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Dr Joyce Mamode

Positions held:
  • Associate Tutor, Birkbeck Business School
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    As well as working at Birkbeck, Joyce is Research Associate in the Centre for Decent Work at the University of Sheffield, working on a project examining changing work and employment in the parcel delivery sector. Prior to moving into an academic career, Joyce was the Head of Assisted Transport for Transport for London (TfL), responsible for developing new strategic approaches to transport provision for older and disabled Londoners, who face barriers to using public transport. Before joining TfL, Joyce was a senior trade union researcher for a major trade union (the Transport and General Workers’ Union, now part of Unite).

    Joyce’s PhD research examined the contribution being made by trade union equality representatives to union renewal and revitalisation. Joyce also holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology, from Birkbeck (University of London) and a BSc in Psychology (Newcastle University).  

    Research interests

    Joyce’s research interests currently centre around the changing nature of work, worker voice, workplace justice and democracy and the ‘contested terrain’ in which trade union and management actors seek their own visions for progressive change.

    Publications

    Wright, T., Conley, H., Mamode, J. C., & Sarter, E. (2025). From social justice to social value: The changing fortunes of using public purchasing for social ends. Public Policy and Administration, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767251330451

    Book Review:

    Mamode, J.C. (2021).  ‘Re‐union: How bold labor reforms can repair, revitalize, and reunite the United States. David Madland. ILR Press, 2021. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59(4), 1161-1162.

    Book chapter:

    Mamode, J.C. & Brett, S. (2015). Union equality representatives: the missing piece in the jigsaw? Beyond 2015: A collection of essays from the Equality and Diversity Forum and EDF Research Network. London: Equality and Diversity Forum.

     

    Qualifications

    • Doctor of Philosophy - Employment Relations, University of Warwick , 2020
    • Master of Science -Occupational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, 2011
    • Bachelor of Science - Psychology, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1988

    Professional memberships

    • Member of the British Psychological Society

      Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

    • Member of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)

      Member of the British Sociological Association

    ORCID

    0000-0002-2172-5380
  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Teaching

    Teaching modules

    • Critical Perspectives on People Management (BUMN150H5)
    • Research Methods (BUOB037H7)
    • Human Resources in Organisations (BUOB043H7)
    • Organization and Change Perspectives (MOOP005H7)