Rachel Verdin

Dr Rachel Verdin is a researcher at the ESRC Digital Futures at Work Research Centre at the University of Sussex Business School. She is a political economist whose research interests include social policy, equality, diversity and inclusion, and the digital transformation of work and government.
Rachel has recently published a monograph 'Architectures of inequality: gender pay inequity in Britain's finance sector' based on her PhD research. The book draws from an array of research data including equality law, gender pay reporting data, organisational policy and qualitative insights.
Rachel's recent projects include internationally comparative research on the digital transformation of governments and an examination of the business models, union organising strategies and worker experience in the quick commerce sector.