Jo Cutter

Jo Cutter

Profile

My research focuses on employment relations, social dialogue and the regulation of work with a core focus on skills formation and training. I am currently researching these themes in relation to two contexts: workers and the green transition and labour mobilities. Prior to joining LUBS, I worked for 15 years as a policy researcher and consultant in the fields of labour  market, skills and worker education for governments, NGOs, HE and trade unions. 

Responsibilities

  • Module Leader LUBS5301M Sustainable Futures: The Environment, Climate Change and Business
  • Sustainability Blueprint Champion
  • ESRC Impact Accelerator Panel Member

Research interests

  • Work, labour and climate change
  • Green jobs and skills
  • Employment relations of skills formation and training
  • Worker voice; social dialogue and the regulation of work
  • Labour migration and skills

 Current projects

Just Transitions Towards Net Zero Societies in 13 countries (2022-2025) Hans Boelker Stiftung (556k EUR), Prof. Vera Trappmann (PI) Dr. Denis Neuman 

LIMITS project “Labour mobility in transition: a multi-actor study of the re-regulation of migrant work in 'low-skilled' sectors”  2021-2024 ESRC Standard grant (£972,000), Dr. Gabriella Alberti (PI), with Prof. Chris Forde, Dr. Marketa Dolezalova, Dr. Ioulia Bessa, Dr. Gary Graham, Dr. Zyama Ciupijus 

Qualifications

  • PhD Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds
  • Masters in Business and Economic Studies (by research), University of Leeds
  • BA (Hons) Economics, School of Economic Studies, University of Leeds

Professional memberships

  • Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
  • European Sociological Association (ESA)
  • British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Student education

My teaching experience covers undergraduate, Masters and Executive MBA level provision covering courses on economic and labour market institutions, sustainable business and the future of work, research methods and practice, introductory economics, international economic history (1870-1945) and management consulting. I am interested to supervise PGR students in the areas of 

  • Work, labour and climate change
  • Green jobs and skills
  • Employment relations of skills formation and training
  • Worker voice; social dialogue and the regulation of work
  • Labour migration and skills

Research groups and institutes

  • Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change
  • Executive MBA
  • Sustainability

Current postgraduate researchers