Dr Stefano Gasparri

Qualifications:

PhD; Academic Assoc CIPD; Higher Education Academy Fellow

Position:

Senior Lecturer

Department:

FBL - Business and Management

Telephone:

+441173285579

Email:

Stefano.Gasparri@uwe.ac.uk

About me

I am a Senior Lecturer in HRM and a member of the HRWE (Human Resources, Work and Employment) research group. My work focuses on trade union strategies, employee benefits (most recently, fertility benefits), digitalisation at work, social dialogue in the EU, and the prevention of workplace sexual harassment - particularly in male-dominated sectors - with an emphasis on organisational policies, legislation, and the role that male allies can play.

Before joining UWE, I was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick (09/2014–09/2018), a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the ILR School, Cornell University (08/2013–08/2014), and a visiting scholar at the University of Ljubljana (05/2016), University College Dublin (06/2017), and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (04/2018). I hold a PhD in Labour and Employment Relations Studies from the University of Milan (12/2011).

Some of my recent research interests are reflected in two HRWE blog posts, about 'smart industrial relations' and employee benefits and welfare policies.

In 2022, I co-authored, with Prof Hazel Conley, the report Equality policy and practice in the TSSA, which anticipated the independent inquiry into workplace sexual harassment within the TSSA, led by Baroness Kennedy and published in February 2023. Since then, I have become increasingly active in initiatives related to gender-based violence and harassment at work, leading or contributing to research projects, bids, podcasts, and workshops (see this LinkedIn post).

I am currently Principal Investigator of the research project The Future of Work in the Everyday Economy of the West of England: Insights from lived experiences in construction, education, health, and logistics, funded by the West of England Combined Authority. This project is a cross-disciplinary collaboration within the College of Business and Law, involving three research clusters: HRWE, BLCC (Bristol Leadership and Change Centre), and DRAGoN (Data Research, Access and Governance Network). It comprises a rigorous and ethically robust qualitative study that aims to address real-world challenges, create opportunities, and inform the future of the West of England, aligning with UWE’s RISE beacon Enriching Culture, Place, and Community.

Office hours: Thu 14:00-15:00 (in person) and Fri 13:30-14:30 (on Teams)

Area of expertise

Employee voice and trade unions; gender-based violence; workplace sexual harassment; employee benefits; reproductive health at work; work in the retail sector; work and digitalization; EDI policies; comparative employment relations and HRM; labour markets and social policy reforms

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