IER Publications 2026

Book Chapters

• Brown, A., Barnes, S.-A., Bimrose, J., Kettunen, J. and Vuorinen, R. (2026). New Perspectives on Policy Learning in Career Guidance through Collaborative Partnerships and Networks. In: Barabasch, A., Bohlinger, S. and Wolf, S. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Policy Transfer in Vocational Education and Beyond. Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
• Nickson, D. and Warhurst, C. (2026). Beauty and Work: Continuity and Change in the Analysis of Aesthetic Labour. Cham: Springer. Giselinde Kuipers and Outi Sarpila (eds) Handbook of Beauty and Inequality, pp.309-322.
• McGuinness, S., Staffa, E., Lee, S., Kelly, L., & Redmond, P. (2026). Measuring potential skill shortages in Europe. In K. Pouliakas & G. Santangelo (Eds.), Human-centred digital transitions and skill mismatches in European workplaces (Cedefop working paper No. 28; pp. 104–122). Publications Office of the European Union.

Journals

• Green, F., Henseke, G., Lee, S. and Yong, A. (2026). Diluting exclusivity? The prevalence and distribution of bursaries and scholarships for Britain's private schools. British Journal of Sociology of Education.
• Hartmann, E., and Lee, S. (2026). Exporting status differences? The stratification of British transnational higher education Globalisation, Societies, and Education Location and Publish.
• Knox, A., Lee, S., Warhurst, C., & Wright, S. (2026).Understanding the relationship between job quality and general health in hospitality: Evidence from Australia. International Journal of Hospitality Management.

Reports

• Larsen, T., Erickson, E. and Keune, M. (2026). The digital footprints on the building blocks of voice and their implications for contemporary industrial citizenship INDI Working paper 3: A report for the Integrate Dialogue Project.
• Larsen, T., Erickson, E. and Keune, M. (2026). Alternative models of representation and voice: grassroots and institution led initiatives (Chapter 7). INDI Working paper 2: A report for the Integrate Dialogue project in Social dialogue and nonstandard workers: a literature review edited by Maarten Keune. pp76-101.
• Lee, Sangwoo and Hogarth, Terence (2026), Training Intensity in European Firms: Organisational Characteristics and Institutional Contexts. Available at SSRN.

• Lyddon, D. and Bamber, G. (2026) Insights into a ‘Golden Age’ of Industrial Relations. Foreword to an Interview with Sir Peter D. Carr. Historical Studies in Industrial Relations.

Trade press

• Erickson, E. (2026) The Employer Costs of Apprenticeship Training in England, Germany, and Austria: Results from a matched employer study. fe news, 5 January 2026.
• Hughes, D. OBE (2026) A Policy Love Letter to Ministers and Officials: Bold Ambition, But Please Join the Dots. fe news, 17 March 2026.