Born 1955 in Great Britain. Associated researcher at the ETUI and Reader in International Human Resource Management at the Manchester School of Management. After a PhD on trade union mergers at the University of Warwick work as a Research Fellow at its Industrial Relations Research Unit.

the activities, structure and organisation of trade unions in Britain and western Europe and the evolution of European Works Councils.

Projects

• Servicing and support of European works councils by trade unions
• Survey on board-level representation in Europe
• Transnational collective bargaining and European Works Councils - research on substantive agreements
• Evolution of trade union models in Central and Eastern Europe
• Trade union recruitment: an assessment of techniques, organisation and outcomes
• EWC NETwork (expert network on European Works Councils) and EWC functioning
• Worker participation online: Website and EWC data services