Professor Rae Cooper
President, International Labour and Employment Relations Association, Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, University of Sydney
Professor Rae Cooper, AO, FASSA, is Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney, where she is the founding Director of the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion @ Work. Rae is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and is President of the International Labor and Employment Relations Association. Rae has researched and published scores of articles across many aspects of women’s working lives, including career navigation, working life in very male-dominated sectors, and respect and equality at work. She has collaborated with key Australian and international organisations in her work including the ACTU, the Australian Human Rights Commission, and the OECD. Rae was made an officer of the Order of Australia in 2019 recognition of her contributions to Australian higher education and to national workplace policy and practice. She is an experienced non-executive director, is a respected advisor to industry and government, and is one of Australia’s leading media commentators on the world of work.