Mark Thomas, York University

Research

working time new technologies digital economy precarious work labour market regulation

Latest funding

Clocked In - Work, Time, and Technology in the Digital Economy
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$94,607
Clocked In - Work, Time, and Technology in the Digital Economy
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$17,604
Spaces of labour in moments of urban populism
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$196,406

All 6 grants and awards

Clocked In - Work, Time, and Technology in the Digital Economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Thomas, Mark P.

Keywords: working time; new technologies; digital economy; precarious work; labour market regulation

$94,607

Clocked In - Work, Time, and Technology in the Digital Economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Thomas, Mark P.

Keywords: working time; new technologies; digital economy; precarious work; labour market regulation

$17,604

Spaces of labour in moments of urban populism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tufts, Steven

Keywords: austerity; labour; urbanism; populism

$196,406

Closing the enforcement gap: improving employment standards protections for people in precarious jobs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: employment standards; enforcement; precarious employment; work; gender issues; immigration; public policy; labour rights

$2,001,351

Labour and populism in an age of uncertainty

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Thomas, Mark P.

Keywords: labour movements; populism; political economy; labour geography; austerity

$32,250

From labour standards to human rights: global networks and emerging approaches to transnational labour rights regulation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Thomas, Mark P.

Keywords: political economy; economic sociology; labour market regulation; labour standards; business ethics

$70,880

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: working time Dear Professor Thomas, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on working time connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Clocked In - Work, Time, and Technology in the Digital Economy" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]