Ursula Huws

Ursula Huws
NationalityBritish
EducationThe Courtauld Institute, University of London

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

  • Huws, Ursula; Centre, Leeds Trade Union and Community Resource and Information (1982). Your Job in the 80s. London: Pluto Pr. ISBN 978-0-86104-365-1.[14]
  • Huws, Ursula. The new homeworkers : new technology and the changing location of white-collar work. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  • Huws, Ursula (2003). The Making of a Cybertariat. New York: Monthly Review Press. ISBN 978-1-58367-088-0.[15]
  • Huws, Ursula (2014). Labor in the Global Digital Economy: The Cybertariat Comes of Age.[16]
  • Huws, Ursula (2020). Reinventing the Welfare State: Digital Platforms and Public Policies.[17]

Honors and awards

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

References

  1. ^ Huws, Ursula (1985). "Hiraeth". In Heron, Liz (ed.). Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties. Virago Press Limited. pp. 171–187. ISBN 978-0-86068-596-8.
  2. ^ "New associate fellow for IES". Management Services ; Enfield. Vol. 40, no. 4. April 1996. p. 6.
  3. ^ Evans-Pughe, Christine (2003-11-19). "The cyberserfs". The Independent. p. 48. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  4. ^ "Ursula Huws". NYU Press. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  5. ^ "Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation". Pluto Journals. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  6. ^ "Dynamics of Virtual Work | Editorial board". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  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. ^ Todd, Roger (1983-01-05). "Computers 'can put you off sex'". Daily Mirror. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  9. ^ Bertin, Imogen (2000). The teleworking handbook : new ways of working in the information society. Internet Archive. Kenilworth : TCA, the Telework, Telecottage and Telecentre Association. pp. 18, 26, 29, 34, 35. ISBN 978-0-9528492-2-3.
  10. ^ McCarthy, Helen (2022). "Flexible Workers: The Politics of Homework in Postindustrial Britain". Journal of British Studies. 61 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1017/jbr.2021.126. ISSN 0021-9371.
  11. ^ Lewis, James (1983-01-05). "Technology 'cuts jobs for women'". The Guardian. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  12. ^ Boseley, Sarah (1994-09-13). "Homeworkers 'desperate and exploited'". The Guardian. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  13. ^ Rose, Barbara (2004-10-24). "Virtual assistants connect to work via 'Net". Lansing State Journal. p. 109. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  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. ^ "New Academicians" (PDF). Social Science Bulletin. No. 9. Academy of Social Sciences. 2005. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2024-01-19.

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