William Arthur Brown

William Arthur Brown, CBE (born 1945) is an academic specialising in the field of industrial relations [ [http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/faculty/brown/index.htm Cambridge University Faculty of Economics] ] and the current Master of Darwin College, Cambridge.

Education and Academic Career

Brown was born in Leeds, where his father was a professor at Leeds University.

After attending Leeds Grammar School and graduating from Wadham College, Oxford, Brown worked at the National Board for Prices and Incomes as an economic assistant. From there he went to the new University of Warwick, moving to the Economic and Social Research Council's Industrial Relations Research Unit when it was established at Warwick in 1970. Ten years later he became its Director [ [http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/lectures/2005/WilliamBrownBiography.shtml Darwin College:William Brown biography] ] .

In 1985 Brown was elected as a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge [ [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/446col.htm Warwick University - Summary of Papers] ] and also became the fourth Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Cambridge [ [http://venn.csi.cam.ac.uk/ACAD/lists/aciff.html Cambridge University database] ] . In 2000 he became the Master of Darwin College, Cambridge [ [http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/fellows/index.shtml Darwin College, Cambridge website] ] .

At Cambridge University Brown has served as Chair of the Faculty of Economics and Politics and is currently Chair of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. He is also the chairman of Board of Graduate Studies as the Vice-Chancellor's deputy.

Brown is one of the representatives of Oxford School of Industrial Relations. Brown's research has been concerned with workplace bargaining, pay determination, and the effect of legal change and outside intervention on labour relations. For the past twenty years he has served as an ACAS arbitrator, was until recently a member of ACAS Council, and has been a member of the Low Pay Commission since it was established to manage the National Minimum Wage in 1997 [ [http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/lectures/2005/WilliamBrownBiography.shtml Darwin College:William Brown biography] ] .

Honours

In 2002 Brown was awarded a CBE for services to employment relations [ [http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/lectures/2005/WilliamBrownBiography.shtml Darwin College:William Brown biography] ] .

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