Dr Katriona Myhill

Assistant Professor in Law and Human Resource Management

Katriona is Assistant Professor in Law and Human Resource Management at Edinburgh Business School, and course leader for the Legal Context of Work. Katriona specialises in research related to employment policy with a particular interest in issues of job quality and well-being at work, specifically for those working in atypical and digitally enabled forms of work such as gig work.

Katriona is also currently part of a research team exploring issues related to women’s health in the workplace.

Areas of interest

• Law, Human Resource Management, Job Quality, Well-being, Employment, Platform work, Atypical Employment

Qualifications

2016 – 2020 – PhD in Management (Job Quality in the Gig Economy: An Exploratory Study of Job Quality Among Gig Workers in Central Scotland)

2012- 2016 – MA in Business Management with Business Law (First class Hons)

2011 – 2012 – HNC in Legal Studies

Background

Prior to returning to academia, Katriona worked for a number of public and private sector organisations providing administrative support across a range of business functions including finance, risk management and Human Resource Management.

Projects/Research showcase

AWARDS

2020 August, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy