Defragmenting: towards a critical understanding of the new global division of labor: Work Organisation Labour and Globalisation Volume 1 Number 2

The author of 'The Making of a Cybertariat: Virtual Work in a Real World', Ursula Huws is Professor of International Labour Studies at London Metropolitan University and the director of Analytica. She is also the editor of 'Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation' published twice a year in journal book form. Ursula Huws has been carrying out pioneering research on globalisation and work since the 1970s. She has directed international research projects in in Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Australia and authored a large number of research reports for international and national government bodies as well as writing and editing many books and articles aimed at more popular audiences. Her work has appeared in translation in Swedish, German, French, Italian, Greek, Hungarian, Danish, Portuguese, Turkish, Spanish, Hindi, Japanese and Korean. She has lectured widely for general, academic and policy audiences across four continents.Huws, Ursula is the author of 'Defragmenting: towards a critical understanding of the new global division of labor: Work Organisation Labour and Globalisation Volume 1 Number 2', published 2007 under ISBN 9781419677748 and ISBN 1419677748.