Professor Sue Durbin
Professor in Human Resource Management
FBL - Law
University of West of England
United Kingdom
Biography
I am a Professor in Human Resource Management and a member of the Centre for Employment Studies Research (CESR) in the Faculty of Business and Law, University of the West of England. Since being awarded a PhD at the University of Leeds (School of Sociology and Social Policy). I have researched and written on gender and employment, specialising in women who work in male dominated industries. I am an Associate Editor of the journal, Gender, Work and Organisation. My book, Women Who Succeed: strangers in paradise? which explores the careers of senior women in the UK public and private sectors, was published in 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan. I am a founding member of alta, a mentoring scheme for women in aviation and aeerospace, which was launched in 2015 and is based upon a knowledge exchange partnership between UWE, the Royal Aeronautical Society, Airbus and the Royal Air Force and co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. I am a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).​​​
Research Interest
My research involves working collaboratively with a wide range of public private and not-for-profit organisations. "Gender, employment, female managers, scientists, engineers, intersectionality equality, diversity, part-time managers"
Publications
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Durbin S, Lopes A, Neugebauer J, Warren S. Mentoring for equality: Women activists creating change in the UK aviation and aerospace industry.
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Durbin S. Creating knowledge through networks: A gender perspective. Gender, Work & Organization. 2011 Jan 1;18(1):90-112.
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Durbin S, Lopes A, Warren S. Creating change through feminist solidarities: Critical actors building critical mass.
