Yr Athro Debbie Foster
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Athro Cysylltiadau Cyflogaeth ac Amrywiaeth
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Mae Debbie Foster yn Athro Cysylltiadau Cyflogaeth ac Amrywiaeth yn Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd. Ym mis Ionawr 2023 cafodd ei henwi'n un o 100 o Newidwyr gan Gomisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru am ei gwaith fel Cyd-gadeirydd (gyda Jane Hutt, y Gweinidog dros Gyfiawnder Cymdeithasol) Tasglu Hawliau Anabledd Llywodraeth Cymru. Wedi'i sefydlu gan Brif Weinidog Cymru, Mark Drakeford, roedd y Tasglu mewn ymateb i argymhellion yn 'Locked out: liberating disabled people's lives and rights in Wales beyond COVID-19' adroddiad a ysgrifennodd Debbie a'i helpu i gydgynhyrchu gyda phobl anabl yng Nghymru: (https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/pdf-versions/2021/7/2/1626187155/locked-out-liberating-disabled-peoples-lives-and-rights-wales-beyond-covid-19.pdf,)
Gyda chefndir disgyblaethol mewn Cymdeithaseg (BA, Caerhirfryn, PhD Caerfaddon), mae diddordebau ymchwil Debbie yn gorwedd o fewn cymdeithaseg gwaith a chyflogaeth. Mae ymchwil yn y gorffennol yn cynnwys archwiliad o effaith marchnata ar undebau llafur gwasanaethau cyhoeddus a chysylltiadau diwydiannol; rhywedd a rheolaeth yn Tsieina a Taiwan; negodi addasiadau anabledd yn y gweithle yn y DU gan bobl anabl a chynrychiolwyr undebau llafur (a ariennir gan ESRC) a rôl partneriaid cymdeithasol wrth hyrwyddo llety gwaith i bobl anabl a phobl hŷn yn Estonia, Hwngari a Gwlad Pwyl (a ariennir gan yr UE).
Mae ymchwil ddiweddar wedi canolbwyntio ar brofiadau byw pobl anabl yn y farchnad lafur, ar ddatgelu sut mae trafod addasiadau yn y gweithle yn broses sylweddol o berthynas gyflogaeth, gan nodi'r ffyrdd y mae dylunio swyddi a sefydliadau yn cael eu hadeiladu o amgylch normau ac arferion abl 'delfrydol' heb eu herio, ac ar yrfaoedd pobl anabl fel grŵp ymylol mewn galwedigaethau proffesiynol.
Gan ddefnyddio model cymdeithasol o anabledd a chyd-gynhyrchu fel methodoleg, mae Debbie yn gweithio gyda phobl anabl a Sefydliadau Pobl Anabl (DPOs). Ers 2018 (gyda Dr Natasha Hirst) ac Is-adran Cyfreithwyr ag Anableddau Cymdeithas y Gyfraith (LDD) mae hi wedi cyd-gynhyrchu canfyddiadau, argymhellion ac effaith ymchwil gyda Chymdeithas y Gyfraith Cymru a Lloegr, drwy brosiect o'r enw "Legally Disabled? The Career Experiences of Disabled People Working in the Legal Profession". Ariannwyd yn wreiddiol gan gonsortiwm o Sefydliadau Pobl Anabl - DRILL (Disability Research for Independent Living and Learning), Legally Disabled? wedi hynny, denodd gyllid ESRC i ddatblygu ystod sylweddol o weithgareddau ymgysylltu ac effaith. Cynhaliwyd prosiect ymchwil dilynol hefyd gyda Chymdeithas y Gyfraith i werthuso effeithiau COVID 19 ar arferion gwaith pobl anabl yn y gyfraith. Gweler gwefan y prosiect am ragor o wybodaeth: www.legallydisabled.com.
O fewn y Brifysgol: Mae Debbie wedi gwasanaethu fel aelod o'r Senedd a bu'n Gadeirydd Pwyllgor Moeseg Ymchwil Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd ac yn gynrychiolydd i Bwyllgor Ymchwil CARBS am 6 blynedd. Yn ogystal, cynrychiolodd goleg y Celfyddydau, y Dyniaethau a'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ar Bwyllgor Uniondeb a Moeseg Ymchwil Agored y Brifysgol ac roedd yn aelod o grŵp tasg a gorffen ymchwil amlddisgyblaethol COVID Agor cyfranogwyr dynol amlddisgyblaethol.
Gweithgareddau Golygyddol: Yn gyn-olygydd adran 'Dadleuon a Dadleuon' y British Sociological Association Journal, Work, Employment & Society ac yn aelod o'r byrddau Golygyddol a Golygyddol Cysylltiol, mae Debbie ar hyn o bryd yn aelod o fwrdd golygyddol cyfnodolyn newydd ym Mhrifysgol Leeds, yr International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Yn allanol: Mae Debbie yn gweithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru, Cymdeithas y Gyfraith Cymru a Lloegr a'r Bwrdd Gwasanaethau Cyfreithiol ar faterion amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant. Mae gwaith diweddar gyda Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymestyn i ddarparu hyfforddiant a chyngor i Swyddfa'r Cabinet, y Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol, yr EHRC ac asiantaethau'r llywodraeth.
Goruchwyliaeth PhD: Ar hyn o bryd mae Ruth Nortey ar ysgoloriaeth gydweithredol ESRC mewn partneriaeth ag Anabledd Cymru yn archwilio achosion ac atebion posibl i fynd i'r afael â'r bwlch cyflogaeth anabl yng Nghymru.
Mae meysydd posibl goruchwylio PhD yn cynnwys: Mae gennyf ddiddordeb arbennig mewn goruchwylio ymgeiswyr sydd â diddordeb mewn hyrwyddo gwybodaeth a hygyrchedd i bobl anabl yn y farchnad lafur. Byddaf yn ystyried pynciau sy'n mynd i'r afael ag amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant mewn sefydliadau yn ehangach, yn enwedig mewn perthynas â rhyw, anabledd ac oedran ac mewn gwaith proffesiynol.
Eitemau newyddion diweddar:
- Canfu arolwg gan Gymdeithas y Gyfraith a thîm 'Anabl Cyfreithiol' Prifysgol Caerdydd fod gweithio gartref yn ystod y cyfnod clo yn galluogi'r mwyafrif o'r ymatebwyr i reoli eu hanabledd yn fwy effeithiol, gyda 70% yn ffafrio parhau i weithio o bell yn y tymor hir. (Cyfnodolyn y Gyfraith Newydd; Gazette Cymdeithas y Gyfraith; Ffynhonnell Ymarfer; WIPR; Cyfraith 360; Fy Nwyddoniaeth; Newyddion Mirage)
- Dangosodd arolwg diweddar fod atal gweithio yn y swyddfa o dan y cyfnod clo wedi helpu i wella iechyd meddwl a chorfforol cyfreithwyr anabl, ac mewn gweminar Cymdeithas y Gyfraith nododd yr Athro Debbie Foster o Ysgol Busnes Prifysgol Caerdydd mai gweithio cartref oedd yr addasiad rhesymol mwyaf cyffredin a ofynnwyd amdano gan gyfreithwyr anabl a gwrthodwyd amlaf. (Dyfodol Cyfreithiol)
- Mae cyfreithwyr anabl angen y rhyddid i barhau i weithio gartref, yn ôl sylwadau gan academydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd. Dywedodd Debbie Foster yn ysgrifennu gyda David Greene, llywydd Cymdeithas y Gyfraith Cymru a Lloegr, fod y pandemig wedi arwain at welliannau yn y proffesiwn cyfreithiol ond bod angen "sgyrsiau agored" am anabledd i sicrhau dull mwy cynhwysol (The Times).
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Lee, Z. et al. 2026. SAHABAT-ID Toolkit: from barriers to belonging - framework for disability inclusion in Indonesian higher education. Project Report.[Online].https://sahabat-id.com/: Cardiff University. Available at: https://sahabat-id.com/insight/sahabat-id-toolkit-from-barriers-to-belonging/.
2025
- Davies, R. et al., 2025. Research on the potential for establishing a national centre for independent living in Wales. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff, Wales: The Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/research-potential-establishing-national-centre-independent-living-wales.
- Foster, D. et al. 2025. Research exploring ways to improve the Disability Confident Employer Scheme in Wales. Project Report.[Online].The Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/research-exploring-ways-improve-disability-confident-employer-scheme-wales.
2024
- Foster, D. 2024. Co-production with disabled people during the pandemic: the creation of a new political discourse that acknowledges the role of human rights in policymaking in Wales. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 26 (1), pp.410-422. (10.16993/sjdr.1054)
- Shi, C. and Foster, D. 2024. The past, present and future: hukou as a social status and its impact on Chinese disabled migrant workers; social mobility in the labor market. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal 18 (4), pp.1-28.
2023
- Foster, D. 2023. The influence of the social model of disability and co-production in the Welsh policy-making context. The potential for a new political discourse that recognises the important role of human rights. Presented at: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2023 Ulster University 04-06 April 2023.
2022
- Foster, D. 2022. Disability and why the personal is political in socio-legal research. [Online].Journal of Law & Society Conversations blog: Journal of Law & Society. Available at: https://journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/disability-and-why-the-personal-is-political-in-socio-legal-research/.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2022. Doing diversity in the legal profession in England and Wales: why do disabled people continue to be unexpected?. Journal of Law and Society 49 (3), pp.447-469. (10.1111/jols.12382)
- Foster, D. 2022. The power of using the method of co-production with disabled people: translating ‘private troubles’ into social and political actions to build equality and justice.. Presented at: BSA 2022 Virtual Annual Conference Virtual 20 - 22 April 2022.
2021
- Foster, D. et al. 2021. Locked out: liberating disabled people's lives and rights in Wales beyond COVID-19.
- Foster, D. , Masso, M. and Osila, L. 2021. Work accommodations and sustainable working. The role of social partners and industrial relations in the employment of disabled and older people in Estonia, Hungary and Poland. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27 (2), pp.149-165. (10.1177/0959680120971896)
2020
- Foster, D. and Williams, J. 2020. Understanding (disabled people as) ghosts in professional work: the contribution of feminist research. In: Fielden, S. L. , Moore, M. E. and Bend, G. L. eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Disability in Work. Basingstoke: Palgrave. , pp.255-271. (10.1007/978-3-030-42966-9_15)
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2020. Legally Disabled? The career experiences of disabled people working in the legal profession. Full report.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2020. Legally disabled? The career experiences of disabled people working in the legal profession: conference report. Presented at: Legally Disabled? The Career Experiences of Disabled Poeple Working in the Legal Profession in England and Wales British Academy, London 24th January 2020. Cardiff University.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2020. Legally disabled? The impact of Covid-19 on the employment and training of disabled lawyers in England and Wales: opportunities for job-redesign and best practice. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff University. Available at: http://legallydisabled.com/research-reports/.
2019
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2019. Legally disabled? The career experiences of disabled people working in the legal profession. Executive summary and recommendations.
- Masso, M. et al., 2019. The influence of collective employment relations on work accommodation: case studies in Estonia, Hungary and Poland. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 25 (4), pp.451-464. (10.1177/1024258919828597)
2018
- Foster, D. and Masso, M. 2018. Re-imagining work around the life-course: the role of work accommodation, job-design and industrial relations in promoting equality and fairness in the workplace. Presented at: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference (IREC) KU Leuven, Belgium 10-13 Sep 2018.
- Foster, D. 2018. The health and well-being at work agenda: good news for (disabled) workers or just a capital idea?. Work, Employment and Society 32 (1), pp.186-197. (10.1177/0950017016682458)
- Foster, D. 2018. Foreward. In: Werth, S. and Brownlow, C. eds. Work and Identity: Contemporary Perspectives on Diversity. Palgrave. , pp.v-vii.
2017
- Foster, D. 2017. Time to radically re-think workplace inclusion and well-being: developing a strategy to challenge ableism in contemporary neo-liberal workplaces. Presented at: 10th International Critical Management Studies (CMS) Conference 2017 Liverpool, UK 3-5th July 2017. , pp.451-460.
- Masso, M. , Osila, L. and Foster, D. 2017. Industrial relations and work adaptation in Estonia, Hungary, Poland: Supporting industrial relations in the field of work adaptation to enable the employment of older or disabled populations: Synthesis Report. Project Report.Tallinn: Praxis Centre for Policy Studies.
2016
- Fevre, R. W. et al. 2016. Closing disability gaps at work: deficits in evidence and variations in experience. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Masso, M. , Nurmela, K. and Foster, D. J. 2016. Industrial relations and workplace adaptation: Supporting industrial relations in the field of workplace adaptation to enable the employment of older or disabled populations: Literature review. Project Report.Estonia: PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies.
2015
- Foster, D. and Ren, X. 2015. Work-family conflict and the commodification of women's employment in three Chinese airlines. International Journal of Human Resource Management 26 (12), pp.1568-1585. (10.1080/09585192.2014.949821)
- Foster, D. 2015. Devolution and disabled workers: the experiences of union equality representatives in Wales. Industrial Relations Journal 46 (2), pp.153-168. (10.1111/irj.12096)
- Foster, D. and Williams, J. 2015. The contribution of gender theory to investigating disability and professional work. Presented at: Nordic Network on Disability Research NNDR 13th Research Conference Bergen, Norway 6-8 May 2015.
- Foster, D. J. 2015. The health and well-being at work agenda: good news for disabled people or just a capital idea?. Presented at: The Canadian Disability Studies Association Conference 'Capital Ideas' Ottawa, Canada June 2nd-4th, 2015.
- Foster, D. J. 2015. The health and well-being at work agenda: good news for disabled workers or just a capital idea?. Presented at: The Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA-ACEI) Conference 'Capital Ideas', Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences University of Ottawa, Ottowa, ON, Canada 2-4 June 2015.
- Foster, D. J. 2015. Working in partnership: devolution and the development of a distinctive equalities agenda in employment in Wales. In: Equality, a. D. F. a. E. R. N. ed. Beyond 2015: Shaping The Future of Equality and Human Rights and Social Justice: A collection of essays from the Equality and Diversity Forum and EDF Research Network. London: Equality and Diversity Forum. , pp.134-144.
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. J. 2015. Nobody's responsibility: the precarious position of disabled employees in the UK workplace. Industrial Relations Journal 46 (4), pp.328-343. (10.1111/irj.12107)
2014
- Foster, D. and Williams, J. 2014. Gender, disability and professional work: The need to question established norms. Presented at: The Gender, Work and Organization 8th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference Keele University, Staffordshire, UK 24th-26th June 2014.
2013
- Foster, D. J. and Wass, V. J. 2013. Disability in the labour market: an exploration of concepts of the ideal worker and organisational fit that disadvantage employees with impairments. Sociology 47 (4), pp.705-721. (10.1177/0038038512454245)
2011
- Foster, D. J. 2011. Understanding workplace adjustments for disabled employees: the law and good practice. In: Wright, T. and Conley, H. eds. Gower Handbook of Discrimination at Work. Farnham: Ashgate. , pp.173-184.
- Foster, D. J. and Wass, V. J. 2011. The ideal worker and capitalist forms of production: Can employees with impairments ever achive organisational fit?. Presented at: The Centre for Global Labour Research: Capitalism and work Cardiff, UK 12th January 2011.
- Ren, X. and Foster, D. J. 2011. Women's experiences of work and family conflict in a Chinese airline. Asia Pacific Business Review 17 (3), pp.325-341. (10.1080/13602380903462159)
2010
- Foster, D. J. and Fosh, P. 2010. Negotiating ‘difference’: representing disabled employees in the British workplace. British Journal of Industrial Relations 48 (3), pp.560-582. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00748.x)
- Foster, D. J. and Wass, V. J. 2010. Disability in the labour market: An exploration of concepts of the ‘ideal worker’ and organisational ‘fit’ that disadvantage employees with impairments. Presented at: Ideational Research in Employment Relations : Annual Conference of the Employment Research Unit Cardiff, UK September 2010.
- Foster, D. J. and Williams, L. 2010. The past, present and future of workplace equality agendas: problems of intersectionality in theory and practice. In: Blyton, P. R. , Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the employment relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.318-341.
2009
- Foster, D. J. , Wen-Chi, G. C. and Fosh, P. 2009. Female managers in Taiwan: ongoing change and the need for further research. In: Yukongdi, Y. and Benson, J. eds. Women in Asian Management. London: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. , pp.110-125.
2008
- Chen, C. , Fosh, P. and Foster, D. J. 2008. Gender differences in perceptions of organizational cultures in the banking industry in Taiwan. Journal of Industrial Relations 50 (1), pp.139-156. (10.1177/0022185607085698)
- Ren, X. and Foster, D. J. 2008. Balancing work and life in the Chinese airline industry: Women's experiences in the east and some comparisons with the west. Presented at: International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management’ (IFSAM) 9th World Congress Shanghai, China 27-28th July 2008.
- Wen-Chi, G. et al., 2008. The Changing Face of Women Managers in Taiwan. In: Rowley, C. and Yukongdi, V. eds. The Changing Face of Women Managers in Asia. Working in Asia Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.171-198.
2007
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2007. Trade Unions and Regional Government Working in Partnership? Emergent Lessons from Wales. Economic and Industrial Democracy 28 (3), pp.349-373. (10.1177/0143831X07079352)
- Foster, D. J. 2007. Legal Obligation or Personal Lottery? Employee Experiences of Disability and the Negotiation of Adjustments in the Public Sector Workplace. Work Employment & Society 21 (1), pp.67-84. (10.1177/0950017007073616)
- Scott, P. and Foster, D. J. 2007. Deregulation of employment: the impact of the reorganisation of the UK State. Presented at: States and Work Relationships in 20th Century Europe Madrid, Spain 15-16 November 2007.
- Scott, P. and Foster, D. J. 2007. La "desregularizatión" del empleo: El impacto de la reorganización del Estado Británico. In: Castillo, S. , Pigenet, M. and Soubiran-Paillet, F. eds. Estados y Relaciones de Trabajo en la Europa del Siglo XX. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Cinca. , pp.299-319.
2006
- Foster, D. J. and Fosh, P. 2006. Representing disabled employees in the workplace: the need for a multi-dimensional approach. Presented at: Proceedings of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference Galway, Ireland 28-30 June 2006.
- Foster, D. J. and Hoggett, P. 2006. Change in the benefits agency: empowering the exhausted worker?. In: Beynon, H. and Nichols, T. eds. Patterns of Work in the Post-Fordist Era: Fordism and Post-Fordism. Vol. 2, Elgar Mini Series Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.439-459.
2005
- Foster, D. J. , Chou, W. G. and Fosh, P. 2005. Female managers in Taiwan: opportunities and barriers in changing times. Asia Pacific Business Review 11 (2), pp.251-266. (10.1080/1360238042000291153)
2004
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2004. Public service trade unions and devolved government in the UK: a new political contingency?. Presented at: IREC conference 2004 Utrecht, Netherlands 26-28 August 2004.
2003
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2003. EMU and public service trade unionism: between states and markets. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 9 (4), pp.702-721. (10.1177/102425890300900412)
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2003. Trade unions, public services and the Euro. In: Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. eds. Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge. Vol. 32, Travail & Société - Work & Society Vol. 32.Brussels: Peter Lang. , pp.167-197.
- Scott, P. and Foster, D. J. 2003. Meeting the challenge?. In: Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. eds. Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge. Travail & Société - Work & Society Vol. 32.Brussels: Peter Lang. , pp.11-32.
1999
- Foster, D. J. and Hoggett, P. 1999. Change in the Benefits Agency: empowering the exhausted worker?. Work, Employment and Society 13 (1), pp.19-39. (10.1177/09500179922117773)
1998
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 1998. Competitive tendering of public services and industrial relations policy: the Conservative agenda under Thatcher and Major, 1979-97. Historical Studies in Industrial Relations 6 , pp.101-132.
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 1998. Conceptualising union responses to contracting out municipal services, 1979-97. Industrial Relations Journal 29 (2), pp.137-150. (10.1111/1468-2338.00086)
1996
- Foster, D. 1996. Competitive tendering in local government: Trade Unions and organizational change. In: Braddon, D. and Foster, D. eds. Privatisation: Social Science Themes and Perspectives.. Dartmouth. , pp.41-66.
- Braddon, D. and Foster, D. 1996. Introduction. In: Braddon, D. and Foster, D. eds. Simulated and Virtual Realities,. Taylor and Francis. , pp.1-17.
- Foster, D. and Braddon, D. 1996. An inter-disciplinary approach to the analysis of privatization and marketization?. In: Braddon, D. and Foster, D. eds. Privatisation: Social Science Themes and Perspectives.. Dartmouth. , pp.287-310.
1993
- Foster, D. J. 1993. Industrial relations in local government: the impact of privatisation. Political Quarterly 64 (1), pp.49-59. (10.1111/j.1467-923X.1993.tb00313.x)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Foster, D. and Williams, J. 2020. Understanding (disabled people as) ghosts in professional work: the contribution of feminist research. In: Fielden, S. L. , Moore, M. E. and Bend, G. L. eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Disability in Work. Basingstoke: Palgrave. , pp.255-271. (10.1007/978-3-030-42966-9_15)
- Foster, D. 2018. Foreward. In: Werth, S. and Brownlow, C. eds. Work and Identity: Contemporary Perspectives on Diversity. Palgrave. , pp.v-vii.
- Foster, D. J. 2015. Working in partnership: devolution and the development of a distinctive equalities agenda in employment in Wales. In: Equality, a. D. F. a. E. R. N. ed. Beyond 2015: Shaping The Future of Equality and Human Rights and Social Justice: A collection of essays from the Equality and Diversity Forum and EDF Research Network. London: Equality and Diversity Forum. , pp.134-144.
- Foster, D. J. 2011. Understanding workplace adjustments for disabled employees: the law and good practice. In: Wright, T. and Conley, H. eds. Gower Handbook of Discrimination at Work. Farnham: Ashgate. , pp.173-184.
- Foster, D. J. and Williams, L. 2010. The past, present and future of workplace equality agendas: problems of intersectionality in theory and practice. In: Blyton, P. R. , Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the employment relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.318-341.
- Foster, D. J. , Wen-Chi, G. C. and Fosh, P. 2009. Female managers in Taiwan: ongoing change and the need for further research. In: Yukongdi, Y. and Benson, J. eds. Women in Asian Management. London: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. , pp.110-125.
- Wen-Chi, G. et al., 2008. The Changing Face of Women Managers in Taiwan. In: Rowley, C. and Yukongdi, V. eds. The Changing Face of Women Managers in Asia. Working in Asia Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.171-198.
- Scott, P. and Foster, D. J. 2007. La "desregularizatión" del empleo: El impacto de la reorganización del Estado Británico. In: Castillo, S. , Pigenet, M. and Soubiran-Paillet, F. eds. Estados y Relaciones de Trabajo en la Europa del Siglo XX. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Cinca. , pp.299-319.
- Foster, D. J. and Hoggett, P. 2006. Change in the benefits agency: empowering the exhausted worker?. In: Beynon, H. and Nichols, T. eds. Patterns of Work in the Post-Fordist Era: Fordism and Post-Fordism. Vol. 2, Elgar Mini Series Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.439-459.
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2003. Trade unions, public services and the Euro. In: Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. eds. Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge. Vol. 32, Travail & Société - Work & Society Vol. 32.Brussels: Peter Lang. , pp.167-197.
- Scott, P. and Foster, D. J. 2003. Meeting the challenge?. In: Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. eds. Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge. Travail & Société - Work & Society Vol. 32.Brussels: Peter Lang. , pp.11-32.
- Foster, D. 1996. Competitive tendering in local government: Trade Unions and organizational change. In: Braddon, D. and Foster, D. eds. Privatisation: Social Science Themes and Perspectives.. Dartmouth. , pp.41-66.
- Braddon, D. and Foster, D. 1996. Introduction. In: Braddon, D. and Foster, D. eds. Simulated and Virtual Realities,. Taylor and Francis. , pp.1-17.
- Foster, D. and Braddon, D. 1996. An inter-disciplinary approach to the analysis of privatization and marketization?. In: Braddon, D. and Foster, D. eds. Privatisation: Social Science Themes and Perspectives.. Dartmouth. , pp.287-310.
Cynadleddau
- Foster, D. 2023. The influence of the social model of disability and co-production in the Welsh policy-making context. The potential for a new political discourse that recognises the important role of human rights. Presented at: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2023 Ulster University 04-06 April 2023.
- Foster, D. 2022. The power of using the method of co-production with disabled people: translating ‘private troubles’ into social and political actions to build equality and justice.. Presented at: BSA 2022 Virtual Annual Conference Virtual 20 - 22 April 2022.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2020. Legally disabled? The career experiences of disabled people working in the legal profession: conference report. Presented at: Legally Disabled? The Career Experiences of Disabled Poeple Working in the Legal Profession in England and Wales British Academy, London 24th January 2020. Cardiff University.
- Foster, D. and Masso, M. 2018. Re-imagining work around the life-course: the role of work accommodation, job-design and industrial relations in promoting equality and fairness in the workplace. Presented at: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference (IREC) KU Leuven, Belgium 10-13 Sep 2018.
- Foster, D. 2017. Time to radically re-think workplace inclusion and well-being: developing a strategy to challenge ableism in contemporary neo-liberal workplaces. Presented at: 10th International Critical Management Studies (CMS) Conference 2017 Liverpool, UK 3-5th July 2017. , pp.451-460.
- Foster, D. and Williams, J. 2015. The contribution of gender theory to investigating disability and professional work. Presented at: Nordic Network on Disability Research NNDR 13th Research Conference Bergen, Norway 6-8 May 2015.
- Foster, D. J. 2015. The health and well-being at work agenda: good news for disabled people or just a capital idea?. Presented at: The Canadian Disability Studies Association Conference 'Capital Ideas' Ottawa, Canada June 2nd-4th, 2015.
- Foster, D. J. 2015. The health and well-being at work agenda: good news for disabled workers or just a capital idea?. Presented at: The Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA-ACEI) Conference 'Capital Ideas', Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences University of Ottawa, Ottowa, ON, Canada 2-4 June 2015.
- Foster, D. and Williams, J. 2014. Gender, disability and professional work: The need to question established norms. Presented at: The Gender, Work and Organization 8th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference Keele University, Staffordshire, UK 24th-26th June 2014.
- Foster, D. J. and Wass, V. J. 2011. The ideal worker and capitalist forms of production: Can employees with impairments ever achive organisational fit?. Presented at: The Centre for Global Labour Research: Capitalism and work Cardiff, UK 12th January 2011.
- Foster, D. J. and Wass, V. J. 2010. Disability in the labour market: An exploration of concepts of the ‘ideal worker’ and organisational ‘fit’ that disadvantage employees with impairments. Presented at: Ideational Research in Employment Relations : Annual Conference of the Employment Research Unit Cardiff, UK September 2010.
- Ren, X. and Foster, D. J. 2008. Balancing work and life in the Chinese airline industry: Women's experiences in the east and some comparisons with the west. Presented at: International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management’ (IFSAM) 9th World Congress Shanghai, China 27-28th July 2008.
- Scott, P. and Foster, D. J. 2007. Deregulation of employment: the impact of the reorganisation of the UK State. Presented at: States and Work Relationships in 20th Century Europe Madrid, Spain 15-16 November 2007.
- Foster, D. J. and Fosh, P. 2006. Representing disabled employees in the workplace: the need for a multi-dimensional approach. Presented at: Proceedings of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference Galway, Ireland 28-30 June 2006.
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2004. Public service trade unions and devolved government in the UK: a new political contingency?. Presented at: IREC conference 2004 Utrecht, Netherlands 26-28 August 2004.
Erthyglau
- Foster, D. 2024. Co-production with disabled people during the pandemic: the creation of a new political discourse that acknowledges the role of human rights in policymaking in Wales. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 26 (1), pp.410-422. (10.16993/sjdr.1054)
- Shi, C. and Foster, D. 2024. The past, present and future: hukou as a social status and its impact on Chinese disabled migrant workers; social mobility in the labor market. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal 18 (4), pp.1-28.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2022. Doing diversity in the legal profession in England and Wales: why do disabled people continue to be unexpected?. Journal of Law and Society 49 (3), pp.447-469. (10.1111/jols.12382)
- Foster, D. , Masso, M. and Osila, L. 2021. Work accommodations and sustainable working. The role of social partners and industrial relations in the employment of disabled and older people in Estonia, Hungary and Poland. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27 (2), pp.149-165. (10.1177/0959680120971896)
- Masso, M. et al., 2019. The influence of collective employment relations on work accommodation: case studies in Estonia, Hungary and Poland. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 25 (4), pp.451-464. (10.1177/1024258919828597)
- Foster, D. 2018. The health and well-being at work agenda: good news for (disabled) workers or just a capital idea?. Work, Employment and Society 32 (1), pp.186-197. (10.1177/0950017016682458)
- Foster, D. and Ren, X. 2015. Work-family conflict and the commodification of women's employment in three Chinese airlines. International Journal of Human Resource Management 26 (12), pp.1568-1585. (10.1080/09585192.2014.949821)
- Foster, D. 2015. Devolution and disabled workers: the experiences of union equality representatives in Wales. Industrial Relations Journal 46 (2), pp.153-168. (10.1111/irj.12096)
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. J. 2015. Nobody's responsibility: the precarious position of disabled employees in the UK workplace. Industrial Relations Journal 46 (4), pp.328-343. (10.1111/irj.12107)
- Foster, D. J. and Wass, V. J. 2013. Disability in the labour market: an exploration of concepts of the ideal worker and organisational fit that disadvantage employees with impairments. Sociology 47 (4), pp.705-721. (10.1177/0038038512454245)
- Ren, X. and Foster, D. J. 2011. Women's experiences of work and family conflict in a Chinese airline. Asia Pacific Business Review 17 (3), pp.325-341. (10.1080/13602380903462159)
- Foster, D. J. and Fosh, P. 2010. Negotiating ‘difference’: representing disabled employees in the British workplace. British Journal of Industrial Relations 48 (3), pp.560-582. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00748.x)
- Chen, C. , Fosh, P. and Foster, D. J. 2008. Gender differences in perceptions of organizational cultures in the banking industry in Taiwan. Journal of Industrial Relations 50 (1), pp.139-156. (10.1177/0022185607085698)
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2007. Trade Unions and Regional Government Working in Partnership? Emergent Lessons from Wales. Economic and Industrial Democracy 28 (3), pp.349-373. (10.1177/0143831X07079352)
- Foster, D. J. 2007. Legal Obligation or Personal Lottery? Employee Experiences of Disability and the Negotiation of Adjustments in the Public Sector Workplace. Work Employment & Society 21 (1), pp.67-84. (10.1177/0950017007073616)
- Foster, D. J. , Chou, W. G. and Fosh, P. 2005. Female managers in Taiwan: opportunities and barriers in changing times. Asia Pacific Business Review 11 (2), pp.251-266. (10.1080/1360238042000291153)
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 2003. EMU and public service trade unionism: between states and markets. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 9 (4), pp.702-721. (10.1177/102425890300900412)
- Foster, D. J. and Hoggett, P. 1999. Change in the Benefits Agency: empowering the exhausted worker?. Work, Employment and Society 13 (1), pp.19-39. (10.1177/09500179922117773)
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 1998. Competitive tendering of public services and industrial relations policy: the Conservative agenda under Thatcher and Major, 1979-97. Historical Studies in Industrial Relations 6 , pp.101-132.
- Foster, D. J. and Scott, P. 1998. Conceptualising union responses to contracting out municipal services, 1979-97. Industrial Relations Journal 29 (2), pp.137-150. (10.1111/1468-2338.00086)
- Foster, D. J. 1993. Industrial relations in local government: the impact of privatisation. Political Quarterly 64 (1), pp.49-59. (10.1111/j.1467-923X.1993.tb00313.x)
Gwefannau
- Foster, D. 2022. Disability and why the personal is political in socio-legal research. [Online].Journal of Law & Society Conversations blog: Journal of Law & Society. Available at: https://journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/disability-and-why-the-personal-is-political-in-socio-legal-research/.
Monograffau
- Lee, Z. et al. 2026. SAHABAT-ID Toolkit: from barriers to belonging - framework for disability inclusion in Indonesian higher education. Project Report.[Online].https://sahabat-id.com/: Cardiff University. Available at: https://sahabat-id.com/insight/sahabat-id-toolkit-from-barriers-to-belonging/.
- Davies, R. et al., 2025. Research on the potential for establishing a national centre for independent living in Wales. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff, Wales: The Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/research-potential-establishing-national-centre-independent-living-wales.
- Foster, D. et al. 2025. Research exploring ways to improve the Disability Confident Employer Scheme in Wales. Project Report.[Online].The Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/research-exploring-ways-improve-disability-confident-employer-scheme-wales.
- Foster, D. et al. 2021. Locked out: liberating disabled people's lives and rights in Wales beyond COVID-19.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2020. Legally Disabled? The career experiences of disabled people working in the legal profession. Full report.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2020. Legally disabled? The impact of Covid-19 on the employment and training of disabled lawyers in England and Wales: opportunities for job-redesign and best practice. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff University. Available at: http://legallydisabled.com/research-reports/.
- Foster, D. and Hirst, N. 2019. Legally disabled? The career experiences of disabled people working in the legal profession. Executive summary and recommendations.
- Masso, M. , Osila, L. and Foster, D. 2017. Industrial relations and work adaptation in Estonia, Hungary, Poland: Supporting industrial relations in the field of work adaptation to enable the employment of older or disabled populations: Synthesis Report. Project Report.Tallinn: Praxis Centre for Policy Studies.
- Fevre, R. W. et al. 2016. Closing disability gaps at work: deficits in evidence and variations in experience. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Masso, M. , Nurmela, K. and Foster, D. J. 2016. Industrial relations and workplace adaptation: Supporting industrial relations in the field of workplace adaptation to enable the employment of older or disabled populations: Literature review. Project Report.Estonia: PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies.
Ymchwil
Diddordebau ymchwil
Ymchwil gyfredol: Anabl yn gyfreithiol? Profiadau gyrfa pobl anabl yn y proffesiwn cyfreithiol.
- Profiadau o anabledd ac abl mewn cyflogaeth, gwaith proffesiynol, sefydliadau, HRM a chynrychiolaeth undebau llafur.
- Rhyw a chyflogaeth a chroestoriadau rhywedd ag anabledd ac oedran.
- Cynrychiolaeth undebau llafur o grwpiau amrywiol yn y gweithle.
- Defnyddio methodolegau cyd-gynhyrchu ac wrth lunio polisïau.
Cyllid Ymchwil
Mai 2025 - 2026 Y Cyngor Prydeinig: "Trawsnewid Addysg Uwch: Grymuso myfyrwyr a staff anabl trwy bolisïau croestoriadol cynhwysol ac arloesi cydweithredol", gyda Dr Zoe Lee (P.I CARBS) a Dr Lanny Hartanti (UKWMS, Indonesia).
Hydref 2019 - Rhagfyr 2020: £24,700 'Cydraddoldeb a Chynhwysiant Anabledd yn y proffesiwn cyfreithiol: strategaethau cyd-gynhyrchu ar gyfer newid'. Grant Effaith ESRC.
Mai 2017- Mai 2019: £88,077 gan DRILL (Ymchwil Anabledd ar Fyw a Dysgu Annibynnol) Grantiau a ariennir gan y Loteri Genedlaethol, ar gyfer prosiect o'r enw 'Legally Disabled? Profiadau gyrfa a dyfodol pobl anabl yn y proffesiwn cyfreithiol yng Nghymru a Lloegr.
Ebrill 2016 - Mawrth 2018: 206,277 Ewro gan yr Undeb Ewropeaidd [VP/2015/004] ar gyfer grant o'r enw 'Gwella arbenigedd ym maes cysylltiadau diwydiannol ar gyfer Gweithwyr Hŷn ac Anabl'. D. Foster (cyd-ymgeisydd), prif ymgeisydd PRAXIS, Estonia. Mae'r ymchwil weithredu hon yn gweithio gyda phartneriaid cymdeithasol yn Estonia, Hwngari a Gwlad Pwyl, i ddatblygu strategaethau cysylltiadau diwydiannol i integreiddio llety gweithle ar gyfer gweithwyr hŷn ac anabl mewn agendâu cyflogwyr ac undebau llafur.
Mawrth-Gorffennaf 2016: Dyfarniad o £4,462 o gronfa Prosiect Ymgysylltu â Gwerth Cyhoeddus CARBS i sefydlu clwstwr ymchwil newydd: Ymchwil Prifysgol Caerdydd ar Gyflogaeth ac Anabledd (CRED). D. Foster (P.A.), cyd-ymgeiswyr Ralph Fevre (SOCSI) a Natasha Hirst.
Hydref 2016 – Medi 2017: Dyfarniad o £24,233 o gronfa Cyflymu ESRC/IAA ar gyfer prosiect effaith o'r enw Partneriaethau Seiliedig ar Dystiolaeth Cyflogaeth i'r Anabl (DEEPEN). R. Fevre (P.A.), D. Foster, M. Jones a V. Wass (Cyd-ymgeiswyr). Prif bartneriaid: Cymorth Canser Macmillan, Disability Rights UK, Anabledd Cymru. Partneriaid ychwanegol: Irwin Mitchell, Sefydliad Siartredig Personél a Datblygu, Coleg y Therapyddion Galwedigaethol, TUC.
Gorffennaf 2016 – Rhagfyr 2017: Dyfarniad o £3,344 o gyllideb hadau CARBS i gynnal astudiaeth gwmpasu.
Hydref 2014-Hydref 2015: Dyfarnwyd £15,000 ar gyfer Cymrodoriaeth Ymchwil Prifysgol Caerdydd. Dyfarnwyd £3,000 hefyd am deithio.
2004-2006 – ESRC small grant - Rhif Cyfeirnod y Dyfarniad: RES-000-22-0722 ar gyfer prosiect o'r enw "Gender, Disability and Representation in the workplace" (Dr. D. Foster – prif ymgeisydd). Archwilio profiadau gweithwyr o drafod addasiadau yn y gweithle a'r gynrychiolaeth a gawsant yn ystod y broses hon.
1995-1996 - Dyfarnwyd £4,000 gan Asiantaeth Budd-daliadau Ardal Glannau Hafren, Bryste i P. Hoggett a D. Foster am ymchwil o'r enw: "Ymchwiliad i 'fentrau ansawdd' yn yr Asiantaeth Budd-daliadau Nawdd Cymdeithasol wedi'i ailstrwythuro".
1997-2000 - £120,000 a ddyfarnwyd o Gyllid Heb Fformiwla, UWE i D. Foster (P.I) a G. Taylor (cyd-ymgeisydd) am ymchwil o'r enw: "Astudiaeth Gymharol o Oblygiadau yr Undeb Ariannol Ewropeaidd ar Wasanaethau Cyhoeddus ac Undeb Llafur Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus".
Addysgu
Teaching commitments
- Module co-ordinator for the MBA module BST542 Management of Change.
Additional teaching
I annually supervise students on the MSc HRM and the MBA. I am also an experienced PhD supervisor and welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students who are interested in conducting postgraduate research in the following areas:
- Equality & diversity in the workplace (particularly gender, disability and work-family conflict)
- Public services, trade unionism and industrial relations
- Work and employment in Europe & Asia
- Managing Change in Organisations
Bywgraffiad
Education & Qualifications
- PhD, Sociology,University of Bath
- BA (Hons) Sociology, University of Lancaster
- Postgraduate Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education, Oxford Polytechnic
Editorial work
- 2017: Editorial Board member of the 'Journal of Chinese HRM'
- 2017: Editorial Board member of the journal 'Social Inclusion'
- 2013-16 Elected to Associate Editorial Board of Work, Employment & Society
- 1997-2000 Editor of 'Notes and Issues' for the journal 'Work, Employment & Society'
- Foster, D and Scott, P (eds.) (2003) Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge.
- Braddon, D and Foster, D. (eds.) (1996) Privatisation: Social Science Themes and Perspectives.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Member of the British Sociological Association since 1985
- Member of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
Cardiff Business School representative to University Senate
School committees
Chair of the School Research Ethics Committee (SREC)
SREC Representative to Research Committee
External Committees
Member of the Wales National Advisory Board for DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning).
Member of the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) Research Network Advisory Group
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Goruchwyliaeth Gyfredol
2019 - 2026 Ruth Nortey (Ysgoloriaeth Gydweithredol ESRC gydag Anabledd Cymru). Beth sy'n gweithio yng Nghymru: Datblygu sylfaen dystiolaeth i lywio marc barcud i gyflogwyr fynd i'r afael â'r bwlch cyflogaeth ymhlith pobl anabl
2025 - Christel Persson : Rôl Cyfathrebu wrth normaleiddio addasiadau rhesymol.
Diddordebau ymchwil goruchwylio PhD
Mae croeso arbennig i ymholiadau ynghylch goruchwyliaeth PhD gan fyfyrwyr sy'n dymuno dilyn ymchwil pellach i bob agwedd ar amrywiaeth a chyflogaeth, ond yn arbennig gan fyfyrwyr sy'n dymuno datblygu cynigion sy'n ymwneud ag anabledd ac iechyd, rhyw, heneiddio a chyflogaeth. Gyda diddordeb ymchwil yn y canlynol: cynrychiolaeth undebau llafur, cysylltiadau diwydiannol, marchnata, gwaith proffesiynol a'r sector gwirfoddol, Byddai hefyd yn bosibl cyfuno cynigion am amrywiaeth a chyflogaeth gyda'r cyd-destunau hyn. Mae gen i brofiad o gasglu data yn y gwledydd canlynol: y DU, Iwerddon, yr Almaen, Denmarc, Estonia, Hwngari, Gwlad Pwyl, Tsieina, Taiwan.
Prosiectau'r gorffennol
2016 - Leanne Greening Ysgoloriaeth Math 2 ESRC
2018 - Cunquing Shi (Felix)
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Contact Details
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