Ursula Huws

Ursula Huws is a political economist known for her work on teleworking.

Education and career
Huws graduated in 1970 with a degree in art history from University of London. In 1996 she started work at the Institute for Employment Studies. Huws has worked at the London Metropolitan University, and the University of Hertfordshire.

She is the editor of the journal Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, and co-edits the book series Dynamics of Virtual Work with Rosalind Gill.

Research
Huws is known for her research on technological change and work. In the 1970s she began research on the impacts of computerisation on office work, including the health effects of working with video display terminals. In a 1981 study, The New Homeworkers, she examined how the combination of computing and telecommunications technologies would lead to new forms of teleworking. Her subsequent work has examined how advances in technology result in higher job losses for women, examined the exploitation of people working from home, and tracked the increased use of virtual assistants at work.

Honors and awards
Huws was elected a fellow of Academy of Social Sciences in 2004.