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Nick Krachler

Dr Nick Krachler 

Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management

Nick Krachler is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and the Academic Director for Healthcare Leadership at King’s Business School. He holds a PhD and an MSc in International and Comparative HRM and Employment Relations from Cornell University, with additional specialisation in the sociology of work and occupations. He also earned an MSc in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics.

Doctor Krachler’s research focuses on institutional change within the care economy, exploring workforce innovation, market making, and employment relations regulation across the US, UK, and several European countries. His findings have been published in globally and internationally leading journals such as Public Administration Review, the Human Resource Management Journal, the British Journal of Industrial Relations, and Social Science & Medicine. He has prior experience as a paramedic, an HR management consultant, and a researcher on Europe-wide research project on market making.

Research interests


Mechanisms of institutional change in the care economy


Market making versus collaboration


Human Market making versus collaboration


Work and employment relations

Career highlights

  • Research published in prestigious journals including Public Administration Review, and the Human Resource Management Journal.
  • PhD and MSc degrees earned from Cornell University.
  • Working as a HR management consultant and researcher for a European-wide project on market making.

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