Work Futures Research Centre (WFRC)

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Rebecca Taylor

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Conceptualising work and the boundaries between paid and unpaid labour
  • Digital labour and work in the digital economy
  • Data, software and ethics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rebecca

Dr Sayaka Mikoshiba

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Race
  • Class 
  • Intersectional inequalities
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Shunyu Yao PhD

Connect with Shunyu

Mrs Vivien Xiao Yu

Research interests

  • Work-family/life balance, Work-life boundaries
  • Workplace flexibility, Telework, Remote work, Future of work,
  • Working mothers, Academic well-being
Connect with Vivien Xiao