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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Judy Fudge is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has a research profile marked by a focus on social sciences, particularly in labor studies and law. Their work spans several subfields, including political science and international relations, strategy and management, public administration, sociology and political science, and law. The major research topics covered include labor movements and unions, global trade, sustainability, social impact, international labor and employment law, discrimination and equality law, social policy and reform studies, regulation and compliance studies, and labor law and work dynamics.

The publication record shows multiple contributions to a variety of peer-reviewed journals and venues. Some frequent publication venues are:

  • International Labour Review
  • Revista Internacional del Trabajo
  • Revue internationale du Travail
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • London Review of International Law

Among recent notable papers authored by Judy Fudge are:

  • Law and gendered labour market segmentation, 2021, International Labour Review
  • Bad for business: the construction of modern slavery and the reconfiguration of sovereignty, 2022, London Review of International Law
  • Squaring the circle: The ILO, temporary labour migration programmes and decent work, 2022, Global Social Policy
  • Regulatory design and interactions in worker-driven social responsibility initiatives: The Dindigul Agreement, 2024, International Labour Review

In addition to journal articles, Judy Fudge has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Johns Hopkins University: Labour Before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948 (2023).

Fudge collaborates frequently with other researchers, with regular co-authors including Guy Mundlak, Genevieve LeBaron, Ruth Dukes, Hila Shamir, and Samuel Alldritt. Collaboration with these colleagues indicates a research network engaging with interdisciplinary perspectives connected to labor and international policy issues.

Recognition of professional standing includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013 under the Academy of Social Sciences, reflecting peer acknowledgment within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms

    Judy Fudge;Rosemary J. Owens

  • Privatization, Law, and the Challenge to Feminism

    Brenda Cossman;Judy Fudge

  • The Public/Private Distinction: The Possibilities of and the Limits to the Use of Charter Litigation to Further Feminist Struggles

    Judy Fudge

  • The New Discourse of Labor Rights: From Social to Fundamental Rights?

    Judy Fudge

  • Gender, Segmentation and the Standard Employment Relationship in Canadian Labour Law, Legislation and Policy:

    Judy Fudge;Leah F. Vosko

  • The Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Canada: Low-Skilled Workers as an Extreme Form of Flexible Labor.

    Judy Fudge;Fiona Macphail

  • Fragmenting Work and Fragmenting Organizations: The Contract of Employment and the Scope of Labour Regulation

    Judy Fudge

  • The future of the standard employment relationship: Labour law, new institutional economics and old power resource theory:

    Judy Fudge

  • Precarius Migrant Status and Precarius Employment: The Paradox of International Right for Migrant Workers.

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  • After Industrial Citizenship: Market Citizenship or Citizenship at Work?

    Judy Fudge

  • The Legal Concept of Employment: Marginalizing Workers

    Judy Fudge;Eric Tucker;Leah Vosko

  • Temporary Work, Agencies and Unfree Labour: Insecurity in the New World of Work

    Judy Fudge;Kendra Strauss

  • By Whose Standards? Reregulating the Canadian Labour Market:

    Judy Fudge;Leah F. Vosko

  • The Supreme Court of Canada and the Right to Bargain Collectively: The Implications of the Health Services and Support case in Canada and Beyond

    Judy Fudge

  • Global Care Chains, Employment Agencies, and the Conundrum of Jurisdiction: Decent Work for Domestic Workers in Canada

    Judy Fudge

  • Feminist Reflections on the Scope of Labour Law: Domestic Work, Social Reproduction, and Jurisdiction

    Judy Fudge

  • The Politics of Rights : a Politics With Little Class:

    Judy Fudge;Harry Glasbeek

  • Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy, and Unions

    Cynthia J. Cranford;Judy Fudge;Eric Tucker;Leah F. Vosko

  • Labour Before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948

    Judy Fudge;Eric Tucker

  • Migrant precarity and future challenges to labour standards in Sweden

    Charles Alexander Woolfson;Judy Fudge;Christer Thornqvist

  • The Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Canada: Low-Skilled Workers as an Extreme Form of Flexible Labour

    Judy Fudge;Fiona MacPhail

  • Introduction: Privatization, Law, and the Challenge to Feminism

    Brenda Cossman;Judy Fudge

  • The Precarious Migrant Status and Precarious Employment: The Paradox of International Rights for Migrant Workers

    Judy Fudge

  • Employment dispute resolution and worker rights in the changing workplace

    Judy Fudge;Adrienne E. Eaton;Jeffrey H. Keefe

  • Immigration and Nationality Law Review

    Judy Fudge

  • The New Discourse of Labour Rights: From Social to Fundamental Rights?

    Judy Fudge

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