Bradon Ellem
BA(Hons) S'ton; MA Warw.; PhD W'gong
Associate Professor
b.ellem@econ.usyd.edu.au
Room 403
H03 Institute Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 6435
Fax: +61 2 9351 4729
Bradon Ellem teaches in both the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Work and Organisational Studies, delivering a range of industrial relations subjects.
Bradon’s research is multidisciplinary in focus, drawing upon his interest in industrial relations history and human geography to explore several inter-related areas: the nature of trade union power and purpose; local differences under the impact of globalisation; the origins and impact of government industrial relations policy. In particular, his areas of research at the moment are: the transition from Work Choices to the Fair Work Act; changes in collective bargaining in and beyond Australia; union campaign strategies; and employment relations in Australia’s iron ore industry. As well as publishing several books and many international articles on these and other topics, Bradon has carried out commissioned research for a number of unions and peak bodies. With Dr Rae Cooper, he is Co-Convenor of the Union Research Group at Sydney University, a body designed to build research links between universities and unions.
Bradon is Co-Editor of the Journal of Industrial Relations and an Associate Editor of the journal Labour History. Bradon is involved in many activities which build connections with the wider industrial relations community. He has frequently been invited to present keynote addresses at practitioner conferences. He is an executive member of the Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales. He has recently been a Visiting Professor at the Cardiff Business School. In 2009, he was elected President of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ).
Research Expertise
- Geographies of labour
- Industrial relations in the iron ore industry
- Industrial relations policy
- Labour movement history
- Peak unionism
- Union strategy