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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Tom Barratt is employed as a senior lecturer in Management and Organisations in UWA's Business School. He is a labour geographer, meaning his work spans both industrial relations and human geography. Empirically, his work focuses on the gig economy and resource peripheries.
Future research
Dr Barratt will complete an ARC DECRA Fellowship from 2023-2025
Engagement
Dr Barratt, alongside primary collaborators Dr Caleb Goods (UWA) and Dr Alex Veen (University of Sydney), have a strong history of research engagement, including research translation in The Conversation, as well as print and radio media. They have also engaged with Parliamentary Inquiries, Fair Work Commission proceedings and multiple branches of government around policymaking in the gig economy.
Languages
English - fluent, native speaker
Maruitian Creole - conversational
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):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Accidental flexicurity or workfare? Navigating ride-share work and Australia's welfare system
Veen, A., Barratt, T., Goods, C. & Baird, M., Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Australia: Labour and the gig economy
Barratt, T., Goods, C. & Veen, A., 2023, The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy. Ness, I. (ed.). 1st ed. Taylor & Francis, p. 347-358 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Power resources for disempowered workers? Re-conceptualizing the power and potential of consumers in app-based food delivery
Goods, C., Veen, A., Barratt, T. & Smith, B., 17 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Industrial Relations. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Spent Behind the Wheel: Drivers' Labor in the Uber Economy by Julietta Hua and Kasturi Ray
Barratt, T., 2023, In: Labour History: a Journal of Labour and Social History. 123, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Hyper-peripheral regional evolution: The “long histories” of the Pilbara and Buryatia
Barratt, T. & Klarin, A., May 2022, In: Geographical Research. 60, 2, p. 286-299 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus)
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Multiple Job Holding and Elite Female Football
Nimphius, S., Barratt, T. & Franken, E.
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
31/10/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Activities
- 2 Submissions to or appearance before a government committee, inquiry or agency
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Submission to House Select Committee Inquiry into Workforce Australia Employment Services
Caleb Goods (Author), Tom Barratt (Author) & Alex Veen (Author)
15 Mar 2023Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Submissions to or appearance before a government committee, inquiry or agency
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Submission to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023
Caleb Goods (Author), Alex Veen (Author), Tom Barratt (Author) & Brett Smith (Author)
28 Sept 2023Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Submissions to or appearance before a government committee, inquiry or agency
Press/Media
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Did somebody say workers’ rights? Three big questions about Menulog’s employment plan
Tom Barratt, Alex Veen & Caleb Goods
15/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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A new deal for Uber drivers in UK, but Australia’s ‘gig workers’ must wait
Caleb Goods, Alex Veen & Tom Barratt
30/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Why gig workers may be worse off after the Fair Work Ombudsman’s action against Foodora- The Conversation
Caleb Goods, Alex Veen & Tom Barratt
14/06/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The Conversation
Caleb Goods, Alex Veen & Tom Barratt
21/08/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media