IER News & blogs
Self-employment and older workers in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic: seniorpreneurs, senior precarious or somewhere in between?
This book chapter examines self-employment among people aged 50 and over in the liberal market economies of Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA against the backdrop of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and in the context of long-standing efforts aimed at increasing levels of older workers’ labour force participation. It features in the new Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy, edited by Wieteke Conen and Enrico Reuter.
Chris Warhurst awarded Fellowship by the Academy of Social Sciences
In its spring announcements, Director of IER, Professor Chris Warhurst, has been conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Many congratulations from all at IER on the award.
Book published: Introduction to public services
A new book on public services, co-edited by IER'S Katharina Sarter has been published by Policy Press. Understanding Public Services. A Contemporary Introduction provides an accessible and comprehensive account of the context within which public services operate, their core functions and internal workings and explores emerging and future developments and challenges.
Understanding how skill systems can better respond to meeting skill demands
IER's Professor Terence Hogarth has successfully secured a Horizon Europe for this project Skills2Capability. The project is about understanding how skill systems across Europe can reduce the level of skills mismatch in their labour markets.
New Futuretrack Reports: Ten Years On - and the impact of the pandemic on graduate careers
The publication of the Futuretrack Stage 5 study conducted in 2019, led by Professors Peter Elias and Kate Purcell and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, showed ‘how the majority of graduates had by then achieved reasonable job security, with many balancing work and parenting or other caring roles when the pandemic hit’ (see press release). In 2020, the research team went back to respondents to investigate how they had been affected by the Covid restrictions and economic impact and conducted Futuretrack Stage 6.
For full details of the research see:
- the report on the Covid-19 impact: Covid 19 and graduate careers
- a slightly revised version of the report published in March 2021: Ten Years On – the Futuretrack Graduates
- a short report that summarises and draws the implications of both the above What a difference a year makes: the impact od Covid 19 on graduate careers