Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Overview
Final year PhD researcher fully-funded by the Alliance Manchester Business School at the Work and Equalities Institute. My research interests include gender inequalities and the future of work. I have recently been researching the impact of Covid on supermarket work in the UK.
Supervised by Professor Debra Howcroft and Professor Jill Rubery
Aside from my research I hold several positions: coordinating the PGR network at the Work and Equalities Institute (WEI) and the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA), in GM4Women Employment Action Group. I am also a tutor on the Manchester Access Programme and a GTA on the MSc Management course.
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Research, Management, The University of Manchester
Award Date: 14 Nov 2018
Bachelor of Science, Management, The University of Manchester
Award Date: 14 Jul 2017
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Global inequalities
Research output
- 2 Article
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Accelerated automation, digital advances, and employment in the world of food retail
Winton, A., 11 May 2021, Policy@Manchester.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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What COVID-19 tells us about the value of human labour
Winton, A. & Howcroft, D., 7 Apr 2020, Policy@Manchester.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Prizes
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Alliance Manchester Business School Doctoral Studentship
Winton, Abbie (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The human cost of ‘feeding the nation’: Covid challenges and food retailing in the UK
Abbie Winton (Speaker)
Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Women workers on the frontline in the Covid pandemic
Abbie Winton (Speaker) & Jill Rubery (Speaker)
Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The value of labour: Covid and the case of British supermarkets
Abbie Winton (Speaker)
May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Conflicting Covid narratives: The value of food retail work
Abbie Winton (Speaker)
Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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What Covid-19 tells us about the value of human labour
Abbie Winton (Speaker)
Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Terms and conditions: Retail workers deserve more
22/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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The shift to online could exacerbate grocery sector employment inequalities
17/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Why women’s voices are missing from the future of work debate
25/03/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Thesis
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Applying a social shaping of technology approach to the future of work debate: An examination of food retailing during the Coronavirus pandemic
Author: Winton, A., 31 Dec 2022Supervisor: Howcroft, D. (Supervisor) & Rubery, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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