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 Steering Group (having previously served on the CESAP Expert Group, which oversaw the development of the CESAP).
Expertise
Has expertise in:
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
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
Work, Employment and Society
Work Psychology for Human Resource Management
Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
Labour and Diversity in a Global Context
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
Professional activities
- UKCCSRC Web Event Series
- Invited speaker
- 9/6/2022
- Skills, jobs and a ‘just’ transition
- Speaker
- 9/6/2022
- Building Better Local Skill Ecosystems
- Speaker
- 12/10/2021
- What is a green job?
- Speaker
- 10/10/2021
- Achieving a fair transition to 2050: A century of ideas for supporting workers
- Speaker
- 9/9/2021
- Graduate employability during a crisis: Evidence from Scottish graduates during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Speaker
- 6/7/2021
More professional activities
Projects
- The Skills Ecosystem for Subsurface Net Zero Technologies and Principles for a Just Tansition (RSE SAPHIRE 2021
- Roberts, Jen (Principal Investigator) Anderson, Pauline (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
- Green jobs in Scotland. Workforce and demand research (Skills Development Scotland)
- Cardenas Rubio, Jeisson (Principal Investigator) Warhurst, Chris (Co-investigator) Anderson, Pauline (Co-investigator) Hogarth, Terence (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2022
- What works for remote First? Benchmarking best practice to attract, engage and retain talent in FinTech SMEs
- Luchinskaya, Daria (Principal Investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator) Anderson, Pauline (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Tayler (Co-investigator) Lipenga, Phindu (Researcher) Cardenas Rubio, Jeisson (Researcher)
- 07-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2023
- The future ports workforce: Towards a competitive, ‘just’ and sustainable transition
- Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator) Hawthorne, Margaret (Researcher)
- This research project was funded by the UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) and Maritime Skills Commission
- 14-Jan-2020 - 29-Jan-2021
- 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
More projects
Address
Work, Employment and Organisation
Duncan Wing
Duncan Wing
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