The Pissarides Review in the Future of Work and WellbeingEnsuring automation technologies build a better future of work in the UK
Ensuring automation technologies build a future of better work in the UK
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 technological disruption is unevenly distributed, with a disproportionate impact on demographic groups in lower pay jobs.
The Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and wellbeing will research the impacts of technological transformation on work and wellbeing, and analyse how these are differently distributed between socio-demographic groups and geographical communities in the UK.
The Review is a three-year collaboration between the Institute for the Future of Work, Imperial College London, and Warwick Business School. It is funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Themes
The work of the Review will encompass seven inter-linked research themes:
Labour markets
Understanding of the nature and trajectory of technological disruption in the UK on the labour market.
Firms
Providing new insight into the factors that influence decisions around automating technologies at the firm level, and the impact on workers.
Place
Understanding the disparities between groups and communities across the country from the effects of technological transformation.
Health and wellbeing
Exploring the relationship between labour market change and work, health, and wellbeing outcomes.
Public institutions
Designing new policies and strategies to address disadvantages and alleviate the risks of automation.
Inequalities
Exploring how technological disruption in work, overlaid by the pandemic, is affecting inequalities.
Worker skills and resilience
Understanding how to support individual worker capabilities and resilience through technological transformation.
How can we work together to understand and build a future of work in which communities are resilient and inequalities are reduced?
