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Eleanor Kirk is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations at the University of Glasgow. She previously held the Ailsa McKay Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Glasgow Caledonian University and conducted doctoral research at the University of Strathclyde on grievance formulation processes in workplace settings. Her research focuses on employment tribunals, precarious work, legal mobilization, and access to justice in employment relations.
Educational background includes a Double First Class Honours Degree in Politics & HRM (University of Strathclyde, 2006), an MSc in Human Resource Management with Distinction (2007), and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde. She has taught at multiple UK universities including Bristol, Stirling, and Ulster.
Her research interests encompass the sociology of work, legal consciousness at work, and juridification of employment relations. Key contributions include studies on employment tribunal reforms, precarious work categories ('bogus' self-employment), and strategic litigation by trade unions. She has published in top journals like Work, Employment and Society and Economic and Industrial Democracy.
Awards include the Best PhD/Early Career Paper at BUIRA 2015 and an ESRC Studentship. Active in conferences, she co-chaired the 2016 Socio-Legal Studies Association conference theme on workplace dispute resolution and presented papers on topics ranging from gig work grievances to migrant worker disputes.
Current projects involve the Work on Demand initiative exploring modern work arrangements. She advises on legal participation barriers (e.g., Northern Ireland litigants-in-person study) and collaborates on policy initiatives like Scotland's decent work charter.
