What we do

Good transitions

We are navigating and improving transitions through fast-paced change, driven by new technologies and shaped by people. Work is a lens and site for societal change.

Good transitions goes beyond building people’s skills. It is also about building capabilities – the resilience and resources we need to be able to make best use of our skills in pursuing the future of work that we desire.

Case Studies

Skills and Capabilites in the UK workforce

As part of our Pissarides Review, we surveyed 5000 UK employees to better understand the distribution of skills and capabilities in the workforce, and the impacts of workplace technologies on job quality.

Motivating Futures

In partnership with the EY Foundation, we developed a Future Work Lab to explore how motivation can help young people from low-income backgrounds access better jobs.

Equality and AI

To understand why equality is important in debates about the future of work we must understand how technology itself works and drives different outcomes for different groups.
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Promoting equality through the age of automation

The Institute for the Future of Work Presents: Promoting equality through the age of automation.
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The Amazonia Era - The gigification of work

We are living through a new transformation of work. We are living in an Amazonian Era...
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IFOW supports new union guidance on Data Protection

Prospect Union has published new guidance to help ensure members are involved and consulted about the use of personal data at work.
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Equality Task Force

Our Equality Taskforce explores the adverse impacts of data-driven technologies and how to tackle them through the age of automation.
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Artificial Intelligence in hiring

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) presents risks to equality, potentially embedding bias and discrimination. Our cutting-edge research into AI in hiring found tools designed to prevent workplace inequality do not work.
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