Dr Andrea Winkelmann-Gleed is a Senior Social Science Researcher, Consultant and Lecturer with expertise in health care employment, international migration and demographic change. She has also worked as programme manager in Eastern Africa and regularly visits. She has particularly investigated marginalised workers, including refugees, migrants, ethnic minorities and older workers. She is involved with and concered about interdisciplinary, applied social science research and consultancy work with an international outlook.

She has published widely and regularly speaks at conferences:

Winkelmann-Gleed, A. (2011) Retirement or committed to work? – conceptualising prolonged labour market participation through organisational commitment. Employee Relations. Vol 34 (1) pp 80-90.

Winkelmann-Gleed, A. (2006) Migrant Nurses, motivation, integration, contribution. ISBN-1 84619 007 X. Radcliffe Medical Press, Oxford.

While carrying out research through London Metropolitan University since 2005, she is also engaged in freelance work. She has conducted research into innovative approaches to the management of demographic change and workforce ageing, the work experiences of migrant workers and the integration of migrants and refugees into UK health care employment.

Currently:

• Winkelmann-Gleed, A. (2011) Demographic change and implications for workforce ageing in Europe – an overview. Chapter 15 in: Discrimination at Work Handbook, pp 203-118. Edited by: Wright, T. and Conley, H. Surrey, UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.
• Expert contribution to an initiative looking at age-aware career policies for RESOC based in Mechelen, Belgium.
• Lecturing on Social Science & Sociology modules.
• Research on demographic change, migration and human capital affecting sustainable economic development in South East Europe.

Andrea has also worked as Personnel & Recruitment Manager in the NGO sector in Britain. Prior to that she was programme manager and health care coordinator in a number of NGO-led Relief and Rehabilitation projects based in East Africa: Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti and among Rwandan refugees in Tanzania. She currently holds a position as trustee for Partner Aid International. She is fluent in English with German being her mother tongue.