Personal statement
I joined Strathclyde Business School under the Chancellor’s Fellowship Scheme, which supports high-quality research and impact. My academic interests centre around skills, jobs and working life. Prior to joining academia I worked in the voluntary and public sectors for 15 years.
My research has a strong public policy/KE focus. I was an international consultant on the UNDP project Bridging the Skills Gap to Create New and Better Jobs, 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 – see report) and member of the Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan (CESAP) Expert Group. I am also a Board member of the Centre for Work-Based Learning (CWBL), which aims to drive cultural change and create demand for work-based learning in Scotland. The Centre was founded by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and we work in partnership to influence policy, practice and perception of work-based learning.
Expertise
Has expertise in:
Skills, skills utilisation, systems of skill formation, skill ecosystems
The future of work, digitisation
Green jobs and skills
Social mobility and equality
Decent/fair work
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
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, director of HRM honours and class coordinator and/or lecturer on the following undergraduate and postgraduate modules:
Work Psychology for Human Rource Management
Work, Employment and Society
Research Methods
Labour and Diversity in a Global Context
Research interests
My research expertise lies in the broad area of skills, jobs and working life, and centres on three main themes 1) skills, skills utilisation and skill ecosystems 2) labour market transitions, social mobility and equality 3) decent/fair work, the future of work and green jobs. I have a sustained track record of leading, managing and delivering high-quality research, and securing research income from a range of funders (e.g. the British Academy/Leverhulme, United Nations, Equality Challenge Unit, Skills Development Scotland).
Examples of current/recent research include:
- 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
Professional activities
- Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan (CESAP) Expert Group (led by SDS) (External organisation)
- Member
- 10/2020
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD (External organisation)
- Member
- 3/2019
- Studies in Higher Education (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2019
- European Management Review (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2019
- International Journal of Human Resource Management (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2019
- The British Academy (Publisher)
- Referee
- 2/2018
More professional activities
Projects
- Bridging the skills gap to create new and better jobs (International consultant leading the assessment of future skills needs in construction, textiles and renewables in North Macedonia)
- Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator)
- Funder: UNDP
- 25-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2020
- Technical Support with Skills Discovery Tool
- Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator)
- Funder: Skills Development Scotland
- 26-Jan-2020 - 28-Jan-2020
- Developing the skills system for the National Manufacturing Institute for Scotland (NMIS)
- Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator) Findlay, Patricia (Co-investigator) Ion, William (Co-investigator)
- 23-Jan-2019 - 22-Jan-2019
- Catering for Scotland's future skills needs: Attracting, training and retaining young chefs
- Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator) Baum, Thomas (Co-investigator) Bourkel, Tom (Co-investigator)
- Research Project Commissioned by SDS (CWBL)
FUNDING
Skills Development Scotland Co Ltd: £14,170.00
- 03-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2019
- Work-Based Learning Pedagogy: Work-Based Learning for the 4th Industrial Revolution
- Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2021
- Advanced Undergraduate Entrants: Enhancing Employability and Supporting Positive Graduate Destinations
- Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator) Dutton, Eli (Co-investigator) Davidson, Laura (Co-investigator)
- Students entering university at second year or above face a number of challenges, such as integrating into pre-existing social groups and adjusting to pedagogical changes. The limited literature on advanced college entrants tends to focus on transitions into and through university but there is an evidence gap in relation to the transitions beyond university for this student group. This project aims to fill this gap with a view to informing practices that will enhance employability and support positive graduate destinations.
Funding (Internal)
Student Transitions Steering Group: £1,000.00 - 22-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2017
More projects
Address
Work, Employment and Organisation
Duncan Wing
Duncan Wing
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