Ralph Darlington is Professor of Employment Relations at

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. His research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television. Darlington has published numerous books on his research.

Early life

He obtained a First Class BA (Hons) Social Studies degree from Liverpool Polytechnic in 1987, before completing his MA in Labour Studies and PhD in

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from the

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Academic and research career

He joined the University of Salford in 2001. His research is concerned with the dynamics of trade union organisation, activity and consciousness in Britain and internationally both with a contemporary and within a historical context. He has authored, co-authored and edited six books. He was appointed as Professor of Employment Relations by Salford in 2008.

Advisory and consultancy work

Since 1992 Darlington has been secretary of the

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, the primary forum for academic and practitioner debates in the field of industrial relations in the north of England. Since 2005 he has also been a national executive member of the main professional association within his field, the

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. In addition to acting in an advisory capacity for a number of trade unions, his research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television.

References

External links

Ralph Darlington's profile at Salford Business School
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