Debra Howcroft

What COVID-19 tells us about the value of human labour

By Abbie Winton and Debra Howcroft Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 7, 2020

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, a radical reassessment of what is considered ‘key work’ has taken place. For many key workers, however, this status is not reflected in their salary, employment rights, or social perception. Here, Abbie Winton and Professor Debra Howcroft, from the Work and Equalities Institute, discuss the disproportionate risk/reward equation […]

Striving for gender balance in the IT industry

By Debra Howcroft Filed Under: All posts Posted: January 30, 2020

Early computing was dominated by women, most often working as machine operators. Since the 1970s, however, they have been side-lined by the tech industry, replaced by higher paid men. Professor Debra Howcroft critically examines the increasingly gendered environment within the IT sector, and offers solutions to encourage women to return to the industry they played […]

Internet provides new threat to employment rights

By Debra Howcroft and Birgitta Bergvall-Kareborn Filed Under: Featured Posted: December 9, 2014

Yesterday shoppers are estimated to have spent almost £500,000 every minute buying Christmas presents online, on what has been dubbed ‘Manic Monday’. Internet technologies are challenging not just commerce, but also employment practices. Amazon provides a ‘crowd employment platform’ that disrupts traditional employer-worker relationships and creates a new class of freelance worker without employment rights, […]

What COVID-19 tells us about the value of human labour

Striving for gender balance in the IT industry

Internet provides new threat to employment rights

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