Paddy Bettington
Research Officer

Paddy is our Research Officer, joining CLASS in December 2020 delivering research on the UK labour market. Previously, Paddy has worked as a project manager and then a data analyst in the live events industry. Alongside this, he has written for left-wing publications such as Open Democracy and Tribune and campaigned around employment policy. Paddy holds an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester, as well as an MSc in Social and Political Theory from Birkbeck. His MSc dissertation investigated the social and psychological implications of advancing AI and automation.
 

E: paddy@classonline.org.uk

Publications

• The Insecure Economy: Measuring and Understanding the Contemporary Labour Market (23 Mar 2022)
• Work in 2021: A Tale of Two Economies (3 May 2021)

Blogs

• In the UK, a Two-Tier System is for Life, Not Just for COVID. (13 Jan 2022)
• Building back better? Not for the working class (14 Oct 2021)