Philip Taylor

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Professor Philip Taylor joined Monash University in 2010 as Director of Research and Graduate Studies at its Gippsland campus. Prior to this he was Professor of Employment Policy at Swinburne University of Technology where he was Director of the Business, Work and Ageing Centre for Research. He has researched and written in the field of age and the labour market for more than 20 years. He is currently leading major programs of research considering the management of ageing workforces. His interests include the management of labour supply, individual orientations to work and retirement, employers’ attitudes and practices towards older workers and international developments in public policies aimed at combating age barriers in the labour market and prolonging working life.

Experience

  • –present
    Researcher on age and the labour market, Monash University

Education

  • 1989 
    Cranfield University, Applied Psychology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2012
    Pilot Study on Work Ability
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Singapore Ministry of Manpower
  • 2011
    Workability Assessment and Change Among New South Wales Employers
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    New South Wales Office for Ageing
  • 2011
    Age, Work Ability and Work-related Injury in Australian Workers – Pilot Study
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Safe Work Australia
  • 2009
    Retiring Women: Understanding older female work-life transitions
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2008
    Working Late: Sustaining labour supply in a globalising economy
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

Research Areas

  • Human Resources Management (150305)
  • Demography (1603)

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