Stephen Mustchin is a member of the Work and Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. His research interests are in the political economy and sociology of work, with a particular focus on industrial relations, trade unions and HRM. He has conducted research on regulation and state enforcement of labour standards, changing union strategies including international worker representation, union involvement in learning, skills and employment in the NHS, industrial relations in postal services, union responses to vulnerable work in the construction industry, and historical research on industrial conflict and industrial relations reform. Current research includes projects on public procurement and employment conditions, and employment in the context of regional devolution in Greater Manchester.