In May, Philip is working at Hunan Women's University (HWU) in Changsha, China, exploring collaborative opportunities for IER on the topic of population ageing and the workplace with HWU and other universities in Hunan Province. The stay is being funded by Hunan Province's Visiting Expert programme. China has over 250 million people aged over 60, raising questions about how it should respond.

IER is supporting the work of the Social Mobility Commission (SMC). Peter Dickinson was invited to participate in the SMC's roundtable discussion on key issues affecting social mobility, and how data can be better used to measure and monitor progress towards it.

Dr. Jeisson Cardenas-Rubio from IER presented the occupational and qualification forecast for the EU at the expert workshop 'Cedefop Skills Forecast - Preparing the 2025 Release.'

The workshop was organised by Cedefop's Skills Forecast and benefited from the collaboration of a network of Individual Country Experts (ICEs).

On April 15 2024, IER convened a meeting which brought together stakeholders to discuss concepts and ideas related to a ‘healthy labour market’.

The discussion was led by Prof Chris Warhurst, Prof Peter Elias and Dr Jamelia Harris, and centred on the need for new measures (beyond measures of employment, unemployment and inactivity) which better capture an evolving labour market and recognise the needs and interests of different groups in the labour market.

The recording and presentations from the webinar on 21 March 2024 are now available on the LMI for All website.