It’s been a tough two years for women. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, women were hit harder by job losses, leading many to call it a “she-cession”. But as the pandemic worse on we started to see wider impacts too.
Rae Cooper
Employment:
Professor, Gender, Work and Employment Relations
Australian Research Council - Future Fellow
Director Gender Equality in Working Life (GEWL) research initiative
Appointments and Directorships:
Director, Family Planning NSW (2013-2016)
Chair, Board of Directors, Australian Hearing (2011-2014)
Deputy Chair Premier's, Expert Advisory Council on Women (NSW) (2010-12)
Director, NSW TAFE Commission (2010-2013)
Director, NSW Rural Assistance Authority (2005-2012)
Leadership in universities and to scholarly associations:
Member, Executive, International Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2018-
Editor - Journal of Industrial Relations
Previously, President, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ).
Previously, Chair, NSW Working Women's Centre
Previously, Chair NSW Premier's Expert Advisory Council on Women
Research specialisation:
Employment Relations
Gender and work
Flexible work and careers
Women and leadership
Bargaining and negotiation
Education
PhD - Usyd - 2003
BA (Hons) First Class and University Medal - 1993 - (Industrial Relations and History) - UNSW