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Paradox(a): Arts and artists, power, paradox and organized resistance (2025)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. V., Greco, A., Patrick-Thomson, H., Berti, M., Gaim, M., Pina e Cunha, M., & Clegg, S. (2025). Paradox(a): Arts and artists, power, paradox and organized resistance [Editorial]. Journal of Political Power, 18(2), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2025.2542797

In the call for this special issue, we asked: how do the arts, artists and artistic work leverage paradoxes to attract popular attention while also going against the grain of prevailing opinion? How might such work critically reflect on the status qu... Read More about Paradox(a): Arts and artists, power, paradox and organized resistance.

Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panneels, I., & Patrick-Thomson, H. (2024). Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace. Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference (pp. 513-521). TWR Network. https://twr2024.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Proceedings-Final.pdf

The creative economy is powered by a workforce with a high proportion of freelancers and SMEs. This paper reflects on new ways of working, accelerated by the digital pivot of the creative workplace caused by the global pandemic. Whilst the impact of... Read More about Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace.

New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick-Thomson, H., Lawson, A., & Lapok, P. (2024, April 5). New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor [Paper presentation]. Digital Business and Society Consortium, Royal Holloway, University of London. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3596024

Work in the creative and cultural industries is often seen as “good” because it offers people a chance to earn money while engaged in their passion (McRobbie, 2018), to have autonomy over when, where and how they work (Smith and McKinlay, 2009), and... Read More about New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor.

The effects of visibility on solidarity: Post-pandemic online organising for the good (work) life amongst creative freelancers (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick-Thomson, H. (2023, September 1-6). The effects of visibility on solidarity: Post-pandemic online organising for the good (work) life amongst creative freelancers [Paper presentation]. British Academy of Management 2023 Conference, Brighton.

Many creatives freelance in pursuit of the good life: but their independence comes at the price of job security. This paper explores how creative freelancers organised via Facebook to support one another in the wake of the pandemic. It asks: How do... Read More about The effects of visibility on solidarity: Post-pandemic online organising for the good (work) life amongst creative freelancers.

Connecting, Collaborating, Creating: The Experiences of Creative Freelancers in Edinburgh in 2022 (2022)
Report
Connell, L., Orme, A., Osborne, N., Panneels, I., Patrick-Thomson, H., Terras, M., & Wojtkiewicz, O. (2022, September 16). Connecting, Collaborating, Creating: The Experiences of Creative Freelancers in Edinburgh in 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7040517

This report provides a snapshot of the state and needs of creative freelancers in the Edinburgh region in 2022.

The last few years have been both interesting and challenging for creative freelancers in Scotland. Given the constraints caused by the... Read More about Connecting, Collaborating, Creating: The Experiences of Creative Freelancers in Edinburgh in 2022.

Can The Bad Dogs Of Brewing Be Tamed - The Courier Opinion (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Clarke, D., & Patrick, H. (2022, February 14). Can The Bad Dogs Of Brewing Be Tamed - The Courier Opinion. The Courier.

An opinion piece on the future of Brewdog following continued controversy surrounding employment practices and working culture at the brewer.

Online Organising of Creative Communities (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick, H. (2021, July 13-15). Online Organising of Creative Communities [Paper presentation]. British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference 2021, Online.

Researching Craft Beer: Understanding Production, Community and Culture in an Evolving Sector (2021)
Book
D. Clarke, V. Ellis, H. Patrick-Thomson, & D. Weir. (Eds.). (2021). Researching Craft Beer: Understanding Production, Community and Culture in an Evolving Sector. Emerald. https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Researching-Craft-Beer/?k=9781800431850

Decades of stagnating demand for beer and the emergence of global brewing conglomerates had seen many of Britain’s longstanding breweries disappear and a decline in the diversity of beer styles on offer. However, following similar developments in the... Read More about Researching Craft Beer: Understanding Production, Community and Culture in an Evolving Sector.

Creatives in Crisis (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick, H. (2021, April 12-14). Creatives in Crisis [Paper presentation]. International Labour Process Conference 2021, London [Online].

Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography (2020)
Journal Article
Patrick-Thomson, H., & Kranert, M. (2021). Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography. Work, Employment and Society, 35(6), 1034-1052. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020952630

While increasing academic attention has been paid to the precariousness of contemporary work, less research has examined how workers organise in response. This article examines how a group of precarious workers—commercial photographers—use an online... Read More about Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography.

Ambidexterity within the Professional Ballet World: Scottish Ballet's Dancers' Education Group (2020)
Book Chapter
Whiteside, B., Patrick, H., & Cassidy, C. (2020). Ambidexterity within the Professional Ballet World: Scottish Ballet's Dancers' Education Group. In A. R. David, M. Huxley, & S. Whatley (Eds.), Dance Fields: Staking a Claim for Dance Studies in the Twenty-First Centure (pp. 132-153). Dance Books. https://www.dancebooks.co.uk/dance-fields-staking-a-claim-for-dance-studies-in-the-twentyfirst-century-p-424.html

Within a dance sphere, it would, perhaps, be logical to consider the concept of ‘ambidexterity’ as linked to the physical use of the dancing body across a multitude of genres, to interrogate the link between physicality and mentality, or to consider... Read More about Ambidexterity within the Professional Ballet World: Scottish Ballet's Dancers' Education Group.

Why More Companies are Going Dog Friendly (2019)
Newspaper / Magazine
Patrick, H. (2019, September 16). Why More Companies are Going Dog Friendly. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-more-companies-are-going-dog-friendly-123405

Bringing pet dogs into the workplace is becoming increasingly common. Large companies like Google, Ticketmaster and challenger bank Monzo are just a few that have joined companies in the pet sector (like Pets at Home) that allow employees to bring th... Read More about Why More Companies are Going Dog Friendly.

Storytelling in the Craft Beer Bar (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick, H. (2019, July 2-3). Storytelling in the Craft Beer Bar [Paper presentation]. Craft Beer Research and Enterprise Workshop Symposium (CBREW), Edinburgh.

Don’t Work For Free (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick, H., & Kranert, M. (2019, July 1). Don’t Work For Free [Paper presentation]. Work Employment and Society 2019.