About
Dr Joe Atkinson is a Lecturer in Employment Law and Co-Director of the Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law. He is also Co-ordinator of the Law and Psychology Programme.
Joe’s area of expertise and research is employment and labour law, with a particular focus on the intersection of employment law and human rights. Current projects include work on human rights and employment status, and the regulation of algorithmic management technologies in the workplace.
Joe is a trustee for the Southampton Advice & Representation Centre, and is currently the joint convenor for the Labour Law section of the Society of Legal Scholars.
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Research
Research interests
- Employment & Labour Law
- Human Rights Law
- Legal Theory
Current research
Joe’s current research projects include work on how we can regulate new workplace technologies to ensure respect for workers’ rights, the interaction between employment status and human rights, and territorial dimensions of rulemaking in employment law.
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Teaching
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- Employment Law
- Equality at Work
- Public Law
- International Human Rights Law
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Biography
Joe joined the University of Southampton in 2023. Prior to this he was a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield and has taught law at University College London, the University of Oxford, and Queen Mary University of London.
Joe completed his PhD at University College London and holds law degrees from the University of Oxford and London School of Economics. He has been a visiting scholar at New York University School of Law and the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy. Joe’s work has been published in the Modern Law Review, European Labour Law Journal and the Industrial Law Journal amongst others, and has been cited in the courts of Ireland, New Zealand and Jamaica.
Before academia Joe worked in Parliament as a Senior Researcher and Political Advisor to Labour MPs, advising on legislative and policy matters in the shadow Treasury and Justice teams.
Joe welcomes proposals for collaboration or PhD supervision in any area related to his research.
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