Cassandra joined the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School as a Doctoral Researcher in October 2023. She holds a MSc in Global Strategy & Innovation Management from the University of Leeds Business School and a BA in Business & Finance from the European College of Business & Management London. Cassandra has served as a PGR Student Representative for the Management cohort, is an active committee member of the Glasgow Human Rights Network and has worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for multiple HR & OB subjects at the Adam Smith Business School since September 2024.

More about Cassandra’s educational background and professional experience can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lippertcassandra/

Cassandra's research at the University of Glasgow explores the lived experiences of skilled migrant workers in precarious employment, while also considering the impact on their families and transnational support networks. She is particularly interested in how organisational policies and practices influence work quality, well-being, and professional identity, and in exploring pathways towards meaningful, equitable, and inclusive work.

Research interests: 

• Precarious Work
• Intersectionality
• Gender & Care
• Migration Policy
• Social Inequality
• Modern Slavery

£3,000 Mobility Grant, University of Glasgow (May 2025) 

£500 Research Grant (Fieldwork), University of Glasgow (Jan 2025)

PhD (Management Research) Scholarship (Living Stipend at UKRI rate; 100% Tuition fee waiver; Research Training Support Grant), University of Glasgow (2023 - 2026) 

Cassandra has held an Associate Fellowship – Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET) – since June 2025.

At the University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School, she teaches the following subjects:

• MGT2011 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (UG)
• MGT4018 Research Methods (UG)
• MGT5272 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management: Professional Pathways (PGT)
• MGT5063 People in Organisations (PGT)
• MGT5270 Contemporary Issues in HR: Theory & Practice (PGT)
• MGT5296 Management Research Methods (PGT)

Conferences & Presentations:

• Academy of Management, Copenhagen (July 2025)
• EGOS Colloquium Milan - Crossraods for Organisations: Time, Space and People, University of Milano-Bicocca (July 2024)
• Social Scientists in Health Research Day, Universiy of Glasgow (June 2024)
• Glasgow Human Rights Network Early Career Work-in-Progress Conference, University of Strathclyde (June 2024)
• EAWOP Small Group Meeting on 'Precarious Employment and Work - Understanding the underlying psychological and social processes', University of Glasgow (September 2023)