Lisa joined HEARD as Senior Researcher in August 2007. Having been employed in the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Management Studies since 1990, she holds a B.Com (Hons) and an LLM (cum laude) from UKZN, and spent last year on sabbatical at the University of Sydney, through which she is currently pursuing her PhD.

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The topic of her doctoral research is “Organisational Characteristics as Predictors of the Adoption of Work Family Arrangements in South African Organisations”. Lisa has published in a number of accredited journals on diverse areas of Industrial Relations, including Internet abuse, sexual harassment, HIV/AIDS, stay-aways and women in employment.

Her current research focuses on the integration of paid employment and unpaid care and, in particular, an examination of public policy measures to address these issues. In July 2007, she presented a paper on Workers with Care Responsibilities at an Annual Labour Law Seminar in Johannesburg, and another in the same month on Work-Family Integration in South Africa at the 2nd International Conference on Work and Family at the IESE Business School, University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain. Lisa is currently involved in the Work-family arrangements ( WFA) project within HEARD; which measures adoption for the combination of work and caregiving in South Africa organizations. This project is involved in programme 2 and answers question 2; effective responses.