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Given what we know about the climate trajectories we are now facing, licensing new fossil fuel infrastructure would be an act of violent extremism. I went on Irish radio to explain my reasons for engaging in civil disobedience against such licences: https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pG7EJoNAsaNu A written summary of the conversation is available here: https://www.newstalk.com/news/irish-lecturer-arrested-at-just-stop-oil-protest-slams-extremist-uk-fossil-fuel-exploration-1493294

I was arrested in July 2023 for my involvement in a Just Stop Oil action against the UK government’s intention to issue 100+ new oil and gas licences. This short article explains why I think the urgency of this moment justifies disruptive action: https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/just-stop-oil-ireland-6130993-Jul2023/

This is the text of my contribution to the AoM CMS division newsletter for February 2023 It was probably fitting that I attended the AOM CMS award ceremony via Zoom from the wrong side of the Atlantic, given that so much of my PhD ethnography took place through a computer screen and across time zones.Continue reading “AoM CMS division newsletter contribution to Best Dissertation Award Winner section”

Back in 2017 Prof. Mark Smith and I began studying food delivery couriers to understand why this new form of non-standard work was suddenly taking off, and what was motivating a wave of street protests and wildcat strikes that had emerged that summer. In addition to speaking to 7 couriers in France, 5 in theContinue reading “Fair’s fair: Psychological contracts and power in platform work”

As the wide-ranging implications of the coronavirus pandemic become clear, renewed calls have been made – by academics, economists and politicians left and right – for an unconditional basic income (UBI) that would guarantee individuals regular payments, from the state, regardless of their economic activity. Beyond its potential benefits in normal times, there are suggestionsContinue reading “Could Covid-19 be the push that Europe needs for unconditional basic income?”

Genevieve Shanahan, Grenoble École de Management (GEM) et Mark Smith, Grenoble École de Management (GEM) In Europe and around the world, many people are delivering fast food on bicycles or acting as taxi drivers in their own cars, not quite employees and not quite self-employed. Following recent legal judgements in France, the UK and inContinue reading “Work in the ‘gig economy’: one-night stand or a meaningful relationship?”

March 8 is International Women’s Day, and despite a range of laws and policy measures, many gender inequalities seem firmly entrenched. Given the persistence of such discrimination, what can be done? One innovative policy measure that came to the fore in the 2017 French presidential election is the basic income. A recent Council of EuropeContinue reading “Is basic income the solution to persistent inequalities faced by women?”

La plupart des gens connaissent bien les raisons pour lesquelles ils doivent être reconnaissants à leur mère. On espère se souvenir de lui être redevable tout au long de l’année pour toutes les connaissances, l’amour et les soins apportés et ce, d’autant plus le jour de la fête des Mères. Cependant, des études montrent qu’enContinue reading “Les jeunes face aux défis du travail : le rôle des mères”

As the British rock group The Smiths famously sang in 1984, “I was looking for a job and then I found a job, heaven knows I’m miserable now”. The rise of the working poor calls into question the adage that work is the best way out of poverty. With radical changes on the labour market,Continue reading “Work please but poverty, no thanks: how can we avoid the rise in the working poor?”