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Philip Hancock

Professor of Work and Organisation, University of Essex
Philip Hancock is a Professor of Work and Organisation at Essex Business School at the University of Essex. Before joining Essex Business School he was an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick.

His academic background is in theoretical and qualitative sociology, and he holds an MA in Philosophy and Social Theory from the University of Warwick and a PhD from Keele University.

His research interests include practices of organisational aestheticisation, the architectural management of space and place, practices of interactive service work and, in particular, the production and reproduction of socio-economic and organisational relations at Christmas.

He has published widely in leading journals in the field of organisation studies and sociology and has published the books The Body, Culture and Society: An Introduction (Open University Press), Work, Postmodernism and Organization: A Critical Introduction (Sage), Art and Aesthetics at Work (Palgrave), Understanding Corporate Life (Sage), The Management of Everyday Life (Palgrave), Work and Organization: The Aesthetic Dimension (ISCE). He is a member of the editorial boards of Organization Studies (Sage), Organization (Sage) and Work, Employment and Society (Sage).

Economy

UBS Forecasts Continued Weakness for U.S. Dollar Despite Recent Bounce

The U.S. dollar has edged higher in recent days, but UBS anticipates continued depreciation through 2025. As of 06:40 ET, the U.S. Dollar Index rose 0.3% to 98.960, rebounding from a three-year low. The euro dipped 0.2% to...

Trump Calms Markets with Assurances on Fed and Tariffs

President Trump has gone to reassure markets by indicating that he has no plans to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell from office, walking back previous criticisms. While he once referred to Powell as a major...

BOJ Likely to Hold Rates Until July Amid Tariff Uncertainty, Economists Say

The Bank of Japan is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged through June, according to a Reuters survey conducted from April 1421. Out of 56 economists, 84% anticipate no rate change at the April 30-May 1 and...

Asian Currencies Rise as Trump Eases Fed, Tariff Tensions

Most Asian currencies strengthened on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump softened his stance on the Federal Reserve and signaled openness to easing trade tariffs on China. Meanwhile, the Japanese yen weakened...

Oil Prices Climb as U.S. Sanctions Iran, Trump Eases Fed Pressure

Oil prices extended gains in early Asian trading Wednesday following fresh U.S. sanctions on Iran and a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude inventories. Market sentiment was also lifted after President Donald Trump...

Politics

Kremlin Cites 'Nuances' in Ukraine Peace Talks as U.S. Mediation Wavers

The Kremlin stated Wednesday that peace talks over Ukraine still face significant challenges, with many nuances requiring resolution before any agreement can be reached. This follows the abrupt cancellation of U.S....

Peter Dutton Pledges Boost in Australia’s Defence Spending Ahead of Election

Australias opposition leader Peter Dutton has vowed to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP within a decade if elected, aiming to strengthen national security amid growing global tensions and pressure from the Trump...

Elon Musk Clarifies Role at DOGE as Tesla Faces Investor Concerns

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk clarified Tuesday that he is not stepping down from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but is merely reducing his time commitment. Responding to a post on X, Musk stated,...

Trump’s Approval Hits New Low Amid Public Backlash Over Power Moves

U.S. President Donald Trumps approval rating has dropped to 42%, the lowest since his return to the White House, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll. The decline reflects growing public concern over his efforts to...

Over 200 University Leaders Slam Trump Administration Over Political Interference

More than 200 presidents from U.S. colleges and universities, including Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, have jointly denounced what they call unprecedented political interference by the Trump administration in higher...

Science

Kennedy Sets September Deadline to Uncover Autism Causes Amid Controversy

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a bold plan to identify the cause of autism by September 2025. Speaking at a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Kennedy declared a global...

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Gets US Approval for Bladder Cancer Treatment

AstraZenecas drug Imfinzi (NASDAQ: AZN) has received U.S. approval to treat adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, a significant advancement in cancer therapy. The approval allows Imfinzi to be used in...

Sanofi’s New Hemophilia Drug Qfitlia Gains FDA Approval with Breakthrough Bimonthly Dosing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Qfitlia, a groundbreaking hemophilia treatment by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY). Designed for patients aged 12 and older with hemophilia A or B,...

FDA Vaccine Chief Peter Marks Resigns Amid Controversy Over Transparency

Peter Marks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) top vaccine official, has resigned after reportedly being forced out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to The Wall Street Journal....

Museums have tons of data, and AI could make it more accessible − but standardizing and organizing it across fields won’t be easy

Ice cores in freezers, dinosaurs on display, fish in jars, birds in boxes, human remains and ancient artifacts from long gone civilizations that few people ever see museum collections are filled with all this and more....

Technology

China’s Tech Giants Stockpile Nvidia H20 AI Chips Ahead of U.S. Export Ban

Chinas leading tech firms, including ByteDance, Alibaba (HK:9988), and Tencent (HK:0700), have reportedly stockpiled close to one million units of Nvidias (NASDAQ:NVDA) H20 AI chips in anticipation of tightened U.S. export...

BMW to Integrate Chinese AI from DeepSeek in China-Made Vehicles

German automotive giant BMW (ETR:BMWG) announced it will begin integrating artificial intelligence (AI) developed by Chinese startup DeepSeek into its upcoming vehicle models in China starting later this year. The...

Tesla’s Optimus Robot Faces Delays Amid China’s Rare Earth Export Curbs

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that production of the companys Optimus humanoid robot has been delayed due to Chinas new export restrictions on rare earth magnetscritical components in robotics and electric vehicles....

Amazon Pauses Some AWS Data Center Leases Amid AI Demand Slowdown

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has reportedly paused portions of its data center leasing negotiations for Amazon Web Services (AWS), signaling a potential slowdown in demand from major artificial intelligence (AI) clients,...

Nintendo Faces Tariff Hurdles Ahead of Switch 2 Launch

Nintendo is preparing to launch the highly anticipated Switch 2 on June 5, marking eight years since the original Switch debuted. The console, which sold over 150 million units globally, became a pandemic-era favorite....