Dr Gemma Beale is an Adelaide-based researcher, writer, and speaker.

Gemma is the Executive Director SA/NT of the McKell Institute and a researcher and writer. She is an expert in industrial relations, precarious work, and the future of work.

Her PhD was a worker-focused study exploring the impact of, and the relationship between, precarious employment and industry closure using the closure of the Australian automotive manufacturing industry as a case study. She has written for The Adelaide Review, The Conversation, and The Advertiser.

Before moving into academia she worked in the South Australian arts, women’s and community sectors for almost a decade. She was a producer and host of a range of current affairs, talk, and music programs at Radio Adelaide from 2009-2014.

Gemma has a Ph.D. from Flinders University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons, First Class) from The University of Adelaide, was the recipient of The Augusta Zadow Award ($10,000) from SafeWork SA in 2014, and The Business and Professional Woman Prize from The University of Adelaide in 2015.

She has a passion for economic justice, clear thinking, thoughtful conversation, and accessible, feminist good times.