by Elizabeth Humphrys | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Academic work is challenging and relentless, but how is it experienced by disabled scholars ? How does structural ableism impact working lives of disabled academics? Universities are often seen as pillars of knowledge and social progress, but do they also pose...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jan 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
It is pleasing to see this article by Jesse Adams Stein, Bettina Frankham and myself just out with Australian Historical Studies. It is our first scholarly piece from our project investigating hi vis work wear and workers, a multidisciplinary project in history,...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
I am really delighted to share a new chapter I’ve published, in Jesse Adams Stein and Chantel Carr’s edited volume Working through Planetary Breakdown: Labour, Skill and the Changing Climate. My chapter is on the experiences of blue-collar United Workers Union...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 29, 2025 | Australian History, Social Movements, unions
I recently came across this recording of a talk I delivered for the New South Wales State Library a few years ago, as part of their Scholar Talks series. The talk was part of my 2019 Dr AM Hertzberg AO Fellowship, but given online in 2022 due to the disruption of...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Apr 14, 2025 | Climate Change, unions
I’m really happy to have a chapter in the Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals, published earlier this year. The compendium is a mammoth effort — it has 50 or so chapters from world leading scholars on key questions in the world...
