About us

The Institute for the Future of Work is an independent socio-technical research and development institute dedicated to transforming working lives for good. We are an interdisciplinary team of social scientists, technologists, communicators and policy experts.

Co-founded by former employment barrister Anna Thomas MBE, Nobel prize-winning economist Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides and technologist Naomi Climer CBE, we work at the intersections of governance, civil society and industry to build a future in which everyone flourishes in work they shape.

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Who we are

Our vision: a future in which everyone flourishes in work they shape
Work remains critical to our individual and collective flourishing, and will continue to do so - even through this latest wave of technological transformation.

Our mission: to understand together how to transform working lives for good
Whilst technological change is inevitable, the impact that technology has on work is not - it is something that we must understand and work out together.

Our focus: the people and communities whose working lifes are most sharply affected by technological change
We have a particular focus on those whose working lives are already most at risk, and are least likely to be able benefit from opportunities that these changes bring.

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