IER News & blogs

Research on the relationship between new technology and productivity has just been published by The Productivity Institute. The study concluded that management skills (core and technology related) are required to maximise the returns of new technology investments. Those companies that had a strategic approach to technology investments and management development implemented their investments more effectively. Currently, management training in the West Midlands is not configured to support businesses to effectively implement new technology, and companies rely on technology suppliers.

Professor Chris Warhurst is a co-organiser of the Interdisciplinary Conference on Creating Sustainable Work, which will be held on 7-9 May 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden. The organisers are currently inviting suggestions for keynotes, special sessions or streams and abstracts contributing to a discussion on how research can help inform policy to ensure a sustainable future of work.

Co-edited by IER’s Professor Philip Taylor and Dr Catherine Earl (RMIT Vietnam), the new Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life critically examines the myriad social and economic inequalities faced by those in later life. Contributors dissect Global North and South examples to support a new approach to studying ageing that moves beyond popular discourses.

In this new LMI for All learning unit Dr Sangwoo LeeLink opens in a new window explores the definition of the return to education, the factors that determine it, the methods of measurement, and the limitations of these measurements. The blog then reviews some of the existing empirical evidence on the return to Further and Higher Education.

The IER is seeking to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow: either an economist/social scientist with an employment/labour market specialism and an interest/skills in data science, or a data scientist with interest in working in the field of employment/labour markets. We welcome applications relevant to any of IER research themes but would particularly welcome applications from researchers with pay or labour market data expertise. Full details of the post are available at The University of Warwick website. The closing date is Tuesday 30 July 2024 at 11.45pm.