Personal statement

I am a lecturer in the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation at Strathclyde Business School. My research interests lie in graduate transitions to employment, skill utilisation and job upgrading, and mixed methods research approaches. I teach across a range of areas related to my interests in Human Resource Management, organisational behaviour and research methods.

My background is in economics, area studies and employment research. Prior to taking up my current role, I was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, and an Early Career Fellow of the Warwick Institute of Advanced Study. Between 2016 and 2018 I was on part-time secondment as a Research Associate to Wales Public Services 2025 hosted by Cardiff Business School.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Graduate transitions to employment
The ‘graduate labour market’, including the SME context
Skill development and skill utilisation
Mixed methods research approaches

Qualifications

PhD, University of Warwick, Institute for Employment Research, ESRC CASE Studentship, Employment Research

MPhil (Distinction), University of Oxford, St Anne’s College, CEELBAS Studentship, Russian and East European Studies

BA (Honours), University of Oxford, St Anne’s College, Economics and Management

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

ONS Accredited Researcher

Member of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)

Publications

'Virtuous' and 'vicious' circles? Adults' participation in different types of training in the UK and its association with wages: Luchinskaya Daria, Dickinson Peter; Social Inclusion Vol 7, pp. 177-201 (2019); https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i3.2039
And...action? Gender, knowledge and inequalities in the UK screen industries: Eikhof Doris Ruth, Newsinger Jack, Luchinskaya Daria, Aidley Daniela; Gender, Work and Organisation Vol 26, pp. 840-859 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12318
The Adult Skills Gap : Is Falling Investment in UK Adults Stalling Social Mobility?: Luchinskaya Daria, Dickinson Peter; (2019)
Skills Utilisation : Definition, Theories, Approaches and Measures: Warhurst Christopher, Luchinskaya Daria; (2018)
Breaking the cycle : what works in reducing intergenerational worklessness and fragile employment: Luchinskaya Daria, Green Anne E; (2016)
Graduate employability during a crisis : evidence from Scottish graduates during the COVID-19 pandemic: Okay-Somerville Belgin, Luchinskaya Daria, Anderson Pauline, Hurrell Scott, Scholarios Dora; SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability (2021) (2021)

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Teaching

At WEO I teach on a range of courses, including Human Resource Management, organisational behaviour and research methods, specialising in skill development and utilisation, transitions to employment, graduate employment, labour markets, research methodology and statistical analysis.

Previously, I have taught introductory mathematical methods and quantitative economics at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, public policy economics, inequality and labour markets, and research methods for the Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and have supervised undergraduate students’ dissertations from the department of Economics, University of Warwick.

Research interests

My main research interests are in graduate transitions to employment, skill utilisation and job upgrading, and mixed methods research approaches. I am especially interested in the inequalities in graduate transitions to employment, and in the role of skill development and skill utilisation in relation to graduate employment. My doctoral research was on graduates’ skill utilisation in small and large firms in the UK, and provides both a foundation and a departure point for my current work.

At present, I am working on a comparative research project on the role of work placements in graduate transitions to employment in the UK and Italy, taking into account national education and labour market contexts. My colleagues and I are exploring similarities and differences in the pathways to employment, who benefits and who is marginalised, and furthering the development of an international research network around this area (I am currently coordinating a small but growing unfunded international network on transitions to employment: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/GRADUATE-TRANSITIONS).

Previously, I worked on a variety of projects related to employment and the labour market while at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, including adults’ participation in training, wider benefits of higher education and diversity in the British screen industries. During my time at Wales Public Services 2025, I worked on public service financing, focusing on healthcare spend in Wales.

Professional activities

SRHE Employability, Enterprise and Work-based Learning Network: How do different HE institutions address graduate employability?: Organiser; 13/9/2019
From Education to Employment: How Internships and Traineeships are Challenging Labour Regulation: Participant; 11/7/2019
Unequal opportunities: The role of internships in graduates’ labour market transitions: Speaker; 2/5/2019
Educational Choices in Further and Higher Education: Participant; 22/6/2015
Work, Employment and Society Conference 2021: Participant; 25/8/2021
European Youth Parliament Expert Panel: Speaker; 26/7/2021

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Projects

Post education job and career choices.: Luchinskaya, Daria (Researcher) Baldauf, Beate (Principal Investigator) Hunt, Wil (Researcher) Brown, Alan (Researcher); With Peter Dickinson, Beate Baldauf, Wil Hunt and Alan Brown. Funded by Department for Education. Project Start Date: 16/04/2018 - Project End Date: 31/07/2018; 16-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2018
Adult skills - who gets invested in and how has this changed over time?: Luchinskaya, Daria (Principal Investigator) Dickinson, Peter (Co-investigator); With Peter Dickinson. Funded by Social Mobility Commission. Project Start Date: 29/09/2017 - Project End Date: 03/07/2018; 29-Jan-2017 - 03-Jan-2018
Diversity in the screen industries: Eikhof, Doris Ruth (Principal Investigator) Newsinger, Jack (Researcher) Aidley, Daniela (Researcher) Luchinskaya, Daria (Researcher) Banks, Mark (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2016
Assessing Policy Initiatives to Address Intergenerational Worklessness / Fragile Employment: Luchinskaya, Daria (Researcher) Green, Anne (Principal Investigator); Assessing Policy Initiatives to Address Intergenerational Worklessness / Fragile Employment’ (Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016). IER, University of Warwick. Literature review project for the Public Policy Institute for Wales.; 01-Jan-2015 - 29-Jan-2016
What works for 'remote first': Benchmarking best practice to attract, engage and retain talent in FinTech SMEs: Luchinskaya, Daria (Principal Investigator) Anderson, Pauline (Co-investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator); This project will conduct a state-of-the-art review of evidence of ‘what works’ in attracting, developing and engaging the workforce in FinTech SMEs, in collaboration with FinTech Scotland and DirectID (FinTech SME).; 07-Jan-2021 - 07-Jan-2022
Graduating in a Pandemic: Luchinskaya, Daria (Co-investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator) Anderson, Pauline (Co-investigator) Okay-Somerville, Belgin (Co-investigator) Hurrell, Scott (Principal Investigator); How are you navigating your transitions to work or to other activities after completing your undergraduate qualification in the summer of 2020 or 2021? Our study focuses on leavers from colleges and universities across the UK, with a special focus on Glasgow and Preston. We will conduct surveys about your experiences, feelings and hopes in relation to your transitions to work and to other activities over a period of 12-18 months.; 01-Jan-2020

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Dr Daria Luchinskaya

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Work, Employment and Organisation