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📢 Conference Presentation SpotlightIER's Dr Jamelia Harris recently presented early findings from the Colonial Legacies ...
06/08/2026

📢 Conference Presentation Spotlight
IER's Dr Jamelia Harris recently presented early findings from the Colonial Legacies and the Labour Market in the English-speaking Caribbean project at the Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference 2026 in Dublin.
The presentation explored how colonial legacies and post-independence policies have shaped labour market and economic transitions in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago, contributing to ongoing debates on development and economic change.
Read more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/

How effective is AI at providing careers advice?A new IER project will develop an evaluation framework to compare large ...
05/08/2026

How effective is AI at providing careers advice?
A new IER project will develop an evaluation framework to compare large language model careers guidance tools with human advisers. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the research will involve FE students and advisers from colleges across the UK
Read more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/

04/08/2026

New HSE advisory group on workplace psychosocial hazards and stress

In July, IER Director Chris Warhurst was invited to join a new Health & Safety Executive Advisory Group on Psychosocial Hazard Interventions. The purpose of the group is to provide expert challenge, advice and be a sounding board for the HSE as it looks to develop policy and regulation on psychosocial hazards and work-related stress.
Read more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/

📢 New Publication: Digital Platforms, Decent Work and Developing CountriesAs platform work continues to expand in develo...
02/08/2026

📢 New Publication: Digital Platforms, Decent Work and Developing Countries
As platform work continues to expand in developing economies, Dr Jamelia Harris' latest article in Development in Practice examines how platform work fits within the decent work agenda.
Using Fairwork as a proxy for decent work, the study finds that evidence of fair working conditions is linked to factors such as economic development, regulatory quality, and labour market conditions. The research also highlights concerns that the same platform may demonstrate different standards of worker protections across countries.
The findings strengthen the case for international standards to regulate platform companies and support local capacity to effectively monitor platform work.
Read more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/

30/07/2026

How the interaction of AI and algorithmic management shapes job quality outcomes!
"The Dual Face of Workplace AI: A Typology of Digital Work Configurations and Job Quality Implications in Europe," challenges conventional narratives that technological exposure alone dictates workforce outcomes. The research maps how worker-led AI tool usage and employer-led algorithmic management collide to create deeply stratified workplace realities.
Ultimately, the analysis indicates that supply-side policy frameworks focusing solely on worker upskilling or expanding technology access have structural limitations.
Dr Lee demonstrates that without directly regulating algorithmic monitoring and control practices, expanding AI access risks simply transitioning more workers into high-intensity, highly managed configurations rather than genuinely empowering them.
Read more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/ier_news/

The European Commission is keen to deliver a Quality Jobs Roadmap. Director of IER, Chris Warhurst was invited to speak ...
29/07/2026

The European Commission is keen to deliver a Quality Jobs Roadmap. Director of IER, Chris Warhurst was invited to speak at a Cedefop event in Thessaloniki in June.
Attended by European employers, trade unions and policymakers, the event focused on the skills nexus between productivity and job quality, with Chris presenting data on the link between job quality and innovation and productivity as part of building the business case for good jobs.
Read more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/ier_news/

Responding to the publication of the Work and Pensions Committee report on 'Youth, education and training', Emily Ericks...
22/07/2026

Responding to the publication of the Work and Pensions Committee report on 'Youth, education and training',
Emily Erickson, Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, said: "The Committee conclude that there is much we can learn from apprenticeship schemes in other countries that are effective at reducing youth unemployment. Our VET2050 programme is an ambitious programme to co-create a vision for a high‑quality vocational education and training (VET) system for England. We are weaving international experience into this process."

Red the full report here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5902/cmselect/cmworpen/180/report.html
Read more about VET2050 here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/researchthemesoverview/researchprojects/vet2050/

👉 Working Paper – The Architecture for Knowledge Translation in ‘Creating Healthy Jobs’We have been thinking about how b...
15/07/2026

👉 Working Paper – The Architecture for Knowledge Translation in ‘Creating Healthy Jobs’
We have been thinking about how best to involve and engage the public in research on work and health. Here is our plan:
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and visit the project page:
https://lnkd.in/dP8FrMgu
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🌍🍴 A Taste of the World at IER 🍴🌍A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our International Staff Summer Lunch. F...
08/07/2026

🌍🍴 A Taste of the World at IER 🍴🌍
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our International Staff Summer Lunch. From dishes inspired by Korea, China, Kurdistan, Germany and Greece to regional favourites from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Yorkshire and Coventry, it was a wonderful celebration of our diverse backgrounds and a great opportunity to come together before the summer break.
Food, culture and community—what a fantastic combination! 🌞✨

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