Professor Colin Lindsay
Work, Employment and Organisation
Personal statement
Professor Colin Lindsay MA, MSc, PhD has been researching and teaching on employability, employment and skills, public management and social policy for more than twenty five years. He has published more than 70 peer reviewed articles, books, book chapters and policy reports. His books include ‘Disability benefits, welfare reform and employment policy’ (co-edited with Donald Houston, published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
He serves on the Editorial Boards of two journals: ‘Education & Training’; and ‘Social Policy and Administration’. He has co-edited special issues of the journals: ‘Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy’; ‘Policy Studies’; and 'Social Policy and Administration'. He was a member of the Editorial Team for ‘Social Policy and Administration’, 2013-23.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Social Policy Association.
Area of Expertise
- workplace innovation
- performance management (with particular reference to public service organisations)
- employee resourcing
- training and development
- professional practice in public services
- public management and HRM
- employability
- health and labour market disadvantage
Prize And Awards
Publications
- Business models, innovation and employees' experiences in the workplace : challenges for the post-Covid-19 economy
- Findlay Patricia, Lindsay Colin, Roy Graeme
- Productivity and the Pandemic Challenges and Insights from Covid- 19 (2021) (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800374607
- Diaries from the front line - formal supervision and job quality among social care workers during austerity
- Cunningham Ian, Lindsay Colin, Roy Chandrima
- Human Resource Management Journal Vol 31, pp. 187-201 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12289
- Collaborative innovation and activation in urban labour markets
- Lindsay Colin, Pearson Sarah, Batty Elaine, Cullen Anne Marie, Eadson Will
- European Urban and Regional Studies Vol 28, pp. 282-297 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/09697764211003649
- Collaborative innovation in labour market inclusion
- Lindsay Colin, Pearson Sarah, Batty Elaine, Cullen Anne Marie, Eadson Will
- Public Administration Review Vol 81, pp. 925-934 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13338
- Collaborative innovation, new technologies and work redesign
- Lindsay Colin, Findlay Patricia, McQuarrie Johanna, Bennie Marion, Corcoran Emma, Van Der Meer Robert
- Public Administration Review Vol 78, pp. 251-260 (2018)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12843
- Co‐production as a route to employability : lessons from services with lone parents
- Lindsay Colin, Pearson Sarah, Batty Elaine, Cullen Anne Marie, Eadson Will
- Public Administration Vol 96, pp. 318-332 (2018)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12408
Teaching
Professor Colin Lindsay teaches human resource management at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. He is also Module Leader for programmes within the Department's undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
BA (Year 4 Honours UG) (Human Resource Management). Module Leader: ‘HRM and Employment Relations in Public Services Management’.
BA (Year 3 Honours UG) (Human Resource Management). Module contributor: ‘Employment Relations’.
MSc (PG) Human Resource Management/International Human Resource Management. Module Leader: ‘People Resourcing’.
MSc (PG) Human Resource Management. Module contributor: ‘Critical Issues in Human Resources’; 'Leaning, Managing and Developing People'.
Research Interests
Professor Colin Lindsay's research interests include: public management reform; HRM and employment relations in the public sector; new governance in public policy; policy evaluation; employability, skills and access to training; experiences of low-skilled work; and approaches to promoting equality in the workplace. He works closely with the Scottish Centre for Employment Research (SCER), and is currently conducting research with colleagues at SCER on workplace innovation. He has conducted research for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills; the Scottish Government; the Scottish TUC; and the European Commission. His current research focuses on the link between health and employability; and the impact of new technology on employees’ experiences of job quality.
Professor Lindsay's research addresses a range of issues including:
- public sector employment relations and work redesign (e.g. research recently published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management);
- workplace innovation in SMEs (ongoing research with the Scottish Centre for Employment Research);
- the governance of employability and labour market policies (e.g. research recently published in Public Administration);
- labour market exclusion and the barriers faced by disadvantaged groups;
- and inequalities in access to workplace training.
Professional Activities
- Research is for everyone, invited talk to the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Conference
- Speaker
- 26/3/2024
- Job Crafting Careers, invited talk to Chartered Management Institute Career Confidence event
- Invited speaker
- 22/2/2024
- How can ‘fair work’ and job crafting promote engagement and wellbeing in your team? Presentation to Universities HR Connects Scotland Event
- Invited speaker
- 29/11/2023
- Workplace Innovation and AI, Remarks to Prosper Scotland event "How AI can improve productivity within the construction sector"
- Invited speaker
- 28/11/2023
- ESRC PrOPEL Hub Knowledge Into Practice Event: Workplace Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and The Role of Flexible Working
- Organiser
- 23/11/2023
- Can distributed leadership support team innovation in health and care? Presentation to Inspiring Innovation in Cancer Care webinar
- Invited speaker
- 14/11/2023
Projects
- WISHES: Workplace Intervention for Sustainable Health and Employment Support (Work & Health Programme)
- Whitworth, Adam (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Findlay, Patricia (Co-investigator) Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Co-investigator) Remnant, Jennifer (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- Upskilling and reskilling in a changing economy: the role of employer investment
- Lindsay, Colin (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
- Effective worker voice and pathways to productivity
- Findlay, Patricia (Principal Investigator) Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator)
- 08-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- ESRC IAA 2023 / R220785-154
- Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- Co-producing Tools for Distributed Leadership in Health and Care
- Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- Levers for Fair Work in 1) Scotland
- Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator) McQuarrie, Johanna (Research Co-investigator) Remnant, Jennifer (Research Co-investigator)
- 14-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
Contact
Professor
Colin
Lindsay
Work, Employment and Organisation
Email: colin.lindsay@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3976