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Ana Lopes is a senior lecturer in Work and Employment.

Her main research interests are:

• Gender, work and employment relations
• Gender, careers and the workplace
• Equality and diversity, equal opportunities, diversity management
• Living wage campaigns and community organising

Ana is an Associate Editor for the journals Sociology and Feminism and Organization. She is an Associate Academic Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Ana Lopes is a passionate advocate for equality, diversity, and inclusion, and her work sits at the intersection of gender, work, and employment relations. Her research investigates how inequalities are produced, experienced, and challenged within organisations, with a particular interest in improving the working lives of women in sectors where they remain under‑represented.

Ana was a co‑investigator on an ESRC‑funded project examining the mentoring needs of women working in aviation and aerospace. This work resulted in the creation of alta, an award‑winning mentoring platform designed to support and advance the careers of professional women across the sector. The project has won an ESRC Research Impact prize.

Her current research explores how parents and carers organise collectively within workplaces to advocate for their rights, shape organisational policies, and influence the wider employment relationship. She also examines how employees act as internal change agents, mobilising grassroots initiatives, challenging organisational norms, and driving change from within.

Ana’s work is published in books and leading international academic journals, contributing to debates on gender equality, employee voice, and the dynamics of organisational change.

PhD Supervision:

Ana is interested in supervising doctoral research in the following areas:

• Gender, work and employment relations
• Gender, careers and the workplace
• Equality and diversity, equal opportunities, diversity management
• Living wage campaigns and community organising

Ana teaches Diversity, Equality and Inclusion across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, where she brings contemporary research, real‑world case studies, and practitioner insights directly into the classroom. Her commitment to research‑informed teaching enables students to engage critically with workplace inequalities and the strategies used to address them.

Ana leads the following modules:

• NBS8383 Diversity in a Global Context(PG)
• BUS3006 Managing Diversity (UG)

• Articles

  • Meliou E, Lopes A. . Organization Studies 2025, 47(4), 589-612.
  • Vincent S, Lopes A, Meliou E, Özbilgin M. . Work, Employment and Society 2024, 38(6), 1549-1568.
  • Monroe J, Vincent S, Lopes A. . Work, Employment and Society 2024, 38(5), 1175 - 1196.
  • Durbin S, Lopes A, Warren S. . New Technology, Work and Employment 2020, 35(2), 215-231.
  • Prowse P, Lopes A, Fells R. . Employee Relations 2017, 39(6), 825-839.
  • Forkert K, Lopes A. . tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique 2015, 13(2), 533-553.
  • Lopes A, Hall T. . Industrial Relations Journal 2015, 46(3), 208-221.
  • Lopes A, Dewan I. . Journal of Feminist Scholarship 2014, (7-8), 28-42.

• Book Chapters

  • Vincent S, Lopes A, Monroe J, Kozhevnikov A, Khan N. . In: Meliou E; Vassilopoulou J; Ozbilgin MF, ed. Diversity and precarious work during socio-economic upheaval: exploring the missing link. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp.12-35.
  • Lopes A, Durbin S, Warren S. . In: Gaggiotti H; Diaz-Carrion IA, ed. Women, Organizations and Vulnerability : Global Archetypes. New York: Routledge, 2025, pp.41-51.
  • Durbin S, Lopes A, Warren S, Milne J. . In: Tessa Wright; Lucy Budd; Stephen Ison, ed. Women, Work and Transport. Bingley: Emerald, 2022, pp.169-187.
  • Monroe J, Vincent S, Lopes A. . In: Godwyn, M, ed. Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, 2022, pp.475-490.
  • Durbin S, Lopes A. . In: Broadbent, K, ed. Gender and the Professions: International and Contemporary Perspectives. Routledge, 2018, pp.169-184.
  • Lopes A, Hall T. . In: Waite, L, ed. Vulnerability, Exploitation and Migrants: Insecure Work in a Globalised Economy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp.230-243.
  • Lopes A. . In: Smith, K; Staples, J; Rapport, N, ed. Extraordinary Encounters: Authenticity and the Interview. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2015, pp.157-174.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Watson J, Zaeemdar S, Lopes A, Pagan V. . In: Gender, Work and Organisation Conference. 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa: GWO.

• Editorials

  • Meliou E, Lopes A, Vincent S, Özbilgin M, Groutsis D, Mahalingam R, Rouleau L. . Organization Studies 2024, 45(7).
  • Durbin S, Cooper R, Conley H, Wright T, Lopes A. . Gender, Work and Organization 2022, 29(5), 1612-1616.
  • Prowse P, Fells R, Arrowsmith J, Parker J, Lopes A. . Employee Relations 2017, 39(6), 778-784.

• Report

  • Harrison D, Scurry T, Procter S, Lain D, Lopes A, Steven A, Tomietto M. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: 麻豆传媒 Business School, 麻豆传媒, 2025.

• Review

  • Lopes A. . New Technology, Work and Employment 2020, 35(2), 250-251.