Human Resources, Work and Employment research group (HRWE)

By Chathushka Kiriella, Tinkuma Edafioghor, Vanda Papafilippou and Susan Durbin  The last couple of weeks have been an incredibly busy and productive time for for HRWE group members as we celebrated International Women’s Day with a series of inspiring events. We wanted to share what we have been doing to Inspire Inclusion and Accelerate Action, … Continue reading "Empowering Change Across Borders: The HR, Work and Employment (HRWE) Group’s  International Women’s Day Celebrations "

Jo Moses, Founder of Berello Jo is the founder of Berello, with over 20 years of experience in recruitment and executive search specialising in Aviation, and aerospace, life sciences and pharma, B2B Tech and service, retail and consumer and the public sector. Known for her dedication to exceptional service, she believes in going above and … Continue reading "Formidable Females in Future Flight: Inspiring women through my podcast series "

Dr Tinkuma Edafioghor is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and a member of HRWE. She holds a PhD from the University of York, their research focuses on the intersection of HRM and organizational resilience, particularly in SMEs. Tinkuma brings valuable insights from both academia and industry to her teaching and her research. Her … Continue reading "The 100 Black Women Professor Now Programme: the power of community and rediscovering my career path!"

Dr Stephen Burrell, 16/08/2024 This article discusses themes of violence and sexual harassment in the work place. In the UK in recent years, after one horrific femicide after another, there have been increasingly widespread conversations about the need to prevent violence against women and girls from happening in the first place. The new Prime Minister, … Continue reading "Preventing violence against women: The need to engage men in the workplace"

HRWE are proud to announce that for academic year 2024/2025 we will be collaborating with the Bristol Leadership and Change Centre to give a year long series of seminars, talks and workshops open to all and completely free. More information and registration links to the events are coming soon but in the mean time we’d … Continue reading "Announcement: New Series in collaboration with BLCC"

Vanda Papafilippou and Lucy Downes, have recently published a series of videos exploring their findings around their research on neurodiversity in engineering. They have made these videos so that the information from their research is free and accessible, publishing the information on YouTube for all to access. More information on each video can be found … Continue reading "Exploring Neurodiversity in Engineering: A Video Series by Vanda Papafilippou and Lucy Downes"

Dr Jenna Pandeli, Dr Chloe Tarrabain and Dr Mahwish Khan In this blog, we draw upon our own research that explored the experiences of new mothers on maternity leave during the pandemic. We unravel the immense layers of unpaid work that mothers undertake and define this as ‘Invisible Work’. Our work aids understanding of the … Continue reading "Invisible Work on Maternity Leave: How the Covid Pandemic intensified and exposed the unpaid work of Mothers"

Hazel Conley and Paula Koskinen Sandberg have co-edited a new International Handbook on Gender and Employment in the Public Sector, published by Edward Elgar in their International Handbooks on Gender series.  This blog is based on the introductory chapter of the handbook.   Professor Hazel Conley would like to introduce her latest publication, at the … Continue reading "Handbook Launch: Gender and Employment in the Public Sector"