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Publications by Ursula Huws




Ursula Huws is a writer and research consultant who has, since 1987, been the director of Analytica, an independent research consultancy. From 1990 to 1995 she was also a senior lecturer in social research methodology at the University of North London. She is now an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Employment Studies.

This list includes most of her major publications relating to economic development, technological change, and employment. However it does not include newspaper or magazine articles, reviews, reports or conference papers except in cases where these have generated a strong response in the form of requests to the author for bibliographical information. Publications are listed in reverse date order. Publications preceded by a * have restricted circulation only.

The Making of a Cybertariat:  Virtual Work in a Real World,  Monthly Review Press,  New York and Merlin Press, London, July, 2003 http://www.monthlyreview.org/cybertariat.htm

When Work Takes Flight:  Research Results from the EMERGENCE project, IES Report 397, Institute for Employment Studies, 2003
http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=397

‘The Persistence of National Differences in the New Global Division of Labour in eServices’ in Globalisation, Innovation and Human Development for Competitive Advantage, Asia Institute of Technology, Bangkok, December, 2002

Modelling eWork in Europe:  Estimates, Models and Forecasts from the EMERGENCE Project, (with Bates, P.) IES Report 388, 2002 http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=388

Statistical Indicators of eWork:  a Discussion Paper, IES Report, 2002 http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=385

'The Restructuring of  Employment in the Information Society and its Implications for Social Protection' in Work Organization and Social Exclusion in the European Information Society, Campus Frankfurt/M, Frankfurt, 2002 

‘E-work in a Global Economy’ in Challenges and Achievements in E-business and E-work, Stanford-Smith, B., Chiozza, E. and Edin, M. (eds) IOS Press, Amsterdam, Berlin, Oxford, Tokyo, Washington D.C., 2002

‘Grenzüberschreitende Verlagerung von eWork: Wo kommen die Jobs hin?’ in eWork:  Neue Jobchancen – real oder virtuell? Flecker, J. and Zilian, H.G., (eds) Arbeitsmarktservice, Vienna, 2002

How can we help?  Good Practice in Call Centre Employment, (with Paul, J.) European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels, 2002

‘The Changing Gender Division of Labour in the Transition to the Knowledge Society’ in Rubenson, K. and Schuetse, H.G. (eds) Transition to the Knowledge Society:  Policies and Strategies for Inidividual Participation and Learning, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2000

eWork in Europe:  Results from the EMERGENCE 18-country Survey (with O’Regan, S.) Institute for Employment Studies, Report No 380, 2001

Where the Butterfly Alights:  the Global Location of eWork (with Jagger, N.) Institute for Employment Studies, Report No 378, 2001

‘Equality and Telework in Europe’ in The Telework Environment, European Trade Union Confederation, 2001

“The making of a cybertariat? Virtual work in a real world.” In Panitch, L. and Leys, C. (eds)
Socialist Register 2001, Working Classes, Global Realities ,

‘Der Mythos der weightless economy’ in Die Neue Őkonomie des Internet, Das Argument, Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften 238, 2000

‘Societa dell’informazione, occupazione e cittadinanza sociale’ in Mirabile, M.L. (ed)  Lavoro e Welfare della New Economy,   L’Assistenza Sociale, Oct-Dec 2000

 ‘Un monde materiale: le mythe de l’economie virtuelle’ in Nouvelles Technologies d’Information : Nouvelle Donne Sociale, Critique Communiste 159/160 Autumn 2000

An Evaluation of Homeworking in ACAS (with Siobhan O'Regan and Sheila Honey), Research Paper 2, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, London, 2000

'Nature, Art and Technology: Towards the Emergence of a New Relationship?'Leonardo , MIT Press, Vol 33, No. 1, pp 33-40, 2000.

Virtually There:  the Evolution of Call Centres (with Alan Denbigh), Mitel, Newport, 1999

Teleworking and Globalisation(with Nick Jagger and Siobhan O'Regan), Report No 358, Institute for Employment Studies, Brighton, 1999

'Telearbeit in Europa/Teleworking in Europe' in Arbeit 2002:Zukunft der Frauen/Employment 2002:  the Future for Women, Cyba, E. and Knipp, M. (eds) Federal Ministry for Women's Affairs, Austria,  in association with the European Commission and Archimedia (bilingual German/English), Vienna, 1999

Teleworking and Local Government:  What are the Costs and Benefits?,  Local Government Management Board, London, 1999

' Women, participation and Democracy in the Information Society '  conference paper Citizens at the Crossroads:  Whose Information Society? Heritage Canada, London, Ontario,  October, 1999

'Teleworking and telematics' in Women'space, Volume 4 no 1, 1999

'Material World: the Myth of the Weightless Economy', in Panitch, L., and Leys, C. (eds), Socialist Register, 1999 ,Merlin Press, UK and Monthly Review Press, USA, 1999

'Beyond Anecdotes: on Quantifying the Globalisation of Information Processing Work', in Mitter and Bastos (eds) Europe and Developing Countries in the Globalised Information Economy, United Nations University Institute of Technology, Routledge, 1999

'Party Politics' in People Management ,24 December, 1998

'Flexibilisierung und Sicherheit:  Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen europäischen Gleichgewicht', in Zilian, H.G. and Flecker, J (eds), Flexibilisierung - Problem oder Lösung?. Edition Sigma, Berlin April, 1998

'Flexible Labour Markets and Equality Between the Sexes:  threat or opportunity?' in Mosconi, N., (ed) Égalité des Sexes en Éducation et Formation, Presses Universitaries de France, Paris, 1998

Flexibility and Security: towards a new European Balance, Citizens Income Trust, 1998

Virtually Free:  Gender, Work and Spatial Choice, NUTEK, Sweden, September, 1997 (co-editor, with Gunnarsson, E. and author of two chapters)

'Autonomy, power and gender: telematics and the paradox of choice' published in Swedish as  'Distansarbete Kraver en Valfardsstat' in Manniskan Jobbeet & den Nya Industrin,  Lars Skold and Gunnar von Sydow (eds) Svensa Industritjanstemannaforbundet (SIF), Stockholm,  1997

'Bread and Roses: reflections on women's politics at the end of the twentieth century' in Red Pepper, October, 1997

Teleworking: Guidelines for Good Practice, Institute for Employment Studies, 1997

Flexible Labour Markets and Social Protection in Europe, Report to the European Commission, DGV, 1996

Teleworking and Rural Development, (with Honey, S. and Morris, S.) Rural Development Commission, 1996, November, 1996

Teleworking and Gender, (with Podro, S., Gunnarsson, E., Weijers, T., Arvanitaki, K. and Trova, V.) Institute for Employment Studies, 1996

No Sweat!, Trades Union Congress, June, 1996

'Gender and Economic Restructuring in the UK' in Gender, British Council Briefing Issue 1, British Council in association with Change, 1996

Teleworking and Gender, European Commission DGV Equal Opportunities Unit, May, 1996

Teleworking: an Overview of the Research, Joint publication of the Department of Transport, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of the Environment, Department for Education and Employment and Employment Service, July, 1996

'Le Télétravail', in Diversification du Temps de Travail, Itineraires Professionels et Egalité Professionnelle , Conseil Superieur de l'Egalité Professionnelle, Ministère des Affaires Sociales, de la Santé et de la Ville, France, February, 1996

'Training and Flexible Work' in Flexible Working, February, 1996

Follow-up to the White Paper- Teleworking, European Commission Directorate General V, September, 1994, also published as Social Europe, Supplement 3, European Commission DGV, 1995

Good Practice in the Employment of Homeworkers and Teleworkers, ILO, 1996

A Manager's Guide to Teleworking, Employment Department, May, 1995

Action Programmes for the Protection of Homeworkers, ILO, 1995

'Teleworking and Training for Women' in Franceskides, R. and De Troy, C. (eds) A Wider Vision: Reflections on Women's Training, IRIS, 1995

Home Truths: Results from the NGH National Homeworking Survey, National Group on Homeworking, August, 1994

'Teleworking: facing up to the future' in Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin, July, 1994

'Teleworking in Britain', Employment Gazette, February, 1994

Teleworking in Britain, Employment Department Research Series, October, 1993

Employment and Training in London, West London TEC for the London TECs Steering Group, Summer, 1993

Employment and Training in London, Results from the 1992 London TECs Employment and Training Survey, 1993 Panel Update Report, London TECs Employment and Training Survey Steering Group, 1993

Technology Requirements Related to the Management of Telework , Commission of the European Communities Directorate General XIII, 1993

'Reflections on Twenty Years Research on Women and Technology', in Mitter and Rowbotham, eds, Women Encounter Technology, UN University Instititute of Technology and Routledge, 1995

Employment and Training in London, Results from the 1992 London TECs Employment and Training Survey, London TECs Employment and Training Survey Steering Group, 1992

*Teleworking: Case Studies, with Podro, S, Interim Report to the Employment Department, 1992

*The Management of Teleworking, Interim Report to the Employment Department, 1992

Market Implementation of Teleworking in Rural Environments : Case Studies, Report to the European Commission, DG XIII, 1992

Towards a Taxonomy of Telework, Report to the European Commission, DG XIII, 1992

*Employment and Training in AZTEC, Results from the London TECs 1992 Employment and Training Survey, AZTEC, 1992

*Employment and Training in LETEC, Results from the London TECs 1992 Employment and Training Survey, LETEC, 1992

*Employment and Training in North London TEC, Results from the London TECs 1992 Employment and Training Survey, North London TEC, 1992

*Employment and Training in North West London TEC, Results from the London TECs 1992 Employment and Training Survey, North West London TEC, 1992

*Employment and Training in South Thames TEC, Results from the London TECs 1992 Employment and Training Survey, South Thames TEC, 1992

*Employment and Training in West London TEC, Results from the London TECs 1992 Employment and Training Survey, West London TEC, 1992

*Teleworking in Britain: Prevalence and Employer Attitudes , Interim Report to the Employment Department, 1992

Changes in the West London Economy, West London TEC, 1992

*The Impact of the Single European Market on the Economy of Leicester , Leicester City Council, 1992

Gertie Roche, Policy Research Unit, Leeds Polytechnic, 1992

The Impact of the Single European Market: How British Counties Compare, Empirica UK, 1991 (special editions produced for Sheffield City Council and South Glamorgan County Council with additional chapters on their own local economies)

'What is a Green-Red Economics?: the Future of Work' Z, September, 1991

'The Local Industrial Impact of the Single European Market', in Local Government Policy Making, March, 1991

'Telework: projections', in Futures, January, 1991

'The Global Restructuring of Service Industries and its Implications for Women' in IRENE Newsletter, Industrial Restructuring Network Europe, March, 1991

'Monitoring the Flexible Workforce', in Labour Market Statistics For The 90s, Statistics Users Council, December, 1990

'Equality for Whom? Tensions between the Individual and Collective Aspirations of Women in the Workplace' in, The Construction of Sex/Gender. What is a Feminist Perspective?, Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, 1990

'Bad Attitudes: the Processed World Anthology' (review article) in Science as Culture 1992

Public Attitudes to Biotechnology in the UK, interim report to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1990

*The Impact of the Single European Market on the Economy of Sheffield, Empirica UK, 1990

*The Impact of the Single European Market on the Economy of Hammersmith and Fulham, Empirica UK, 1990

*The Impact of the Single European Market on Mid- Glamorgan's Economy, Empirica UK, 1990

*The Impact of the Single European Market on South Glamorgan's Economy, Empirica UK, 1990

'Women's Health at Work', in Silent Health, Camerawork, 1990

'Grasping the Political Nettle: Job Design' in Women and the Built Environment Quarterly, Issue 14: the Office, 1990

Case Studies in Conditions of Work Digest: Telework, International Labour Office, 1990

'Pinning down the mobile worker' in Practical Computing, March 1990

Telework: Towards the Elusive Office (with Korte, W., and Robinson, S.) John Wiley, 1990

Negotiating Equality, Workers Education Association, Studies for Trade Unionists Series, October l989

What Price Flexibility?: the Casualisation of Women's Employment, (co-author with Hurstfield, J. and Holtmaat, R.), Low Pay Unit, September l989

'Uprooting the Office', in Practical Computing, September, 1989

The Impact of Mass Immigration from Hong Kong on the UK Economy , (the 'Corry Report' - co-author), with Corry, B., Duffy, G., Bowers, J., Outram, Q., Driver, K, Neuburger, H., South China Morning Post, July 1989

'Danger: women at work', New Statesman & Society, March l989

'Consuming Fashions', New Statesman & Society, August l988

Negotiating for Equality, a guide to tackling sex discrimination in collective agreements, Equal Opportunities Commission, l988

Women's Employment in Brent, Brent Local Economy Resource Unit, for the London Borough of Brent, 1988

Women Working, A Woman's Guide to Rights at Work , Channel 4 Publications, l988

Job Search Pack for ILEA Manual Workers, Inner London Education Authority, l988

'Remote Possibilities: some difficulties in the analysis and quantification of telework in the UK', in Telework: development of a new form of work organisation, eds Korte, W., Steinle, W., and Robinson, S., North Holland, 1988

'Bargaining for Equality', Labour Research, April 1987

Equal Opportunities for Local Authority Workers: the Trade Union Experience in Seven London Boroughs, London Strategic Policy Unit, Empirica, 1987

VDU Hazards Handbook, London Hazards Centre, 1987

Home Sweet Workplace: Report of a survey into the employment needs of people with severe disabilities with particular reference to homeworking, GLC Equal Opportunities Group, 1986 (co-author with Ashok, H. and Hall, J.)

The Potential for Decentralised Electronic Working in the Banking, Insurance and Software Industries in the UK, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1986

'Interactive networks come to MFR', in Cases in Information Technology , ed Brown, D., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986

'The effects of AI on women's lives', in Artificial Intelligence for Society, ed Gill, K.S., John Wiley, 1986

'Challenging Commodification', in Very Nice Work if you Can Get it: the Socially Useful Production Debate, Spokesman, 1985

Who Cares?, a survey of childcare facilities in Greater London, GLC Equal Opportunities Group, 1985

'Ten years of women's employment' in The Invisible Decade, eds Ashton, G. and Bannerjee, L., Gower Press, 1985

'Hiraeth' in Truth Dare or Promise: Girls Growing up in the Fifties, Heron, L (ed), Virago, 1985

'Le moderne lavoratrici a domicilio', in Terminal Donne, eds Manacorda, P.M. and Piva, P., Studi e Richerche 46, Edizioni Lavoro, Rome 1985

'The Global Office: Information Technology and the Relocation of White-collar work' in Third World Trade and Technology Conference Papers , Third World Information Network, 1985

'Terminal Isolation: the Atomisation of Work and Leisure in the Wired Society', in Making Waves, Radical Science 16, Winter/Spring 1985

Keying into Careers: Opportunities for Keyboard Operators in the GLC's Central Reprographic Service and Central Computer Service, Greater London Council Equal Opportunities Group, 1984

Sweated Labour: Homeworking in Britain Today, Low Pay Unit, 1984 (with Bisset, L.)

The New Homeworkers, Report of a Research Project Commissioned by the Equal Opportunities Commission, Low Pay Unit, 1984

'The Runaway Office Jobs', International Labour Reports, March-April, 1984

'Society at Work: The New Homeworkers', New Society, 22 March, 1984

'New Technology Homeworkers', Employment Gazette, January, 1984

Office Work and Information Technologies, Economic Policy Group - Strategy Document No 1, Greater London Council, 1983 (co-author)

'Opening Address, ISIS International Conference on New Technology and Women's Employment', ISIS Bulletin, Geneva, Autumn 1983

Your Job in the Eighties, Pluto Press, 1982

'Chips on the Cheap: South East Asian Women Pay the Price', in Scarlet Women No 14, January, 1982

'Domestic Technology: liberator or enslaver?' in Scarlet Women, No 14, January 1982, reprinted in Sweeping Statements: Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement 1981-1983, eds Kanter, Lefanu, Shah and Spedding, The Women's Press, 1984

New Technology and Women's Employment: Case Studies from West Yorkshire, Equal Opportunities Commission, 1982

The Impact of New Technology on Women's Employment in West Yorkshire , Leeds Trade Union and Community Resource and Information Centre, 1980

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