Professor of Organisation and Society

Contact Details

• Tel: +44 (0) 116 252 3358
• Email: c.casey@le.ac.uk
• Office: Room 403, Level 4, Ken Edwards Building
• Office Hours: By appointment

Biography

Catherine Casey joined the School of Management in September 2007. She was formerly at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and prior to that she researched and taught at the University of Rochester, New York, United States of America.

Catherine Casey gained a BA and MA in Politics and Sociology from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and a PhD in Sociology and Education from the University of Rochester, New York. Her research interests lie principally in areas of economic sociology including organizations and institutions; labour markets; work; industrial and employment relations; education and training; management and governance; economy and society.

She has held Visiting Fellowships in a number of institutes including the School of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and the Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She has frequently served as Expert Scientist for the European Union Commission Directorate-General Research, and Directorate-General Education and Culture; and as advisor to the Tertiary Education Commission of the New Zealand Government.  Catherine Casey is a Senior Editor of Organization Studies (Sage),  member of the Editorial Board of Organization (Sage) and Board member of RLDWL in association with the International Sociological Association's RC 10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management.  She has published numerous articles in international journals and books, and is author of the monographs: Work, Self and Society: After Industrialism (Routlege 1995); Critical Analysis of Organizations: Theory, Practice, Revitalization (Sage 2002), and Economy, Work and Education: Critical Connections (Routledge 2011).  She is an active member of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics; the International Sociological Association; and the European Sociological Association.

PhD Supervision

Currently supervising five PhD students.

Administrative Responsibilities

Group Leader - Organisation

Most Recent Publications

Casey, Catherine, 2011, Economy, Work and Education: Critical Connections, New York and London: Routledge.

Casey, Catherine, 2011, “Gender Mainstreaming in European Industrial Relations – Policy Aspirations, Gender Gaps and Organization Behaviour”, in Baglioni, M. and Brandl, B. (eds.). 2012, Changing Labour Relations between Path Dependency and Global Trends, Berlin: Peter Lang. pp. 118 – 131.

Casey, Catherine, 2011, “Toward Gender Equality in European Union Labour Markets: Achievements and Challenges” in Jeanes, E.; Knights, D. and Yancey Martin, P. (eds) The Handbook of Gender, Work and Organization, London: Blackwell/ Wiley, pp. 375 – 390.

Casey, Catherine, 2011, “Lifelong Learning: Challenges of Policy and Institutions,” in Aspin, D. N; Chapman, J.D.; Bagnall, R.  and Evans, K.M. (eds.) International Handbook of Lifelong Learning, Springer Press.

Casey, Catherine, 2010, “Adult Education, Work and Civil Society: A Review Essay”, in Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur Rundschau (Sociological Literature Review), Vol.33:120-123.

Casey, Catherine; Skibnes, Renate; and Pringle, J. 2010, “Gender Equality and Governance: Policy Strategies in Norway and New Zealand”, Gender, Work and Organization, DOI. 10.

Casey, Catherine, 2009, “Organizations, Workers, and Learning: New Prospects for Citizenship at Work?” Citizenship Studies, Vol.13 No.2 pp.169-184.

Casey, Catherine, 2009, “Critical Reflections on Work, Citizenship and Corporate Social Responsibility” in Denis Harrisson, György Széll & Reynald Bourque (eds.),  Social Innovation, the Social Economy and World Economic Development - Democracy and Labour Rights in an Era of Globalization, Berlin: Peter Lang. pp182 – 200.

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