Rachel "Rae" Claire Cooper is an Australian

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researcher Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

and women's employment specialist.Bio: Rae Cooper AO

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

. Accessed 14 June 2019.Award ID: 2004478
Australian Honours Search Facility, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

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. Accessed 14 June 2019. Cooper is

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, work and employment relations at the

University of Sydney Business School The University of Sydney Business School is the business school and a constituent body of the University of Sydney. It was established in January 2011 and formed from the School of Business within the previous Faculty of Economics and Business. T ...

. She is co-director of the university's Women, Work & Leadership Research Group. 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 work in male-dominated occupations, women's pay, workplace regulation and good quality flexible jobs. She has supervised many PhDs across these areas. Other noteworthy positions Cooper has held throughout her career include editor of ''

Journal of Industrial Relations The ''Journal of Industrial Relations'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published five times a year by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA). It was established in 1958 and is curre ...

'', 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

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, deputy chair of the

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's Expert Advisory Council of Women, director of New South Wales TAFE Commission, director of New South Wales Rural Assistance Authority and chairperson of the New South Wales Working Women's Centre. Cooper is a regular contributor to discussions in the Australian media about

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

. For her service to higher education and workplace policy and practice, Cooper was appointed as an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.(10 June 2019
Six female professors awarded an Order of Australia
University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 June 2019. 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#

References

External links

Rae Cooper on Google Scholar
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