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Emma Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the Alliance Manchester Business School within the People, Management and Organisation division. Her research explores the intersection of workplace policies, digital technologies, and organizational dynamics.
- Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies
- Associate Fellow, Digital Futures of Work Research Centre (DIGIT)
- Associate Editor, Employee Relations and Gender, Work and Organization
- Editorial Board Member, Work, Employment and Society and Journal of Management Studies
Her research focuses on digitalization of work, working time reduction, stakeholder engagement, and diversity & inclusion, with a particular emphasis on how technologies like AI reshape HRM and employment relations. Recent projects include ESRC-funded research on online retail warehouse work and studies on digital impacts in creative industries.
Key publication trends include interdisciplinary approaches to work quality, sustainable HRM in social care, and multi-level systems analysis. Awards include the CIPD Professor Mick Marchington Applied Research Grant (2022).
