Who We Are

  • Professor Jonathan Payne

    Jonathan Payne is Professor of Work, Employment and Skills and Director of the People, Organisations and Work Institute (POWI) at De Montfort University, Leicester. His main research interests include the political economy of skill, workplace innovation, UK skills policy, low wage work, job quality, and digital automation.

    For more info – https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/business-and-law/jonathan-payne/jonathan-payne.aspx

  • Professor Caroline Lloyd

    Caroline Lloyd is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University teaching and researching in the field of work and employment. Her main research interests focus on the political economy of skill, work organisation and labour markets with particular interests in the  the causes and consequences of low wage work. Recent research has focused on a comparative study of skills and work organisation in the service sector and an examination of digitalisation in the workplace and the role of trade unions.

    For more info – https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38024-lloyd-caroline

  • Dr. Secki P. Jose

    Secki P. Jose is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the School of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester. His main research interests include the effects of the state and technology on work and employment.