What we do
People-centred technology
At IFOW, we believe that innovation and social good can advance together. Our Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing affirmed that this is possible when human experience is put at the centre of processes of technology adoption.
To deliver this, good governance has to go hand in hand with innovation. This is why we are modelling good practice and the regulation of AI that protects human agency and promotes sustainable growth through this period of fast-paced technological transformation.
Programmes
Shaping labour market transitions
We are interrogating labour market transitions and the different impacts that these have on individuals and groups, communities and regions.
Good work for wellbeing
We are exploring the links between work and wellbeing, and the role good work can play in boosting wellbeing and building resilience through transition.
Best-practice guidance for businesses introducing new technologies
A project in partnership with the Carnegie Trust and the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) to develop best-practice guidance for businesses as they introduce technology to advance good work.
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Knowledge Hub Good Work Shelf
This shelf explores why and how Good Work is central to the wellbeing and flourishing of individuals and communities across the country.
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The Future of Work and Wellbeing: The Pissarides Review
Researching the impacts of automation on work and wellbeing, and analysing how these are differently distributed between socio-demographic groups and geographical communities in the UK.
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APPG on the Future of Work
IFOW are the Strategic Research Partner for the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Future of Work, chaired by David Davis MP & Lord Jim Knight.
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Good Work Monitor
Our Good Work Monitor maps the relationships between conditions for good work and health at a local level to guide the development of public health and industrial strategies.
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The Good Work Charter
The Good Work Charter is an organising framework for policy-orientation and practice designed to encourage commitment and fresh-thinking from government and business about the fundamental components of good work.
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A better future for work: the world after COVID-19
We are at a critical juncture. Time and again in history, sudden short-term jolts have changed our collective response to slower transformations, shaping their effects on our future.
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