Edited by Alan Felstead, Research Professor, Cardiff University, Duncan Gallie, Professor of Sociology and Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and Francis Green, Professor of Work and Education Economics, University College London

Alan Felstead is Research Professor at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University in the UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at the ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES), Institute of Education, University of London. He has published numerous books and articles on skills, training and employment. Recent books include Improving Working as Learning (Routledge, 2009) and Changing Places of Work (Palgrave, 2005).

Duncan Gallie is Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. His research has examined the changing nature of job quality both in Britain and Europe, the social consequences of unemployment and attitudes to inequality. His most recent book is Economic Crisis, Quality of Work and Social Integration (Oxford University Press, 2013). He has been Vice-President and Foreign Secretary of the British Academy.

Francis Green is Professor of Work and Education Economics at the ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES), Institute of Education, UCL. His research focuses on skills, training, work quality and industrial relations issues. His most recent book is Skills and Skilled Work: An Economic and Social Analysis (Oxford University Press, 2013). He is a regular consultant on skills and job quality issues with national governments and international organisations such as the OECD, ILO and the European Commission.

Ben Baumberg, University of Kent
David Blackaby, Swansea University
Alex Bryson, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Andy Charlwood, Loughborough University
Alan Felstead, Cardiff University
Duncan Gallie, ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies
Francis Green, University of Oxford
Hande Inanc, OECD Statistics Directorate
Melanie Jones, University of Sheffield
Joanne Lindley, King's College London
Clare Lyonette, University of Warwick
Gerry Makepeace, Cardiff University
Nigel Meager, Institute for Employment Studies
Phil Murphy, Swansea University
Tracey Warren, University of Nottingham
Victoria Wass, Cardiff University