Explore the Hub by theme

Politics and perceptions of automation risk
Amazonian Era
Intensification
Algorithmic impact assessment
Green jobs
Good Work
Remote working
Design
Algorithms at work
Accountability
Equality
Skills
Automation and COVID-19
Workers in transition
Involvement
Alternative futures of work
Back to Hub
Knowledge Hub

Good Work

This shelf explores why and how Good Work is central to the wellbeing and flourishing of individuals and communities across the country. IFOW and others' research suggests that good work may also be central to meeting the toughest socio-economic challenges of the pandemic and to rebuild strong, resilient communities across the country. Good work is more than employment. It is work that promotes dignity, autonomy, equality; work that has fair pay and conditions; work where people are properly supported to develop their talents and have a sense of community. The principles of Good Work are set out in the Institute for the Future of Work’s Charter.

Good Work

Better Work Map

Identifying and mapping progression-focused initiatives across London and the rest of the UK.
Good Work

Job Quality Tools Library

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program developed this Job Quality Tools Library to support leaders working in a variety of fields related to economic opportunity to engage in practical action to improve jobs.
Good Work

The Good Work Monitor

IFOW's Good Work Monitor builds a detailed sub-regional map of access to good work across the country.
Good Work

Is an insecure job better for health than having no job at all?

Though previous research repeatedly found that being employed is better for health than having no job at all, evidence suggests that employment is not always beneficial for health.
Good Work

For better or for worse? Employee perceptions of job quality

This article looks at the relationship between flexible working practices and employee perceptions of job quality.
Good Work

The Case for Good Jobs

This paper by the economist Dani Rodrik looks at how labour market, industrial and technology policy can be aligned to prioritise and create 'good jobs'.
Good Work

Building a Good Jobs Economy

This paper explores public-private collaborations targeted at expanding productive employment opportunities: a strategy of 'building a good jobs economy'.
Good Work

Transforming Today’s Bad Jobs into Tomorrow’s Good Jobs

All eyes are on the impact that automation and machine learning will have on jobs. But futurists are ignoring the fact that work currently does not work for millions of workers.
Good Work

Can Good Work Solve the Productivity Puzzle?

This collection curated by Carnegie's Gail Irvine brings together new research, opinion and analysis from nearly 20 representatives of business, policy, trade unions and civil society from across the UK.
Good Work

Measuring Good Work: The final report of the Measuring Job Quality Working Group

The Carnegie-RSA Working Group on Measuring Job Quality considers the challenges of implementing national job quality measurements to follow up the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
Good Work

The Future of Work: Good work for all: CogX2021

Join IFOW Chair and Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides and Kate Bell to explore the importance of ‘good work’. Good work is central to the well-being and flourishing of individuals, communities, and the country.
Good Work

GOOD JOB? How our experience of work has changed over the past 30 years

The world of work has changed substantially over the past 30 years – from what job we do, to how we do it and what we get paid. These things matter for our job satisfaction – indeed our life satisfaction.
Good Work

Work experiences Changes in the subjective experience of work

This paper is the first to be published as part of the Lived Experience theme of The Economy 2030 Inquiry. It explores the subjective experience of work to provide a rounded picture of the changing realities of employment.

Sign up to our newsletter

Stay up to date with IFOW research, insights and events.

You can unsubscribe at anytime by clicking the link at the bottom of our emails or by emailing data@ifow.org.

Read our full privacy policy including how your information will be stored by clicking the link below.

Putting people first.

© IFOW 2025    -   Charity number 1180718   -
Privacy policy