Vaughan Ellis
vaughan ellis

Dr Vaughan Ellis

Lecturer

Biography

Dr Vaughan Ellis is a Lecturer in Work and Industrial Relations and has been employed at Edinburgh Napier University since 2007. Vaughan specialises in the contemporary organisation and experience of work and how changes in an organisations' external environment impact upon the labour process.

Prior to joining Edinburgh Napier he was employed at Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Stirling. Before becoming an academic Vaughan worked at British Gas for six years in a number of locations in a variety of managerial and project roles, gaining considerable experience in managing teams, recruitment and selection, handling grievance and disciplinary matters and managing the change process.

Vaughan's PhD examined changes in the labour process of clerical workers at British Gas (1970-2004) and in particular was concerned with the impact of privatisation and the introduction of call centres upon the organisation and experience of work. Present research interests include the changing patterns of work organisation within the UK Higher Education sector and trade union responses to the changing nature of work. Vaughan has published in a number of top rated international journals including Work, Employment and Society and New Technology, Work and Employment, of which he is a member of the Editorial Board. Vaughan is a member of the British Sociological Association (BSA), the Association of Business Historians (ABH) and the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA).

Themes

Research Areas

Esteem

Conference Organising Activity

  • Co-Organiser of Centre for Beer Research and Enterprise (CBREW) Inaugural Conference (July 2019)
  • Panel Chair - International Labour Process Conference, Berlin, (2017)
  • Panel Chair - International Labour Process Conference, New York (2013)
  • Panel Chair - International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh (2009)
  • Co-Organiser of 2009 International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh
  • Organised PhD student pre-conference workshops International Labour Process Conference (2009)

 

Editorial Activity

  • Editorial Board Member New Technology, Work and Employment (2009-present)

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Examiner University of Bedfordshire (2014-2016)
  • External Examiner University of East London (2009-2013)

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Nominated for Best Academic Support Award by ENSA 2019

 

Grant Funding Panel Member

  • Chair of Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) Research Grant Assessment Panel (2012)

 

Invited Speaker

  • Getting the Vote Out - Advising Educational Institute of Scotland University Lecturers' Association (EIS-ULA) August 2019
  • EIS Representative Training - Getting the Vote Out (October 2019)
  • The Brewers' Association of Scotland AGM - (17/08/2018)
  • Should we bulldoze Edinburgh Napier Business School? (30/05/2018)
  • The Purpose of Businesses and the Role of Business Schools (June 2016)
  • Festival of Politics - Workers' Rights Debate Panelist, Scottish Parliament (August 2015)
  • Working together? An investigation of managers' perceptions of trade unions in the UK, CIPD KIP Event, Edinburgh Napier University (28/04/2014)
  • The changing academic labour process - Centre for Research on Work and Wellbeing (CRoWW) - Heriot Watt University, 20/11/2013

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Educational Institute of Scotland - University Lecturers' Association President (2015-2017)
  • Educational Institute of Scotland University Lecturers' Association President (2010-2012)
  • Educational Institute of Scotland Council Member (2010-2014)
  • Member of Scottish Trade Union Congress HE/FE Roundtable (2009-2012)
  • Educational Institute of Scotland University Lecturers' Association Vice President (2008-2010)
  • Member of Educational Institute of Scotland University Lecturers' Association Executive Committee (2004-2018)
  • British Sociological Association (2003 - )
  • British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) (2003 - )

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • The Great Scottish Craft Beer Treasure Hunt (July 2019)
  • Member of STUC Research Network (2018-)
  • Chair of Edinburgh Napier University Joint Negotiating and Consultative Committee (JNCC) (2016/2017)
  • Member of New JNCHES - Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (2014-2017)
  • Member of Edinburgh Napier University Academic Workload Framework Steering Group (2013-2018)
  • Academic Staff Member Edinburgh Napier University Court (2012-2018)
  • Member of New JNCHES - Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (2010-2012)
  • Member of New JNCHES - Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff Sustainability Working Group (2009-2010)
  • Member of Edinburgh Napier University Joint Consultative Committee/Joint Negotiating and Consultative Committee (2007-2017)

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • Anna Klamet (Edinburgh Napier) - The future is unwritten. E-publishing in the small nations of Europe: A comparative approach to policy frameworks and small business strategies (Jan 2020)
  • Anthony Rosada (Edinburgh Napier) - Exploring the mechanisms to manage the internal context of change within a law enforcement organisation in the Caribbean
  • Jimmy Main (Strathclyde Uni)- Scared to go sick: Trade union and member responses to sickness absence policy management within local government (Jan 2018)

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer for Sociology
  • Peer reviewer - NTWE, HRMJ and Personnel Review
  • Textbook proposal and new editions reviewer for OUP, Palgrave, Cengage, Sage (2006-2016)

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Lecturer Heriot Watt University (2015)
  • Visiting Lecturer - University of Stirling (2004-2007)

 

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Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions

Conference Proceeding
Munro, A., Ellis, V., Canduela, J., & Raeside, R. (in press)
Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions
No abstract available.

The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK.

Presentation / Conference
Ellis, V. (2016, July)
The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK. Presented at 3rd ISA Forum of Scoiology - The Future We Want: global sociology and the struggles for a better world, Vienna, Austria
Although, seemingly involved in a perpetual process of ‘evolution’ universities, and those that work within them, have been subject to unprecedented change over the past twent...

Working Together? Investigating Managers' Attitudes Towards Trade Unions

Presentation / Conference
Ellis, V., & Munro, A. (2013, September)
Working Together? Investigating Managers' Attitudes Towards Trade Unions. Paper presented at Work, Employment and Society, University of Warwick
No abstract available.

The changing nature of academic work.

Presentation / Conference
Ellis, V., & de Turberville, S. (2013, September)
The changing nature of academic work. Paper presented at Work, Employment and Society, University of Warwick
No abstract available.

Working Together? An investigation of managers' perceptions of trade unions in the UK

Presentation / Conference
Ellis, V., & Munro, A. (2013, June)
Working Together? An investigation of managers' perceptions of trade unions in the UK. Paper presented at British Universities Industrial Relations Association, Glasgow
No abstract available.

The Enemy Within or Partners? Investigating Managers' Perceptions of Trade Unions

Presentation / Conference
Ellis, V., & Munro, A. (2013, March)
The Enemy Within or Partners? Investigating Managers' Perceptions of Trade Unions. Paper presented at 31st International Labour Process Conference, Rutgers University, New York
No abstract available.

The Managed Academic? An Examination of the Academic Labour Process

Presentation / Conference
Ellis, V., & de Turberville, S. (2013, March)
The Managed Academic? An Examination of the Academic Labour Process. Paper presented at 31st International Labour Process Conference, Rutgers University
No abstract available.

‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis

Journal Article
Ellis, V. (2011)
‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society, 25(1), 163-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017010389245
No abstract available.

Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis

Journal Article
Ellis, V., & Taylor, M. (2010)
Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society, 24(4), 803-812. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017010380649
This article presents a first hand account of the financial crisis by ‘Margaret Taylor’, a union activist within HBOS. Overviewing more than twenty years’ experience in the se...

Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4

Journal Article
Ellis, V. (2009)
Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4. Work, Employment and Society, 23(4), 809-810
No abstract available

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