IER contributes to Bridges 5.0 conference on the future of work

Four colleagues from Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research (IER) attended the Bridges 5.0 “Advancing Industry 5.0” conference at the Irish College, Leuven, on 16–17 June 2025. The two-day event brought together researchers, policy makers and practitioners to explore the skills, voice and innovation challenges raised by Industry 5.0.

Professor Chris Warhurst presented work developed as part of the Bridges 5.0 project in a talk titled “From value proposition to value creation: everything you always wanted to know about Industry 5.0 but were afraid to ask.”

Dr Jeisson Cardenas-Rubio chaired the session on “Identifying future skills needs,” helping steer debate on upcoming labour-market requirements.

Colleagues Peter Dickinson and Gianni Anelli took part in discussions across the conference.

The trip allowed the team to share recent IER findings on skills and workplace change and to strengthen links with the Bridges 5.0 network for future collaboration.