Overview
- Distinguished Research Professor.
- Programme Director, Digital Futures of Work.
An international research programme on reimagining jobs, skills and education for a digital age (2019-2023).
- Chair of the Independent Review of Digital Innovation for the Economy and Future of Work In Wales (Final Report September 2019). Download
- Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).
- Fellow, Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).
- Council of Management, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Westminster, London. (NIESR)
- Eighteen books (6 published by Oxford University Press and over 120 academic articles and reports).
- He has given keynote presentation in over 20 countries, including World Bank in Washington, International Labour Office in Geneva, European Commission in Brussels.
- Previously Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada; Sciences Po in Paris: University of Turku, Finland and Zhengzhou University, China.
- Currently Visiting Professor at the Centre for Skills, Performance and Productivity Research, Institute for Adult Learning/Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore.
Publication
2024
- Souto-Otero, M. and Brown, P. 2024. The rise of the digital labour market: characteristics and implications for the study of education, opportunity and work. Journal of Education and Work 37(1-4), pp. 1-16. (10.1080/13639080.2024.2310263)
- Brown, P. 2024. Education, opportunity and the future of work in the fourth industrial revolution. British Journal of Sociology of Education (10.1080/01425692.2023.2299970)
2023
- Souto-Otero, M., Brown, P. and Freebody, S. 2023. High skilled workplaces, technological change and employment: Can educational reform do it?. International Journal of Educational Research 122, article number: 102265. (10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102265)
- Brown, P., Souto-Otero, M. and Sadik, S. 2023. Digital transformation and the future of work. In: Housley, W. et al. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Digital Society. Sage, pp. 559-572.
2022
- James, D., Sadik, S. and Brown, P. 2022. Rethinking lifelong learning in the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". In: Evans, K. et al. eds. Third International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 1-20., (10.1007/978-3-030-67930-9_49-1)
- Brown, P. 2022. Higher education, credentialism, and social mobility. In: Cote, J. E. and Pickard, S. eds. Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 351-362., (10.4324/9781003262497-32)
2020
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Cheung, S. Y. 2020. The death of human capital? Its failed promise and how to renew it in an age of disruption. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (10.1093/oso/9780190644307.001.0001)
- Brown, P. and James, D. 2020. Educational expansion, poverty reduction and social mobility: reframing the debate. International Journal of Educational Research 100, article number: 101537. (10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101537)
- Brown, P. and Souto-Otero, M. 2020. The end of the credential society? An analysis of the relationship between education and the labour market using big data. Journal of Education Policy 35(1), pp. 95-118. (10.1080/02680939.2018.1549752)
- Brown, P. 2020. Some observations on the race to higher education, digital technologies and the future of work. Journal of Education and Work 33(7-8), pp. 491-499. (10.1080/13639080.2020.1852500)
2019
- Sadik, S. and Brown, P. 2019. Corporate recruitment practices and the hierarchy of graduate employability in India. Oxford Review of Education 46(1), pp. 96-110. (10.1080/03054985.2019.1687437)
2018
- Brown, P., Lloyd, C. and Souto-Otero, M. 2018. The prospects for skills and employment in an age of digital disruption: A cautionary note. Project Report. [Online]. Oxford: Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/?person=the-prospects-for-skills-and-employment-in-an-age-of-digital-disruption-a-cautionary-note
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Cheung, S. Y. 2018. Fractures in the education-economy relationship: the end of the skill bias technological change research programme?. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 34(3), pp. 495-515. (10.1093/oxrep/gry008)
- Tholen, G. and Brown, P. 2018. Higher education and the myths of graduate employability. In: Waller, R., Ingram, N. and Ward, M. R. M. eds. Higher Education and Social Inequalities: University Admissions, Experiences, and Outcomes. Sociological Futures Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 153-166.
2016
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2016. Higher education, knowledge capitalism, and the global auction for jobs. In: Scott, P., Gallacher, J. and Parry, G. eds. New Languages and Landscapes of Higher Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 240-255., (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198787082.003.0012)
- Brown, P. 2016. The transformation of higher education, credential competition, and the graduate labour market. In: Cote, J. E. and Furlong, A. eds. Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education. Routledge International Handbooks Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 197-208.
- Power, S., Allouch, A., Brown, P. and Tholen, G. 2016. Giving something back? Sentiments of privilege and social responsibility among elite graduates from Britain and France. International Sociology 31(3), pp. 305-323. (10.1177/0268580916629966)
- Allouch, A., Brown, P., Power, S. A. R. and Tholen, G. 2016. L'éthique des élites scolaires. Du mérite à la responsabilité chez les étudiants de sciences po Paris et de l'Université d'Oxford. L'Annee Sociologique 66(1), pp. 193-224.
2015
- Brown, P., Cheung, S. Y. and Lauder, H. 2015. Beyond a human capital approach to education and the labour market: the case for industrial policy. In: Bailey, D., Cowling, K. and Tomlinson, P. eds. New Perspectives on Industrial Policy for a Modern Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 206-224., (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198706205.003.0011)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Sung, J. 2015. Higher education, corporate talent and the stratification of knowledge work in the global labour market. In: World Yearbook of Education - Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage. Routledge
2014
- Brown, P., Power, S., Tholen, G. and Allouch, A. 2014. Credentials, talent and cultural capital: a comparative study of educational elites in England and France. British Journal of Sociology of Education 37(2), pp. 191-211. (10.1080/01425692.2014.920247)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2014. The global auction. China: Hunan Science and Technology Press.
2013
- Power, S. A. R., Brown, P., Allouch, A. and Tholen, G. 2013. Self, career and nationhood: the contrasting aspirations of British and French elite graduates. British Journal of Sociology 64(4), pp. 578-596. (10.1111/1468-4446.12048)
- Brown, P. 2013. Education, opportunity and the prospects for social mobility. British Journal of Sociology of Education 34(5-6), pp. 678-700. (10.1080/01425692.2013.816036)
- Tholen, G., Brown, P., Power, S. A. R. and Allouch, A. 2013. The role of networks and connections in educational elites? labour market entrance. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 34, pp. 142-154. (10.1016/j.rssm.2013.10.003)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2013. Auctioning the future of work. World Policy Journal 30(2), pp. 16-25. (10.1177/0740277513494057)
2012
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. The great transformation in the global labour market. Soundings: a Journal of Politics and Culture 51, pp. 41-53. (10.3898/136266212802019489)
- Lauder, H. et al. eds. 2012. Education, globalization and social change. 2.. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
- Lauder, H. et al. eds. 2012. Education, globalization and social change. 1. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Tholen, G. 2012. The global auction model, skill bias theory and graduate incomes: reflections on methodology. In: Lauder, H., Young, M. and Daniels, H. eds. Educating for the Knowledge Economy. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 43-65.
- Brown, P. 2012. How should Singapore respond to the global auction for high skills. In: Sung, J. ed. Globalising Skills: Implications for Singapore. Singapore: Civil Service College, Singapore, pp. 44-60.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. The global auction, knowledge capitalism and the case of Nokia. In: Kivirauma, J., Jauhiainen, A. and seppanen, P. eds. Social Perspectives on Education. Finland: Finland: Research in Educational Sciences, pp. 150-170.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy. In: Livingstone, D. W. and Guile, D. eds. The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning. Sense Publishers, pp. 117-146.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. The global auction for high skilled work: Implications for economic policy. Crossbow, pp. 31-32.
2011
- Lauder, H. and Brown, P. 2011. Economic globalisation, skill formation and the consequences for higher education. In: Apple, M. W., Ball, S. J. and Gandin, L. A. eds. The Routledge international handbook of the sociology of education. Routledge International Handbooks of Education London: Routledge, pp. 229-240.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2011. The standardisation of higher education and the global labour market. In: King, R., Marginson, S. and Naidoo, R. eds. A Handbook of Globalization and Higher Education. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 485-496.
- Brown, P., Ashton, D. and Lauder, H. 2011. Globalisation: The impact on national systems of education and training. In: Markowitsch, J. et al. eds. Turbulenzen auf Arbeitsmarkten und in Bildungssystemen. Innsbruck: StudienVerlag, pp. 23-38.
2010
- Brown, P., Ashton, D. and Lauder, H. 2010. Skills are not enough: The globalisation of knowledge and the future UK economy. Project Report. [Online]. London, UK: UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Available at: http://www.ukces.org.uk/ourwork/praxis
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2010. The global auction: the broken promises of education, jobs and rewards. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Ashton, D., Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Skill webs and international human resource management: Lessons from a study of the global skill strategies of transnational companies. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21(6), pp. 836-850. (10.1080/09585191003729325)
- Brown, P., Duru-Bellat, M. and Van Zanten, A. 2010. Education-based meritocracy. How markets challenge a model of justice/ La méritocratie scolaire. Un modèle de justice à l’épreuve du marché. Sociologie 1(1), pp. 161-175.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Sociology of education: A critical history and prospects for the future. In: Furlong, J. and Lawn, M. eds. Disciplines of Education: Their Role in the Future of Education Research. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 13-30.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Higher education and the global labor market for graduates: Implications for the GCC. In: Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labour Market. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, pp. 233-256.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Global corporate strategies and the future of the UAE labor market?. Presented at: 15th Annual Conference of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1-3 Feb 2010 Presented at The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, ,. ed.Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labour Market. The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research pp. 233-255.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. The knowledge economy, knowledge capitalism, creativity and globalization. In: Peters, M. and Araya, D. eds. Education in the Creative Economy: Knowledge and Learning in the Age of Innovation. New York, NY: Peter Lang, pp. 117-140.
- Brown, P. 2010. High skills, low wages? The coming global auction for cut-price brainpower. ESRC Annual Magazine, pp. 80-81.
2009
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Halsey, A. H. 2009. Sociology of education: a critical history and prospects for the future. Oxford Review of Education 35(5), pp. 569-585. (10.1080/03054980903216309)
- Brown, P. and Power, S. A. 2009. The social construction of talent: A comparative study of education, recruitment and occupational elites. Presented at: Invited Keynote, Sciences Po, Paris, France, September 2009.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2009. Globalization, international education, and the formation of a transnational class?. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education 108(2), pp. 130-147. (10.1111/j.1744-7984.2009.01165.x)
- Brown, P. and Tannock, S. 2009. Education, meritocracy and the global war for talent. Journal of Education Policy 24(4), pp. 377-392. (10.1080/02680930802669938)
- Ashton, D., Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2009. Developing a theory of skill for global HR. In: Sparrow, P. ed. Handbook of international human resource management : integrating people, process, and context. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 321-339.
2008
- Brown, P., Ashton, D., Lauder, H. and Tholen, G. 2008. Towards a high-skilled, low-waged workforce: a review of global trends in education, employment and the labour market. Working paper. Cardiff: Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), Cardiff and Oxford Universities. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/research/researchcentres/skope/publications/monographs/Monograph%2010%20Final.pdf
- Brown, P., Lauder, H., Ashton, D. and Tholen, G. 2008. Education, globalisation and the knowledge economy, a commentary for the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP). Working paper. London: TLRP. Available at: http://www.tlrp.org/pub/documents/globalisationcomm.pdf
- Brown, P. 2008. Élites (employabilité des). In: van Zanten, A. ed. Dictionnaire de l'éducation. Quadrige dicos poche Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 239-241.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2008. Education, globalisation and the future of the knowledge economy. European Educational Research Journal 7(2), pp. 131-156. (10.2304/eerj.2008.7.2.131)
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Ashton, D. 2008. Globalisation, skill formation and the varieties of capitalism approach. New Political Economy 13(1), pp. 19-35. (10.1080/13563460701859678)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2008. Education, globalization and skill. In: McCulloch, G. and Crook, D. eds. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education. London: Routledge
2007
- Brown, P. 2007. When merit counts for nothing. Times Higher Education Supplement 2007(20 Jul)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2007. Towards a high skills economy: Higher education and the new realities of global capitalism. In: Epstein, D. and Boden, R. eds. World Year Book of Education 2008. Geographies of Knowledge, Geometries of Power: Higher Education in the 21st Century. London: Routledge, pp. 190-210.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2007. Educacion, globalizacion y desarrollo economico. In: Bonal, X. and Tarabini-Castellani, A. eds. Globalizacion y Educacion. Mino y Davila, pp. 257-298.
2006
- Lauder, H. et al. eds. 2006. Education, globalization and social change. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brown, P. 2006. The opportunity trap. In: Lauder, H. et al. eds. Education, Globalization and Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 381-397.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2006. Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy. Globalisation, Societies and Education 4(1), pp. 25-57. (10.1080/14767720600555046)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2006. Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy. In: Lauder, H. et al. eds. Education, Globalization and Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 317-340.
- Lauder, H., Brown, P., Dillabough, J. and Halsey, A. H. 2006. Introduction: the prospects for education: individualization, globalization and social change. In: Lauder, H. et al. eds. Education, Globalization and Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-70.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2006. Globalization and the skill formation strategies of MNCs: a comparative analysis. Presented at: 5th Annual Conference of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme, Cardiff, UK, 22-24 November 2004.
2005
- Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. 2005. Education: culture, economy and society. Fukuoka: Kyushu University Press.
2004
- Brown, P., Hesketh, A. and Williams, S. 2004. The mismanagement of talent: employability and jobs in the knowledge economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Halsey, A. H. 2004. Sociology and Political Arithmetic: Some Principles of a New Policy Science. British Journal of Sociology 55(1), pp. 3-22. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00002.x)
- Brown, P. 2004. Gibt es eine Globalisierung positionalen Wettbewerbs?. In: Mackert, J. ed. Die Theorie Sozialer Schliebung: Tradition, Analysen, Perspektiven. Wiesbaden, Germany: Leske+Budrich und Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 233-256.
- Brown, P. and Hesketh, A. 2004. I say tomato, you say tomato: putting critical realism to work in the labour market recruitment process. In: Fleetwood, S. and Ackroyd, S. eds. Critical Realist Applications in Organisation and Management Studies. Routledge, pp. 337-366.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2004. Education, globalization and economic development. In: Ball, S. J. ed. The Routledge Falmer Reader in Sociology of Education. London: Routledge, pp. 47-71.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2004. Poverty, learning opportunities and the social construction of collective intelligence. In: Olssen, M. ed. Culture and Learning: Access and Opportunity in the Classroom. Greenwood Press, pp. 315-344.
2003
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2003. Globalisation and the knowledge economy: some observations on recent trends in employment, education and the labour market. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2003. Labour is heading for brain pain. Debate [Newspaper Article]. The Guardian 2003(18 Aug)
- Brown, P. 2003. The opportunity trap: education and employment in a global economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wrkgpaper32.pdf
- Brown, P. 2003. The opportunity trap: education and employment in a global economy. European Educational Research Journal 2(1), pp. 141-179. (10.2304/eerj.2003.2.1.4)
- Lauder, H. and Brown, P. 2003. Education, class and economic competitiveness. In: Freeman-Moir, J. and Scott, A. eds. Yesterday's Dreams: International and Critical Perspectives on Education and Social Class. Canterbury: University of Canterbury Press
- Brown, P., Hesketh, A. and Williams, S. 2003. Employability in a knowledge-driven economy. Journal of Education and Work 16(2), pp. 107-126. (10.1080/1363908032000070648)
- Brown, P., Ashton, D. and Lauder, H. 2003. International best practice on workforce development. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: NFER. Available at: http://hdl.voced.edu.au/10707/73549
2002
- Brown, P., Hesketh, A. and Williams, S. 2002. Employability in a knowledge-driven economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
2001
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. Time to end the creed of greed [Newspaper Article]. The Guardian 2001(29 Oct)
- Brown, P., Green, A. and Lauder, H. 2001. High skills: globalization, competitiveness and skill formation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. Capitalism and social progress: the future of society in a global economy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1057/9780333985380)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. Education, globalization and economic development. In: Bolder, A., Heinz, W. R. and Kutscha, G. eds. Deregulierung der Arbeit - Pluralisierung der Bildung. Jahrbuch Bildung Und Arbeit Vol. 99/00. Opladen: Leske Budrich, pp. 31 -53.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. The future of skill formation in Singapore. Asia Pacific Business Review 7(3), pp. 113-138.
2000
- Brown, P. 2000. The globalisation of positional competition. Sociology 34(4), pp. 633-653. (10.1177/S0038038500000390)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2000. Human capital, social capital and collective intelligence. In: Baron, S., Field, J. and Schuller, T. eds. Social Capital. Oxford University Press, pp. 226-242.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2000. Education, child poverty and the politics of collective intelligence. In: Ball, S. ed. Sociology of Education: Major Themes Volume Four., Vol. 4. London: Routledge, pp. 1753-1779.
- Selwyn, N. and Brown, P. 2000. Education, nation states and the globalization of information networks. Journal of Education Policy 15(6), pp. 661-682. (10.1080/02680930010000245)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2000. The future of skill formation in Singapore. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/research/publications/workingpapers/paper-3.html
1999
- Brown, P. 1999. Globalization and the political economy of high skills. Journal of Education and Work 12(3), pp. 233-251. (10.1080/1363908990120302)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1999. Education, globalisation and economic development. In: Ahier, J. and Esland, G. eds. Education, Training and the Future of Work: Social, Political and Economic Contexts of Policy Development. Abingdon, England: Routledge, pp. 31-61.
1997
- Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. 1997. Education: culture, economy and society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H., Halsey, A. H. and Wells, A. S. 1997. The transformation of education and society: an introduction. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-44.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1997. Higher education and employment in a post-industrial society. In: Middleton, C., Ballard, C. and Gubbay, J. eds. The Student's Companion to Sociology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 186-193.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1997. Universities and employers: rhetoric and realities. In: Smith, A. and Webster, F. eds. Post-Modern University: Contested Visions of Higher Education in Society. Buckingham: Open University, pp. 85-98.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1997. Post-industrial possibilities for lifelong learning. In: Council of Europe, . ed. Youth in an Information Society: Symposioum Proceedings. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, pp. 65-85.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1997. Education, globalisation and economic development. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 172-192.
- Brown, P. 1997. Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 736-749.
- Brown, P. 1997. The 'Third wave': education and the ideology of parentocracy. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Open University Press, pp. 393-408.
1996
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1996. Education, globalisation and economic development. Journal of Education Policy 11(1), pp. 1-25. (10.1080/0268093960110101)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1996. Education, nation state and the global economy. New Zealand Annual Review of Education 5, pp. 23-42.
- Brown, P. 1996. Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market. In: Helve, H. and Bynner, J. eds. Youth and Life Management: Research Perspectives. Helsinki: Yliopistopaino, pp. 17-43.
1995
- Brown, P. 1995. Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market. Work, Employment and Society 9(1), pp. 29-51. (10.1177/095001709591002)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1995. The global economy and the reform of education. In: Bash, L. and Green, A. eds. World Yearbook of Education 1995: Youth, education and work. London: Kogan Page, pp. 19-32.
1994
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1994. Higher education and corporate realities: class, culture and the decline of graduate careers. London: UCL Press.
- Brown, P. and Crompton, R. eds. 1994. Economic restructuring and social exclusion. A New Europe?. London: UCL Press.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1994. Education and the ideology of parentocracy. In: Halstead, J. M. ed. Parental Choice and Education. Kogan Page, pp. 51-65.
- Brown, P. and Crompton, R. 1994. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Crompton, R. eds. Economic Restructuring and Social Exclusion. A New Europe? London: UCL Press, pp. 1-13.
1992
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. 1992. Education for economic survival: from Fordism to post-Fordism?. London: Routledge.
- Brown, P. and Chisholm, L. 1992. Nicht so wie manche Eltern fur manche Jugendliche: Uberlegungen zum neuen kulturellen Modell. In: Zoll, R. ed. Ein Neues Kulturelles Modell: zum soziokulturellen Wandel in Gesellschaften Westeuropas und Nordamerikas. Darmstadt, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 71-84.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1992. Education, economy and society: an introduction to a new agenda. In: Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. Education for Economic Survival: From Fordism to Post-Fordism?. London: Routledge, pp. 1-44.
- Brown, P. 1992. Education, the free market and post-Communist reconstruction. British Journal of Sociology of Education 13(3), pp. 285-305. (10.1080/0142569920130301)
1991
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. eds. 1991. Poor work: disadvantage and the division of labour. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1991. Social change and economic disadvantage in Britain. In: Brown, P. and Scase, R. eds. Poor Work: Disadvantage and the Division of Labour. Milton Keynes: Open university Press, pp. 1-22.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1991. Education, economy and social change. International Studies in Sociology of Education 1(1-2), pp. 3-23. (10.1080/0962021910010102)
1990
- Chisholm, L. et al. eds. 1990. Childhood, youth and social change: a comparative perspective. London: Falmer.
- Brown, P. 1990. Der Ubergang von der Schule ins Erwachsenenleben in GroBbritannien. In: Buchner, P., Kruger, H. and Chisholm, L. eds. Kindheit und Jugend Im Interkulturellen Vergleich: zum Wandel der Lebenslagen von Kindern und Jugendlichen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in Grossbritannien. Studien zur Jugendforschung Vol. 6. Opladen, Germany: Leske and Budrich, pp. 177-174.
- Bottoms, A., Brown, P., McWilliams, B., McWilliams, W. and Nellis, M. 1990. Intermediate treatment and juvenile justice: key findings and implications from a national survey of intermediate treatment policy and practice. London: HMSO.
- Brown, P. 1990. The 'Third Wave': Education and the ideology of parentocracy. British Journal of Sociology of Education 11(1), pp. 65-86. (10.1080/0142569900110105)
- Brown, P., Chisholm, L., Buchner, P. and Kruger, H. 1990. Childhood and youth in the UK and FRG: An introduction. In: Brown, P. et al. eds. Childhood, Youth and Social change. Falmer, pp. 1-16.
- Brown, P. 1990. Schooling and economic life in the UK. In: Chisholm, L. et al. eds. Childhood, Youth and Social Change: a Comparative Perspective. London: Falmer, pp. 85-103.
- Brown, P. 1990. Education and the economy in Britain. In: Ashton, D. N. and Lowe, G. eds. Making Their Way: A Comparative Study of Education and Training in Britain and Canada. Open University Press, pp. 85-108.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Hughes, D. 1990. The labour market, educational reform and economic growth. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 15, pp. 203-218.
1989
- Brown, P. and Sparks, R. eds. 1989. Beyond Thatcherism: social policy, politics and society. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
- Brown, P. and Sparks, R. 1989. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Sparks, R. eds. Beyond Thatcherism: Social Policy, Politics, and Society. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp. 10-16.
- Brown, P. and Sparks, R. 1989. Education. In: Brown, P. and Sparks, R. eds. Beyond Thatcherism. Open University Press, pp. 33-47.
- Brown, P. and Ashton, D. 1989. Schooling for inequality? Ordinary kids in school and the labour market. In: Cosin, B., Flude, M. and Hales, M. eds. School, Work and Equality: a Reader. London: Hodder and Stoughton
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1989. Graduate career choices and their attitudes to employment in the National Health Service. NHS Training Authority, pp. n/a.
1988
- Lauder, H. and Brown, P. eds. 1988. Education: in search of a future. London: Falmer.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1988. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. Education: in Search of a Future. London: Falmer, pp. 8-13.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1988. Education and the working class: a cause for concern. In: Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. Education: In Search of a Future. Falmer, pp. 1-19.
- Brown, P. 1988. The new vocationalism: a policy for inequality?. In: Coles, B. ed. Young Careers: the Search for Work and the New Vocationalism. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp. 129-143.
1987
- Brown, P. 1987. Schooling ordinary kids. London: Tavistock.
- Brown, P. and Ashton, D. eds. 1987. Education, unemployment and labour markets. London: Falmer.
- Brown, P. and Harris, C. C. 1987. The determinants of a labour-market career. In: Harris, C. C. and Swansea Unemployment Group, . eds. Redundancy and Recession in South Wales. Blackwell, pp. 195-217.
- Brown, P., Harris, C. C. and Lee, R. M. 1987. All sorts and conditions of men. In: Harris, C. C. ed. Redundancy and Recession in South Wales. Blackwell, pp. 87-105.
- Harris, C. C., Lee, R. M. and Brown, P. 1987. The fate of the redundant in the market. In: Harris, C. C. ed. Redundancy and Recession in South Wales. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 177-194.
- Brown, P. and Ashton, D. 1987. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Ashton, D. eds. Education, Unemployment and Labour Markets. London: Falmer, pp. 1-16.
- Brown, P. 1987. Schooling for inequality? Ordinary kids in school and the labour market. In: Brown, P. and Ashton, D. eds. Education, Unemployment and Labour Markets. London: Falmer, pp. 7-26.
Articles
- Souto-Otero, M. and Brown, P. 2024. The rise of the digital labour market: characteristics and implications for the study of education, opportunity and work. Journal of Education and Work 37(1-4), pp. 1-16. (10.1080/13639080.2024.2310263)
- Brown, P. 2024. Education, opportunity and the future of work in the fourth industrial revolution. British Journal of Sociology of Education (10.1080/01425692.2023.2299970)
- Souto-Otero, M., Brown, P. and Freebody, S. 2023. High skilled workplaces, technological change and employment: Can educational reform do it?. International Journal of Educational Research 122, article number: 102265. (10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102265)
- Brown, P. and James, D. 2020. Educational expansion, poverty reduction and social mobility: reframing the debate. International Journal of Educational Research 100, article number: 101537. (10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101537)
- Brown, P. and Souto-Otero, M. 2020. The end of the credential society? An analysis of the relationship between education and the labour market using big data. Journal of Education Policy 35(1), pp. 95-118. (10.1080/02680939.2018.1549752)
- Brown, P. 2020. Some observations on the race to higher education, digital technologies and the future of work. Journal of Education and Work 33(7-8), pp. 491-499. (10.1080/13639080.2020.1852500)
- Sadik, S. and Brown, P. 2019. Corporate recruitment practices and the hierarchy of graduate employability in India. Oxford Review of Education 46(1), pp. 96-110. (10.1080/03054985.2019.1687437)
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Cheung, S. Y. 2018. Fractures in the education-economy relationship: the end of the skill bias technological change research programme?. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 34(3), pp. 495-515. (10.1093/oxrep/gry008)
- Power, S., Allouch, A., Brown, P. and Tholen, G. 2016. Giving something back? Sentiments of privilege and social responsibility among elite graduates from Britain and France. International Sociology 31(3), pp. 305-323. (10.1177/0268580916629966)
- Allouch, A., Brown, P., Power, S. A. R. and Tholen, G. 2016. L'éthique des élites scolaires. Du mérite à la responsabilité chez les étudiants de sciences po Paris et de l'Université d'Oxford. L'Annee Sociologique 66(1), pp. 193-224.
- Brown, P., Power, S., Tholen, G. and Allouch, A. 2014. Credentials, talent and cultural capital: a comparative study of educational elites in England and France. British Journal of Sociology of Education 37(2), pp. 191-211. (10.1080/01425692.2014.920247)
- Power, S. A. R., Brown, P., Allouch, A. and Tholen, G. 2013. Self, career and nationhood: the contrasting aspirations of British and French elite graduates. British Journal of Sociology 64(4), pp. 578-596. (10.1111/1468-4446.12048)
- Brown, P. 2013. Education, opportunity and the prospects for social mobility. British Journal of Sociology of Education 34(5-6), pp. 678-700. (10.1080/01425692.2013.816036)
- Tholen, G., Brown, P., Power, S. A. R. and Allouch, A. 2013. The role of networks and connections in educational elites? labour market entrance. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 34, pp. 142-154. (10.1016/j.rssm.2013.10.003)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2013. Auctioning the future of work. World Policy Journal 30(2), pp. 16-25. (10.1177/0740277513494057)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. The great transformation in the global labour market. Soundings: a Journal of Politics and Culture 51, pp. 41-53. (10.3898/136266212802019489)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. The global auction for high skilled work: Implications for economic policy. Crossbow, pp. 31-32.
- Ashton, D., Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Skill webs and international human resource management: Lessons from a study of the global skill strategies of transnational companies. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21(6), pp. 836-850. (10.1080/09585191003729325)
- Brown, P., Duru-Bellat, M. and Van Zanten, A. 2010. Education-based meritocracy. How markets challenge a model of justice/ La méritocratie scolaire. Un modèle de justice à l’épreuve du marché. Sociologie 1(1), pp. 161-175.
- Brown, P. 2010. High skills, low wages? The coming global auction for cut-price brainpower. ESRC Annual Magazine, pp. 80-81.
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Halsey, A. H. 2009. Sociology of education: a critical history and prospects for the future. Oxford Review of Education 35(5), pp. 569-585. (10.1080/03054980903216309)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2009. Globalization, international education, and the formation of a transnational class?. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education 108(2), pp. 130-147. (10.1111/j.1744-7984.2009.01165.x)
- Brown, P. and Tannock, S. 2009. Education, meritocracy and the global war for talent. Journal of Education Policy 24(4), pp. 377-392. (10.1080/02680930802669938)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2008. Education, globalisation and the future of the knowledge economy. European Educational Research Journal 7(2), pp. 131-156. (10.2304/eerj.2008.7.2.131)
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Ashton, D. 2008. Globalisation, skill formation and the varieties of capitalism approach. New Political Economy 13(1), pp. 19-35. (10.1080/13563460701859678)
- Brown, P. 2007. When merit counts for nothing. Times Higher Education Supplement 2007(20 Jul)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2006. Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy. Globalisation, Societies and Education 4(1), pp. 25-57. (10.1080/14767720600555046)
- Lauder, H., Brown, P. and Halsey, A. H. 2004. Sociology and Political Arithmetic: Some Principles of a New Policy Science. British Journal of Sociology 55(1), pp. 3-22. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00002.x)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2003. Labour is heading for brain pain. Debate [Newspaper Article]. The Guardian 2003(18 Aug)
- Brown, P. 2003. The opportunity trap: education and employment in a global economy. European Educational Research Journal 2(1), pp. 141-179. (10.2304/eerj.2003.2.1.4)
- Brown, P., Hesketh, A. and Williams, S. 2003. Employability in a knowledge-driven economy. Journal of Education and Work 16(2), pp. 107-126. (10.1080/1363908032000070648)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. Time to end the creed of greed [Newspaper Article]. The Guardian 2001(29 Oct)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. The future of skill formation in Singapore. Asia Pacific Business Review 7(3), pp. 113-138.
- Brown, P. 2000. The globalisation of positional competition. Sociology 34(4), pp. 633-653. (10.1177/S0038038500000390)
- Selwyn, N. and Brown, P. 2000. Education, nation states and the globalization of information networks. Journal of Education Policy 15(6), pp. 661-682. (10.1080/02680930010000245)
- Brown, P. 1999. Globalization and the political economy of high skills. Journal of Education and Work 12(3), pp. 233-251. (10.1080/1363908990120302)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1996. Education, globalisation and economic development. Journal of Education Policy 11(1), pp. 1-25. (10.1080/0268093960110101)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1996. Education, nation state and the global economy. New Zealand Annual Review of Education 5, pp. 23-42.
- Brown, P. 1995. Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market. Work, Employment and Society 9(1), pp. 29-51. (10.1177/095001709591002)
- Brown, P. 1992. Education, the free market and post-Communist reconstruction. British Journal of Sociology of Education 13(3), pp. 285-305. (10.1080/0142569920130301)
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1991. Education, economy and social change. International Studies in Sociology of Education 1(1-2), pp. 3-23. (10.1080/0962021910010102)
- Brown, P. 1990. The 'Third Wave': Education and the ideology of parentocracy. British Journal of Sociology of Education 11(1), pp. 65-86. (10.1080/0142569900110105)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Hughes, D. 1990. The labour market, educational reform and economic growth. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 15, pp. 203-218.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1989. Graduate career choices and their attitudes to employment in the National Health Service. NHS Training Authority, pp. n/a.
Book sections
- Brown, P., Souto-Otero, M. and Sadik, S. 2023. Digital transformation and the future of work. In: Housley, W. et al. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Digital Society. Sage, pp. 559-572.
- James, D., Sadik, S. and Brown, P. 2022. Rethinking lifelong learning in the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". In: Evans, K. et al. eds. Third International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 1-20., (10.1007/978-3-030-67930-9_49-1)
- Brown, P. 2022. Higher education, credentialism, and social mobility. In: Cote, J. E. and Pickard, S. eds. Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 351-362., (10.4324/9781003262497-32)
- Tholen, G. and Brown, P. 2018. Higher education and the myths of graduate employability. In: Waller, R., Ingram, N. and Ward, M. R. M. eds. Higher Education and Social Inequalities: University Admissions, Experiences, and Outcomes. Sociological Futures Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 153-166.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2016. Higher education, knowledge capitalism, and the global auction for jobs. In: Scott, P., Gallacher, J. and Parry, G. eds. New Languages and Landscapes of Higher Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 240-255., (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198787082.003.0012)
- Brown, P. 2016. The transformation of higher education, credential competition, and the graduate labour market. In: Cote, J. E. and Furlong, A. eds. Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education. Routledge International Handbooks Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 197-208.
- Brown, P., Cheung, S. Y. and Lauder, H. 2015. Beyond a human capital approach to education and the labour market: the case for industrial policy. In: Bailey, D., Cowling, K. and Tomlinson, P. eds. New Perspectives on Industrial Policy for a Modern Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 206-224., (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198706205.003.0011)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Sung, J. 2015. Higher education, corporate talent and the stratification of knowledge work in the global labour market. In: World Yearbook of Education - Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage. Routledge
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Tholen, G. 2012. The global auction model, skill bias theory and graduate incomes: reflections on methodology. In: Lauder, H., Young, M. and Daniels, H. eds. Educating for the Knowledge Economy. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 43-65.
- Brown, P. 2012. How should Singapore respond to the global auction for high skills. In: Sung, J. ed. Globalising Skills: Implications for Singapore. Singapore: Civil Service College, Singapore, pp. 44-60.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. The global auction, knowledge capitalism and the case of Nokia. In: Kivirauma, J., Jauhiainen, A. and seppanen, P. eds. Social Perspectives on Education. Finland: Finland: Research in Educational Sciences, pp. 150-170.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2012. Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy. In: Livingstone, D. W. and Guile, D. eds. The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning. Sense Publishers, pp. 117-146.
- Lauder, H. and Brown, P. 2011. Economic globalisation, skill formation and the consequences for higher education. In: Apple, M. W., Ball, S. J. and Gandin, L. A. eds. The Routledge international handbook of the sociology of education. Routledge International Handbooks of Education London: Routledge, pp. 229-240.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2011. The standardisation of higher education and the global labour market. In: King, R., Marginson, S. and Naidoo, R. eds. A Handbook of Globalization and Higher Education. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 485-496.
- Brown, P., Ashton, D. and Lauder, H. 2011. Globalisation: The impact on national systems of education and training. In: Markowitsch, J. et al. eds. Turbulenzen auf Arbeitsmarkten und in Bildungssystemen. Innsbruck: StudienVerlag, pp. 23-38.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Sociology of education: A critical history and prospects for the future. In: Furlong, J. and Lawn, M. eds. Disciplines of Education: Their Role in the Future of Education Research. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 13-30.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Higher education and the global labor market for graduates: Implications for the GCC. In: Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labour Market. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, pp. 233-256.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. The knowledge economy, knowledge capitalism, creativity and globalization. In: Peters, M. and Araya, D. eds. Education in the Creative Economy: Knowledge and Learning in the Age of Innovation. New York, NY: Peter Lang, pp. 117-140.
- Ashton, D., Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2009. Developing a theory of skill for global HR. In: Sparrow, P. ed. Handbook of international human resource management : integrating people, process, and context. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 321-339.
- Brown, P. 2008. Élites (employabilité des). In: van Zanten, A. ed. Dictionnaire de l'éducation. Quadrige dicos poche Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 239-241.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2008. Education, globalization and skill. In: McCulloch, G. and Crook, D. eds. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education. London: Routledge
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2007. Towards a high skills economy: Higher education and the new realities of global capitalism. In: Epstein, D. and Boden, R. eds. World Year Book of Education 2008. Geographies of Knowledge, Geometries of Power: Higher Education in the 21st Century. London: Routledge, pp. 190-210.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2007. Educacion, globalizacion y desarrollo economico. In: Bonal, X. and Tarabini-Castellani, A. eds. Globalizacion y Educacion. Mino y Davila, pp. 257-298.
- Brown, P. 2006. The opportunity trap. In: Lauder, H. et al. eds. Education, Globalization and Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 381-397.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2006. Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy. In: Lauder, H. et al. eds. Education, Globalization and Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 317-340.
- Lauder, H., Brown, P., Dillabough, J. and Halsey, A. H. 2006. Introduction: the prospects for education: individualization, globalization and social change. In: Lauder, H. et al. eds. Education, Globalization and Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-70.
- Brown, P. 2004. Gibt es eine Globalisierung positionalen Wettbewerbs?. In: Mackert, J. ed. Die Theorie Sozialer Schliebung: Tradition, Analysen, Perspektiven. Wiesbaden, Germany: Leske+Budrich und Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 233-256.
- Brown, P. and Hesketh, A. 2004. I say tomato, you say tomato: putting critical realism to work in the labour market recruitment process. In: Fleetwood, S. and Ackroyd, S. eds. Critical Realist Applications in Organisation and Management Studies. Routledge, pp. 337-366.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2004. Education, globalization and economic development. In: Ball, S. J. ed. The Routledge Falmer Reader in Sociology of Education. London: Routledge, pp. 47-71.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2004. Poverty, learning opportunities and the social construction of collective intelligence. In: Olssen, M. ed. Culture and Learning: Access and Opportunity in the Classroom. Greenwood Press, pp. 315-344.
- Lauder, H. and Brown, P. 2003. Education, class and economic competitiveness. In: Freeman-Moir, J. and Scott, A. eds. Yesterday's Dreams: International and Critical Perspectives on Education and Social Class. Canterbury: University of Canterbury Press
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. Education, globalization and economic development. In: Bolder, A., Heinz, W. R. and Kutscha, G. eds. Deregulierung der Arbeit - Pluralisierung der Bildung. Jahrbuch Bildung Und Arbeit Vol. 99/00. Opladen: Leske Budrich, pp. 31 -53.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2000. Human capital, social capital and collective intelligence. In: Baron, S., Field, J. and Schuller, T. eds. Social Capital. Oxford University Press, pp. 226-242.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2000. Education, child poverty and the politics of collective intelligence. In: Ball, S. ed. Sociology of Education: Major Themes Volume Four., Vol. 4. London: Routledge, pp. 1753-1779.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1999. Education, globalisation and economic development. In: Ahier, J. and Esland, G. eds. Education, Training and the Future of Work: Social, Political and Economic Contexts of Policy Development. Abingdon, England: Routledge, pp. 31-61.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H., Halsey, A. H. and Wells, A. S. 1997. The transformation of education and society: an introduction. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-44.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1997. Higher education and employment in a post-industrial society. In: Middleton, C., Ballard, C. and Gubbay, J. eds. The Student's Companion to Sociology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 186-193.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1997. Universities and employers: rhetoric and realities. In: Smith, A. and Webster, F. eds. Post-Modern University: Contested Visions of Higher Education in Society. Buckingham: Open University, pp. 85-98.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1997. Post-industrial possibilities for lifelong learning. In: Council of Europe, . ed. Youth in an Information Society: Symposioum Proceedings. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, pp. 65-85.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1997. Education, globalisation and economic development. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 172-192.
- Brown, P. 1997. Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 736-749.
- Brown, P. 1997. The 'Third wave': education and the ideology of parentocracy. In: Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. Education: Culture, Economy and Society. Oxford: Open University Press, pp. 393-408.
- Brown, P. 1996. Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market. In: Helve, H. and Bynner, J. eds. Youth and Life Management: Research Perspectives. Helsinki: Yliopistopaino, pp. 17-43.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1995. The global economy and the reform of education. In: Bash, L. and Green, A. eds. World Yearbook of Education 1995: Youth, education and work. London: Kogan Page, pp. 19-32.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1994. Education and the ideology of parentocracy. In: Halstead, J. M. ed. Parental Choice and Education. Kogan Page, pp. 51-65.
- Brown, P. and Crompton, R. 1994. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Crompton, R. eds. Economic Restructuring and Social Exclusion. A New Europe? London: UCL Press, pp. 1-13.
- Brown, P. and Chisholm, L. 1992. Nicht so wie manche Eltern fur manche Jugendliche: Uberlegungen zum neuen kulturellen Modell. In: Zoll, R. ed. Ein Neues Kulturelles Modell: zum soziokulturellen Wandel in Gesellschaften Westeuropas und Nordamerikas. Darmstadt, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 71-84.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1992. Education, economy and society: an introduction to a new agenda. In: Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. Education for Economic Survival: From Fordism to Post-Fordism?. London: Routledge, pp. 1-44.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1991. Social change and economic disadvantage in Britain. In: Brown, P. and Scase, R. eds. Poor Work: Disadvantage and the Division of Labour. Milton Keynes: Open university Press, pp. 1-22.
- Brown, P. 1990. Der Ubergang von der Schule ins Erwachsenenleben in GroBbritannien. In: Buchner, P., Kruger, H. and Chisholm, L. eds. Kindheit und Jugend Im Interkulturellen Vergleich: zum Wandel der Lebenslagen von Kindern und Jugendlichen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in Grossbritannien. Studien zur Jugendforschung Vol. 6. Opladen, Germany: Leske and Budrich, pp. 177-174.
- Brown, P., Chisholm, L., Buchner, P. and Kruger, H. 1990. Childhood and youth in the UK and FRG: An introduction. In: Brown, P. et al. eds. Childhood, Youth and Social change. Falmer, pp. 1-16.
- Brown, P. 1990. Schooling and economic life in the UK. In: Chisholm, L. et al. eds. Childhood, Youth and Social Change: a Comparative Perspective. London: Falmer, pp. 85-103.
- Brown, P. 1990. Education and the economy in Britain. In: Ashton, D. N. and Lowe, G. eds. Making Their Way: A Comparative Study of Education and Training in Britain and Canada. Open University Press, pp. 85-108.
- Brown, P. and Sparks, R. 1989. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Sparks, R. eds. Beyond Thatcherism: Social Policy, Politics, and Society. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp. 10-16.
- Brown, P. and Sparks, R. 1989. Education. In: Brown, P. and Sparks, R. eds. Beyond Thatcherism. Open University Press, pp. 33-47.
- Brown, P. and Ashton, D. 1989. Schooling for inequality? Ordinary kids in school and the labour market. In: Cosin, B., Flude, M. and Hales, M. eds. School, Work and Equality: a Reader. London: Hodder and Stoughton
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1988. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. Education: in Search of a Future. London: Falmer, pp. 8-13.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 1988. Education and the working class: a cause for concern. In: Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. Education: In Search of a Future. Falmer, pp. 1-19.
- Brown, P. 1988. The new vocationalism: a policy for inequality?. In: Coles, B. ed. Young Careers: the Search for Work and the New Vocationalism. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp. 129-143.
- Brown, P. and Harris, C. C. 1987. The determinants of a labour-market career. In: Harris, C. C. and Swansea Unemployment Group, . eds. Redundancy and Recession in South Wales. Blackwell, pp. 195-217.
- Brown, P., Harris, C. C. and Lee, R. M. 1987. All sorts and conditions of men. In: Harris, C. C. ed. Redundancy and Recession in South Wales. Blackwell, pp. 87-105.
- Harris, C. C., Lee, R. M. and Brown, P. 1987. The fate of the redundant in the market. In: Harris, C. C. ed. Redundancy and Recession in South Wales. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 177-194.
- Brown, P. and Ashton, D. 1987. Introduction. In: Brown, P. and Ashton, D. eds. Education, Unemployment and Labour Markets. London: Falmer, pp. 1-16.
- Brown, P. 1987. Schooling for inequality? Ordinary kids in school and the labour market. In: Brown, P. and Ashton, D. eds. Education, Unemployment and Labour Markets. London: Falmer, pp. 7-26.
Books
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Cheung, S. Y. 2020. The death of human capital? Its failed promise and how to renew it in an age of disruption. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (10.1093/oso/9780190644307.001.0001)
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2014. The global auction. China: Hunan Science and Technology Press.
- Lauder, H. et al. eds. 2012. Education, globalization and social change. 2.. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
- Lauder, H. et al. eds. 2012. Education, globalization and social change. 1. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2010. The global auction: the broken promises of education, jobs and rewards. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Lauder, H. et al. eds. 2006. Education, globalization and social change. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. 2005. Education: culture, economy and society. Fukuoka: Kyushu University Press.
- Brown, P., Hesketh, A. and Williams, S. 2004. The mismanagement of talent: employability and jobs in the knowledge economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brown, P., Green, A. and Lauder, H. 2001. High skills: globalization, competitiveness and skill formation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2001. Capitalism and social progress: the future of society in a global economy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1057/9780333985380)
- Halsey, A. H. et al. eds. 1997. Education: culture, economy and society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. 1994. Higher education and corporate realities: class, culture and the decline of graduate careers. London: UCL Press.
- Brown, P. and Crompton, R. eds. 1994. Economic restructuring and social exclusion. A New Europe?. London: UCL Press.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. eds. 1992. Education for economic survival: from Fordism to post-Fordism?. London: Routledge.
- Brown, P. and Scase, R. eds. 1991. Poor work: disadvantage and the division of labour. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
- Chisholm, L. et al. eds. 1990. Childhood, youth and social change: a comparative perspective. London: Falmer.
- Bottoms, A., Brown, P., McWilliams, B., McWilliams, W. and Nellis, M. 1990. Intermediate treatment and juvenile justice: key findings and implications from a national survey of intermediate treatment policy and practice. London: HMSO.
- Brown, P. and Sparks, R. eds. 1989. Beyond Thatcherism: social policy, politics and society. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
- Lauder, H. and Brown, P. eds. 1988. Education: in search of a future. London: Falmer.
- Brown, P. 1987. Schooling ordinary kids. London: Tavistock.
- Brown, P. and Ashton, D. eds. 1987. Education, unemployment and labour markets. London: Falmer.
Conferences
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2010. Global corporate strategies and the future of the UAE labor market?. Presented at: 15th Annual Conference of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1-3 Feb 2010 Presented at The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, ,. ed.Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labour Market. The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research pp. 233-255.
- Brown, P. and Power, S. A. 2009. The social construction of talent: A comparative study of education, recruitment and occupational elites. Presented at: Invited Keynote, Sciences Po, Paris, France, September 2009.
- Brown, P., Lauder, H. and Ashton, D. 2006. Globalization and the skill formation strategies of MNCs: a comparative analysis. Presented at: 5th Annual Conference of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme, Cardiff, UK, 22-24 November 2004.
Monographs
- Brown, P., Lloyd, C. and Souto-Otero, M. 2018. The prospects for skills and employment in an age of digital disruption: A cautionary note. Project Report. [Online]. Oxford: Available at: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/?person=the-prospects-for-skills-and-employment-in-an-age-of-digital-disruption-a-cautionary-note
- Brown, P., Ashton, D. and Lauder, H. 2010. Skills are not enough: The globalisation of knowledge and the future UK economy. Project Report. [Online]. London, UK: UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Available at: http://www.ukces.org.uk/ourwork/praxis
- Brown, P., Ashton, D., Lauder, H. and Tholen, G. 2008. Towards a high-skilled, low-waged workforce: a review of global trends in education, employment and the labour market. Working paper. Cardiff: Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), Cardiff and Oxford Universities. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/research/researchcentres/skope/publications/monographs/Monograph%2010%20Final.pdf
- Brown, P., Lauder, H., Ashton, D. and Tholen, G. 2008. Education, globalisation and the knowledge economy, a commentary for the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP). Working paper. London: TLRP. Available at: http://www.tlrp.org/pub/documents/globalisationcomm.pdf
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2003. Globalisation and the knowledge economy: some observations on recent trends in employment, education and the labour market. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Brown, P. 2003. The opportunity trap: education and employment in a global economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wrkgpaper32.pdf
- Brown, P., Ashton, D. and Lauder, H. 2003. International best practice on workforce development. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: NFER. Available at: http://hdl.voced.edu.au/10707/73549
- Brown, P., Hesketh, A. and Williams, S. 2002. Employability in a knowledge-driven economy. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Brown, P. and Lauder, H. 2000. The future of skill formation in Singapore. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/research/publications/workingpapers/paper-3.html
Research
Current Research Interests:
How will digital technologies, including automation and artificial intelligence transform the future of work? To what extent are we heading towards a jobless future with smart machines replacing a range of occupations including retail workers, teachers, and market traders? Or, are we on the verge of a jobs revolution offering new opportunities to transform our skills and working lives, create new human-centred business models, and deliver a shared prosperity?
These contrasting scenarios of the future of work offer vastly contradictory options on how the fourth industrial revolution should be managed and facilitated. Our observation is that there is an urgent need for a systematic analysis or evaluation of exactly how digital technologies will impact on skills, jobs and the wider economy by 2030 and beyond to guide societal actions. This is the goal of our three-year research programme (2019-2023) that seeks to develop the conceptual lens, tools and methodologies to interpret the fourth industrial revolution to support strategic choices that societal actors can make towards human augmentation, social inclusion and shared prosperity.
A global team of 20 researchers from the UK, Singapore, Denmark and Vietnam, together with research affiliates in China, Finland, Germany, Japan and North America, is conducting a systematic analysis across different national contexts using a range of methods and data, including ‘big data’. The Programme is funded by SkillsFuture Singapore, in collaboration with Cardiff University and the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Rethinking Human Capital Theory
This book with Hugh Lauder and Sin Yi Cheung is a major re-analysis of human capital theory which remains one of the most important concepts in economics and in international policy debates. In Theodore W. Schultz’s Presidential Address to the American Economic Association (1960), proclaimed that human capital would revolutionize capitalism and the fate of emerging and developed nations. He told his audience that labour should no longer be treated as a factor of production like land, machines or factories, as investment in education was the key to improving individual life-chances, productivity and economic growth. Gary Becker later declared that we live in the ‘age of human capital’. Globally, trillions of dollars continue to be spent on education and training by governments, companies, families and students, in the belief that it will deliver economic growth, higher productivity and individual prosperity. At the same time it is estimated that student debt in the United States alone has reached a staggering $1.2 trillion.
It may seem surprising to talk about the death of human capital at a time of unprecedented global expansion of education and rapid advances in digital technologies. We are not arguing that human labour is less important or asserting the end of work in a world in which robots will take over. The book will describe how we have reached a structural tipping point where education and the labour market no longer work in the way they've done in the past. It describes how the human capital equation of ‘learning equals earning’ doesn’t add up, and offers a revisionist history of human capital theory, explaining why its early popularity was based on a ‘happy accident’ and why Schultz’s human capital revolution has contributed to a ‘revolt of the elites’. In outlining a new theory we begin by explaining why the term ‘human capital’ should not be abandoned but redefined. By turning human capital into a contested concept we wish to inject new life into policy and scholarly debate in the fourth industrial revolution.
To achieve this we re-examine the role of human beings and their relationship to capital. Our definition of human capital seeks to re-capture a wider understanding of education. We also argue that a new human capital is required to address today’s challenges presented by global competition, new technologies and economic inequalities, reigniting longstanding debates about the historical role of education, the future of work, and the role of job markets. In conclusion we argue that the race between education and technology is not one of training more people for high-tech jobs as proposed by Goldin and Katz, but rather a race to reimagine education, work and the labour market in a fundamentally different economic and social world.
List of Contents: 1. Introduction; Part One - The Rise of Human Capital 2. Humans as Capital; 3. The High Tide; Part Two - The Failed Promise of Human Capital 4. Learning Isn’t Earning; 5. Winners and Losers; 6. The Mirage of Opportunity; 7. The Failed Promise of Development; 8. The Great Reversal Part Three - Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century 9. The New Human Capital; 10. Rethinking Labor Supply; 11. Rethinking Job Demand; 12. Rethinking Rate of Return; and 13. Conclusion: A Race against Time.
Digital Disruption, Talent Management and Elite Employability: Corporate and International Policy Perspectives in China, India and Singapore.
This project builds on earlier research on the transformation of the global division of labour and related research on the sociology of talent. It is a comparative study of how Western and Asian transnational companies in China, India and Singapore, define talent and understand the future of talent management. It raises key questions about the future of education and social mobility; skills, employment and social stratification; human resource management; the global auction for high skilled work; employability, labour markets and organizational careers; as well as wider questions about government policy, social inclusion and economic justice. Questions, that have assumed added urgency in a context of technological, political and global disruption, highlighting the need for innovative ideas about talent and talent management for individuals, education, companies and the wider society.
Over sixty interviews have been conducted with senior corporate managers and executives across four sectors - Financial Services; Biomedical; Infocomm, and Professional Services - using semi-structured face-to-face interviews. To gain a better understanding of how corporate talent management is understood and ‘managed’ by employees firms define as ‘high potential’ talent, we also conducted a further 70 face-to-face interviews. Where possible this includes interviews with employees within the same companies in at least two of the three countries. The fieldwork started early 2016 is was completed in April 2017. We are currently analysing the finding and will be publishing our result in the near future. This project is funded by the Centre for Skills, Performance and Productivity, Singapore Institute for Adult Learning/Skills Future Agency.
A new project is now being conducted on alternative approaches to talent management.
General Areas of Research Interest
- Rethinking the 'Fourth' Industrial Revolution
- Skills, Technology and the Future of Work
- Sociology of Talent and Global Talent Markets
- Education, Social Stratification and the Prospects for Social Mobility
- Positional Competition and Social Congestion Theory
- The Next Global Division of Labour
Biography
I was brought up in a small town near Oxford, England. I left school with little to show for twelve years of education before starting working life as a craft apprentice at the British Leyland car factory in Cowley, Oxford. The experience of factory life drove me to take-up evening classes where I was first introduced to Sociology. This sparked a lifelong interest in the changing relationship between education, economy and society which I've been lucky enough to study in a number of countries for over thirty years. Why is it that the promise of education, jobs and rewards has not materialised for many people? How are we going to create free, fair and fulfilling livelihoods for all rather than a few in a context of egregious inequalities, combined with the prospect of AI and smart machines? Arguably, The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs and Incomes (2011), was the first book to truly grasp the implication of economic globalisation for the jobs of middle class Americans and Europeans. The Death of Human Capital? Its Failed Promise And How To Renew It In An Age of Disruption (2020), takes the argument a step forward in explaining why we need a new human capital based on a different view of education, work and rewards.
I'm a Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University where I've worked since 1997. Before that I worked at the University of Cambridge and University of Kent at Canterbury. I've been a Visiting Professor at UBC in Vancouver and Science Po in Paris and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Zhengzhou University, China. I've been fortunate enough to give presentations in over twenty countries and to Chair an Independent Review for the Welsh Government examining the impact of digital innovation for the economy and the future of work in Wales, UK (2019). I'm also a Trustee of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR), Westminster, London. My current research involves heading up a seven-country research programme examining the digital futures of work, education and skills, in collaboration with the Research and Innovation Division, Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).
Honours and awards
Follow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Chair of the Brown Review (2019) Welsh Government.
Professional memberships
- Plenary speaker at academic and professional conferences across Europe, Asia and North America;
- Advisor to governments on skill formation and international best practice for workforce development;
- Advisor to private and public sector organisations on the future of work, skills and the knowledge economy; the global labour market; employability, recruitment, and the management of talent.