Professor J. Ryan Lamare joined the Department in August 2024. Prior to joining LSE, he was the Reuben G. Soderstrom International Labor Relations Professor in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has held previous positions at Penn State University, the University of Manchester, and the University of Limerick. He received his PhD in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Ryan’s core teaching interests are in international HRM, strategic HRM, negotiations, and workplace dispute resolution. He has also taught courses in collective bargaining and industrial relations theory. In recognition of his teaching, he has received several teaching excellence awards throughout his career.

Ryan’s main research interests are in quantitative empirical analyses of the interactions between institutions and ER/HR actors. His research consists of two main projects connected to this theme: the relationships between workplace actors and the political arena, and the use of private workplace conflict management systems at organizations. In related projects, he examines the ties between institutions and employee voice at multinational firms, and the ways in which macro-level shocks affect workplaces. He has published widely on these issues at elite ER/HR outlets like British Journal of Industrial Relations, ILR Review, and Industrial Relations, as well as top journals in HR and management, work sociology, law, and political science.

He is currently Editor-in-Chief at British Journal of Industrial Relations.

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