IER News & blogs
Skills for the future of work
IER's Dr Sally Wright co-wrote a blog with Dr Michael Kohlgrüber from Dortmund TU University on skills for the future of work, drawing on insights from the BEYOND 4.0 project.
Find out more about future (digital) skills requirements on the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung Athens' Future of Work project website.
New UK labour market projections to 2035 released
IER and Cambridge Econometrics have produced new UK labour market and occupational projections to 2035 as part of the Nuffield funded Skills Imperative 2035 Programme led by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
These projections, led by Professor Rob Wilson, update and extend the Working Futures reports produced just before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Understanding the Equality Impact of Public Procurement
A new article published by Dr Katharina Sarter examines the equality impact of public procurement regulations and practices.
With a focus on purchasing practices and their regulation, the article examines the way in which cursorily neutral practices and proactive measures together shape the equality impact of public procurement practices.
Quality (and lack) of employment linked to mental health-related disability
A new article was published in the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health by Rebeka Balogh, Sudipa Sarkar, Chris Warhurst and colleagues at Interface Demography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Karolinska Institute.
The article examines the link between types of employment trajectories and Belgium workers having a subsequent registered disability from mental health.
Improving social care in Australia
In September, along with Sydney University colleagues Dr Angie Knox and Prof. Phil Bohle, Dr Sally Wright and Prof. Chris Warhurst of IER submitted evidence to the Australian Senate’s Select Committee Inquiry into Work and Care.