Hazel Conley

I am Professor of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Business and Law where I chair the Professoriate. I joined UWE in 2015 from Queen Mary University of London. I have extensive experience of journal editorial board membership, sitting on the boards of Gender Work and Organization, Equality and Diversity International and Work, Employment and Society (2009-15). I am a member of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) where I was the membership secretary between 2004-7. I am a member of the British and European Sociological Association and Chair of the Research Network ‘Gender Relations, Labour Markets and the Welfare State (RN14). Much of my work has focused on the State as employer and legislator. Most recently it has centred more directly on discrimination and inequality in the workplace, particularly in relation to the development and effectiveness of legal interventions. In relation to this, I have published a book in 2014 (with Dr. Margaret Page) Gender Equality in Public Services; Chasing the Dream, Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society. I have undertaken critical research on the concepts of multiple discrimination and intersectionality, focussing recently on the impact of economic crisis, austerity and 'Brexit'.

Research Grants and Awards:

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland "A Review of Action Plans developed by public authorities in relation to their statutory equality and good relations duties" £17,525

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland “A review of available information on the use of impact assessment in public policy formulation and in contributing to the fulfilment of statutory duties” Completed March 2016 £5,000

'Close the Deal Fill the Gap' EU Progress funds action grant JUST/2013/PROG/AG/GE [Support for Civil society and other stakeholders aiming at promoting equality between men and women] on the Gender Pay Gap. The project is a three country study with Italy, the UK (Conley, PI) and Poland. €321,085 December 2014

Developing a Framework for Equality Bargaining in the Rail Sector Principal Investigator (with Professor Sian Moore, UWE and Dr. Tessa Wright, Queen Mary University of London). Funded by the British Academy £7152 July 2013

Equality representatives' experiences of addressing multiple discrimination at work (with Professor Sian Moore and Dr. Tessa Wright, Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) Funded by ACAS £10,000 December 2010

Promoting Equality and Diversity Through Economic Crisis (With Professor Kate Malleson, Professor Lizzie Barmes, Professor Geraldine Healy, Dr. Al James all of Queen Mary University of London). Funded by the AHRC £26,195 August 2010

Implementation of the Gender Equality Duty in Public Authorities (with Dr. Margaret Page, UWE) Funded by British Academy £7,000. September 2007.

Publications

Warren, S. and Conley, H. (2017) Gender equality and political change in Northern Ireland. In: European Sociological Association Conference, Athens, Athens, Greece, 29 August - 1st September 2017. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/33008 ' Conley, H. and Warren, S. and Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (2017) A review of action plans developed by public authorities in relation to their statutory equality and good relations duties. Project Report. Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, Belfast. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31821 ' Conley, H. and Page, M. (2017) Revisiting Jewson and Mason: The politics of gender equality in UK local government in a cold climate. Gender, Work and Organization, 24 (1). pp. 7-19. ISSN 0968-6673 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28144 ' Conley, H. (2016) Gender equality in the UK: Is reflexive and responsive legislation the way forward? In: Bauschke-Urban, C. and Jungwirth, I., eds. (2016) Gender and Diversity Studies in European Perspectives. Opladen, Germany: Verlag Barbara Budrich. ISBN 9783847405498 [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/27926 ' Conley, H. and Page, M. (2016) The good, the not so good and the ugly: Gender equality, equal pay and austerity in English local government. Work, Employment and Society. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/34358 ' Wright, T. and Conley, H. (2016) Advancing gender equality in the construction sector through public procurement: Making effective use of responsive regulation. Economic and Industrial Democracy. ISSN 0143-831X Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/33676 ' Conley, H. (2016) A review of available information on the use of impact assessment in public policy formulation and in contributing to the fulfilment of statutory duties. Project Report. Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/29044 ' Conley, H. and Wright, T. and Equality and Diversity Forum, EDF Research Network (2015) Making reflexive legislation work: Stakeholder engagement and public procurement in the Public Sector Equality Duty. Discussion Paper. Equality and Diversity Forum and EDF Research Network, London, UK. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25960 ' Conley, H. (2014) Trade unions, equal pay and the law in the UK. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 35 (2). pp. 309-323. ISSN 0143-831X Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25950 ' Conley, H. and Page, M. (2014) Gender Equality in Public Services: Chasing the Dream. Routledge. ISBN 9780415627764 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25969 ' Conley, H. (2012) Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems. Work, Employment & Society, 26 (2). pp. 349-359. ISSN 0950-0170 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25956 ' Conley, H. (2012) Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case. European Gender Equality Law Review, 2. pp. 14-19. ISSN 2212-5914 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25963 ' Moore, S., Wright, T. and Conley, H. and ACAS (2012) Addressing discrimination in the workplace on multiple grounds: The experience of trade union equality reps. Working Paper. ACAS, London, UK. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25962 ' Wright, T. and Conley, H. (2011) Gower Handbook of Discrimination at Work. Gower. ISBN 9780566088988 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25970 ' Conley, H. and Jenkins, S. (2011) Still ‘a good job for a woman’? Women teachers' experiences of modernization in England and Wales. Gender, Work and Organization, 18 (5). pp. 488-507. ISSN 0968-6673 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25953 ' Wright, T., Conley, H. and Moore, S. (2011) Addressing discrimination in the workplace on multiple grounds: The experience of trade union equality representatives. Industrial Law Journal, 40 (4). pp. 460-465. ISSN 0305-9332 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25951 ' Conley, H., Kerfoot, D. and Thornley, C. (2011) Editorial: Gender equality and modernization of public sector employment. Gender, Work and Organization, 18 (5). pp. 439-442. ISSN 0968-6673 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25952 ' Conley, H. (2010) Flexibility and equality: Friend or foe? In: Healy, G., Kirton, G. and Noon, M., eds. (2010) Equality, Inequalities and Diversity: Contemporary Challenges and Strategies. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 137-150. ISBN 9780230231078 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25973 ' Durbin, S. and Conley, H. (2010) Gender, labour process theory and intersectionality: Une Liaison Dangereuse? In: Thompson, P. and Smith, C., eds. (2010) Working Life: Renewing Labour Process Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230222236 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25974 ' Conley, H. and Page, M. (2010) The gender equality duty in local government: The prospects for integration. Industrial Law Journal, 39 (3). pp. 321-325. ISSN 0305-9332 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/12685 ' Conley, H. and Stewart, P. (2008) Representing fixed-term workers: The anatomy of a trade union campaign. Employee Relations, 30 (5). pp. 515-533. ISSN 0142-5455 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/26948 ' Conley, H. (2008) The nightmare of temporary work: A comment on Fevre. Work, Employment and Society, 22 (4). pp. 731-736. ISSN 0950-0170 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25957 ' Jenkins, S. and Conley, H. (2007) Living with the contradictions of modernization? Emotional management in the teaching profession. Public Administration, 85 (4). pp. 979-1001. ISSN 0033-3298 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25965 ' Conley, H. (2006) Modernisation or casualisation? Numerical flexibility in the public services. Capital & Class, 30 (2). pp. 31-57. ISSN 0309-8168 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/26949 ' Conley, H. (2005) Front-line or all fronts? Women's trade union activism in retail services. Gender, Work and Organization, 12 (5). pp. 479-496. ISSN 0968-6673 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/26950 ' Conley, H. (2004) What about the workers? Bringing the experience of job insecurity into the flexibility debate. In: Stewart, P., ed. (2004) Employment, Trade Union Renewal and the Future of Work: The Experience of Work and Organisational Change. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403912275 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25975 ' Conley, H. (2003) Temporary work in the public services: Implications for equal opportunities. Gender, Work and Organization, 10 (4). pp. 455-477. ISSN 0968-6673 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25967 ' Conley, H. (2002) A state of insecurity: Temporary work in the public services. Work, Employment & Society, 16 (4). pp. 725-737. ISSN 0950-0170 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25968 '