PhD (Glasgow),

MPhil (Northumbria),

BA (Hons), Government and Public Policy (CNAA)

PGCert HE (Middlesex)

• The impact of reform on public service employment
• The state regultation of work-life balance policy
• The social reporting of employment-related corporate behaviour

• Employment Relations
• Contemporary Issues in HRM

Selected Publications:

Edited Books:

• Roper, I., Prouska, R. and Chatrakul na Ayudhya, U. (2010) 'Critical Issues in Human Resource Management' London, CIPD
• Dibben, P., Wood, G., Roper, I., and James, P. (2007) 'Modernising' Work in Public Services: Redefining Roles and Relationships in Britain's Changing Workplace. Palgrave.
• Dibben, P., Wood, G. and Roper, I. (eds) (2004) Contesting Public Sector Reforms, Critical Perspectives, International Debates. Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan.

Chapters in Edited Books:

• James, P. and Roper, I. (2010) Politics, the Regulatory Environment and HRM (in) Roper, Prouska and Chatrakul na Ayudhya (eds) Critical Issues in HRM
• Leigh, S. and Roper, I. (2010) Critical Issues in Employee Relations (1) From Employee Consent to Employee Engagement? (in) Roper, Prouska and Chatrakul na Ayudhya (eds) Critical Issues in HRM
• Martinez-Lucio, M. and Roper, I. (2010) HRM in Public Services (in) Roper, Prouska and Chatrakul na Ayudhya (eds) Critical Issues in HRM
• Grimshaw, D. and Roper, I. (2007) 'Partnership': Blurring Organisational Boundaries and the Employment Relationship in Public Service Delivery (in) Dibben et al 'Modernising' Work in Public Services.
• Wood, G. and Roper, I. (2007) 'Conclusion' (in) Dibben et al (eds) Contesting Public Sector Reforms, Critical Perspectives, International Debates.
• Harcourt, M and Roper, I. and Wood, G. (2006) The Limits of Numerical Flexibility: Continuity and Change. (in) Wood, G, and James, P. (eds) Institutions, Production and Working Life (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
• Roper, I. (2004) Managing Quality in Public Services: Some Distinct Implications for the Re-organisation of Work (in) Dibben, P, Wood, G. and Roper, I. (eds) Contesting Public Sector Reforms
• Dibben, P., Roper, I. and Wood, G. (2004) Public sector management and the neo-liberal hegemony: a critical and international perspective (in) Dibben et al, (ibid.).
• Wood, G. and Roper, I. (2004) Towards the revitalisation of the public? (in) Dibben et al, (ibid.).
• I. Roper (2004) Trade Unions and the Crisis of Democracy (in) Wood, G and Harcourt, M. (eds) Trade Unions and the Crisis of Democracy: Strategies and Perspectives, Manchester University Press.

Refereed Articles:

• Roper, I, Higgins, P and James, P, (2007), "Shaping the Bargaining Agenda. The Audit Commission and Public Service Reform in British Local Government",The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18 (9), 1589-1607, ISSN: 0958-5192.
• Roper, I, Higgins, P and James, P, (2005), "Workplace Partnership and Public Service Provision: the Case of the 'Best Value' Performance Regime in British Local Government", Work, Employment and Society, 19 (3), 639-649, ISSN: 0950 0170.
• P. Higgins, I. Roper and P. James (2005) The Role of Competition in Best Value: how far does it differ from CCT? Local Government Studies, Vol 31, No 2, pp228-244.
• P. Higgins, P. James and I. Roper (2004) Best Value: is it Delivering? Public Money and Management, 24, 4, August, pp243-258.
• Roper, I, Wood, G, Brookes, M and Hinks, T, (2004), "Pulled Apart, Pushed Together: Diversity and Unity within the Congress of South African Trade Unions",Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 59 (4), 769-792, ISSN: 0034-379X.
• Roper, I, Cunningham, I and James, P, (2003), "Promoting Family Friendly Policies: is the Basis of the Government's Ethical Standpoint Viable?", Personnel Review, 32 (2), 211-230,ISSN: 0048-3486.

Conferences:

• Roper, I., Parsa, S., and Muller-Camen, M. (2011) “The Social Audit of Labour Standards: What can it tell us about Employer Motivation to Disclose?” British Journal of Industrial Relations Anniversary Conference, 12-13th December, London School of Economics
• Muller-Camen, M. Parsa, S. and Roper, I. (2010)‘The Sustainable Business and Human Resource Practices: What is the Link?’ Tagung der Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft, Kassel, September 30 – October 1.
• Muller-Camen, M. Parsa, S. And Roper, I. (2010)‘Green HRM and Socially Responsible HRM: Two sides of the same coin?’ BSA, Work, Employment and Society Conference, Brighton, September 7-9.
• Muller-Camen, M. Parsa, S. And Roper, I. (2010)‘The Sustainable Business and Human Resource Practices’, British Academy of Management Special Interest Group HRM Conference, LSE, April 22-23.
• Roper, I. And Baird, M. (2010)‘Promoting Parental Rights at Work in the UK and Australia: A Convergence of Policy Institutions or Policy Narratives?’ Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference, Vienna July 14-16
• Roper, I., Lewis, S. and Brookes, M. (2009)'Employer Attitudes to the State Regulation of Work-Life Balance Policies: the Mediating Effects of Employee Voice' Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Annual Conference, SciencesPo, Paris, 16th-18th July

Professional Membership:

• Editorial board member of Work, Employment and Society
• Member of British Sociological Association (BSA)
• Member of British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)
• Member of Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics (SASE)