Professor Gill Dix

Research interests

Gill has a background in social and public policy research having worked across the voluntary, public and academic sectors. She is especially interested in the translation of research into policy and practice and the use of appropriate research and data mobilisation methodologies. For the last three decades, Gill worked in the governmental non departmental body, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) leading the research and policy programmes and focussing in particular on employment relations, workplace wellbeing and conflict resolution.

Academic profile

Gill has a degree in American Literature and a post graduate diploma in business studies. Alongside her role with IER, Gill is a Visiting Professor on Impact at Leeds University Business School.

Current Projects

Creating a new State of the Labour Market Index (SLMi) for the UK; with Peter Elias, Chris Warhurst, Terence Hogarth, Trine Larsen, Katharina Sarter, Sangwoo Lee and Ashwin Kumar; Funded by the Joseph Roundtree Foundation; Project duration: February - July 2025

Creating Healthy Jobs; with Chris Warhurst, Sangwoo Lee, Katharina Sarter, Carla Toro & Jason Madan & Sophie Staniszewska, Mike Tildesley, Lena Al-Khudairy & Amy Grove, (University of Birmingham), Kevin Daniels (University of East Anglia), , Melanie Jones (Cardiff University), Funded by the National Institute for Health Research; Project duration October 2024 to September 2026

Selected publications

Balogh, R., Dix, G,. Toro, C., Harris, J. and Warhurst C. (2025) The Case for Creating Healthy Jobs: a Review of the Evidence, REWAGE Evidence Paper, IER.
Warhurst, C., Toro, C., Harris, J., Dix, G. and Balogh, R. (2025) Creating Healthy Jobs, ReWAGE Policy Brief, IER.
Dix, G. and Warhurst, C (2023) Zero Hours Contracts, REWAGE Policy Brief, IER.
Dix, G. (2020) Can Gig Work be Good Work, in Can Good Work Solve the Productivity Puzzle?, RSA/Carnegie.
Dix, G. and Barber, S.B. (2015) The changing face of work: insights from Acas, Employee Relations, 37 (6), pp. 670-682. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-03-2015-0056

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Professor

Institute for Employment Research
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL

gillian.dix@warwick.ac.uk