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Qualifications

BA (Hons) (Strathclyde), PhD (West of England University)

Course development and teaching

Presently teaching on the Level 1 module You and your money: personal finance in context (DB123). Previously taught the Level 3 microeconomics module Understanding economic behaviour: households, firms and markets (D319).

Research interests

George Callaghan's research interest began in labour markets and the labour process. More recently he has been working on research into the economic development opportunities associated with community land ownership, particularly linked to community renewable energy projects. He has succeeded in getting funding from the Carnegie Trust and is working closely with Community Energy Scotland, an organisation with responsibility for delivering Scottish Government grants and providing assistance to community renewables projects.

Recent publications

A selection of my research publications can be viewed at The Open University's Open Research Online.

Conference papers

'Economic and enterprise development in community buyouts', Regional Studies Association annual international conference: Regions: the dilemmas of integration and competition, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic, 2008

'Promoting renewable energy in community buyout areas in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland' Regional Studies Association winter conference, 2010.

Workshop participation

'Economics and Enterprise Development in Community Buyouts' paper presented to the Centre for Research into Regional Economic Development Conference, University West Scotland (May 2008).

European Policies Research Centre, EPRC workshop on Innovation in Remote and Peripheral Regions, University of Strathclyde, 2010.

Other publications

Callaghan, G.; Danson, M. and Whittam, G. (2012) 'Economic and enterprise development in community buyouts.' In Danson, M. and de Souza, P. (eds). Regional development in Northern Europe: personality, marginality and border issues. Routledge, pp. 196–211.

Callaghan, G., Danson, M. and Whittam, G. (2011) 'Community ownership and sustainable economic development.', Scottish Affairs, 74. pp. 79–100.

Callaghan, G., Thompson, P. and Van den Broek, D. (2004) 'Keeping Up Appearances: Recruitment, Skills and Normative Controls in Call Centres', in Deery, S. and Kinnie, N. (Eds) Human Resource Management and Call Centre Work, Macmillan, Hampshire, pp129–152.

Callaghan, G. Thompson, P. and van de Broek, D. (2004) 'Teams without teamwork? Explaining the call centre paradox', Economic and Industrial Democracy, 25, 2, pp 197–218.

Callaghan, G. and Thompson, P. (2002) ''We Recruit Attitude': The Selection and Shaping of Call Centre Labour'. Journal of Management Studies , Vol. 39, No. 2.

Callaghan, G. and Thompson, P. (2002) 'Skill Formation in Call Centres', in Kerst, C. (ed) Re-Organising Service Work.

Callaghan, G., Thompson, P. and Warhurst, C (2001) 'Ignorant Theory and Knowledgeable Workers: Interrogating the Connections Between Knowledge, Skills and Services' Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 38, No. 7.

Callaghan, G. and Thompson, P. (2001) ' Edwards Revisited: Technical Control and Call Centres', Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 22, No. 1.

Callaghan, G. , Thompson, P. and Warhurst, C. (2000) 'Human Capital or Capitalising on Humanity? Knowledge, Skills and Competencies in Interactive Service Work', in Pritchard, C., Hull, R., Chumer, M. and Willmott, H. (eds) Managing Knowledge, Macmillan, Hampshire, pp 122–140, ISBN: 0333921577.

Callaghan, G and Thompson, P. (1999) 'Proceeding to the paddling pool: the selection and shaping of call centre labour', Economics Working Papers, Open University.

Callaghan, G. (1998) 'Recruitment of labour: the role of kinship and friendship networks', Napier University Business School Working Paper Series.

Callaghan, G. (1997) 'Stakeholding and a Scottish Parliament', Renewal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997.

Callaghan, G. (1997) Flexibility, Mobility and the Labour Market, Ashgate, Aldershot.

A repository of research publications and other research outputs can be viewed at The Open University's Open Research Online.

Last updated: 2 July 2013