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Personal Statement
I am Senior Lecturer and Director of Knowledge Exchange in the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation (WEO). Prior to moving into academia, I worked in the public and third sectors for over 15 years. Much of my research has a strong policy focus, and I have a sustained track record of leading, managing and delivering high-quality research and consultancy projects from a range of funders - including UNDP, British Academy/Leverhulme, the Scottish Government, SDS, Close the Gap, UK Major Ports Group. I previously served on the leadership team of the Centre for Work-based Learning (CWBL) and was a member of the OECD Expert Advisory Group on the project Better Using Skills in the Workplace (in collaboration with the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy). I currently serve on the Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan (CESAP) Implementation Strategy Group (having previously served on the CESAP Expert Group, which oversaw the development of the CESAP).
Research Interests
My research expertise lies in the broad area of skills, jobs and working life. My recent/current research and research projects are increasingly concerned with green jobs, green skills and a ‘just’ transition to ‘net zero’ (e.g. The Green Factor). Examples of current/recent research include:
- Green jobs - workforce and demand research
- The skills ecosystem for subsurface net zero technologies and principles for a just transition
- What works for remote first
- The future Ports' workforce
- Skills needs in construction, textiles and renewables
- Graduating in a pandemic
- Fair work in modern and graduate apprenticeships
- Meta/future-skills mapping
- The chef skills shortage crisis
- Developing advanced manufacturing skills
- Changing demand for green jobs and skills
- Women in new green jobs (wind turbine jobs/roles)
- The professionalisation of intermediate occupation
- Occupational segregation in higher education institutions
- Skill ecosystems in context
Expertise & Capabilities
Green jobs and skills
Skills, skills utilisation and skill ecosystems
The future of work
Inclusive growth
‘Decent’/ ‘fair’ work
Labour market transitions
Social mobility
HRM practice
Wellbeing at work
Remote/hybrid working
Academic / Professional qualifications
BA (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology (Strathclyde), Postgraduate Diploma in Alcohol Studies (Paisley College of Technology), MSc in Occupational Psychology (Strathclyde/Heriot-Watt), PhD in Human Resource Management (ESRC Case Studentship, Strathclyde), Chartered Occupational Psychologist (British Psychological Society), Practitioner Psychologist (HCPC).
Teaching Interests
Work, Employment and Society
Work Psychology for Human Resource Management
Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
Labour and Diversity in a Global Context
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- skills
- skills utilisation
- skill ecosystems
- jobs
- work
- work organisation
- job quality
- labour process
- Organisational change
- future of work
- labour market
- youth transitions
- graduates
- professions
- apprenticeships
- technology
- green economy
- Circular Economy
- careers
- Ageing
- equality
- net zer0
- Work-based Learning
- Mobility/Mobilities
- Manufacturing
- engineering
- digitisation
- greening
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What works for 'remote first': Benchmarking best practice to attract, engage and retain talent in FinTech SMEs
Luchinskaya, D., Anderson, P. & Scholarios, D.
7/09/21 → 7/06/22
Project: Internally funded project
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Bringing positional processes back in: occupational gender segregation in 'non-academic' work
Anderson, P., O'Hagan, A. & Thomson, E., 30 Nov 2021, In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. 32, 21, p. 4526-4550 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Graduate employability during a crisis: evidence from Scottish graduates during the COVID-19 pandemic
Okay-Somerville, B., Luchinskaya, D., Anderson, P., Hurrell, S. & Scholarios, D., 7 Oct 2021, (Accepted/In press) SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability. Cai, Y. & Hunt, E. (eds.). London, 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Achieving a fair transition to 2050: A century of ideas for supporting workers
Pauline Anderson (Speaker)
9 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Graduate employability during a crisis: Evidence from Scottish graduates during the COVID-19 pandemic
Belgin Okay-Somerville (Speaker), Daria Luchinskaya (Speaker), Pauline Anderson (Speaker), Scott Hurrell (Speaker) & Dora Scholarios (Speaker)
6 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk