Ursula Huws Explained

Ursula Huws
Nationality:British

Ursula Huws is a political economist known for her work on teleworking.

Education and career

Huws graduated in 1970 with a degree in art history from University of London.[1] In 1996 she started work at the Institute for Employment Studies.[2] Huws has worked at the London Metropolitan University,[3] and the University of Hertfordshire.[4]

She is the editor of the journal Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation,[5] and co-edits the book series Dynamics of Virtual Work with Rosalind Gill.[6]

Research

Huws is known for her research on technological change and work. In the 1970s she began research on the impacts of computerisation on office work,[7] including the health effects of working with video display terminals.[8] In a 1981 study, The New Homeworkers, she examined how the combination of computing and telecommunications technologies would lead to new forms of teleworking.[9] [10] Her subsequent work has examined how advances in technology result in higher job losses for women,[11] examined the exploitation of people working from home,[12] and tracked the increased use of virtual assistants at work.[13]

Selected publications

Honors and awards

Huws was elected a fellow of Academy of Social Sciences in 2004.[18]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Huws, Ursula . Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties . 1985 . Virago Press Limited . 978-0-86068-596-8 . Heron . Liz . 171–187 . English . Hiraeth.
  2. News: April 1996 . New associate fellow for IES . Management Services ; Enfield . 6 . 40 . 4.
  3. News: Evans-Pughe . Christine . 2003-11-19 . The cyberserfs . 2024-05-12 . The Independent . 48.
  4. Web site: Ursula Huws . 2024-05-12 . NYU Press . en-US.
  5. Web site: Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation . 2024-05-12 . Pluto Journals . en-US.
  6. Web site: Dynamics of Virtual Work Editorial board . 2024-05-12 . SpringerLink . en.
  7. Huws, U. The Impact of New Technology on Women’s Employment in West Yorkshire, Leeds Trade Union and Community Resource and Information Centre, 1980
  8. News: Todd . Roger . 1983-01-05 . Computers 'can put you off sex' . 2024-05-12 . Daily Mirror . 5.
  9. Book: Bertin, Imogen . The teleworking handbook : new ways of working in the information society . 2000 . Kenilworth : TCA, the Telework, Telecottage and Telecentre Association . Internet Archive . 978-0-9528492-2-3 . 18, 26, 29, 34, 35.
  10. McCarthy . Helen . 2022 . Flexible Workers: The Politics of Homework in Postindustrial Britain . Journal of British Studies . en . 61 . 1 . 1–25 . 10.1017/jbr.2021.126 . 0021-9371. free .
  11. News: Lewis . James . 1983-01-05 . Technology 'cuts jobs for women' . 2024-05-12 . The Guardian . 2.
  12. News: Boseley . Sarah . 1994-09-13 . Homeworkers 'desperate and exploited' . 2024-05-12 . The Guardian . 6.
  13. News: Rose . Barbara . 2004-10-24 . Virtual assistants connect to work via 'Net . 2024-05-12 . Lansing State Journal . 109.
  14. Review of Your Job in the Eighties
  15. Review of The Making of a Cybertariat
  16. Reviews of Labour in the Global Digital Economy
  17. Review of Reinventing the Welfare State
  18. 2005 . New Academicians . https://web.archive.org/web/20070716053001/http://www.acss.org.uk/docs/bulletinissue905.pdf . 2007-07-16 . 2024-01-19 . Social Science Bulletin . Academy of Social Sciences . 4 . 9.

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