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Dr Pauline Anderson

Senior Lecturer

Work, Employment and Organisation

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Personal statement

My research expertise lies in the broad area of skills, jobs and working life. I have particular interest in the future of work, the digital and green transitions, building better and more inclusive skill ecosystems, job quality, changing work locations, labour market and education/training developments and issues. My recent/current research and research projects are increasingly concerned with green jobs, green skills and a ‘just’ transition to net zero (e.g. ).

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).

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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).

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Publications

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Research in the Sociology of Work Employability: Ideology, Policy and Practice (2025) (2025)
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European Journal of Workplace Innovation Vol 9, pp. 63-79 (2025)
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Academy of Management Proceedings Vol 2024 (2024)
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SRHE International Conference 2023 (2023)
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(2023)

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Teaching

People, Technology and Work

Work, Employment and Society

Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management

Labour and Diversity in a Global Context

Qualitative Methods

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Research Interests

Examples of current/recent research include:

  • Green jobs: definition and measurement
  • The skills ecosystem for subsurface net zero technologies and principles for a just transition
  • Routes to net zero: engineering better geoscience skill ecosystemsÌý
  • Low paid work and the transition to net zero
  • Graduating in a pandemic: careers, well-being and hopes for the future
  • The future Ports' workforce
  • What works for remote first
  • Skills needs in construction, textiles and renewables
  • 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 occupations

Professional Activities

Advisor
6/2025
Contributor
5/11/2024
Participant
30/6/2024
Participant
21/11/2023
Contributor
21/9/2023
Participant
13/9/2023

Projects

Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator) Roberts, Jen (Principal Investigator) Sokhi Watson, Dilraj (Post Grad Student)
01-Jan-2025
MacKinnon, Calum (Research Co-investigator) Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Brown, Eric (Principal Investigator) Anderson, Pauline (Academic)
01-Jan-2024 - 27-Jan-2024
Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator)
30-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator) Roberts, Jen (Principal Investigator) Bray, Rachel (Researcher)
The overarching objective of this cross-disciplinary research project is to explore geoscience skill ecosystems in two national contexts to unpack some of the key issues, opportunities and challenges to the scale up and scale out of ‘subsurface Net Zero technologies’ (SNZT)s.
01-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2023
Anderson, Pauline (Principal Investigator)
22-Jan-2022 - 22-Jan-2022
Roberts, Jen (Principal Investigator) Anderson, Pauline (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023

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Contact

Dr Pauline Anderson
Senior Lecturer
Work, Employment and Organisation

Email: pauline.anderson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3071