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Dr Vera Weghmann

Dr Vera Weghmann

Research Fellow for PSIRU

Key details

Dr Vera Weghmann

Research Fellow for PSIRU

Vera joined the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ in September 2017. Her research is focused on public services, in particular privatisation, remunicipalisation, renationalisation, public sector financing and public sector reforms. While her research covers a wide range of public services across the world, she has focused on waste management and the circular economy, energy policy and the Just Transition as well as public transport. Her regional focuses have been Europe and Africa. Currently she is working on a research project analysing the lessons and opportunities of Covid19 for developing new approaches to public services.

Vera is also a member of the Centre for Research in Employment and Work (CREW) at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. Her research is concerned with unemployment, unwaged and low-waged work, precarity and workers resistance. In her PhD entitled titled 'Employability and the Rise of the No-Wage Economy: resistance to unpaid work in the United Kingdom' she explored the ways in which unwaged and unrecognised workers organise. Her current research project is independent trade unionism and new ways of organising and recently (2019) won a BA/Leverhulme small grant. Vera's research follows a Participatory Action Research methodology.

Vera has been involved in independent trade unionism in the UK since 2012, she is the co-founder of the union and has been involved in the creation of the union.

Business and management

Research / Scholarly interests
  • Public Services
  • Privatisation
  • Renationalisation/Remunicipalisation
  • Public Services Reforms
  • Financing Public Services
  • Democratising Public Services
  • International State Settlement Disputes (ISDS) and Compensation
  • Covid-19 and Economic and Social Recovery
  • Unemployment
  • Precarity
  • Unwaged and low waged workers resistance

Recent publications

Article

Weghmann, Vera and , (2023), . Emerald. In: , , , . Emerald, Employee Relations ISSN: 0142-5455 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-01-2022-0046).

Weghmann, Vera and , (2022), . Bristol University Press. In: , , , . Bristol University Press, Work in the Global Economy, 2 (1) . pp. 132-147 2732-4176 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1332/273241721X16510573048560).

Weghmann, Vera and , Hall, David (2021), . SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, International Review of Administrative Science, 87 (3) . pp. 480-496 ISSN: 0020-8523 (Print), 1461-7226 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211007898).

Lobina, Emanuele and , Weghmann, Vera (2020), . Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 24 (3) . pp. 398-404 ISSN: 1748-7870 (Print), 1748-7889 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17487870.2020.1810473).

Lobina, Emanuele , Weghmann, Vera, Marwa, Marwa (2019), . Water Alternatives Association. In: , , , . Water Alternatives Association, Water Alternatives, 12: 7 (2) . pp. 725-748 1965-0175 (Online) (doi: http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol12/v12issue3/534-a12-2-17).

Weghmann, Vera and , (2019), . Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, Globalizations, 16 (4) . pp. 441-456 ISSN: 1474-7731 (Print), 1474-774X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2018.1558819) NB Item availability restricted.

Book

Weghmann, Vera and , (2021), . Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. In: , , , . Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin (1st) . ISBN: 9783948250386 (doi: https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/images/Dossiers/Wohnen/Broschur_Rekommunalisierung_web.pdf).

Book section

Weghmann, Vera and , (2020), . Transnational Institute (TNI). In: , , , The Future is Public: Towards Democratic Ownership of Public Services. Transnational Institute (TNI), Transnational Institute (TNI) . pp. 79-93 (doi: https://futureispublic.org/).

Conference item

Hall, David and , Weghmann, Vera (2019), . In: 13th ECPR General Conference Wrocław, 4 - 7 September 2019, 4th - 7th Sep, 2019, The University of Wrocław, Poland , . , . pp. 1-50 (doi: https://ecpr.eu/Filestore/CustomContent/GeneralConference/2019/ProgrammePDF/ECPRGeneralConference2019.pdf).

Monograph

Ballardie, Ruth , Tartanaglu-Bennett, Safak, Weghmann, Vera (2023), . Public Services International (PSI). In: , , , . Public Services International (PSI), Geneva, Switzerland (1st) (doi: https://publicservices.international/resources/digital-publication/mental-health-and-public-sector-healthcare-international-case-studies?id=14371&lang=en).

Weghmann, Vera and , (2023), . EPSU. In: , , , . EPSU, (doi: https://www.epsu.org/sites/default/files/article/files/Waste%20Management%20in%20Europe_EN_1.pdf).

Adam, Alhassan , Castro, Esteban, Hall, David, Kichimoto, Satoko , Nguye, Jenny , Sankey, Kyla , Weghmann, Vera (2021), . PSIRU. In: , , , . PSIRU, London, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ (1st) (doi: https://www.psiru.org/about-us.html).

Lobina, Emanuele , Weghmann, Vera, Nicke, Katrin (2019), . PSIRU, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . PSIRU, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Greenwich (doi: /business/research/centres/public-services).

Other

Weghmann, Vera and , Lobina, Emanuele (2018), . Public Services International. In: , , , . Public Services International, (doi: https://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/cameroon_water_renationalised_psiru_brief_may_2018.pdf) NB Item availability restricted.

Weghmann, Vera and , (2017), . European Public Service Union. In: , , , . European Public Service Union, (doi: ).

Working paper

Hall, David and , Weghmann, Vera (2024), . PSIRU. In: , , , . PSIRU, London, UK (doi: /research/psiru).

Weghmann, Vera , Hall, David, Nguyen, Tue Anh (2021), . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU). In: , , , . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Chatham, UK (doi: ).

Weghmann, Vera , Nguyen, Tue Anh, Hall, David (2021), . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU). In: , , , . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Chatham, UK (doi: ).

Weghmann, Vera , Nguyen, Tue Anh, Hall, David (2021), . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU). In: , , , . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Chatham, UK (doi: ).

Weghmann, Vera and , (2020), . PSIRU. In: , , , . PSIRU, Public Services International (PSI) (doi: ).

Weghmann, Vera and , (2020), . European Public Service Union (EPSU). In: , , , . European Public Service Union (EPSU), European Public Service Union (EPSU) (doi: ).

Hall, David , Nguyen, Tue Anh, Weghmann, Vera (2020), . PSIRU. In: , , , . PSIRU, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ (doi: https://gala.gre.ac.uk/cgi/search/archive/advanced?screen=Search&dataset=archive&_action_search=Search&eprintid=&documents_merge=ALL&documents=&title_merge=ALL&title=&creators_name_merge=ALL&creators_name=&abstract_merge=ALL&abstract=&date=&keywords_merge=ALL&keywords=&divisions=bus_rg3&divisions_merge=ANY&subjects_merge=ANY&type=working_paper&department_merge=ALL&department=&editors_name_merge=ALL&editors_name=&publisher_merge=ALL&publisher=&refereed=EITHER&publication_merge=ALL&publication=¬e_merge=ALL¬e=&official_url_merge=ALL&official_url=&datestamp=&creators_id_merge=ALL&creators_id=&satisfyall=ALL&order=-date%2Fcreators_name%2Ftitle).

Tue Anh, Nguyen , Weghmann, Vera, Hall, David (2020), . PSIRU. In: , , , . PSIRU, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ (doi: https://gala.gre.ac.uk/cgi/search/archive/advanced?screen=Search&dataset=archive&_action_search=Search&eprintid=&documents_merge=ALL&documents=&title_merge=ALL&title=&creators_name_merge=ALL&creators_name=&abstract_merge=ALL&abstract=&date=&keywords_merge=ALL&keywords=&divisions=bus_rg3&divisions_merge=ANY&subjects_merge=ANY&type=working_paper&department_merge=ALL&department=&editors_name_merge=ALL&editors_name=&publisher_merge=ALL&publisher=&refereed=EITHER&publication_merge=ALL&publication=¬e_merge=ALL¬e=&official_url_merge=ALL&official_url=&datestamp=&creators_id_merge=ALL&creators_id=&satisfyall=ALL&order=-date%2Fcreators_name%2Ftitle).

Weghmann, Vera , Nguyen, Tue Anh, Hall, David (2020), . PSIRU. In: , , , . PSIRU, PSIRU (doi: /business/research/centres/public-services/reports).

Hall, David and , Weghmann, Vera (2019), . PSIRU. In: , , , . PSIRU, (doi: https://ecpr.eu/Filestore/PaperProposal/16d1041d-ba93-46dc-b894-977a3fa9b698.pdf).

Hall, David and , Weghmann, Vera (2019), . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU). In: , , , . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), (doi: ).

Hall, David and , Weghmann, Vera (2019), . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU). In: , , , . Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), (doi: ).

Weghmann, Vera and , (2019), . European Public Service Union (EPSU). In: , , , . European Public Service Union (EPSU), Brussels, Belgium (doi: https://www.epsu.org/article/going-public-decarbonised-affordable-and-democratic-energy-system-europe-new-epsu-report).

Weghmann, Vera and , (2019), . International Transport Workers' Federation. In: , , , . International Transport Workers' Federation, (doi: https://www.itfglobal.org/en/sector/urban-transport/people%E2%80%99s-public-transport-policy-).

Weghmann, Vera and , Van Niekerk, Sandra (2018), . Public Services International (PSI). In: , , , . Public Services International (PSI), (doi: http://www.world-psi.org/en/municipal-solid-waste-management-services-africa-and-arab-countries).