Prof. Dr. Vera Trappmann

Vera Trappmann is a Professor of Comparative Employment Relations in the Faculty of Business. She is the co-lead of the Priestley Just Transitions theme, which brings together academics in the University of Leeds working on the links between climate and justice. Vera is also a Research Associate in Digital Futures at Work Research Centre and a member of the Executive Board of Priestley Centre for Climate Futures.

Her research has focused primarily on climate change and work, examining just transitions, decarbonization, net-zero, and climate adaptation. She is particularly interested in trade unions and their role around environmental sustainability, climate change and degrowth and how workers experience the transitions. Vera’s work is often comparative in nature and has been funded by various national and international bodies.

Currently, she leads the Leeds Competence Centre, funded by the Hans-Böckler Foundation, which provides cutting-edge research for policy-makers in Germany and beyond on the energy transition, workers, skills development, and policy support.

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