Research:

Professor Latreille’s research interests fall under the general heading of empirical labour economics, and currently focus on workplace conflict, mediation and the economics of Employment Tribunals (ETs), where he is acknowledged as a leading expert in the field among academics, policymakers and practitioners. In this capacity he was invited to contribute to the recent Resolving Workplace Disputes consultation, including a ministerial meeting on mediation in July 2011 with selected members of the workplace mediation practitioner community. Other current areas of interest include: disability and its impact on labour market outcomes; the determinants and impact of vocational training; self-employment; adm more recently, health and safety at work.

The applied and policy-relevant nature of this research has provided several opportunities to engage with policymakers and other outside clients, and Professor Latreille has undertaken funded work for various external bodies including, inter alia, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Ministry of Justice, the Welsh Assembly Government, the TUC, the Low Pay Commission and the Sector Skills Development Agency. From 2008-2009 he was the ESRC Visiting Research Fellow at Acas (co-sponsored by ESRC, Acas and CIPD) and worked on a series of projects under the heading A Place for Mediation in Workplace Conflict Management. In collaboration with colleagues at Westminster University (where he is a Visiting Fellow), Professor Latreille is currently completing a project for Acas looking at the role and impact of representation in ET cases. With Professor Sue Corby from Greenwich Business School he is also undertaking a further ESRC funded project looking at the role of lay members in ET and appellate EAT hearings (see http://www.gre.ac.uk/about/schools/business/enterprise/research/weru/research-projects).

In addition to the above, he has a developing interest in e-learning, both from a pedagogical and practitioner perspective, and was a co-winner of the national 2007 HEA Economics Network e-learning Award. He was also the recipient of the Student Nominated Award from the same organisation in 2008, becoming the first academic to have been recognised more than once. Other honours include a Jane N. Ryland Fellowship from EDUCAUSE to attend their 2011 Learning Initiative Conference in Washington DC. He is currently co-editing (with Professor Steve Greenlaw from Mary Washington University) an e-learning chapter for the Economics Network, for whom he is both an Advisory Group member and Associate.

Since November 2009 he has been, the inaugural Director of the Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching (SALT).

Administration:
Director of the Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching (SALT)
University of Learning and Teaching Committee - member (ex offici)
University e-Learning Sub-Committee – member 
University Student Experience and Academic Quality Enhancement Strategy Management Group - member
University Learning and Teaching Committee - member
School Widening Participation Officer
College Learning and Teaching Committee - member

Selected Current External Activity:

2008 to date: External examiner, University of Warwick (Economics modules on MBA/MSc Management programmes)
2009 to date: External examiner, Queens's University, Belfast (MSc in Business Economics)
2002 to 2009, 2011 to date: Member, Advisory Group for Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy
2006 to date: Associate, Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy
2008 to date: Associate editor, Computers in Higher Education Economics Review (CHEER)
2010 to date: Visiting Fellow, Centre for Employment Research, Westminster Business School

Selected recent publications:

• Gender Effects in British Unfair Dismissal Tribunal Hearings, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 54(4), July 2001, pp.816-834 (with K.G. Knight) [http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2696114]
• Identifying Barriers to Economic Activity in Wales, 2003, prepared for Welsh Assembly Government, iv+233pp. (with D. Blackaby, M. Jones, R. Jones, P. Murphy, N. O’Leary, and P. Sloane)
• Identifying Barriers to Economic Activity in Wales Part II: A Survey of the Economically Inactive in Three Areas of Special Interest, 2004, xvii+168pp., prepared for Welsh Assembly Government (with D. Blackaby, P. Murphy, N. O’Leary and P. Sloane)
• Findings from the 1998 Survey of Representatives in Employment Tribunal Cases, 2004, Department of Trade & Industry Employment Relations Research Series, No. 35 (available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file11453.pdf) (with J.A. Latreille and K.G. Knight)
• The Role of Disability in Labour Market Outcomes in Wales, Welsh Economic Review, Vol. 16(2), Winter 2004, pp.39-45 (with M.K. Jones and P.J. Sloane)
• The Public-Private Sector Training Gap For Full-Time Male Employees in Britain: Evidence from SCELI, International Journal of Economic Research, Vol. 2(2), June 2005, pp.125-145 (with D.H. Blackaby, P.D. Murphy and N.C. O’Leary)
• The Welsh Language and Labour Market Inactivity, 2005, ii+84pp., prepared for Welsh Assembly Government (with D. Blackaby, P. Murphy, N. O’Leary and P. Sloane)
• Making a Difference? Legal Representation in Employment Tribunal Cases: Evidence from a Survey of Representatives, Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 34(4), December 2005, pp.308-330 (with J.A. Latreille and K.G. Knight) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwi031]
• Disability, Gender and the British Labour Market, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 58(3), July 2006, pp.407-449 (with M.K. Jones and P.J. Sloane) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpl004]
• Case Study: Teaching Basic Skills to Economics and Business Students – Some Reflections from Delivering a Dedicated Module, Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy, October 2006 (available at http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/latreille_skills.htm)
• Disability, Gender and the Labour Market in Wales, Regional Studies, Vol. 40(8), November 2006, pp. 823-845 (with M.K. Jones and P.J. Sloane)
• Further Analysis of Flows Into and Out of the National Minimum Wage, 2007, prepared for Low Pay Commission (available at http://www.lowpay.gov.uk/lowpay/research/pdf/t0Z96GJU.pdf) (with M.K. Jones, R.J. Jones, P.D. Murphy and P.J. Sloane)
• Training, Job Satisfaction and Establishment Performance, 2007, Sector Skills Development Agency Research Report, No. 22 (available at http://www.ssda.org.uk/ssda/pdf/070531%20R%20Research%20Report%2022.pdf) (with P.J. Sloane, M.K. Jones and R.J. Jones)
• Employment Tribunals and Acas: Evidence from a Survey of Representatives, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 38(2), March 2007, pp. 136-154 (with J.A. Latreille and K.G. Knight) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2007.00440.x]
• Disability and Work: A Review of the British Evidence, Estudios de Economía Aplicada, Vol. 25(2), August 2007, pp. 473-498 (in print) (with M.K. Jones and P.J. Sloane)
• An Analysis of Reservation Wages for the Economically Inactive, Economics Letters, Vol. 97(1), October 2007, pp. 1-5 (with D.H. Blackaby, P.D. Murphy, N.C. O’Leary and P.J. Sloane) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.02.005]
• The Settlement of Employment Tribunal Cases: Evidence from SETA 2003, 2007, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Employment Relations Research Series, No. 61, URN 07/1149 (available at http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file40755.pdf)
• Case Study: Exploring the Use of a Generic E-portfolio/PDP Tool in a Basic Skills Module for Economics and Business Students – Some Reflections and Recommendations, Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy, September 2007 (available at http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/latreille_eportfolio.htm)
• Training Differences in the Public and Private Sectors: Who Gets It and What’s It Worth?, prepared for Department of Trade and Industry, forthcoming (with P.D. Murphy and M.K. Jones)
• Case Study: The Qualities of a Top Student - A Lecture Exercise, Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy, November 2007 (available at http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/latreille_metacognition.htm)
• A Picture of the Work and Well-Being of Working Age Carers in Wales: Evidence from the Welsh Health Survey, Welsh Economic Review, Vol. 19(2), Winter 2007, pp. 35-39  (with M.K. Jones)
• Case Study: Student Attendance & Lecture Notes on VLEs: Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution?, Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy, April 2008 (available at http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/latreille_attendance.htm)
• Crossing the Tracks? Trends in the Training of Male and Female Workers in Great Britain, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 46(2), June 2008, pp. 268-282 (with M.K. Jones and P.J. Sloane) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00677.x]
• Evaluating the Use of Judicial Mediation in Employment Tribunals: 80pp., 2010, Ministry of Justice Research, 7/10 ( available at http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/judicial-mediation-research.htm) (with P. Urwin, P-A. Chevalier, V. Karuk, E. Michielsens, L. Page, B. Siara, S. Speckesser and A. Boon)
• The Third Work-Life Balance Survey: Technical Report, 192pp., prepared for Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, forthcoming (with ICM Research and J.A. Latreille)
• Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance in Britain: Evidence From WERS 2004, Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Vol.23(1, Special issue), March 2009, pp.139-175 (with M.K. Jones, R.J. Jones and P.J. Sloane)
• Characteristics of Rejected Employment Tribunal Claims, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Employment Relations Research Series, No. 96, forthcoming
• Entrepreneurial Aspirations and Activity Amongst Students: A Comparative Study for Wales, 2008, prepared for Welsh Assembly Government (available at http://wales.gov.uk/docs//dfm/research/090701entrepreneurialstudentsen.pdf) (with A. Henley, C. DeCock, C. Dawson and I. Humphreys) 
• Is There A Public Sector Training Advantage? Evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 46(4), December 2008, pp. 674-701 (with P.D. Murphy, M.K. Jones and D.H. Blackaby)
• Disability, Health and the Labour Market: Evidence from the Welsh Health Survey, Local Economy, Vol. 24(3), May 2009, pp. 192-210 (with M.K. Jones)
• Threshold Concepts and Metalearning Capacity, International Review of Economics Education, Vol. 8(1) June 2009, pp.132-154 (with J.H.F. Meyer and S.C. Ward)
• When It’s (Mostly) The Taking Part That Counts: The Post-Application Consequences of Employment Tribunal Claims, in Druker, J. (ed.) Working Lives, Working Choices: Proceedings of the 15th International Employment Relations Association Conference 9-13 July 2007 (Vol. 1), July 2009, pp. 147-162 (with S. Drinkwater and K.G. Knight)
• Disability and Earnings – Are Firm Characteristics Important?, Economics Letters, Vol. 106(3), March 2010, pp. 191-194 (with M.K. Jones)
• Using Excel to Illustrate Hannah and Kay’s Concentration Axioms, International Review of Economics Education incorporating Computers in Higher Education Economics Review, Vol. 10(1), May 2011, pp. 117-127 (with J. Mackley)

• “Evaluating the Use of Judicial Mediation in Employment Tribunals”, 2010, Ministry of Justice Research Series, 7/10 (available at http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/judicial-mediation-research.htm) (with P. Urwin, P-A. Chevalier, V. Karuk, E. Michielsens, L. Page, B. Siara, S. Speckesser and A. Boon)

• “Mediating at Work: Of Success, Failure and Fragility”, 2010, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Research Papers, No. 06/10

• The Post-Application Labour Market Consequences of Employment Tribunal Claims, Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 21(2), April 2011, pp. 171-189 (with S. Drinkwater and K.G. Knight)

• Disability and Self-Employment: Evidence for the UK, Applied Economics, Vol. 43(27), November 2011, pp. 4161-4178, forthcoming (with M.K. Jones)

• “Quantitative Evidence in the Evaluation of ADR: the Case of Judicial Mediation in Employment Tribunals”, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 23(2, Special issue), 2012, forthcoming (with P. Urwin and V. Karuk)

• “Are You Experienced? SME Use of and Attitudes Towards Workplace Mediation”, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 23(2, Special issue), 2012, forthcoming (with F. Buscha and A. Conte)

• “Workplace Mediation: A Thematic Review of the Acas/CIPD Case Study Series”, 2011, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Research Papers, No. 13/11

• “Representation in UK Employment Tribunals: Analysis of the 2003 and 2008 Surveys of Employment Tribunal Applications (SETA)”, 2011, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Research Papers, forthcoming (with P. Urwin and F. Buscha)

• “Bullying and Harassment At Work – Acas Solutions” (with G. Dix and B. Davey) in N. Tehrani (ed.) Workplace Bullying: Symptoms and Solutions, Routledge – forthcoming