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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 24/09/2026
Do join us on Tuesday for a webinar launching fantastic new reports on the impacts of #hybrid work on #wellbeing. We know that working hybrid can promote autonomy... but it can also lead to intensification and extensification of work - and do so unequally. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-fle...
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Making Flex Fair: Hybrid Work, Wellbeing, and Good Work Design
Hybrid work can offer autonomy and access to good work, but also longer hours and more intense days. So how can we Make Flex Fair?
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 23/09/2026
In this blog, IFOW Head of Social Research Dr Magdalena Soffia explores the implications of these findings for how technological change must be anticipated, monitored and managed by our institutions.
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Building good work in the age of AI - IFOW
Why anticipatory governance, rights and worker voice matter
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 23/09/2026
📣 Our latest research examines how the benefits and risks of automation are unevenly distributed across demographic groups, occupational grades, firms and sectors.
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Governing the Innovation Ecosystem: How Perceived Rights and Worker Voice Shape the Distribution of Risk and Benefit - IFOW
New research exploring how workers' perceived rights and representation impact automation outcomes.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 17/09/2026
Join IFOW on Tuesday for new research exploring how workers' differing levels of perceived rights and access to representation are impacting automation outcomes - from increased autonomy to greater surveillance and intensification... 📅 Tuesday 22nd September 🕣 12:00-13:00 Sign-up below.
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Governing AI for Good Work: Rights, Worker Voice and Fair Labour Markets
Join IFOW as we launch new research on how the perceived rights and representation mechanisms of workers impact automation outcomes.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 09/09/2026
Good work matters from the very start of working life. 👇 New research reveals that first jobs that build young people’s confidence and skills to take on greater responsibility can lead to higher earnings later in their careers - but access to those jobs remains sharply unequal.
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The first rung: How the experience of a first job shapes what comes next - Social Market Foundation. The First Rung: How Your First Job Shapes Your Career - Social Market Foundation.
SMF research finds first jobs that build confidence boost earnings by 24% by one's mid-30s, but access to the best pathways is far from equal.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 09/09/2026
What job adverts don't you get to see? New blog from EHRC on hidden biases in job ad recommendations👇
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The job adverts you don’t get to see
Hidden biases, hidden jobs - and what online platforms must do now By Claire Lesko; AI Compliance Lead, Equality and Human Rights Commission Have you ever wondered why the job adverts you see on socia...
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 08/09/2026
Our research reveals how core skills and capabilities help young people develop the critical thinking, communication and creativity needed to navigate changing labour markets, as our Associate Director Kester Brewin recently emphasised to an evidence session of the Education Select Committee:
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 08/09/2026
'We live in a world of AI - and that makes reading more important, not less important.’ This was teacher and principal Emma Butler on R4 today, responding to new OECD research revealing that global literacy levels are declining, amid concerns about the impact of AI on education.
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PISA 2025: Students’ reading and mathematics performance declined sharply across the OECD
Student performance across OECD countries has continued to decline, reaching the lowest average ever recorded by the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in mathematics and readi...
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 03/09/2026
Our research with communities in Grimsby found that the barriers to green work are often practical: understanding what green jobs involve, getting responses from employers, accessing relevant training and information, and knowing how to take that first step without conventional experience.
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Flourish - Good Green Training and Work in Grimsby - IFOW
Increasing numbers in good green training and jobs in Grimsby
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 03/09/2026
Net zero can still feel like “something happening over there” or “beyond the horizon” for people in Grimsby and other coastal regions experiencing a renewable energy transition. This point was made by IFOW Director Oliver Nash and Grimsby MP Melanie Onn at this morning's launch of a new report:
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Second wind • Resolution Foundation
Net zero is touted as a way to regenerate local economies and cushion industrial decline, as well as delivering cheap energy. Aberdeen and Grimsby show that it cannot do all three in every place that ...
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 02/09/2026
Oliver will draw on in-depth IFOW research in Grimsby, which identified the barriers preventing local people from accessing emerging green opportunities and good work. Read the report here:
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Flourish - Good Green Training and Work in Grimsby - IFOW
Increasing numbers in good green training and jobs in Grimsby
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 02/09/2026
What does the net zero transition mean for jobs, skills and living standards in the places at the heart of the UK’s green economy? ⏰ Tomorrow, join IFOW Director Oliver Nash, Melanie Onn MP, and the Resolution Foundation, to explore what net zero means for the UK's towns and industrial strategy.
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Re-industrialising the North? • Resolution Foundation
The UK’s net zero transition will have a major impact on our industrial mix and labour market. While the majority of new ‘green jobs' are likely to be spread thinly across the UK, some local areas – p...
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 01/09/2026
Fair conditions are at the heart of good work, alongside fair pay, autonomy, dignity and more. See the Good Work Charter here: www.ifow.org/publications... Below, the Resolution Foundation explores what the Government’s planned reforms to zero-hours contracts could mean for millions of workers.
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Zero to hero? • Resolution Foundation
Charlie McCurdy looks at the Government’s plan to end exploitative zero-hours contracts Right now, workers on variable-hours contracts shoulder the risks of unpredictable hours (and income), even as t...
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 24/08/2026
Our research for the Mayor of London’s AI & Jobs Taskforce highlights the need to look beyond AI exposure alone to understand how technology is changing tasks, skills, transitions and pathways into work.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 24/08/2026
Graduate vacancies have halved over the past year, according to job website Adzuna, with AI and rising costs cited as potential factors in this decrease.
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Graduate job vacancies drop by almost 50% in a year, survey suggests
Job site Adzuna said the number of graduate vacancies was the lowest since 2016
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 20/08/2026
Public procurement is one of government’s most significant economic levers. New Social Value Model reforms put good jobs at the heart of procurement, with a 10% weighting from £1m and 20% from £5m, creating new opportunities for Mayors to connect spending with labour market evidence and good work.
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Making good work count in public procurement - IFOW
IFOW helped put good work at the heart of public procurement. Now, the Social Value Model creates new opportunities for Mayors.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 17/08/2026
We're delighted that IFOW Founding Director Anna Thomas MBE will be speaking at the Oxford Generative AI Summit again this year. Early bird tickets are almost gone. More details here: www.oxgensummit.org/speakers/ann...
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 13/08/2026
🎉 Congratulations to all young people receiving results today! Our research shows that building better pathways into good work for young people means helping them understand their motivations and values, navigate opportunities, and develop the capabilities to thrive in a changing labour market.
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Channelling Motivations - IFOW
Find out about the work IFOW has been doing in partnership with the EY Foundation to help young people from low-income backgrounds access good work in this age of technological transformation.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 13/08/2026
Our Creative Industries and AI: Good Work Research Report, produced with music and audio industry unions and freelancers’ associations, explores the risks of displacement and financial loss - and also captures the less visible moral, emotional and reputational harms experienced by creative workers.
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Creative Industries and GenAI: Good Work Research report - IFOW
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 13/08/2026
Greater transparency through labels and AI credits is a positive start. But Spotify’s move also highlights the wider changes GenAI is bringing to creative work, from job displacement to other issues around the unauthorised reproduction of artists’ names, likenesses and styles.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 13/08/2026
🎵 Spotify is introducing AI Persona labels for AI-generated artist profiles from September and will remove AI Personas from editorial and algorithmic recommendations by default. The move follows the meteoric rise and backlash against the AI-generated ‘band’ The Velvet Sundown.
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Spotify to introduce AI badge after fans make feelings 'clear'
The new feature, starting from mid-September, will tell listeners if an artist is AI-generated.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 07/08/2026
Around 60% of surveyed London employers report substantial use of approved generative AI tools, while informal "shadow AI" is also widespread. But governance, workforce engagement and training are developing much more slowly than adoption itself.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 06/08/2026
The strongest evidence is not of jobs disappearing - but of work being redesigned. London's creative industries are seeing changes in demand and production, while professional services are redesigning knowledge work. The strongest evidence is of tasks and roles changing - not widespread job losses.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 05/08/2026
London is comparatively well placed to adapt to AI - but its resilience is unevenly shared. Around 600,000 Londoners work in occupations with high AI exposure and lower adaptive capacity. This is not a forecast of job losses, but it does identify where targeted support may be most needed.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 04/08/2026
London has the highest average AI exposure of any UK region - but exposure is not the same as vulnerability. Our evidence introduces a new measure of adaptive capacity, showing that AI risk depends not just on technology, but on workers' ability to adapt.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 03/08/2026
Following three months of evidence gathering for the Mayor of London’s AI & Jobs Taskforce, we’ll be sharing key findings from IFOW’s research over the next week - moving beyond speculation and headlines to understand how AI is really changing work in the capital.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 03/08/2026
AI is already reshaping work in London gradually and unevenly. However, the impact will be determined not by technology alone, but by the choices employers, workers and institutions make now.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 31/07/2026
📣 Our last newsletter before a summer pause is here. Read below for the latest evidence on how AI is reshaping jobs in London, what the new Prime Minister's focus on devolution and innovation could mean for the future of work, and a selection of summer reads for the new government...
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July Newsletter - Devolution and Innovation - IFOW
AI Taskforce(s) and IFOW's summer reads
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 30/07/2026
The Ofgem consultation on reforms to data centre connection demand, and how to support a more efficient grid network, is here: www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation...
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Proposed data centre connection reforms
We are consulting on our reforms to demand connections to manage the fast growth of data centres and support a more efficient network.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 30/07/2026
Good to see the maturing of the conversation around what AI 'means' in terms of deeper infrastructure, impacts on grid load - and local people. Getting AI 'right' isn't just about use, it has to be about the full system architecture being designed for good. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Data centres could pay hundreds of millions in deposits for power demands
The regulator said a fee of between £237,500 to £712,500 per megawatt should be charged for upcoming projects.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 27/07/2026
So much of this set out brilliantly by @clemicollett.bsky.social in the report we supported, 'Generative AI and the Novel' - which goes far beyond the novel itself to understand the delicate ecosystems of literacy and creativity which we tamper with at our peril: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
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Impact of Generative AI on the Novel
A report examining how literary creatives being affected by GenAI and what measures they want see implemented by the government to protect the UK’s literary scene.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 27/07/2026
"The book trade is deeply split over how to handle a technology that some publishers and authors vow not to touch but which others identify as a huge opportunity that is already changing reading and listening habits." - Very good piece on #AI and #publishing: www.ft.com/content/6b52...
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The new premium product: books written by people
Some publishers think AI could not only help authors but replace them
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 27/07/2026
Wishing @katedeardenmp.bsky.social all success as she begins work, and very much look forward to doing all we can to offer insights and support for this really vital, cross-cutting role.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 27/07/2026
We are delighted to see the creation of a dedicated Minister of State for the Future of Work - something that we have called for for many years, and recommended in the Final Report of the Pisssarides Review, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org. Read the report here: www.ifow.org/publications...
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The Final Report of the Pissarides Review - IFOW
The culmination of three years research, we propose a new model of human-centred automation and a new socio-economic paradigm of Good Work
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 21/07/2026
Great to hear Baroness Martha Lane Fox on BBC World at One highlighting IFOW's research for the Mayor of London's AI and Jobs Taskforce. Responding to OECD reports that a majority of London jobs face risk, Fox drew on IFOW's Taskforce research to emphasise how AI is changing jobs, tasks and roles.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 21/07/2026
We're really proud to have supported the Taskforce in delivering the largest and most comprehensive evidence-gathering exercise on the impact of AI on employment in London, helping the Mayor better understand how AI is already reshaping work across the capital. Full evidence summary here:
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 21/07/2026
Today, the Mayor of London has accepted all the recommendations of the AI and Jobs Taskforce, following the publication of the Taskforce's report and evidence summary - backed by three months of research and engagement led by IFOW.
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Mayor backs £30m investment to help London shape the future of work—not wait for it
Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform London’s economy. But an AI ‘jobs apocalypse’ is not inevitable, and neither is a future in which technology benefits only a privileged few. That is the con...
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 17/07/2026
This was also central to the AI adoption panel at Making the Future Work. The panel explored not just how to adopt AI, but why, using good work design to consider the wider factors shaping adoption - from leadership and training to autonomy and dignity at work.
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Making the Future Work - The Adoption Challenge
YouTube video by Institute for the Future of Work
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 17/07/2026
As our research indicates, enabling successful and responsible AI adoption requires a greater focus on good work design and a reorientation of how we measure value creation - moving beyond 'efficiency traps' towards more people-centred approaches to adoption at work.
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Good Work Design and AI Adoption - Action Research in Eight Cross-Sector Case Studies - IFOW
Eight cross-sector case studies surface how work design is key to responsible AI adoption
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 17/07/2026
The conversation around AI adoption may be maturing, the FT reported this week, with organisations beginning to move beyond "tokenmaxxing", or measuring AI success primarily through usage metrics.
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Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired
Incentives to use new tools are changing as costs start to hit home
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 17/07/2026
This is the central message of a statement from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, signed by IFOW Co-Directors Anna Thomas MBE and Dr Abigail Gilbert. Read the full statement and list of signatories below:
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We Must Act Now
AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 17/07/2026
AI may become radically more powerful over the next decade, driving major economic transformation with significant risks and opportunities. Economists, policymakers and technology leaders must act now to build the incentives, guardrails and institutions needed to ensure it benefits society.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 16/07/2026
In particular, Oliver highlighted what our research shows about the changing skills landscape - from growing numbers of skills required within roles to the increase in employer demand for human-centric skills.
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Old Skills, New Skills - what is changing in the UK labour market? - IFOW
How is demand for skills changing in the UK? Using data from 2016 and 2022, this report reveals which sectors are experiencing most flux.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 16/07/2026
The world of work is changing rapidly. IFOW Associate Director Oliver Nash joined BBC Radio London to discuss how AI is reshaping jobs and skills - and why we need to focus on augmentation, not just replacement. Listen from 1:24:
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Eddie Nestor - Jim Davis sits in (14/07/2026) - BBC Sounds
The best topical guests and stories in London mixed with great music and your calls.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 08/07/2026
You will be able to watch the session from 230pm here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Business and Trade Committee
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 08/07/2026
"Artificial intelligence is already changing the world of work. The question is whether Britain is ready." Evidence from our work suggests that Britain's readiness is unevenly distributed, and that we must invest in institutional capacity to ensure that AI enhances both productivity and job quality.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 08/07/2026
Our Founding Director, Anna Thomas MBE, will be giving oral evidence this afternoon at the Business and Trade, as part of their inquiry into Artificial Intelligence, business and the future of the workforce. committees.parliament.uk/event/27250/...
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8 July 2026 - Artificial Intelligence, business and the future of the workforce - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
14:15 - The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 06/07/2026
What impact is AI having on employment, wages, and productivity? This is a question that many studies have explored, using different methodologies. We recently published a report aggregating these into a desk review, providing a comprehensive overview of the field: www.ifow.org/publications...
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Recent methodologies on AI and labour - a desk review - IFOW
Tool on two decades of methodologies used to analyse AI’s impact on employment, wages, and productivity.
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 03/07/2026
And #Grimsby: www.ifow.org/publications...
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Flourish - Good Green Training and Work in Grimsby - IFOW
Increasing numbers in good green training and jobs in Grimsby
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Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org · 03/07/2026
We have been working on improving access for young people into good green jobs, which is a huge growth sector in the UK economy. Have a look at our two Flourish reports. #Cornwall: www.ifow.org/publications...
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Flourish - Good Green Training and Work in Cornwall - IFOW
Increasing numbers in good green training and jobs in Cornwall
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