Cassandra Lippert

c.lippert.1@research.gla.ac.uk / cassandra.lippert@glasgow.ac.uk

 

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-1542-3017

Research title: Transforming lives and cities through decent work? A comparative exploration from employee perspective on decent work, living wages and their impactsellbeing)

Research Summary

Cassandra's research at the University of Glasgow explores the lived experiences of skilled migrant workers in precarious employment, while also considering the impact on their families and transnational support networks. She is particularly interested in how organisational policies and practices influence work quality, well-being, and professional identity, and in exploring pathways towards meaningful, equitable, and inclusive work.

Research interests: 

  • Precarious Work
  • Intersectionality
  • Gender & Care
  • Migration Policy
  • Social Inequality
  • Modern Slavery

Supervisors

Grants

£550 Employability Grant, University of Glasgow (Nov 2025)

£3,000 Mobility Grant, University of Glasgow (May 2025) 

£500 Research Grant (Fieldwork), University of Glasgow (Jan 2025)

PhD (Management Research) Scholarship (Living Stipend at UKRI rate; 100% Tuition fee waiver; Research Training and Conference Attendance Support Grant), University of Glasgow (2023 - 2026) 

Conferences

Conferences & Presentations:

  • Social Scientists in Health Research Day, Universiy of Glasgow (December 2025)
  • Professional Standarts Authority Annual Conference on Preventing Harm (November 2025)
  • EGOS Colloquium Milan - Crossraods for Organisations: Time, Space and People, University of Milano-Bicocca (July 2024)
  • Social Scientists in Health Research Day, Universiy of Glasgow (June 2024)
  • Glasgow Human Rights Network Early Career Work-in-Progress Conference, University of Strathclyde (June 2024)
  • EAWOP Small Group Meeting on 'Precarious Employment and Work - Understanding the underlying psychological and social processes', University of Glasgow (September 2023)

 

Research Visits:

Sep - Nov 2025: Visiting PhD Researcher at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Teaching

Cassandra has held an Associate Fellowship – Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET) – since June 2025.

At the University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School, she teaches the following subjects:

  • MGT2011 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (UG)
  • MGT4018 Research Methods (UG)
  • MGT1022 Introduction to Organisational Behaviour (PGT)
  • MGT5063 Organisational Behaviour (formerly People in Organisations) (PGT)
  • MGT5270 Contemporary Issues in HR: Theory & Practice (PGT)
  • MGT5272 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management: Professional Pathways (PGT)
  • MGT5296 Management Research Methods (PGT)

Additional Information

Cassandra joined the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School as a Doctoral Researcher in October 2023. She holds a MSc in Global Strategy & Innovation Management from the University of Leeds Business School and a BA in Business & Finance from the European College of Business & Management London. She acted as a PGR Student Representative for the PGR Management cohort in the academic year 2023/24 and is an active member of the Glasgow Human Rights Network. 

Cassandra recently joined the Radboud University/University of Glasgow Research Network and collaborates with fellow researchers as part of the "Inequalities Theme". 

More about Cassandra’s educational background and professional experience can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lippertcassandra/


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