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Rachel "Rae" Claire Cooper AO FASSA is an Australian professor, researcher and women's employment specialist. [1] [2]

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Cooper is professor of gender, work and employment relations at the University of Sydney Business School. [1] She is Founding Director of the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion @ Work . [1] She has previously held a number of leadership roles within the higher education sector.

Cooper researches many aspects of women's working lives including women's labour force participation, gendered career navigation, women in STEM and other male-dominated fields, access to high-quality flexibility and job quality. She has supervised many PhDs across these areas. [1]

Other noteworthy positions Cooper has held throughout her career include editor of Journal of Industrial Relations , president of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, executive member of the International Labor and Employment Relations Association, director of Family Planning NSW, Chair of board of directors at Australian Hearing, Deputy chair of the New South Wales Premier's Expert Advisory Council of Women, Director of New South Wales TAFE Commission, and Chair of the management committee of the New South Wales Working Women's Centre. [2]

Cooper is a regular contributor to discussions in the Australian media about gender equality. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

For her service to higher education and workplace policy and practice, Cooper was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours. [2] [14] She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2024. [15]

Rae has two children.

Publications

All publications and grants are available at https://sydney.edu.au/business/about/our-people/academic-staff/rae-cooper.html#

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bio: Rae Cooper AO, University of Sydney. Accessed 14 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Award ID: 2004478, Australian Honours Search Facility, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government. Accessed 14 June 2019.
  3. ↑ NSW women suffering under WorkChoices: report, ABC News , Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Janda, Michael (27 August 2013) Casualisation halted but a third of single mums in insecure work, PM , Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Patty, Anna (18 March 2014) Female workers now more unionised than men, The Sydney Morning Herald , Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Ongaro, Daniela (4 January 2015) Work/Life: The good, bad and surprising of 2014, news.com.au , News Corp Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Gleeson, Hayley (24 June 2016) 7 words you should avoid using about women in the workplace, ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Kelly, Fran (5 October 2016) Women at Work: Australia and the United States, RN Breakfast , Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  9. ↑ Harper, Hilary; Mackenzie, Michael (2 August 2017) Who 'makes it'? Gender equality in the music industry, Life Matters , Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Wylie, Brooke (6 March 2018) Australian women report 'shocking' levels of inequality, sexual harassment in new study, ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  11. ↑ Beech, Alexandra (29 April 2019) How to boost wages for female-dominated industries, PM, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  12. ↑ Reilly, Natalie (6 February 2019) The increased stress by working mothers has finally been measured, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co.. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  13. ↑ Patty, Anna (17 April 2019) 'Oh, you're a girl': females struggle to get apprenticeships despite skills shortage, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co.. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  14. ↑ (10 June 2019) Six female professors awarded an Order of Australia, University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Academy Fellow: Professor Rae Cooper AO". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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