The quality of work: precarious jobs; trade unions; employee voice; employment law; workplace bullying. The future of work: technology; climate change

Industrial relations, conflict resolution, negotiation skills

Dr. Michelle O'Sullivan's expertise is primarily on the quality of work. Her research has investigated zero hours work, minimum wage regulation, wage theft and employment law. Michelle's other research in this area includes trade unions, employee voice, migrant workers, and workplace bullying. More recently, she has researched the future of work with a focus on technology and climate change. 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 the primary textbook on industrial relations, Industrial Relations in Ireland (2020 and 2013), 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).

She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Industrial Relations and is Associate Editor of the newly established Journal of Economic Exploitation and Inequality. 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.