Biography
Dr. Michelle O'Sullivan's expertise is primarily on quality of work and precarious work with particular attention on public policy. Her research has investigated zero hours work, low wage service sector jobs and wage setting in low paid jobs. Michelle's other research interests include trade unions, collective action, employee voice and silence, migrant workers, dispute resolution, workplace bullying and employment law. She has published widely including in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Industrial Relations Journal and the Industrial Law Journal. She is co-author of Industrial Relations in Ireland (2020), the primary textbook on industrial relations, co-editor of Zero Hours and On-Call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries (2019) and co-editor of Are Trade Unions Still Relevant? Union Recognition 100 Years On (2013). Her primary teaching interests are in industrial relations and dispute resolution skills in employment. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Industrial Relations.Michelle is Chair of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations, Co-Chair of the Work, Employment and Organisation Special Interest Group in the Irish Academy of Management, is a member of the Board of Directors of TASC and the Scientific Council of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies. She was a Board Member of the Workplace Relations Commission from 2015-2021.
Research Interests
Institutional regulation of industrial relations; precarious work; workplace technology, migrant labour; minimum wage regulation; employment law; trade unions, employer organisations, workplace bullying, state dispute resolution bodies, workplace dispute resolution, civil society organisationsProfessional Activities
Education
- 2022 Northumbria University - Master of Laws Employment Law in Practice
- 2007 Law Society of Ireland - Diploma in Employment Law
- 2005 University of Limerick - Ph.D.
- 2000 University of Limerick - Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration
Association
- 2011 Council Member and Website Administrator , Irish Academy of Management
- Chair, Irish Association for Industrial Relations
- Academic Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Member, Irish Labour History Society
Award
- 2010 - Irish Academy of Management Conference Best paper, Industrial Relations