The Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing
About the Review
Automation technologies are transforming work, society and the economy in the UK in ways comparable to the Industrial Revolution. The adoption of these technologies has accelerated through the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of automation is unevenly distributed, with a disproportionate impact on demographic groups in lower pay jobs.
The Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing is exploring 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.
The Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing is an Institute for the Future of Work initiative, in partnership with Imperial College London and Warwick Business School. The Review is led by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides, and funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
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Labour markets
Understanding of the nature and trajectory of technological disruption in the UK on the labour market.
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Firms
Providing new insight into the factors that influence decisions around automating technologies at the firm level, and the impact on workers.
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Place and inequalities
Exploring how technological disruption in work is affecting inequalities and disparities between groups and communities across the country.
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Health and wellbeing
Exploring the relationship between labour market change and work, health, and wellbeing outcomes.
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Public institutions
Designing new policies and strategies to address disadvantages and alleviate the risks of automation.
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Worker skills and resilience
Understanding how to support individual worker capabilities and resilience through technological transformation.
“Our ground-breaking inquiry will examine the impacts of automation on the labour market, who is benefitting and who is being hit hardest by the disruption caused. We will examine which jobs will be displaced, where and how the displaced workers could be reemployed, how inequalities will develop and which communities will need policy support to adapt to these changes.”
Sir Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Laurate and Co-Chair of the Institute for the Future of Work
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