Michael Gillan

Michael Gillan is an Associate Professor at the UWA Business School, specializing in Management and Organisations. His research focuses on employment relations in global production networks, labor movements in India, and industrial relations in Myanmar. He has secured multiple grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), International Labour Organisation (ILO), and the Australia India Institute, addressing topics like global labor governance and economic liberalization in India.

• Research Themes: Global Union Federations, labor governance in authoritarian regimes, transnational labor organizations, and sustainable development in labor contexts.
• Key Projects:
  • ARC Discovery Project (2018-2021): Global Production Networks and Worker Representation in Myanmar
  • ARC Discovery Project (2013-2015): Scaling Global Labour in India and Indonesia
  • ILO Scoping Exercise (2017): Industrial Relations in Asian Garment Industries
• Expertise: Collective bargaining, globalization's impact on labor, and political economy of economic development in India.
• Networks: Collaborations with institutions in Southeast Asia and contributions to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 8 - Decent Work) through labor governance research.