawing on labour economics, industrial relations, environmental labour studies and social psychology, with justice and inequality as the overarching focus.

In this episode of the “Just Transitions - a Global Exploration” series, Professor Vera Trappmann speaks to Dr Ursula Balderson about the Foundation Industries: how they can transition to Net Zero, how the energy crisis has affected the industry, and what the government is (or isn't) doing to support the transition.This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. The research on the foundation industry is also available as a report with the European Trade Union Institute, funded by the European Climate Foundation. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in July and October 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers:Vera Trappmann is Professor of Comparative Employment Relations at Leeds University Business School. Her research engages with the comparison of labour relations across Europe, focussing on the dynamics of economic and organisational restructuring and its impact on working biographies, and organized labour. Currently climate crisis and just transition are her main focus. Dr Ursula Balderson is a postdoctoral research associate on a project on Work, Labour and Climate Change. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist interested in how the transition to a greener economy can improve worker well-being and quality of life.

Dr Lilith Brouwers asks Dr Abbie Winton about Abbie's research on the impact of technology on labour in food retail. They discuss how technology is influenced by society, the economy, politics, culture, and pre-existing technologies, and how all these different aspects affect the future of work in retail – not just new technology in isolation. They also discuss how understanding historical context is a useful way to interpret what is happening in the labour market today. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in August 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Dr Abbie Winton is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC). Her research explores issues related to sociotechnical change in the retail, warehousing and logistic industries, and the quality of work. Currently, Abbie is working on the HuLog project which investigates how digital technologies shape work and employment conditions in warehouses across Europe. Dr Lilith Brouwers is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CERIC. Their research focuses on marginalised workers in informal labour, how hyper-precarious workers use labour mobility, and on the intersection of disability and marginalised forms of work.

Dr Jack Daly speaks to Dr Lilith Brouwers about their recent report on sex workers' experiences of management and other third parties. Lilith gives an overview of the legal status of sex work and third parties in England, which third parties exist in sex work, why sex workers choose to work with or without third parties, and what kind of changes sex workers want to improve their relationships with those third parties. View the report discussed in this episode here. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in July 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Dr Lilith Brouwers is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC). Their research focuses on marginalised workers in informal labour, how hyper-precarious workers use labour mobility, and on the intersection of disability and marginalised forms of work. Dr Jack Daly is also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CERIC. His research focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion in traditionally male-dominated industries, with a specific interest in the role of men as resistance to and facilitators of inclusive working practices.

Dr Matthew Davis speaks to Afshan Iqbal about Afshan's research on technostress and the impact it has on remote and hybrid workers. They discuss what technostress is, the effect it can have on workflow and work-family conflict, and coping mechanisms for how to deal with it. A summary of Afshan's research on technostress is available. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in July 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this research, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Dr Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research focuses on how people interact with their environments, office design, hybrid working and future workplaces. He also researches how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery.  Afshan Iqbal is a Research Fellow in Organisational Behaviour and Socio-Technical Systems, with a keen interest in virtual working, hybrid work, the future workplace and the use of technologies in new ways of working. Her doctoral research focused on the antecedents to technostress in remote workers and the impact this had on work-family conflict, performance and job satisfaction when boundaries between work and professional lives are increasingly blurred.

In this episode of the “Just Transitions - a Global Exploration” podcast, Ursula Balderson and Aleksander Szpor – members of the project team – discuss the role of the European Union in Just Transition policymaking and action in Poland. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in May 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Ursula Balderson is a postdoctoral research associate on a project on Work, Labour and Climate Change. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist interested in how the transition to a greener economy can improve worker wellbeing and quality of life. Olek (Aleksander) Szpor is a Lead Consultant in Climate and Energy at Ecorys Research Consultancy Poland.

Professor Annina Kaltenbrunner is joined by Dr Bianca Orsi and Dr Sophia Kuehnlenz to discuss Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and whether CBDCs alone are enough to change the hierarchical nature of the international monetary system. The team also talk about what effect CBDCs could have on the US dollar. Read the journal article. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Annina Kaltenbrunner is Professor of Global Economics at Leeds University Business School. She is a pluralist Macro-Development Economist with an interest in financial and monetary dynamics in developing and emerging economies. Dr Bianca Orsi is a lecturer in the Economics department at Leeds University Business School. Her main research interests are on monetary policy, monetary policy transmission mechanism, inflation, capital controls, interest rate, exchange rate, currency internationalization and currency hierarchy, and financial integration. Dr Sophia Kuehnlenz is a lecturer in Economics at the Manchester Metropolitan Business School. Her research aims to establish an improved Minsky – inspired theory and an overhaul of methodology (mainstream and heterodox) with regard to modelling crisis episodes specifically and capitalist production economies more generally.

How do we bridge the gap between textile workers and consumers? And how can we encourage responsible production and responsible consumption? Dr Mark Sumner (University of Leeds), is joined by his colleagues, Dr Divya Singhal (Goa Institute of Management, India) and Dr Bethan Bide (University of Leeds), to discuss their latest project - “Cotton hidden voices: stories from the makers of your clothes” - and how this follows on from their past research looking at unravelling the trail of modern slavery in the fashion and textile industry, and how Covid-19 affected the management to eradicate modern slavery from global supply chains. Visit the project website for further information about the research discussed in this episode. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  “Cotton hidden voices: stories from the makers of your clothes” is a University of Leeds and Goa Institute of Management project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/W006936/1). About the speakers: Dr Mark Sumner is a lecturer in the School of Design, focussing on sustainability within the textile, clothing and fashion industry. His research interests cover a diverse range of subjects such as textile technology, innovation, sustainability and consumer behaviour. Dr Divya Singhal is a Professor at the Goa Institute of Management, India. Her research focuses on responsible management. Dr Bethan Bide is a Lecturer in Design and Cultural Theory at the University of Leeds. Her research centres around the cultural, social and business histories of fashion.

Professor Marina Papanastassiou is joined by Professor Peter Buckley to discuss new challenges for multinationals in the fractured global economy, including political challenges, governance issues, and resilience in Global Value Chains. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  Visit the CIBUL website for further information about the research discussed in this episode. About the speakers: Marina Papanastassiou is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School, and is a member of the Centre for International Business University of Leeds (CIBUL). Marina's research interests include the global innovation strategies in multinationals (MNEs) and their network of overseas subsidiaries and R&D laboratories; the decision-making process in MNEs and in particular the dynamics between HQs and subsidiaries; global value chains and the role of MNEs in SDGs such as food security; impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on growth and development; the internationalisation of start-ups, and the role of incubators in local systems of innovation. Peter Buckley OBE is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School, and is the Founder/Director of CIBUL. His current research interests centre on the theory of the multinational firm; knowledge management in multinational firms; the international transfer of technology; the impact of foreign direct investment particularly in China; and outward direct investment from emerging countries: China and India.

Dr Asiya Islam (Leeds University Business School) is joined by Nishi Khandelwal (Nirantar) to discuss their research project on gender inequalities in digital India, exploring digital literacy, access and use. Asiya and Nishi also talk about the work Nirantar does, as well as the intersection between location (rural and urban), caste and gender when it comes to digital literacy in India. Read the working paper.Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Asiya Islam is Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations. Her research interests are in gender, class, emerging forms of work, particularly service work, and feminist research methods. Nishi Khandelwal heads the Women's Literacy, Education, and Empowerment work at Nirantar, where she plays a crucial role in visualizing and planning the women's education programme, and training project staff and teachers of partner organisations. She is interested in researching issues around digital literacy of women and young girls to further strengthen their literacy and digital literacy skills.

Professor Jennifer Tomlinson speaks to Dr Jack Daly about his research that explores the role of men and masculinity in the gender pay gap, focusing on the legal and financial professions. They discuss how the gender pay gap can't solely be closed by providing equal opportunities for women when careers remain structured in a way that disproportionately favours male behaviours and traits. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Dr Jack Daly is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Work and Employment Relations. His research focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion in traditionally male-dominated industries, with a specific interest in the role of men as resistance to and facilitators of inclusive working practices. Jennifer Tomlinson is Professor of Gender and Employment Relations at the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change. Her research focuses on gender and social inequalities in organisational, occupational and labour market contexts.

Postgraduate researcher, Clare Matysova (University of Leeds), is interviewed by Emily Humphreys (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), as part of the Business School's Research and Innovation podcast series for International Women's Day 2023. In this episode, Emily and Clare discuss how the gender pay gap is linked with parental leave, the difference between inequalities and inequities within parental leave, and what practical solutions the government and employers should be considering to make parental leave more equitable. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Clare Matysova is a postgraduate researcher in the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change at the University of Leeds, focusing on gender equality and exploring the impact of the UK's shared parental leave policy from the perspective of couples' decision-making. Clare also currently works as a Senior Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Partner at the University of Aberdeen. She has been working in EDI-related roles within HE for the past 15 years. Previously, she worked at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the University of East London and the University for the Creative Arts. Emily Humphreys is a part-time PhD student in social epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She also works part time in public health, with experience in policy development and interests in mental health, wellbeing and health inequalities. She is particularly interested in how local or national government policies can affect health outcomes. She joined LSHTM as a research student in September 2021. Her research is investigating how changes to maternity, paternity and parental leave policies in the UK might have affected mental health for parents.

Professor Vera Trappmann and Dr Dennis Eversberg launch their new podcast series – “Just Transitions – a global exploration”. Throughout the series, the research team will be discussing the findings of their country-specific case studies. In this introductory episode, Professor Trappmann and Dr Eversberg explain what is meant by Just Transitions, how the team came about selecting the 12 countries, and how they'll be researching debates and practices surrounding Just Transitions throughout the project. This project is funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation – Just Transition: Aktivitäten im internationalen Vergleich 2021-582-2. Visit the project webpage. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in February 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Vera Trappmann is Professor of Comparative Employment Relations at Leeds University Business School. Her research engages with the comparison of labour relations across Europe, focussing on the dynamics of economic and organisational restructuring and its impact on working biographies, and organized labour. Digitalisation, precarity and climate change are areas of study. Dr Dennis Eversberg is a Junior Research Group leader at the University of Vienna, Germany. His research interests include socio-ecological mentalities and modes of living and their role within social-ecological transformations and conflicts, particularly those surrounding the so-called ‘bioeconomy', the sociology of social-ecological movements, degrowth, and trade unions.

Dr Alessandro Biraglia and Dr Bill Davvetas discuss their recent research, looking at the increased preference for independent brands, and how this can be affected depending on a country's culture. They also discuss what larger organisations planning on acquiring independents need to know about how the acquisition can affect consumers' perception of the brand. Read the paper: The “Indie” Premium: How Independent Firms Create Product Value across Cultures, International Marketing Review, https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-04-2021-0157 This podcast episode was recorded remotely in January 2023. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  About the speakers: Dr Alessandro Biraglia is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Leeds University Business School. His research interests include: consumer behaviour; consumer psychology; branding; entrepreneurship and business development; political marketing; and food marketing. Dr Vasileios (Bill) Davvetas is also an Associate Professor of Marketing at Leeds University Business School. His areas of research include: international marketing; branding; and consumer behaviour.

Dr James Brooks is joined by his colleagues, Professor Irena Grugulis and Dr Hugh Cook, once again, to discuss the importance of unlearning in the workplace. Using their research with the UK Fire and Rescue Service to give examples, they talk about the need to unlearn outdated practices and knowledge in order to become more efficient organisations and employees. Read the paper: "Unlearning and consent in the UK Fire and Rescue Service", Human Relations, volume 75, issue 12; James Brooks, Irena Grugulis and Hugh Cook. This builds on Dr Brooks, Professor Grugulis and Dr Cook's previous research on rethinking situated learning and communities of practice. You can listen to their previous podcast episode on this topic here. About the speakers: Professor Irena Grugulis is Professor of Work and Skills at Leeds University Business School. Her main area of research interest is learning and skills, how employees gain the skills that they have and the various workplace systems and structures that limit or encourage this. Dr Hugh Cook is Associate Professor in Employment Relations and HRM. He researches work and employment, specifically the implementation of strategic HRM and training systems and their effect on employee-related outcomes. Dr James Brooks is a Lecturer in Management Consulting and HRM. He researches work and employment, specifically how employees share knowledge and skills and also the control, management and regulation of emotions at work. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in October 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.

Dr Matthew Davis and Dr Helen Hughes, Associate Professors at Leeds University Business School, talk about what social networks at work are, and why they matter. They discuss how office space affects networks, if there's an optimum number of days to be in the office to make your networks effective, and offer some top tips for employers. For further information: Read the report. Visit the website. Listen to the podcast series. This project - Adapting offices to support COVID-19 secure workplaces and emerging work patterns - is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as part of UK Research and Innovation's rapid response to Covid-19. Visit the webpage.This podcast episode was recorded remotely in November 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available. About the speakers: Dr Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, office design, hybrid working and future workplaces. He also researches how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery. Dr Helen Hughes is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, and Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School. She specialises in the social dynamics of workplace relationships, as well as graduate employability and early career transitions to the workplace. She is passionate about translating high-quality research into usable insights and strategies, working with partners such as Rolls-Royce, The National Health Service and KPMG.

Dr Marketa Dolezalova is joined by Ewa Jamroz and Ewa Lelontko from Migration Yorkshire. Following on from the previous episode with Migration Yorkshire, Marketa, Ewa and Ewa talk about the main barriers for migrants entering the UK workforce, as well as examples of good practice from organisations.   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/dir-record/research-projects/1870/labour-mobility-in-transition-a-multi-actor-study-of-the-re-regulation-of-migrant-work-in-low-skilled-sectors-limits (Visit the project webpage). This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).  This episode was recorded on Wednesday 10th August 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/280/podcast_episode_54 (transcript of this episode) is available.  About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/1415/dr-marketa-dolezalova (Dr Marketa Dolezalova) is a Research Fellow in Labour Migration at Leeds University Business School. Her research interests revolve around migration, mobility, and the economic strategies of migrants, including mobility as both an economic strategy and as migrants' social capital.  Ewa Jamroz is a policy, data and development officer at https://www.migrationyorkshire.org.uk/ (Migration Yorkshire). She is the project lead for the Hong Kong Welcome Programme for BN(O) status holders coming to the UK through a new https://www.migrationyorkshire.org.uk/news/hong-kong-hub-british-national-overseas-newcomers (BN(O) visa route) and policy lead for EU nationals (including Roma communities).  Ewa Lelontko is an employer engagement manager at Migration Yorkshire. Her role focuses on the economic integration of refugees and other migrants in Yorkshire & Humber.  

Marketa Dolezalova is joined by Ewa Jamroz from Migration Yorkshire to find out more about the work Migration Yorkshire does. They discuss how recent immigration changes have impacted the ability of migrants to enter the workforce, the consequences of digitalizing the immigration system, and Migration Yorkshire's plan for social inclusion in the region.  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/dir-record/research-projects/1870/labour-mobility-in-transition-a-multi-actor-study-of-the-re-regulation-of-migrant-work-in-low-skilled-sectors-limits (Visit the project webpage). This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).  This episode was recorded on Wednesday 13th July 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/279/podcast_episode_53_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.  About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/1415/dr-marketa-dolezalova (Dr Marketa Dolezalova) is a Research Fellow in Labour Migration at Leeds University Business School. Her research interests revolve around migration, mobility, and the economic strategies of migrants, including mobility as both an economic strategy and as migrants' social capital.  Ewa Jamroz is a policy, data and development officer at https://www.migrationyorkshire.org.uk/ (Migration Yorkshire). She is the project lead for the Hong Kong Welcome Programme for BN(O) status holders coming to the UK through a new https://www.migrationyorkshire.org.uk/news/hong-kong-hub-british-national-overseas-newcomers (BN(O) visa route) and policy lead for EU nationals (including Roma communities).

The danger of making assumptions about digital equality based on binary digital inclusion data. Professor Chris Forde (Leeds University Business School) speaks to Dr Becky Faith and Kevin Hernandez (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex) about their research on digital inequalities. They discuss the problematic assumption that most people now have access, and the right skills, to use the internet and why we need better data to understand the nature of digital exclusion.  This is part of a special series of podcasts in conjunction with the Digit Data Observatory, part of the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre.   https://digit-research.org/data_commentaries/measuring-digital-exclusion/ (Read the Data Commentary).  https://digit-research.org/data-observatory/do-overview/ (Visit the Digit Data Observatory.)  The Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) is jointly led by the Universities of Sussex and Leeds Business Schools with partners from Aberdeen, Cambridge, Manchester and Monash Universities. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in June 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/278/digit_data_observatory_-_podcast_transcripts (transcript of this episode) is available.    About the speakers: https://digit-research.org/researcher/prof-chris-forde/ (Chris Forde) is Professor of Employment Studies and Co-Director of the Centre of Employment Relations Innovation and Change at the University of Leeds, and co-ordinator of the Q Step Programme at the University of Leeds, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the ESRC. He is also Deputy Director of Digit and co-lead of the Digit Data Observatory. His principal research interest is in temporary agency working, but he also conducts research into migration.  https://digit-research.org/researcher/dr-becky-faith/ (Becky Faith) is a Research Fellow and Co-Leader of Digit Research Theme 4 ‘Reconnecting the disconnected: new channels of voice and representation'. Her professional experience and research interests encompass gender and technology, mobile communication studies, human computer interaction and technology for social change.  https://digit-research.org/researcher/kevin-hernandez/ (Kevin Hernandez) is a Research Officer at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and a Researcher working on Digit Research Theme 4 ‘Reconnecting the disconnected: new channels of voice and representation'. His research interests include digital inequalities, sustainable development, and political economy of automation. 

In this introductory episode of the Data Observatory podcast series, Professor Chris Forde (Leeds University Business School) and Dr Emma Russell (University of Sussex) talk about the ESRC-funded Digital Futures at Work (Digit) Research Centre and its main research themes, what the Data Observatory is for, and how it can benefit other researchers, policymakers and wider society.  https://digit-research.org/data-observatory/do-overview/ (Visit the Digit Data Observatory.)  Digit is jointly led by the Universities of Sussex and Leeds Business Schools with partners from Aberdeen, Cambridge, Manchester and Monash Universities. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in May 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/278/digit_data_observatory_-_podcast_transcripts (transcript of this episode) is available.    About the speakers: https://digit-research.org/researcher/prof-chris-forde/ (Chris Forde) is Professor of Employment Studies and Co-Director of the Centre of Employment Relations Innovation and Change at the University of Leeds, and co-ordinator of the Q Step Programme at the University of Leeds, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the ESRC. He is also Deputy Director of Digit and co-lead of the Digit Data Observatory. His principal research interest is in temporary agency working, but he also conducts research into migration.  https://digit-research.org/researcher/dr-emma-russell/ (Dr Emma Russell) is a Chartered and Registered Occupational Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex, in addition to being the co-lead of the Data Observatory. Her research focuses on how people manage their e-communications (specifically email) and how this impacts and is impacted by well-being, goal achievement and personality. 

Dr Danat Valizade and Dr Manhal Ali discuss their paper on the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for global inequalities in work and employment.  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in May 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/276/podcast_episode_52_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.  Read the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/irel.12310 (“Inequalities in the disruption of paid work during the Covid-19 pandemic: A world systems analysis of core, semi-periphery, and periphery states.”) Industrial Relations: A journal of Economy and Society. Danat Valizade, Manhal Ali, Mark Stuart https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12310 (https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12310)   About the speakers:   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/546/dr-danat-valizade (Dr Danat Valizade) is an Associate Professor in Quantitative Methods in the Work and Employment Relations Department. His research interests coalesce around the changing nature of work with a specific focus on the quality of working lives, inequalities and digital futures at work.  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/1028/manhal-ali- (Dr Manhal Ali) is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management in the same department. His areas of expertise include Organisational Economics; Managerial Economics; Health Economics; Digital Economy; Data Science. 

In this introductory episode, Dr Gabriella Alberti and Dr Jo Cutter talk about their three-year research project investigating the impact of the post-Brexit regulation migration for work on the UK labour market. The project looks at how employers and workers shape these mobility transitions and how they engage in dialogue with each other and with other stakeholders. It also considers how COVID-19 has impacted these transitions and dialogue.   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/dir-record/research-projects/1870/labour-mobility-in-transition-a-multi-actor-study-of-the-re-regulation-of-migrant-work-in-low-skilled-sectors-limits (Visit the project webpage). This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).  This episode was recorded on Monday 30 May 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/275/podcast_episode_51_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.  About the speakers:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-ceric/staff/500/gabriella-alberti (Dr Gabriella Alberti) is an Associate Professor in Work and Employment Relations. Her research interests revolve around the conditions of workers at the bottom end of the labour market, whether on non-standard contracts, engaged in gig/platform work, excluded from social protections, migrants and minorities workers facing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination and exclusion.  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/513/jo-cutter (Dr Jo Cutter) is a lecturer in Work and Employment Relations. Her research focuses on the employment relations, social dialogue and the regulation of work with a core focus on skills, education and training. 

Dr Charles Umney and Dr Dario Azzellini discuss the limits to the platform economy, and why many occupations are unlikely to be ‘Uberized', using the live music industry as an example.  Dr Umney and Dr Azzellini, along with other https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-ceric (CERIC) members, presented at the 40th International Labour Process Conference held on 21-23 April 2022 in Padua, Italy. This podcast episode focuses on the presentation they gave at the conference, with Dr Ian Greer - “Why most occupations won't be ‘Uberized'”.   This episode was recorded in May 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this research, contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/274/podcast_ilpc_transcripts (transcript of this recording) is available.   Read the journal article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ntwe.12213 (“Why isn't there an Uber for live music? The digitalisation of intermediaries and the limits of the platform economy.)” Dario Azzellini, Ian Greer, Charles Umney. New Technology, Work and Employment. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12213 (https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12213)  About the speakers:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/545/dr-charles-umney (Dr Charles Umney) is an Associate Professor in the Work and Employment Relations Division at Leeds University Business School. He has various research interests including platform worker protest; the social effects of market-centric policy in public services; and working life in arts and culture.  http://www.azzellini.net/ (Dr Dario Azzellini) is an Assistant Professor and researcher at the Unidad Académica de Estudios del Desarrollo (PhD program in Development Studies) at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Autonomous University of Zacatecas), Zacatecas, México. His research interests are: Labor studies, unions and new forms of worker organisation, workers' and local self-management, sustainable work, social movements and collective action, Latin American studies.

Professor Vera Trappmann and Dr Charles Umney talk about their research on how emotional factors in a person's past can influence their work orientation and different expectations of working life.  Professor Trappmann and Dr Umney, along with other https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-ceric (CERIC) members, presented at the 40th International Labour Process Conference held on 21-23 April 2022 in Padua, Italy. This episode was recorded in May 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this research, contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/274/podcast_ilpc_transcripts (transcript of this recording) is available.  About the speakers:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/544/professor-vera-trappmann (Professor Vera Trappmann) is Professor of Comparative Employment Relations in the Work and Employment Relations Department. Her main research interests focus on the dynamics of organisational restructuring and its impact on working biographies, and organised labour.   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/545/dr-charles-umney (Dr Charles Umney) is an Associate Professor in the Work and Employment Relations Division at Leeds University Business School. He has various research interests including platform worker protest; the social effects of market-centric policy in public services; and working life in arts and culture. 

Professor Chris Forde speaks to Professor Jonathan Winterton about Jonathan's work exploring Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Malaysia. They discuss the motives for Filipinos to become migrant workers, the role of the regulatory framework and agents, and the multiple trajectories of exploitation.   Professor Winterton is one of the many https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-ceric (CERIC) members who presented at the 40th International Labour Process Conference held on 21-23 April 2022 in Padua, Italy. This podcast episode focuses on the presentation he gave at the conference on his work with Lizel Nacua.  This episode was recorded in May 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this research, contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/274/podcast_ilpc_transcripts (transcript of this recording) is available.  About the speakers:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/516/professor-chris-forde (Chris Forde) is Professor of Employment Studies and Co-Director of the Centre of Employment Relations Innovation and Change at the University of Leeds, and co-ordinator of the Q Step Programme at the University of Leeds, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the ESRC. He is also Deputy Director of Digit and co-lead of the Digit Data Observatory. His principal research interest is in temporary agency working, but he also conducts research into migration.  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/1108/professor-jonathan-winterton (Jonathan Winterton) is Professor of Work and Relations and Head of the Work and Employment Relations Department. His principal research interests centre on human capital, including work along two axes: one concerned with the quality of work and the other with how human capital is developed, deployed, and retained. 

Dr Emma Gritt (Leeds University Business School) welcomes back Babak Tizkar (Head of Building Information Modelling at Atkins) to discuss how to make hybrid meetings more effective. They talk about how to: encourage engagement, ensure that the right tools are used, and provide appropriate training.  This project – https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1836/adapting-offices-for-the-future-of-work (Adapting Offices for the Future of Work) – is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19.   This podcast episode was recorded remotely in April 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk.  A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/268/podcast_episode_48_and_49_transcripts (transcript of this episode) is available.    https://futureworkplace.leeds.ac.uk/ao_report_052022/ (Read the report: "Where is your office today?") About the speakers:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-management/staff/300/dr-emma-gritt (Dr Emma Gritt )is a lecturer in Information Management, and Programme Director for the Undergraduate Business Management programmes. Her research interests focus on the role of digital technologies in organisations.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/babaktizkar/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fukc-word-edit%2Eofficeapps%2Elive%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk (Babak Tizkar) works for Atkins as Head of BIM across their multi-disciplinary Building Design practice. He leads a dedicated BIM team whose mission it is to develop and deploy existing and emerging digital strategies and technologies to enhance the design development and delivery process, streamline production workflows and guide project teams to adapt and deliver more efficient and better-quality building projects using advance technologies. 

Dr James Brooks is joined by his colleagues, Professor Irena Grugulis and Dr Hugh Cook, to discuss their paper - Rethinking Situated Learning: Participation and Communities of Practice in the UK Fire and Rescue Service. They discuss what is meant by communities of practice, key findings from their research with the UK Fire and Rescue Service about the process of learning, and practical recommendations from their research.  Read the paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0950017020913225 (Rethinking Situated Learning: Participation and Communities of Practice in the UK Fire and Rescue Service), Work, Employment and Society 2020, Vol. 34(6) 1045–1061  This episode was recorded remotely in May 2022. If you'd like to get in touch regarding the research mentioned, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/270/podcast_episode_50_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available. About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/519/professor-irena-grugulis (Professor Irena Grugulis) is Professor of Work and Skills at Leeds University Business School. Her main area of research interest is learning and skills, how employees gain the skills that they have and the various workplace systems and structures that limit or encourage this.  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-work-employment-relations/staff/510/dr-hugh-cook (Dr Hugh Cook) is Associate Professor in Employment Relations and HRM. He researches work and employment, specifically the implementation of strategic HRM and training systems and their effect on employee-related outcomes.  Dr James Brooks is a Lecturer in Management Consulting and HRM. He researches work and employment, specifically how employees share knowledge and skills and also the control, management and regulation of emotions at work.  

Dr Emma Gritt (Leeds University Business School) is joined by Babak Tizkar (Head of Building Information Modelling at Atkins) to talk about the role of technology in supporting hybrid working. Babak shares insights from Atkins on the approach the company has taken towards hybrid working during lockdown and as we're coming out of the pandemic.  This project – https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1836/adapting-offices-for-the-future-of-work (Adapting Offices for the Future of Work) – is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19.   This podcast episode was recorded remotely in April 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/268/podcast_episode_48_and_49_transcripts (transcript of this episode) is available.    About the speakers:  Dr Emma Gritt is a lecturer in Information Management, and Programme Director for the Undergraduate Business Management programmes. Her research interests focus on the role of digital technologies in organisations.  Babak Tizkar works for Atkins as Head of BIM across their multi-disciplinary Building Design practice. He leads a dedicated BIM team whose mission it is to develop and deploy existing and emerging digital strategies and technologies to enhance the design development and delivery process, streamline production workflows and guide project teams to adapt and deliver more efficient and better-quality building projects using advance technologies. 

Professor Marina Papanastassiou and Professor Peter Buckley discuss the deep and growing fracture in the global economy, how it affects the Sustainable Development Goals, and how it may be changing the role of multinationals.  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in April 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/266/podcast_episode_47_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.    Visit the https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cibul (CIBUL website) for further information.  About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/1106/professor-marina-papanastassiou (Marina Papanastassiou) is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School, and is a member of the Centre for International Business University of Leeds (CIBUL). Marina's research interests include the global innovation strategies in multinationals (MNEs) and their network of overseas subsidiaries and R&D laboratories; the decision making process in MNEs and in particular the dynamics between HQs and subsidiaries; global value chains and the role of MNEs in SDGs such as food security; impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on growth and development; the internationalisation of start-ups, and the role of incubators in local systems of innovation.   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/divisions-international-business/staff/248/peter-j-buckley- (Peter Buckley) OBE is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School, and is the Founder/Director of CIBUL. His current research interests centre on the theory of the multinational firm; knowledge management in multinational firms; the international transfer of technology; the impact of foreign direct investment particularly in China; and outward direct investment from emerging countries: China and India. 

In this final episode of the “fashion supply chains and modern slavery” series, Drs Matthew Davis, Mark Sumner, Divya Singhal and Hinrich Voss, discuss the findings from their research project. They talk about the uneven impacts of the pandemic, the increased empathy between brands and suppliers, past ethical trading experiences, and implications for the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/264/fashion_supply_chains_modern_slavery_and_the_covid19_pandemic (Read the full report) and https://modernslaverypec.org/resources/india-fashion-supply-chains (summary report).   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/dir-record/research-projects/1799/impact-of-covid-19-on-management-to-eradicate-modern-slavery-from-global-supply-chains-a-case-study-of-indian-fashion-supply-chains (Visit the webpage).  https://soundcloud.com/leedsunibschool/sets/modern-slavery (Listen to previous podcast episodes).  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in April 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/265/podcast_episode_46_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.  This research project – Impact of Covid-19 on management to eradicate modern slavery from global supply chains: A case study of Indian fashion supply chains – is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is a collaboration between the School of Design at the University of Leeds, Leeds University Business School, The Goa Institute of Management, and HEC Montreal.  About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/staff/291/dr-matthew-davis (Dr Matthew Davis) is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery.  https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/design/staff/472/dr-mark-sumner (Dr Mark Sumner) is a lecturer in the School of Design, focussing on sustainability within the textile, clothing and fashion industry. His research interests cover a diverse range of subjects such as textile technology, innovation, sustainability and consumer behaviour.  https://gim.ac.in/faculty/divya-singhal (Dr Divya Singhal) is a Professor at the Goa Institute of Management, India. Her research interest focuses on responsible management.  https://www.hec.ca/en/profs/hinrich.voss.html (Dr Hinrich Voss) is the Lallemand-Marcel et Roland-Chagnon Professor in International Business at HEC Montreal, Canada. His research investigates the interactions and dependencies between MNEs and institutions and focuses on emerging markets. 

Dr Kathryn Watson is joined by Dr Juliet Kele (Northumbria University) to discuss their paper on intersectional identities and career progression in retail, focusing on the experiences of minority ethnic women.  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/262/podcast_episode_45_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.  Read the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwao.12830 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwao.12830) https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12830 (https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12830)  About the speakers:   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/233/dr-kathryn-watson (Dr Kathryn Watson) is Faculty Research Impact Manager at Leeds University Business School. Her areas of expertise are: Diversity & Inclusion, career progression & development, organisational change, the retail sector, and action research.  https://researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/persons/juliet-kele (Dr Juliet Kele) is a lecturer in leadership and HRM at Northumbria University. Her research interests include: gender, ethnicity, social class and how these correlate with (in)equalities in work, economies and societies. 

Dr Sam Farley speaks to Julie Dennis, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at ACAS, about workplace bullying – the different forms of bullying and harassment, the effect the pandemic and working online has had on it, and how ACAS can help with disputes and offer advice.   This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. You can visit https://www.acas.org.uk/discrimination-bullying-and-harassment (ACAS's bullying guidance) on their website. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/263/podcast_episode_44_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.  Dr Sam Farley and Julie Dennis presented research and advice on workplace bullying in February at an Ideas in Practice seminar, along with Matthew Lewis, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs. There was also a roundtable discussion chaired by Dr Helen Hughes, Leeds University Business School. Visit the https://business.leeds.ac.uk/research-innovation/doc/ideas-practice (Ideas in Practice webpage) for information about the series and future events. You can also read our https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-blog?query=&categoryID=-1&searchDirCategoryID=10121 (previous blog posts on other Ideas in Practice seminar)s.  About the speakers:   Dr Sam Farley is an Associate Professor in Organizational Psychology at the University of Leeds Business School. He is particularly interested in the Dark Side of workplace behaviour, including bullying, cyberbullying and incivility. Within this field, his interests include the measurement of bullying, perpetrators of bullying and methods of preventing and addressing bullying in organisational life.  Julie Dennis is Head of Diversity and Inclusion at ACAS. Julie is a Diversity and Inclusion specialist with 20 years' experience, gained within the public and voluntary sectors. As Head of Diversity & Inclusion at ACAS, Julie is responsible for leading and providing expert advice on all diversity & inclusion related matters, with the aim of building an inclusive culture that drives engagement and ultimately performance.    Visit the https://www.acas.org.uk/ (ACAS website) for further information. 

Dr Matthew Davis (Leeds University Business School) is joined by Professor Simon Rees (School of Civil Engineering) and Duncan Hurd (Avnet) to discuss how https://www.avnet.com (Avnet) has adapted its https://www.farnell.com (Premier Farnell) office and distribution facilities in Leeds during the pandemic and in response to new ways of working. As an international organisation, Duncan talks about the need to consider different cultural requirements as well as the requirements of functional teams and the preferences of employees when adapting office spaces.  This project – https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1836/adapting-offices-for-the-future-of-work (Adapting Offices for the Future of Work) – is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19.   This podcast episode was recorded remotely in February 2022. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/261/podcast_episode_43_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.     About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/divisions-management/staff/291/dr-matthew-davis (Dr Matthew Davis) is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery.   https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/civil-engineering/staff/730/professor-simon-rees (Simon Rees) is Professor of Building Energy Systems at the University of Leeds. His research interests are in the field of Building Engineering Physics and geothermal heating and cooling systems. These interests can be summarised as sustainable building design, energy simulation and dynamic thermal modelling methods, room heat transfer, thermal networks and geothermal systems.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-hurd-fcips-msc-ba-hons-9a66a114/?originalSubdomain=uk (Duncan Hurd) is Senior Director, Global Real Estate & Indirect Procurement at Avnet. He has over 20 years' experience working in large, complex, blue-chip organizations in public and private sectors across Procurement, Supply Chain and Property sectors. Avnet is a global leader of electronic components and services, guiding makers and manufacturers from design to delivery.