Speaking

Research is useless if you don’t share it. I am interested in sharing my own research and facilitating conversations between people who know better than, or different from, myself.

Recent talks and presentations:

‘Just Do It: Bring Back the CES’ at Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Marking 10 Years Since the End of Australian Car Manufacturing was Declared Symposium, Stretton Centre, February 2024.
Future Work, Future Communities Adelaide Workshop Panel Discussion on automotive closure and just transitions with Dr Sally Weller, Professor David Bailey, and Dr Ilke Onur, Pridham Hall, July 2023.
‘The Problem of Precarity’ for the Australian Services Union’s Local Government Round Table, Adelaide Pavilion, April 2023.
Two papers at the Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand’s 2023 conference on Magnetic Island: Just-er transitions: ‘A framework for identifying and measuring the impact and value of employment security’ & ‘Love and Security: Learning from Holden’s Closure’, February 2023.
SA Unions’ 2022 Organisers Conference: ‘Elevating Workers’ Voices’ & ‘Industrial Transformation’, November 2021.
The Protective Power of Job Security panel with Tanya Hosch and Senator Sarah Hanson Young for the Working Women’s Centre SA, October 2021.
The Future of Local Journalism roundtable with Royce Kurmelovs and Anisha Pillarisetty as part of Writers SA’s Context Festival, October 2021.

Keynote at the Financial Institutions Remuneration Group’s 2021 Conference in Adelaide, May 2021.
Working Women’s Centre SA’s panel Working in the Arts with Letisha Ackland and Emma Webb, March 2021.
Panel for the launch of PerCapita’s Jobs for Australia project in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Curtin’s Full Employment White Paper, June 2020.
The Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand’s 2020 conference in Queenstown, New Zealand, February 2020.

I have also lectured on: precarious work; the gig economy; the digital divide; and Industry 4.0 at Flinders University. Run talks and workshops in workplaces, schools and at rallies, and hosted and facilitated a range of radio shows and panel discussions on gender, work and everything in between.

Sing out if you would like a chat.