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Prof Ian Fitzgerald

Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Before coming to Northumbria Ian jointly owned a print business in the City of London. He is now a Professor of Employment Relations at Newcastle Business School. His research focuses on employment relations and the exploitation of migrant workers, with a particular focus on Polish migrant workers. He has undertaken research funded by a variety of funders including the European Commission, UK local, regional and national Governments, the ESRC, the British Academy and a number of practitioners, including the TUC. He has also led on anti-racist and modern slavery practitioners training of Northumbria Staff and members of external business at Northumbria. Finally, he was one of four experts providing wage level information with regard to blacklisted workers.

Ian is currently Unit of Assessment and Impact lead for Newcastle Business School.

Ian Fitzgerald

Campus Address

City Campus East 1
2nd Floor, room 207b
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

(1) Industrial relations, recently in the engineering construction industry and UK and European regulation; (2) Migration and in particular Polish workers and UK communities and recently refugees; (3) Blacklisting in the construction industry.

  • Industrial Relations PhD April 07 2014
  • MSc June 30 1992
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016
  • Other (please specify) Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) 2015


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