Centre for Research on Work and Organisations
Centre for Research on Work and Organisations

Our impact

Our research is engaged with rapid changes in the world of work.

Jane Parry has actively contributed expert insights shaping national policy through parliamentary research briefing papers and insight publications:

  • Parry, J. (27 November, 2025) , House of Commons Library
  • Brione, P., Cunningham, S., Foster, D., Long, R., Parry, J., Francis-Devine, B., Powell, A., Murray, A. and Priestley, S. (2024, October)  House of Commons Library.
  • Parry, J. and Brione, P. (16 July 2025) , parliamentary research briefing paper, Number CBP-10307. 
     

Jane Parry has contributed to horizon scans on the UK parliament website 

  • Parry, J.  (28 Jan 2025) Labour market and workforce planning and supply, UK Parliament POST Horizon scanning, DOI:  
  • Pickett, L., Lally, C., and Parry, J. (28 Jan 2025) Supporting local economies, communities, and businesses, UK Parliament POST Horizon scanning, DOI:  
  • Lee, D. and Parry, J. (27 Jan 2025) Economic growth and productivity, UK Parliament POST Horizon scanning, DOI:  
     

Mina Beigi submitted written evidence on Home-Based Working to the UK House of Lords Committee

  • Beigi, Mina, Au, Wee Chan and Shirmohammadi, Melika (2025) Written evidence on home-based working University of Southampton 8pp. (doi:10.5258/SOTON/PP0121).
     

Jane Parry and Michalis Veliziotis responded to the House of Lords Inquiry on Home-Based Working in the UK

  • Parry, Jane and Veliziotis, Michalis (2025) A response to the House of Lords Inquiry on Home-Based Working in the UK Southampton, UK. University of Southampton 9pp. (doi:10.5258/SOTON/PP0125)
     

Denise Baden

Denise Baden's research has contributed to impact in many ways:

  • is the founder of the  with a mission to create a cultural body of work that entertains and informs about green solutions, inspires green behaviour and raises awareness of the necessary transformations towards a sustainable economy.
  • the Eco Hair and Beauty project, which aims to encourage hairdressers to embrace sustainability, won the £10,000 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Celebrating Impact Prize 2018 for Outstanding Impact in Business and Enterprise.
     

Centre researchers regularly share expert insights on The Conversation, bringing academic research to a wider audience:

  • Jane Parry (November 28, 2025)
  • Tahir Nisar (August 7, 2024)
  • Peter Rodgers
    • (January 26, 2025) ‘
    • (November 26, 2024)