Impact and knowledge exchange
Our research in labour law seeks to have an impact on policy and law-making, implementation and enforcement and on the wider administration of justice within national and international contexts.
Several of us participate in Government bodies, panels of experts, and think tanks active in the fields of employment and equality law. Nicole Busby is a member of the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership; the academic advisory panel to the National Taskforce on Human Rights Leadership; and the Scotland Committee of the EHRC. Vera Pavlou is a member of the European Equality Law Network, and in this capacity, has provided legal opinions to the European Commission on a range of issues, such as, pay transparency, algorithmic discrimination, indirect discrimination and work/life balance.
In 2024, Vera, in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, developed a series of policy recommendations directed at the European Commission and EU Member States to improve the working conditions of paid care workers in Europe. Ruth Dukes is a Vice President of the Institute of Employment Rights, a think tank for the trade union movement. She also sits on the Project Board of the Jimmy Reid Foundation, a left-leaning think tank for Scotland.