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Ray Griffin

Dr Ray Griffin is Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at South East Technological University, Ireland. His research focuses on the experience, organisation, and administration of unemployment.

People waiting in a colourful room, some blurred, one person sitting, one standing.

The Dangerous Metaphor of Unemployment “Scarring”

Tom Boland and Ray Griffin

The concept of “scarring” in unemployment policy is a misleading metaphor with significant, negative consequences for individuals.

Europe gets back to the work … of getting people to work

Ray Griffin and Tom Boland

The notion that active-labour-market policies are the solution to unemployment has long been an act of faith. That’s the problem.