Institute for Employment Research » IER News & blogs (tag [events])

The Future of Work

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, a panel of experts, including IER’s Prof Gill Dix, Dr Emily Erickson, Prof Trine Pernille Larsen and Dr Katharina Sarter, discussed the future of work. The panel shared thoughts on the present and potential futures of work in the face of digital technologies and AI, which have the potential to create and reinforce inequalities or reduce them. Creating and maintaining good, secure, and healthy work will remain a priority, given the rapidly changing context and the inevitable uncertainty that the future holds.

Image Credit: Social Sciences Connect Programme

Join us for an online event about skills policy and the future of work – 2 December, 2:30-3:00 pm

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

In conversation with Chris Warhurst, the author of a new book, Skills Policy in Britain and the Future Of Work, Tom Bewick, will explain his motivation for writing this study; what he has learnt from a 30-year career as both a policy maker and practitioner in post compulsory education and training; and what specific skills policy does he believe countries should adopt in pursuing new approaches to human capital.

Please contact Lynne Marston via email to register for the event before 2 December: L.Marston@warwick.ac.uk

Question Time: The Future of Work

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:30:00 GMT

Join us for a Question Time-style in-person event on 5 November to explore the future of work. Our experts from the Faculty of Social Sciences, including the IER, will answer your questions on all things work: What will be the impact of AI and digitalisation on the future of work? Will that future be one of good and healthy jobs for everyone? And will the future of work deliver greater productivity? The event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025.

Please register here for the-in person event at the University of Warwick.

Re-thinking Europe’s skill needs: Reflections following the European Year of Skills

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:30:00 GMT

This event, which will mark the official launch of the book “Re-Thinking Europe’s Skill Needs: Reflections Following the European Year of Skills”, will bring together experts and professionals to explore how we can tackle the skill needs in today’s ever-changing world.

Call for abstracts: Conference on The International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT

The 42^nd International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation (IWPLMS) conference aims to explore the challenges and opportunities arising from transformations in the world of work with a specific focus on the multifaceted dimensions of labour market segmentation.

The conference will take place at Copenhagen Business School on September 5-6, 2024, with IER’s Professor Trine Larsen being one of the local organisers. Abstract submission deadline is March 15, 2024. For more information please visit the conference website.

Event: LMI for All webinar series - Skills mismatches

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:07:00 GMT

As part of part of LMI for All's mission to provide the latest information about the state of skills demand and supply, the webinar will provide insights into the current state of skill mismatches.

Hosted by IER and moderated by Terence Hogarth, the online event takes place on Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 hours GMT. It consists of three expert presentations with opportunities for questions. Book your ticket here.

Event: Job quality of university graduates in South Korea

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT

IER’s Dr Sangwoo Lee presented one of his recent research papers at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) Seminar on 23 January 2024. This paper, co-authored with Prof Francis Green at UCL, examines trends in job quality, the gender job quality disparity and the job quality premium.

Event: Trends in the development of Public Employment Service Delivery Models

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:30:00 GMT

On 23rd January 2024 Eamonn Davern made a presentation in IER entitled 'Trends in the development of Public Employment Service Delivery Models'.

Study tour of careers centre managers from Egyptian universities

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:50:00 GMT

IER was formally invited by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to organise, facilitate and escort a delegation of Careers Centre Managers from Egyptian universities as part of a formal Study Tour in England.