Prof Deirdre McCann
@profmccann.bsky.social
Professor, Durham Law School. Effective labour regulation/decent work. Co-founder and Organizing Committee, Regulating for Decent Work Conference. Editorial Committee, Industrial Law Journal. Former Official @ILO.
Pinned
An evaluation of the World Bank's Business Ready (B-READY) Labor Topic, with Sangheon Lee @ilo.org. Expanded, accepted version, forthcoming in the Modern Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ssrn.bsky.social
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
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Durham Cathedral
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December 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
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Durham Cathedral
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Good memories of the ILERA European Congress. Great to see colleagues from around the world in Durham. Thank you to Barbara Bechter @durham.ac.uk and Rae Cooper @sydney.edu.au for organising, and to Catherine Lemercier and Emilien Blandine for the short film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=slGH...
14th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) European Congress
YouTube video by Durham University Business School
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December 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Good memories of the ILERA European Congress. Great to see colleagues from around the world in Durham. Thank you to Barbara Bechter @durham.ac.uk and Rae Cooper @sydney.edu.au for organising, and to Catherine Lemercier and Emilien Blandine for the short film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=slGH...
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We believe everyone should be safe, valued and respected at work - no matter our job or nationality.
In 2025 workers across Scotland have showed what that looks like in action.
Check out our FIRST EVER newsletter to hear more about this work.
workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/12/10/w...
In 2025 workers across Scotland have showed what that looks like in action.
Check out our FIRST EVER newsletter to hear more about this work.
workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/12/10/w...
WSC 2025 round-up: A year of worker power! – Worker Support Centre
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re proud to share our first newsletter detailing some of the moments where workers led the way, shaped change and built the foundations for a fairer Scotland.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We believe everyone should be safe, valued and respected at work - no matter our job or nationality.
In 2025 workers across Scotland have showed what that looks like in action.
Check out our FIRST EVER newsletter to hear more about this work.
workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/12/10/w...
In 2025 workers across Scotland have showed what that looks like in action.
Check out our FIRST EVER newsletter to hear more about this work.
workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/12/10/w...
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Two new Working Papers from our mixed-methods study Family Finances out now📣 📰 Our first paper looks at the emerging qual & quant findings showing that Scottish Child Payment is making a significant difference to household resources & children's wellbeing 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Two new Working Papers from our mixed-methods study Family Finances out now📣 📰 Our first paper looks at the emerging qual & quant findings showing that Scottish Child Payment is making a significant difference to household resources & children's wellbeing 🧵
An evaluation of the World Bank's Business Ready (B-READY) Labor Topic, with Sangheon Lee @ilo.org. Expanded, accepted version, forthcoming in the Modern Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ssrn.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
An evaluation of the World Bank's Business Ready (B-READY) Labor Topic, with Sangheon Lee @ilo.org. Expanded, accepted version, forthcoming in the Modern Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ssrn.bsky.social
Reposted by Prof Deirdre McCann
Reposted by Prof Deirdre McCann
« Le portrait d’Elisabeth Lederer », de Gustav Klimt, devient la deuxième œuvre la plus chère jamais vendue aux enchères
« Le portrait d’Elisabeth Lederer », de Gustav Klimt, devient la deuxième œuvre la plus chère jamais vendue aux enchères
Six acheteurs étaient sur les rangs, mardi à la maison de ventes aux enchères Sotheby’s, à New York, pour acquérir le tableau de l’artiste autrichien, finalement adjugé 236 millions de dollars.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
« Le portrait d’Elisabeth Lederer », de Gustav Klimt, devient la deuxième œuvre la plus chère jamais vendue aux enchères
🎵 Tickets now on sale for Durham Choral Society's celebration of Durham-born composer Will Todd. Also featuring Voices of Hope, members of Newcastle's Strictly Smokin' Big Band and Alice Grace, with the composer accompanying on the grand piano. durhamcathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎵 Tickets now on sale for Durham Choral Society's celebration of Durham-born composer Will Todd. Also featuring Voices of Hope, members of Newcastle's Strictly Smokin' Big Band and Alice Grace, with the composer accompanying on the grand piano. durhamcathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Important new article on informality under the IASHR by @mauropucheta.bsky.social and @renanbkalil.bsky.social, open access in the ILJ. Exploring the potential for a rights-based model and calling for a more systematic recognition of informal workers by the Court. academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
Informal Workers, Vulnerability and Human Rights: An Inter-American Story
ABSTRACT . Informality is a defining feature of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, where nearly half of the workforce remains excluded from
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November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Important new article on informality under the IASHR by @mauropucheta.bsky.social and @renanbkalil.bsky.social, open access in the ILJ. Exploring the potential for a rights-based model and calling for a more systematic recognition of informal workers by the Court. academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
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💜 In #Colombia, women caring for the elderly — at home and in jobs — are overworked, underpaid, and invisible
📢 They carry 76% of unpaid care work, yet get little support. It’s time to value care as essential work!
📰 Read the full story @equaltimes.bsky.social : www.equaltimes.org/the-women-lo...
📢 They carry 76% of unpaid care work, yet get little support. It’s time to value care as essential work!
📰 Read the full story @equaltimes.bsky.social : www.equaltimes.org/the-women-lo...
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
💜 In #Colombia, women caring for the elderly — at home and in jobs — are overworked, underpaid, and invisible
📢 They carry 76% of unpaid care work, yet get little support. It’s time to value care as essential work!
📰 Read the full story @equaltimes.bsky.social : www.equaltimes.org/the-women-lo...
📢 They carry 76% of unpaid care work, yet get little support. It’s time to value care as essential work!
📰 Read the full story @equaltimes.bsky.social : www.equaltimes.org/the-women-lo...
🎬Now online: the Durham Cathderal debate on the contemporary resonance of Magna Carta. Thoughtful reflections from our @thombrooks.bsky.social @benedictdouglas.bsky.social @ruthhoughton.bsky.social and Henry Jones (and provocative questions from the pews!) @durhamcathedral.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
Magna Carta and its influence today: a debate.
Had a fantastic time in the Cathedral earlier this month discussing the charter with colleagues Henry Jones, @benedictdouglas.bsky.social and @thombrooks.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS2X...
Had a fantastic time in the Cathedral earlier this month discussing the charter with colleagues Henry Jones, @benedictdouglas.bsky.social and @thombrooks.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS2X...
Magna Carta and its influence today: A Durham Cathedral Institute debate
YouTube video by Durham Cathedral
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October 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🎬Now online: the Durham Cathderal debate on the contemporary resonance of Magna Carta. Thoughtful reflections from our @thombrooks.bsky.social @benedictdouglas.bsky.social @ruthhoughton.bsky.social and Henry Jones (and provocative questions from the pews!) @durhamcathedral.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
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Soo delighted to be at the launch of this brilliant new @uofglasgow.bsky.social initiative
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University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Arts & Humanities - College of Arts & Humanities Research - Arts Lab - Our Labs - Scottish Catholic Studies
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October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Soo delighted to be at the launch of this brilliant new @uofglasgow.bsky.social initiative
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New post out:
"The worst social policy ever"
Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP.
Lots of data but also powerful testimony.
(Free to read)
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"The worst social policy ever"
Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP.
Lots of data but also powerful testimony.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The worst social policy ever"
We have a couple of bonus guest posts over the next week.
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New post out:
"The worst social policy ever"
Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP.
Lots of data but also powerful testimony.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The worst social policy ever"
Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP.
Lots of data but also powerful testimony.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Dispiriting report on gender equality in architecture: harassment, unequal pay, long hours, power imbalances. Sexism remains "woven into the fabric of practice life." New study by RIBA/@fawcettsociety.bsky.social. www.ribaj.com/intelligence...
Why architecture can’t afford another decade of gender inequality
Despite good intentions and pockets of progress, gender inequality remains deeply embedded in the architecture sector’s culture and structures, a RIBA-commissioned study by the Fawcett Society has fou...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Dispiriting report on gender equality in architecture: harassment, unequal pay, long hours, power imbalances. Sexism remains "woven into the fabric of practice life." New study by RIBA/@fawcettsociety.bsky.social. www.ribaj.com/intelligence...
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Season 14 kicks off this Friday Oct 17th with our first week of screenings at Cinema Village theater in NYC (22 E 12th St) through Oct 23rd! See the schedule and get tickets on Eventbrite here: bit.ly/TixWUFF14
October 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Season 14 kicks off this Friday Oct 17th with our first week of screenings at Cinema Village theater in NYC (22 E 12th St) through Oct 23rd! See the schedule and get tickets on Eventbrite here: bit.ly/TixWUFF14
Lovely to see such a big crowd in Durham Cathedral to hear from @thombrooks.bsky.social @benedictdouglas.bsky.social @ruthhoughton.bsky.social and Henry Jones on Magna Carta📜. @durham.ac.uk @durhamcathedral.bsky.social
Great to speak at wonderful Magna Carta event as part of an exhibition of three different issues on display at @durhamcathedral.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lovely to see such a big crowd in Durham Cathedral to hear from @thombrooks.bsky.social @benedictdouglas.bsky.social @ruthhoughton.bsky.social and Henry Jones on Magna Carta📜. @durham.ac.uk @durhamcathedral.bsky.social
A pleasure to share my assessment of the World Bank's Business Ready #B-READY project yesterday at @ituc.bsky.social. Welcome opportunity to hear more about the research of Rouguiatou Diallo, @floriangrant.bsky.social & Dhaisy Paredes Guzman.
My paper w/Sangheon Lee: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
My paper w/Sangheon Lee: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
📢 Happening TOMORROW!
Join us for a Trade Union Side Event at the 2025 IMF & World Bank Annual Meetings 💼🌍
🗓 16 October 2025
🕤 9:30–12:00 ET
📍 AFL-CIO Solidarity Room, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC
Join online: ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/j/66328453405
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Join us for a Trade Union Side Event at the 2025 IMF & World Bank Annual Meetings 💼🌍
🗓 16 October 2025
🕤 9:30–12:00 ET
📍 AFL-CIO Solidarity Room, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC
Join online: ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/j/66328453405
@aflcio.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A pleasure to share my assessment of the World Bank's Business Ready #B-READY project yesterday at @ituc.bsky.social. Welcome opportunity to hear more about the research of Rouguiatou Diallo, @floriangrant.bsky.social & Dhaisy Paredes Guzman.
My paper w/Sangheon Lee: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
My paper w/Sangheon Lee: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Excellent opportunity to hear from @nataliesedacca.bsky.social @ingathiemann.bsky.social and Tomoya Obokata @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social on Modern Slavery and Human Rights. Tuesday 28th October. Registration details 👇
Please join us for this webinar on 28 October, 1-2pm UK time, on 'Modern Slavery and Human Rights: Migrant Workers in the Agricultural and Care Sectors in the UK,' with Prof Tomoya Obokata, the current UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery since 2020
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Modern slavery and human rights: migrant workers in the agricultural and care sectors in the UK - Durham University
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October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Excellent opportunity to hear from @nataliesedacca.bsky.social @ingathiemann.bsky.social and Tomoya Obokata @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social on Modern Slavery and Human Rights. Tuesday 28th October. Registration details 👇
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Thrilled to host Mercury Prize fringe event this Sunday at Mark Hillery Music Studios!
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Thrilled to host Mercury Prize fringe event this Sunday at Mark Hillery Music Studios!
Fascinating book launch last week for this important recent volume by @tnovitz.bsky.social. On the interplay of trade and labour regulation in the quest for sustainable development. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tra...
Trade, Labour and Sustainable Development
‘The product of many years’ engagement with the topic by a world-leading scholar of labour law and international law, this book offers an eloquent, nuanced and authoritative account of how to realise ...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fascinating book launch last week for this important recent volume by @tnovitz.bsky.social. On the interplay of trade and labour regulation in the quest for sustainable development. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tra...
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Looking ahead to what's coming up this month, I'll be speaking at Durham Cathedral with my colleagues Henry and @benedictdouglas.bsky.social about Magna Carta (1225) as part of the ongoing exhibition
Fast approaching! On 15th October, see Henry Jones @durham-university.bsky.social Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & Benedict Douglas @benedictdouglas.bsky.social reflect upon Magna Carta, chaired by Thom Brooks @thombrooks.bsky.social. Tickets: durhamcathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Looking ahead to what's coming up this month, I'll be speaking at Durham Cathedral with my colleagues Henry and @benedictdouglas.bsky.social about Magna Carta (1225) as part of the ongoing exhibition
📢New in the Industrial Law Journal: Parveen Morris @manchester.ac.uk on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive #CSDDD. Parveen evaluates the Directive's labour dimension and its promise for ensuring labour rights in LDCs. @oxfordacademic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: A Labour Standards Analysis
The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence entered into force on the 25th July 2024 (CSDDD).1 The CSDDD has been lauded for the long-awaite
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September 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📢New in the Industrial Law Journal: Parveen Morris @manchester.ac.uk on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive #CSDDD. Parveen evaluates the Directive's labour dimension and its promise for ensuring labour rights in LDCs. @oxfordacademic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
"I want to bring a voice to women: a voice of encouragement, a voice of solidarity and a voice of recognition for all the effort that they have been making for decades." voices.ilo.org/stories/our-...
Our community now sees the value of care work | ILO Voices
Yoraima Cristina Navarro Izquierdo is an Arhuaco leader and founder of Josa Peace Builders, an association of women weavers in Colombia. An ILO project has provided training on economic autonomy and r...
voices.ilo.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"I want to bring a voice to women: a voice of encouragement, a voice of solidarity and a voice of recognition for all the effort that they have been making for decades." voices.ilo.org/stories/our-...
Fast approaching! On 15th October, see Henry Jones @durham-university.bsky.social Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & Benedict Douglas @benedictdouglas.bsky.social reflect upon Magna Carta, chaired by Thom Brooks @thombrooks.bsky.social. Tickets: durhamcathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Ticketbooth
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September 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Fast approaching! On 15th October, see Henry Jones @durham-university.bsky.social Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & Benedict Douglas @benedictdouglas.bsky.social reflect upon Magna Carta, chaired by Thom Brooks @thombrooks.bsky.social. Tickets: durhamcathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Reposted by Prof Deirdre McCann
Pleased to share this publication. Thanks to my co-editor @biancalunafabris.bsky.social and all authors! @etui.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social #ILERA2025 #ILERA #tradeunions #unionrenewal
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September 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Pleased to share this publication. Thanks to my co-editor @biancalunafabris.bsky.social and all authors! @etui.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social #ILERA2025 #ILERA #tradeunions #unionrenewal
Order or download your copy here www.etui.org/publications...
Order or download your copy here www.etui.org/publications...