We are delighted to announce that Dr Gregoris Ioannou has won a prestigious Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship. It is the first award of its kind for the School of Law as well as for the University of Glasgow’s College of Social Sciences.
Working under the supervision of Professor Ruth Dukes in the School of Law, Gregoris will use the two year fellowship to conduct research on Collectivism in the Digital Era: Novel Approaches to Worker Mobilization and Interest Representation (CODE). Against a background of trade union decline throughout Europe, the CODE project examines examples of revitalisation: new forms of trade unionism and or worker mobilisation, that harness social media and other forms of digital technology to reach and communicate with workers, including young workers. Using mixed methods, including contextual analysis and comparison across jurisdictions, it aims to identify (i) what kinds of worker mobilisation and collective action have been and are likely to be successful in the current digital era, and (ii) how interest representation and workers’ empowerment might be enhanced. In this way, it aims to make a contribution of real theoretical and practical significance to the reversal of trends towards weakened trade unions and growing inequalities of wealth and opportunity.
Gregoris joined the University of Glasgow in January 2019 to work as a Research Fellow on the ERC-funded Work on Demand project. In the intervening months, he has been conducting fieldwork in Greece and Scotland, analysing and comparing the experiences of young workers in precarious or insecure employment in the hospitality and catering sector. Prior to joining Glasgow, he was employed at the University of Cyprus and Frederick University, Cyprus. He holds degrees (BSc and MSc) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Warwick (PhD).
