Research interests

Emily has particular research interests in migration and migrant labour, low wage and informal work, racial equity in labour markets, and job quality and access. As an urban planner, Emily is particularly interested in how labour markets and public policy can shape local community development. Emily utilises mixed methods ranging from focus groups and semi structured interviews to case studies and surveys.

Academic profile

Emily Erickson joined the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick in May 2022. Before joining IER, Emily worked as an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Alabama A&M University where she taught and supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students. While there, Emily served as Principal Investigator on a project examining job quality and employment access in the U.S. South. Other research includes mobility and commute patterns among minority ethnic groups, and studies examining workers in low-wage industries such as carwashes and resorts.

Current projects

• Review of research and innovation - English agricultural and horticultural workforce; with Richard Napier, Rosemary Collier, Peter Dickinson and Beate Baldauf; Funded by the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture; Project duration: May 2024 - March 2025

• A Comparison of Apprenticeship Costs in Germany England and Austria; with Terence Hogarth; Funder: Gatsby Foundation; Project Duration: January 2024 - February 2025

• Horizon Europe - A capabilities approach to meeting current and future training needs; with Terence Hogarth and Sally-Anne Barnes (University of Leicester); Funded by the European Commission; Project durations: January 2023 - December 2025

• UK veterans from ethnic minority backgrounds, with Gaby Atfield, Beate Baldauf, David Owen and Andreana Glendinning; Funded by the Office for Veterans' Affairs, Project duration: April 2022 - August 2023

All projects

Selected publications

Erickson, E., Atfield, G., Balogh, R., Harris, J., and Warhurst, C. (2024). Building a business case for good jobs: The links between Good Work and innovation, productivity and employee health/wellbeing. (Evidence paper). ReWAGE and Warwick Institute for Employment Research.

Erickson, E., Atfield, G., Balogh, R., Harris, J., and Warhurst, C. (2024). Building a business case for good jobs: Links between Good Work and innovation, productivity and employee health/wellbeing (Policy Brief). ReWAGE and Warwick Institute for Employment Research.

Erickson, E., and Warhurst, C. (2024). Building a business case for good jobs: Links between Good Work and innovation, productivity and employee health/wellbeing (Case Studies). ReWAGE and Warwick Institute for Employment Research.

Erickson, E., Fourage, D., Hogarth, T., Markowitsch, J., Nyen, T., Unterweger, D. and Wessling, K. (2024). Skills2Capabilities Policy Brief.

Dickinson, P., Erickson, E., and Warhurst, C. (2024). Maximising productivity through managing new technology: The Productivity Institute.

Erickson, E. and Herbert, B. (2023). Job quality and community well-being in Mississippi and Alabama's manufacturing facilities. Jobs to Move America.

Dickinson, P., and Erickson, E. (2022). Profiling employers involved in Apprenticeship Trailblazer groups. Gatsby Foundation.

Berglund, Lisa and Emily Erickson. Transportation justice is needed throughout the supply chain. Progressive City Magazine. August 2021. Erickson, Emily (2021).

Are Good Jobs Possible In The Deep South: Report on Anniston, Alabama A Southern Manufacturing Community. Available from https://jobstomoveamerica.org/wpcontent/uploads/2021/03/are-good-jobs-possible-in-the-deep-south-erickson-march2021.pdf

Berglund, Lisa, Emily Erickson, and Hugo Saramiento (2017). A Report on the PhD Experience: Calling for a Dialogue on Diversity, Labor Practices, and the Future of Social Justice Scholarship. Critical Planning Journal, 23. Available from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4k7996m5 Erickson, Emily,

Victor Narro, Janna Shadduck Hernandez and Abel Valenzuela Jr. (2016). Conveying Carwash Owners’ Stories: Competition, Diversity and Growth in the Southern California Carwash Industry. UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education. Available from https://www.labor.ucla.edu/publication/carwash-owners/ Valenzuela, Abel and Emily Erickson

All publications

All conference presentations

Teaching

Alabama A&M University Department of Community & Regional Planning:

Undergraduate Courses

• Cities of the World (Spring 2022) – New course development, offered asynchronously
• The Community & You (Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021) - Developed for asynchronous delivery 2020
• Social Equity in Planning (Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021) - Developed for asynchronous delivery 2020
• Demographic Analysis (Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
• Practicum I (Spring 2020)
• Senior Project (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
• Urban Economic Analysis (Fall 2017)

Graduate courses:

• Urban Economics (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)
• Fundamentals of Planning (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
• Terminal Research Proposal (Spring 2018)