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Biography
MICHAEL GILLAN is an Associate Professor at the UWA Business School. He has published in a wide range of national and international journals including Economic Geography, Asian Studies Review, South Asia, Australian Journal of Labour Law and the Journal of Industrial Relations. His current research interests include the role of Global Union Federations in employment relations in India and Indonesia (ARC Discovery project); employment relations in global production networks; labour movements in India; and employment relations in Myanmar. He is the former President of the South Asian Studies Association of Australia.
Funding overview
ARC Discovery Project (2018-2020) Global Production Networks and Worker Representation in Myanmar (CIs: M. Ford; M. Gillan; HH Thein) $305,116
International Labour Organisation. 2017. Scoping Exercise - Developing Diagnostic Tools and Key Indicators to Inform the Development of a New Regional Programme Focusing on Industrial Relations in the Garment Industry in Asia. International Labour Organisation ILO $23,100
ARC Discovery Project: Scaling Global Labour: The Global Union Federations in Indonesia and India (CIs: Michele Ford, The University of Sydney; Michael Gillan, The University of Western Australia) $189,416 (2013-2015)
Institute of Advanced Studies, The University of Western Australia, Program Grant 2013 Geographies of Labour: Spatial analysis of work, labour movements and society (Associate Professor Michael Gillan, UWA Business School, Winthrop Professor Rob Lambert, UWA Business School, Professor Mathew Tonts School, School of Earth and Environment) $14,500
Funding Grant from the Australia India Institute (AIC) for the symposium "India in the Age of Crisis: The local politics of global economic and ecological fragility", (2011) $20,000
2005, “Central Trade Union Organisations and The Politics of Economic Liberalisation in India”, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $12,400.00.
2004, “Evaluating the Role of Good Faith Bargaining in Bargaining Processes and Outcomes: The West Australian Case Study”. UWA Business School Research Grant Scheme $4,530
Teaching overview
International Employment Relations
Globalisation and Work
Negotiation
Globalisation and Work
Negotiation
Research
Employment relations
Global governance and labour regulation
Global Union Federations
Industrial relations and governance in Myanmar
Employment relations and labour movements India
Politics in India
Global governance and labour regulation
Global Union Federations
Industrial relations and governance in Myanmar
Employment relations and labour movements India
Politics in India
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research expertise keywords
- Collective bargaining and industrial relations
- Globalisation and labour organisation
- Politics and economic development in India
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The Global Unions as governance actors
Ford, M. & Gillan, M., 2025, Research Handbook on Decent Work in a Post-COVID-19 World. Heyes, J., Leschke, J., Newsome, K., Reich, M. & Wilkinson, A. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 225–239 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Authoritarian innovations: a fresh perspective on the state's role in labour governance
Ford, M. & Gillan, M., 30 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Industrial Relations. 66, 4, p. 507-518 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Calling multinational enterprises to account: CSOs, supranational institutions and business practices in the global south
Ford, M., Gillan, M. & Thein, H. H., Jan 2024, In: GLOBAL NETWORKS-A JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL AFFAIRS. 24, 1, 15 p., e12438.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Global Union Federations and their affiliates: Constrained agency in action
Ford, M. & Gillan, M., 5 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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When authoritarian innovations fail: Labour governance in Myanmar's reform era and beyond
Gillan, M. & Ford, M., Sept 2024, In: Journal of Industrial Relations. 66, 4, p. 629-648 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 5 Finished
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Global Production Networks and Worker Representation in Myanmar
Ford, M. (Investigator 01), Gillan, M. (Investigator 02) & Thein, H. H. (Investigator 03)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Scaling Global Labour: The Global Union Federations in Indonesia and India
Gillan, M. (Investigator 01) & Ford, M. (Investigator 02)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/13 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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India & the Age of Crisis - The Local Politics of Global Economic & Ecological Fragility
Gillan, M. (Investigator 01)
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
1/11/10 → 31/12/11
Project: Research
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Central Trade Union Organisations and The Politics of Economic Liberalisation in India
Gillan, M. (Chief Investigator)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/06 → 31/12/06
Project: Research