Excited to have given evidence at the Work & Pensions inquiry this week. R4All leads research into how remote working can provide sustainable work for disabled and/or neurodivergent people. #remoteworking ⁦Coventry University⁩ ⁦Digital Futures at Work Research Centre⁩

This week, Dr Christine Grant (Dr Christine Grant) gave oral evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee’s disability employment inquiry, which drew on findings from Dr Grant’s Digit Innovation Fund project, Remote for All.

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Economic and Social Research Council

📄 NEW DIGIT POLICY BRIEF

Professor Simon Deakin and Kamelia Pourkermani explore the economic impacts of labour laws.

Their analysis uses a dataset which tracks changes in legislative protection for workers around the world from 1970 to now.

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Fantastic expert roundtable this morning co-hosted by Digital Futures at Work Research Centre, with opening remarks from Justin Madders MP, showcasing new research from Simon Deakin, Prof. of Law at Cambridge, looking at how labour laws across 117 countries in past 50 years have impacted economic performance.

Please to participate tomorrow in an ILO-ILERA event on labour insights after the pandemic organized by Prof Rae Cooper

✍️NEW BLOG!

Will digitalisation of work worsen caste inequalities in India?

Sudipa Sarkar and colleagues discuss their research into the possible impact of technological change on caste inequalities in India.

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Packed Committee Room in the House of Lord for the APPG on the #FutureOfWork yesterday, with an expert panel discussing #productivity ... and our Disruption Index report, described by Professor Philip McCann as 'a radical reframing of Levelling Up': ifow.org/publications/b…

Join us tomorrow online or in person for an exciting event with speakers engaging in research in different parts of the food ecosystem - hopefully it starts an interesting conversation! Work & Equalities Institute

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The dark side of social media influencer work

Michael Beverland discusses his research into how social media influencers monetise their lifestyles.

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We had a fantastic visit this week from Norway’s DIGIT research school.

The school represents a collaboration between seven Norwegian universities, one research institute and six partners from the public and private sectors.

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Six ways that AI will shape the future role of HR professionals

Maarten Renkema, Wil Hunt and Andy Charlwood discuss their research.

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My #weekend began w Digital Futures at Work Research Centre advisory board Eversheds Sutherland discussg #research on #AI #technologies #FutureOfWork #discrimination etc. Clear UK #DigitalWorkMatters ecosystem is fragmented and without clear #vision . Needs this research to inform #Labour #policy

Excited to announce that IFOW is partnering with Digital Futures at Work Research Centre for 2024. We will be working to support their policy engagement activities over the final year of their current five-year research programme. More info here:

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The Institute for the Future of Work (IFOW) has joined the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre as a new partner for 2024.

The IFOW will support our policy engagement activities over the final year of our current five-year research programme.

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Ahead of the seminar tomorrow - excited to read about proposed bill on Zero rating of access to NHS and Government websites #digitalexclusion #digitalbydefault
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In case you missed it earlier, we have published a major new study today for our Nuffield Foundation funded Pissarides Review that reveals in greater depth than before how exposure to new technologies such as AI and wearables is impacting workers' #wellbeing : ifow.org/publications/w…

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What tourism content creators tell us about the future of work

Stephanie Garrison and Claire Wallace discuss the implications of the 'orbital work' undertaken by travel content creators.

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Great to be able to share these findings from the Remote4All project thank you to everyone who took part and our funders Digital Futures at Work Research Centre Eworklife