Work Futures Research Centre (WFRC)

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Professor Pauline Leonard BA Sociology,PGCE, MA(Ed), PhD, FAcSS, FRSA

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Rebecca Taylor

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Conceptualising work and the boundaries between paid and unpaid labour
  • Digital labour and work in the digital economy
  • Data, software and ethics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Shunyu Yao PhD

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Mrs Vivien Xiao Yu

Research interests

  • Work-family/life balance, Work-life boundaries
  • Workplace flexibility, Telework, Remote work, Future of work,
  • Working mothers, Academic well-being
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