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Thomas Prosser
- Welsh speaking
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Thomas Prosser
Professor of European Political Economy
Overview
Professor Thomas Prosser has over fifteen years of research experience, publishing three monographs and multiple journal articles. He is a political economist who favours institutionalist perspectives and uses qualitative and quantitative methods. Earlier in his career, he investigated European social dialogue, European employment and social policy and European integration through the lens of institutional theory. His first monograph, European Labour Movements in Crisis, was one of the products of this agenda.
In recent years, he has become interested in the relationship between the political economy and ideology and made greater use of quantitative methods. His third monograph, Beyond Woke and Anti-Woke, explains the rise of social justice ideology through theories of political economy, employment relations and organizational behaviour and uses datasets such as the British Election Study (BES) and American National Election Study (ANES).
Publication
2026
- Prosser, T. and King, E. 2026. Beyond woke and anti-woke: Explaining the rise of social justice ideology. Bristol University Press.
2025
- Prosser, T., Larner, J. and Fernandez-Roldan, A. 2025. Self-interest, sociotropy and social policy. [Online]. SSRN: SSRN. (10.2139/ssrn.5184051) Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5184051
2023
- Galetto, M., Weber, S., Larsson, B., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2023. ‘You see similarities more than differences after a while’. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Industrial Relations Journal (10.1111/irj.12396)
2022
- Prosser, T., Bechter, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S. and Larsson, B. 2022. Institutions or resources and capabilities? Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue. Economic and Industrial Democracy 43(3), pp. 1420-1439. (10.1177/0143831X211016052)
2021
- Prosser, T. 2021. European insiders and outsiders? Assessing the reaction of German and French trade unions to EU austerity. Political Studies Review 19(4), pp. 624-636. (10.1177/1478929920931350)
- Galazka, A. and Prosser, T. 2021. Social partners’ bargaining strategies in Germany and Spain after the introduction of the Euro: a morphogenetic perspective on corporate agency. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 289-306. (10.1177/0959680120970755)
- Bechter, B., Weber, S., Galetto, M., Larsson, B. and Prosser, T. 2021. Opening the black box: actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 269-288. (10.1177/09596801211000012)
- Prosser, T. 2021. What's in it for me? Self-interest and political difference. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Prosser, T. 2021. How do social movements behave within EMU? The case of trade union reaction to EU austerity. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne 43(3), pp. 263-277. (10.1080/07036337.2020.1730345)
2020
- Larsson, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2020. What’s the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors. Industrial Relations Journal 51(5), pp. 410-426. (10.1111/irj.12305)
2018
- Prosser, T. 2018. European labour movements in crisis: from indecision to indifference. Manchester University Press.
- Prosser, T. and Giorgadze, G. 2018. Towards a theory of illiberal dualisation? Conceptualising new employment and social policy divisions in Poland and the United Kingdom. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 24(2), pp. 151-162. (10.1177/1024258918762693)
2017
- Bechter, B., Brandl, B. and Prosser, T. 2017. Engagement in European social dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity. Industrial Relations Journal 48(4), pp. 365-382. (10.1111/irj.12192)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Explaining implementation through varieties of capitalism theory: the case of the telework and work-related stress agreements. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 55(4), pp. 889-908. (10.1111/jcms.12514)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Insiders and outsiders on a European scale. European Journal of Industrial Relations 23(2), pp. 135-150. (10.1177/0959680116668026)
2016
- Prosser, T. 2016. Dualization or liberalization? Investigating precarious work in eight European countries. Work, Employment and Society 30(6), pp. 949-965. (10.1177/0950017015609036)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Economic union without social union: the strange case of the European social dialogue. Journal of European Social Policy 26(5), pp. 460-472. (10.1177/0958928716664298)
2015
- Prosser, T. 2015. Accounting for national and sectoral variance in the implementation of European social partner 'soft' law: the cases of the implementation of the Telework and Work-Related Stress Agreements. British Journal of Industrial Relations 53(2), pp. 254-277. (10.1111/bjir.12036)
- Prosser, T. J. and Perin, E. 2015. European tripartism: chimera or reality? The 'new phase' of the European social dialogue in the light of tripartite theory and practice. Business History 57(3), pp. 376-397. (10.1080/00076791.2014.983481)
2014
- Prosser, T. 2014. Financialization and the reform of European industrial relations systems. European Journal of Industrial Relations 20(4), pp. 351-365. (10.1177/0959680113505178)
2012
- Prosser, T. J. 2012. Europeanization through 'procedures and practices'? The implementations of the telework and work-related stress agreements in the UK and Denmark. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 18(4), pp. 447-460. (10.1177/1024258912458874)
2011
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. The implementation of the telework and work-related stress agreements: European social dialogue through 'soft' law?. European Journal of Industrial Relations 17(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1177/0959680111410964)
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. Private interest groups in the EU. Presented at: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1-2 September 2011.
Cynadleddau
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. Private interest groups in the EU. Presented at: Industrial Relations in Europe Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 1-2 September 2011.
Erthyglau
- Galetto, M., Weber, S., Larsson, B., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2023. ‘You see similarities more than differences after a while’. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Industrial Relations Journal (10.1111/irj.12396)
- Prosser, T., Bechter, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S. and Larsson, B. 2022. Institutions or resources and capabilities? Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue. Economic and Industrial Democracy 43(3), pp. 1420-1439. (10.1177/0143831X211016052)
- Prosser, T. 2021. European insiders and outsiders? Assessing the reaction of German and French trade unions to EU austerity. Political Studies Review 19(4), pp. 624-636. (10.1177/1478929920931350)
- Galazka, A. and Prosser, T. 2021. Social partners’ bargaining strategies in Germany and Spain after the introduction of the Euro: a morphogenetic perspective on corporate agency. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 289-306. (10.1177/0959680120970755)
- Bechter, B., Weber, S., Galetto, M., Larsson, B. and Prosser, T. 2021. Opening the black box: actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 269-288. (10.1177/09596801211000012)
- Prosser, T. 2021. How do social movements behave within EMU? The case of trade union reaction to EU austerity. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne 43(3), pp. 263-277. (10.1080/07036337.2020.1730345)
- Larsson, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S., Bechter, B. and Prosser, T. 2020. What’s the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors. Industrial Relations Journal 51(5), pp. 410-426. (10.1111/irj.12305)
- Prosser, T. and Giorgadze, G. 2018. Towards a theory of illiberal dualisation? Conceptualising new employment and social policy divisions in Poland and the United Kingdom. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 24(2), pp. 151-162. (10.1177/1024258918762693)
- Bechter, B., Brandl, B. and Prosser, T. 2017. Engagement in European social dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity. Industrial Relations Journal 48(4), pp. 365-382. (10.1111/irj.12192)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Explaining implementation through varieties of capitalism theory: the case of the telework and work-related stress agreements. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 55(4), pp. 889-908. (10.1111/jcms.12514)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Insiders and outsiders on a European scale. European Journal of Industrial Relations 23(2), pp. 135-150. (10.1177/0959680116668026)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Dualization or liberalization? Investigating precarious work in eight European countries. Work, Employment and Society 30(6), pp. 949-965. (10.1177/0950017015609036)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Economic union without social union: the strange case of the European social dialogue. Journal of European Social Policy 26(5), pp. 460-472. (10.1177/0958928716664298)
- Prosser, T. 2015. Accounting for national and sectoral variance in the implementation of European social partner 'soft' law: the cases of the implementation of the Telework and Work-Related Stress Agreements. British Journal of Industrial Relations 53(2), pp. 254-277. (10.1111/bjir.12036)
- Prosser, T. J. and Perin, E. 2015. European tripartism: chimera or reality? The 'new phase' of the European social dialogue in the light of tripartite theory and practice. Business History 57(3), pp. 376-397. (10.1080/00076791.2014.983481)
- Prosser, T. 2014. Financialization and the reform of European industrial relations systems. European Journal of Industrial Relations 20(4), pp. 351-365. (10.1177/0959680113505178)
- Prosser, T. J. 2012. Europeanization through 'procedures and practices'? The implementations of the telework and work-related stress agreements in the UK and Denmark. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 18(4), pp. 447-460. (10.1177/1024258912458874)
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. The implementation of the telework and work-related stress agreements: European social dialogue through 'soft' law?. European Journal of Industrial Relations 17(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1177/0959680111410964)
Gwefannau
- Prosser, T., Larner, J. and Fernandez-Roldan, A. 2025. Self-interest, sociotropy and social policy. [Online]. SSRN: SSRN. (10.2139/ssrn.5184051) Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5184051
Llyfrau
- Prosser, T. and King, E. 2026. Beyond woke and anti-woke: Explaining the rise of social justice ideology. Bristol University Press.
- Prosser, T. 2021. What's in it for me? Self-interest and political difference. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Prosser, T. 2018. European labour movements in crisis: from indecision to indifference. Manchester University Press.
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Explaining implementation through varieties of capitalism theory: the case of the telework and work-related stress agreements. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 55(4), pp. 889-908. (10.1111/jcms.12514)
- Prosser, T. J. 2017. Insiders and outsiders on a European scale. European Journal of Industrial Relations 23(2), pp. 135-150. (10.1177/0959680116668026)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Dualization or liberalization? Investigating precarious work in eight European countries. Work, Employment and Society 30(6), pp. 949-965. (10.1177/0950017015609036)
- Prosser, T. 2016. Economic union without social union: the strange case of the European social dialogue. Journal of European Social Policy 26(5), pp. 460-472. (10.1177/0958928716664298)
- Prosser, T. 2015. Accounting for national and sectoral variance in the implementation of European social partner 'soft' law: the cases of the implementation of the Telework and Work-Related Stress Agreements. British Journal of Industrial Relations 53(2), pp. 254-277. (10.1111/bjir.12036)
- Prosser, T. J. and Perin, E. 2015. European tripartism: chimera or reality? The 'new phase' of the European social dialogue in the light of tripartite theory and practice. Business History 57(3), pp. 376-397. (10.1080/00076791.2014.983481)
- Prosser, T. 2014. Financialization and the reform of European industrial relations systems. European Journal of Industrial Relations 20(4), pp. 351-365. (10.1177/0959680113505178)
- Prosser, T. J. 2012. Europeanization through 'procedures and practices'? The implementations of the telework and work-related stress agreements in the UK and Denmark. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 18(4), pp. 447-460. (10.1177/1024258912458874)
- Prosser, T. J. 2011. The implementation of the telework and work-related stress agreements: European social dialogue through 'soft' law?. European Journal of Industrial Relations 17(3), pp. 245-260. (10.1177/0959680111410964)
Research
Research interests
- Ideology and the political economy
- Institutional theory
- European social policy
- European social dialogue
Teaching
Teaching commitments
- European business environment (final year undergraduate module)
- Qualitative research methods (SSRM master's module)
Biography
Professor Thomas Prosser has over fifteen years of research experience, publishing three monographs and multiple journal articles. He is a political economist who favours institutionalist perspectives and uses qualitative and quantitative methods. Earlier in his career, he investigated European social dialogue, European employment and social policy and European integration through the lens of institutional theory. His first monograph, European Labour Movements in Crisis, was one of the products of this agenda.
In recent years, he has become interested in the relationship between the political economy and ideology and made greater use of quantitative methods. His third monograph, Beyond Woke and Anti-Woke, explains the rise of social justice ideology through theories of political economy, employment relations and organizational behaviour and uses datasets such as the British Election Study (BES) and American National Election Study (ANES).
Contact Details
ProsserTJ@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 76796
Aberconway Building, Room T28, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
+44 29208 76796
Aberconway Building, Room T28, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU