I am a Senior Lecturer in International Employment Relations and I previously held the post of Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Bradford Management School. I studied sociology in Germany and Spain. I have held several research and teaching posts at the University of Bochum (Germany), University of Oviedo (Spain) and NUI Galway (Ireland). I was awarded a 3-year PhD scholarship from the German research foundation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and a 1-year scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. My PhD focused on the issue of international labour standards and the dialogue between the global unions and the international financial institutions (World Bank and IMF). My general research focus is on international comparative employment relations, trade unions, working conditions and inequality.