Rate My Professor Josh Healy

Healy's research specialisations encompass employee well-being, labour market dynamics, the gig economy, technological change, minimum wages, workforce ageing, and the workplace impacts of disruptive technologies. He develops pioneering approaches and policies to promote decent employment and equality amid transformations in work. Healy boasts an extensive record of securing research funding through collaborations in multi-disciplinary teams. Notable publications include 'The triangular relationship in platform gig work: Consumers, platform companies and workers' (2024, New Technology, Work and Employment), 'Young people's Buy Now, Pay Later use: financial stress, usage patterns and platform design' (2025, Journal of Youth Studies), and 'Drawing on Reserves' co-authored with Associate Professor Brad West (2025, Australian Army Research Centre). In academic service, he acts as Associate Editor for Labour and Industry: a journal of the economic and social relations of work and Vice-Chair of the Industrial Relations Society of NSW, Newcastle branch. Healy maintains memberships in the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association, Economic Society of Australia, and Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand. His influence extends to public commentary on labour issues through outlets like The Conversation.