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46
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8341
World Ranking
3655
National Ranking
626

Overview

Richard Hyman is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, public administration, and sociology and political science as subfields. The scientist's work explores topics such as labor movements and unions, social policy and reform studies, European Union policy and governance, employment and welfare studies, employment, labor, and gender studies, as well as migration, ethnicity, and economy, including migration and labor dynamics.

Richard Hyman has published research in various academic journals. Their recent papers include:

  • (How) can international trade union organisations be democratic? (2020), published in Transfer European Review of Labour and Research
  • El futuro de las relaciones laborales en tiempos de pandemia (2022), published in Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales
  • Trade Unions and the Industrial Relations Crisis: An Intellectual Biography of Hugh Clegg by Peter Ackers (2024), published in Industrial Relations Journal

Richard Hyman has also contributed to work published in the Journal of Industrial Relations, notably in collaboration with Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick. This frequent coauthoring relationship has led to shared research outputs such as "In search of global labour markets" (2020).

  • Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick

The scientist's frequent publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary and labor-focused nature of their research:

  • Transfer European Review of Labour and Research
  • Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales
  • Journal of Industrial Relations
  • Industrial Relations Journal

Richard Hyman's research covers 14 publications in social sciences broadly, with a concentration on six works in political science and international relations. Their work consistently addresses themes related to labor and social policy, including democratic practices within international trade union organizations and the impact of global crises on labor relations.

Best Publications

  • Changing industrial relations in Europe

    Anthony Ferner;Richard Hyman

  • Industrial relations: A Marxist introduction

    Richard Hyman

  • Strategy or Structure? Capital, Labour and Control

    Richard Hyman

  • Understanding European Trade Unionism: Between Market, Class and Society

    Nathan Lillie;Richard Hyman

  • Industrial Relations in the New Europe

    Lowell Turner;Anthony Ferner;Richard Hyman

  • The Future of Employee Representation

    Richard Hyman

  • How can trade unions act strategically

    Richard Hyman

  • Trade Unions in Western Europe: Hard Times, Hard Choices

    Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick;Richard Hyman

  • New frontiers in European industrial relations

    Richard Hyman;Anthony Ferner

  • Trade Unions and the Politics of the European Social Model

    Richard Hyman

  • Understanding European trade unionism

    Richard Hyman

  • Spain: Regulating Employment and Social Fragmentation

    M. Martinez Lucio;Anthony Ferner;Richard Hyman

  • The state in industrial relations

    Richard Hyman

  • Marxism and the sociology of trade unionism

    Richard Hyman

  • New technology and industrial relations

    Wolfgang Streeck;Richard Hyman

  • The political economy of industrial relations

    Richard Hyman

  • The political economy of industrial relations : theory and practice in a cold climate

    Richard Hyman

  • Understanding European trade unionism : between market, class and society

    Richard Hyman

  • Trade union research and cross-national comparison

    Richard Hyman

  • Shifting dynamics in international trade unionism: agitation, organisation, bureaucracy, diplomacy

    Richard Hyman

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucio Baccaro
Lucio Baccaro Max Planck Society
Robert Boyer
Robert Boyer School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Bruce G. Carruthers
Bruce G. Carruthers Northwestern University
Eddy S. Ng
Eddy S. Ng Queen's University

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