Pod - Labour market

Associate Professor Victor Gekara

Global Supply Chains and Logistics Management, School of Business, IT and Logistics
RMIT University

As a Nippon Foundation Scholar attached to the Seafarers International Research Centre, Victor completed his Ph.D. in International Political Economy at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK, following his M.Sc. in International Transportation at the Cardiff Business School. He joined RMIT University in 2009 as a lecturer. His research focuses on industrial transformations, as a result of changing technologies and global economic shifts, and the impact on the future of work, workforce skills and employment. Dr Gekara has dedicated a significant amount of his research work on important questions relating to workforce planning and skills development. Through the Skills, Training and Industry Research Group (STIRG) that he co-founded and leads within the RMIT College of Business, he has developed and led major industry and State and Federal government funded research projects examining important questions on policy and practice, including emerging technologies’ impact on work and skills, training and skills development under emerging market-led neo-liberal policies regimes, transferable skills and employment mobility, challenges and implications of an ageing workforce, among others. Overall, Dr Gekara maintains a strong track record in successful research grant application, high impact and industry relevant research, high quality research dissemination, and industry and community engagement.

To view Victor's work and further information please see his institutional profile and profile on LinkedIn.

How the next generation of robots could affect the labour market [US]
(Source: CBC News: The National, on YouTube, August 2019)