Dr Huw Thomas is Assistant Professor of Employment Relations at the UCD College of Business and works in the Human Resource Management and Employment Relations Subject Area. Huw's expertise is in the broad area of international employment relations.

Huw obtained his doctorate from Cardiff University (Cardiff Business School) in 2018.

Before coming to UCD, Huw was at the University of Bristol (2016-2022) and before this was a Technical Officer at the International Labour Organization (ILO) (2013-2015), a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN).

Huw has conducted empirical research in several economic sectors including the maritime sector, food manufacturing/processing, agri-food sector, the higher education sector and civil aviation. Recently, his research has examined the digital transformation of work, transnational politics of the future of work (in particular concerning global supply chains); activist-scholarship in the business school; and the impact of COVID-19 on social dialogue and collective bargaining. 

He is a council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations (IAIR), former Steward (now Executive Member) of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA); Co-researcher at the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT); Research Fellow at the Institute for the Future of Work (IFOW) and Fellow of the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (DIGIT). 

Huw has published in leading journals in the field of work and employment relations, including the British Journal of Industrial Relations; Human Relations, Work, Employment and Society; Industrial Relations; and the Journal of Business Ethics.

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