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Professor
Faculty of Law and Business, Peter Faber Business School
Areas of expertise: human resource management; public policy
HDR Supervisor accreditation status: HDR Supervisor (Full)
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8088-8262
Phone: +61 3 9230 8085
Email: [email protected]
Location: ACU Melbourne Campus
Professor Jo Ingold researches and teaches at the intersection of human resource management and public policy. Her work examines how businesses engage with employment and skills programs, and how workplaces can better include under-leveraged talent. She joined the Peter Faber Business School in November 2023, having previously held positions at Deakin Business School and Leeds University Business School.
Jo leads a program of research on employers, job quality and employment services and has been received funding in from UK and Australian research councils, government and industry. Recent projects include an ARC Linkage Project; the UK Research and Innovation-funded 'Activating Employers' project with the Universities of Brighton and Sussex; the evaluation of Social Ventures Australia's Employer Innovation Labs; and commissioned projects on employer engagement for the DSS-funded Centre for Inclusive Employment.
Jo works closely with government and industry to translate research into policy and practice. She is a Chartered Academic Member of the Australian Human Resource Institute, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals. She served as Editor of Work, Employment and Society 2020-2026 and is a member of the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts. She co-chairs the Employment Related Services Association's Employer Engagement Forum in the UK which she co-founded in 2020.
Before becoming an academic, Jo worked in UK central government and the non-profit sector. The first in her family to attend university, she holds a BSc Honours (First-Class) degree from the University of Bristol, a Master's in Sociological Research and a PhD from the University of Sheffield and a Graduate Teaching Certificate from the University of Leeds.