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Prof Alex Bryson
G21
Department of Social Science
55-59 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0NU
Appointment
- Chair Of Quantitative Social Science
- IOE - Social Science
- UCL Institute of Education
Biography
Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL's Department of Social Science. Research Fellow at IZA in Bonn, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) in London, WISERD in Cardiff and Rutgers in New Jersey. Alex is a co-editor of Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society and the Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership.
Research Themes
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Alex is an applied labour economist with a background in sociology. His research focuses on labour economics, employment relations and programme evaluation.
Current funded research projects examine (funder in brackets):
- the gender wage gap over the life course (ESRC);
- the impact of teacher pay reforms on teacher pay and labour markets (ESRC);
- incidence and consequences of trade unionism in Wales (ESRC
Centre Wales Institute of Social and
Economic Research Data and Methods);
- the economic and social value of health (Health Foundation)
- the labour market in social care (Health Foundation)
- regional growth in Norway and the UK (Norwegian Research Council);
- the role of trade unions in firms' adoption and implementation of new technology (Norwegian Research Council).
He also works on sports economics, workers' well-being, public sector management practices, and racial discrimination.
Teaching Summary
He is Module Leader for Work and Employment Relations (Course SOCS0046), an optional module on the BSc in Social Sciences. He teaches Impact Evaluation Methods on the MSc in Public Policy (PUBL0064) and the MSc in Social Research Methods (SOCS0017).
