Dr Robert Stewart

Knowledge Exchange Fellow

Work, Employment and Organisation

Personal statement

I am a Knowledge Exchange Research Fellow based in the Scottish Centre for Employment Research (SCER) in the Department of Work, Employment & Organisation (WEO). I have a background in Psychology with a wide range of interests in labour market, organisational and stakeholder research.

Before joinging Strathclyde in 2019 I worked in a range of academic and senior private sector consultancy roles. My research has always been externally facing with a consistent and clear emphasis on policy impact and evaluation. I work with Government, local authorities, NHS and other poublic sector groups, with industry and employers, and with third sector community-based groups and trade unions.

Expertise

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Qualifications

PhD Psychology, University of Glasgow 1996

Bsc in Psychology, University of Striling 1988

Publications

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Publications

Crafting future jobs in digital manufacturing: Stewart Robert; (2025)
Co-producing employee engagement approaches in a workplace partnership : a route to partial success in public health workplaces: Findlay Patricia, Lindsay Colin, Stewart Robert; Industrial Relations Journal Vol 56, pp. 204-213 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12459
Local labour markets, workforce planning and underemployment: Houston Donald, Lindsay Colin, Stewart Robert, Byrne George; Economic and Industrial Democracy Vol 46, pp. 522-545 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X241261325
Fair work policy levers in Scotland : Report to the Fair Work Convention: Findlay Patricia, Stewart Robert, McQuarrie Johanna, Lindsay Colin, Remnant Jennifer; (2024)
Levers for fair work in hospitality in Scotland : Report to the Fair Work Convention: Findlay Patricia, McQuarrie Johanna, Booyens Irma, Stewart Robert; (2024)
'Making Things Work' - Perceptions of UK Manufacturing: Stewart Robert, MacBryde Jillian, Lindsay Colin, Marin-Cadavid Carolina, Blackshaw Will; (2024)

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Research

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Research Interests

My research interests are:

Skills, Training and Learning
Partnership & Stakeholder Working
Unemployment & Under Employment
Employee Enagement & Wellbeing
High Performance People Practices & New Digital Technologies in Industry

I am currently working on a three-year UKRI-funded Made Smarter Network with colleagues at Strathclyde (WEO & Hunter Centre), Sheffield and Loughborough. Made Smarter works with UK and Global manufacturers with an aim to make the industry more competitive, agile and productive through the adoption of new digital technologies alinged with high performance people practices.

Professional Activities

GenZ & Orientations to UK Manufacturing: Speaker; 11/6/2025
Presentation to Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics Conference 2024: Building Back Without Underemployment: Participant; 29/6/2024
Perceptions of Work in UK Manufacturing: Participant; 11/6/2024

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Projects

The Progression Economy: An evaluation of CLES' work on supporting in work progression in the Edinburgh and South East Region: Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Cullen, Anne Marie (Co-investigator) Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator); 19-Jan-2025 - 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
Good Work Index - Additional Analysis: Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Findlay, Patricia (Co-investigator) Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Co-investigator); Consultancy Project, External Terms, Split Payment; 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
CIPD Good Work Index: Findlay, Patricia (Principal Investigator) Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Co-investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator); Consultancy Project, external terms, payable on completion; 15-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
NPI Dignity & Respect: Lindsay, Colin (Principal Investigator) Findlay, Patricia (Co-investigator) Loeffler, Elke (Co-investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 27-Jan-2020