Working Lives Research Institute
PositionSenior Research Fellow in Employment Studies, Co-Director Comparative Organisation and Equality Research Centre
Fiona began her studies by completing a degree at Sheffield University (Geography and Politics) and then went on to complete an MA (Economic Geography) at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where she lived and worked for six years. She has held a number of research posts at McGill and the University of North London looking at a range of industrial restructuring, employment and equality issues and also state funding and the management of ‘community’ social service provision.
Fiona’s research interests centre on organisation and employment studies. Four current research areas include:
Fiona Colgan
Co-Director of the Comparative Organisationand Equality Research Centre
MA Employment Studies & HRM Course Leader
Stapleton House
London Metropolitan University
277-281 Holloway Road
London N7 8HN
(+44) 0207 133-3841
f.colgan@londonmet.ac.uk
(With Wright, T., Creegan, C. and McKearney, A.) ‘Equality and diversity in the public services: moving forward on lesbian, gay and bisexual equality?’ Human Resource Management Journal (accepted, forthcoming 2009).
(With Creegan, C., McKearney, A., and Wright, T.) ‘Lesbian Workers: Personal Strategies amid Changing Organisational Responses to "Sexual Minorities" in UK Workplaces,’ Journal of Lesbian Studies, Vol 12, No 1, 2008.
(With Creegan, C., McKearney, A., and Wright, T.) ‘Equality and diversity policies and practices at work: Lesbian, gay and bisexual workers,’ Equal Opportunities International, Vol 26, No 6, 2007.
(With Creegan, C., McKearney, A. and Wright, T.) ‘Why a gay-friendly working environment can boost productivity,’ People Management, 28 September, 2006, p.80.
(With Creegan, C., McKearney, A. and Wright, T.) ‘Lesbian, gay and bisexual workers: equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace’ Equal Opportunities International, Equal Opportunities International, V25, No 6, 2006.
(With Creegan, C., Charlesworth, R. and Robinson, G) ‘Race equality policies at work: Employee perceptions of the 'implementation gap' in a UK local authority,’ Work, Employment and Society, V17, No 4, 2003.
(With Ledwith, S) ‘Gender and diversity: reshaping union democracy,’ Employee Relations, Vol 24, No 2, 2002.
(with Ledwith, S) ’Unions need women: women need unions.’ International Union Rights, V. 8, No 1, March 2001.
(with Ledwith, S) ‘Feminism, diversity, identities and strategies of women trade union activists,’ Gender, Work and Organization, Vol 7, No 4, 2000.
‘Recognising the lesbian and gay constituency in UK trade unions: moving forward in UNISON? Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 30, No 5, 1999.
‘Gender, diversity and mobilisation in UK unions,’ in Gender, Diversity and Trade Unions: International Perspectives Routledge, 2002. (with Ledwith, S.)
‘Moving forward in UNISON: lesbian and gay self organisation in action’ in Hunt, G. (ed) Labouring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity across Nations, Temple University Press, United States, 1999.
(with Mann, M. and Ledwith, S) ‘Women’s self-organising and trade union democracy, proportionality and fair representation. A case study of the UK public sector trade union UNISON.’ in Pocock, B. (ed) Strife: Sex and Politics in Unions, Allen and Unwin, Australia, 1997
(with Brockbank, A. and Tomlinson, F.) ‘Human resource management and gender: organisational change, HRM policies and practices and the employment and career patterns of women and men in the UK publishing and retail sectors.’ in Beardwell, I. (ed) Contemporary Developments in HRM, Editions Eska, 1996
(with Ledwith, S.) ‘Women as organisational change agents,’ in Ledwith S. and Colgan F. (ed) Women in Organisations: Challenging Gender Politics, Macmillan, 1996.
(with Tomlinson, F.) ‘Women in book publishing - a ‘feminised’ sector? in Ledwith S. and Colgan F. (ed) Women in Organisations: Challenging Gender Politics, Macmillan, 1996.
(with Ledwith, S.) ‘Sisters organising - women and their trade unions,’ in Ledwith S. and Colgan F. (ed) Women in Organisations: Challenging Gender Politics, Macmillan, 1996.
(with Johnstone, S. and Shaw, S.) ‘On the move - women in the Toronto public transport sector,’ in Ledwith S. and Colgan F. (ed) Women in Organisations: Challenging Gender Politics, Macmillan, 1996.
(with Ledwith, S.) ‘Movers and shakers -creating organisational change,’ in Ledwith S. and Colgan F. (ed) Women in Organisations: Challenging Gender Politics, Macmillan, 1996(with Creegan, C. McKearney, A. and Wright, T.) Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Workers, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace , COERC, London, Metropolitan University, June 2006.
(with McKearney, A. and Wright, T.) ‘Equality and diversity strategies: is sexual orientation still the poor relation in organization equality and diversity policy and practice?’ September 2008, British Academy of Management, Harrogate.
(with Farnworth, H., Kalsi, K., Reynard, A. and Tomlinson, F.) ‘The intersection of gender and age: becoming a woman olderpreneur?’ September 2008, British Academy of Management, Harrogate.
(with Tomlinson, F., Kalsi, K., Farnworth, H. and Reynard, A.) ‘Becoming an entrepreneur: the intersection of age and gender in the accounts of older women moving into self-employment.’ Paper presented at the 24th EGOS Colloquium, Amsterdam, July, 2008.
(with McKearney, A., Creegan, C. and Wright, T.) ‘Lesbian, gay and bisexual workers: Equality, diversity and inclusion in the UK workplace?’ International Labour Process Conference, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2-4 April 2007.
(with Creegan, C. McKearney, A. and Wright, T.) ‘ Sexuality in the workplace: Individual strategies and organisational responses to discrimination and social exclusion,’ BUIRA Conference, University of Galway, 27-29 June 2006.
(with Creegan, C. McKearney, A. and Wright, T.) ‘Sexuality in the workplace: Personal strategies and organisational responses to discrimination and social exclusion, ’ Gender, Work and Organisation Conference, University of Keele, 22-24 June 2005.
2008-2009 Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘Integration within the workplace: age, religion or belief, sexual orientation and migrant workers,’ (with Sue Bond, Emma Hollywood and Colin Lindsay, Napier University).
2008-2010 Trade Union Modernisation Fund ‘Fairer Futures: Putting Equal Opportunities at the Heart of NUT Local structures,’ (with the National Union of Teachers).
2004-2006 European Social Fund, Tackling ‘Multiple Discrimination’ and social exclusion at work: an examination of the intersection between gender, race, age and sexual orientation (with C. Creegan, A. McKearney and T. Wright).
1998-2000 UNL Development and Diversity Fund Trade union Policies and Strategies: Meeting the Challenge of a New International Order in the ISTC, MSF, TGWU and UNIFI (Project Leader)
1999-2002 London Borough of Hackney, Hackney Race Action Plan Survey of Employees (with R. Charlesworth, C. Creegan and G. Robinson)
2000-2001 Low Pay Commission, The Minimum Wage in North London.
Awareness and impact of the National Minimum Wage in Inner City Areas of Cultural Diversity (with S.Jefferys and M.Davis)
2001 London Borough of Hackney, Employee Attitude
Survey (with D.Bartlett, S.Jefferys and G.Robinson)
2001-2002 The CWU in 1996 and 2001: A Report of a Membership Survey (with A. Murton and S. Jefferys)
2004-2006 European Social Fund, Tackling ‘Multiple Discrimination’ and social exclusion at work: an examination of the intersection between gender, race, age and sexual orientation in London and Manchester (with C.Creegan, A.McKearney and T.Wright).
2008-2010 Trade Union Modernisation Fund ‘Fairer Futures: Putting Equal Opportunities at the Heart of NUT Local structures,’ (with the National Union of Teachers)
2008-2009 Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘Integration within the workplace: age, religion or belief, sexual orientation and migrant workers,’ (with Sue Bond, Emma Hollywood and Colin Lindsay, Napier University).
