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Melanie Simms is a Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Glasgow's Adam Smith Business School, where she also serves as Dean for Research in the College of Social Science. Her research focuses primarily on collective representation, exploring the dynamics between workers and employers, particularly in the context of industrial relations structures. She has a keen interest in how employers respond to labour market policies and the role of skills training in workforce development. Prior to her current role, Melanie worked at several prestigious institutions including the University of Leicester, the University of Warwick, the University of Kent, Cardiff University, and the University of Oxford. As a member of the School's Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour research cluster, her areas of expertise include worker voice, especially in terms of trade union representation. Melanie has led various funded research projects, including a comparative study of union leaders in the UK and Australia and initiatives aimed at improving employer representation policy-making. She is dedicated to supervising students interested in worker voice, trade unionism, and the impacts of labour market policies on management decision-making.