Library
Links and summaries of leading future of work research and articles from around the web.
Viewing entries tagged
social mobility
The world currently faces difficulties securing human capital, enabling social mobility and enhancing societal resilience – issues that are likely to increase with a growing and ageing global population.
Meanwhile, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions are accelerating the shift towards greener economies and greater energy independence. This white paper by the World Economic Forum explores the role that social and green jobs can play in addressing these challenges.
The institute for the future of work explains that deriving benefits from technology adoption for businesses and workers is in large part dependent on approaches to design and deployment. There is growing evidence that new technologies could have significant social and material impacts on work, job quality and ultimately wider society.
This International Labour Organisation flagship report details the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the world of work.
The International Labour Organisation calls for resilient occupational safety and health systems for future emergencies; they’re saying better national occupational safety and health policies, institutional and regulatory frameworks are needed that are also integrated into a crisis response.
Microsoft offers a view on new research into the pandemic’s impact on work practices and how this has changed the world of work as we know it, long-term.
In the 16th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks report, the analysis centres on the risks and consequences of widening inequalities and societal fragmentation. In some cases, disparities in health outcomes, technology, or workforce opportunities are the direct result of the dynamics the pandemic created.
In this report, AILawHub explain that serious gaps still remain in the social and technical infrastructures required for effective AI in many workplace settings and offer a series of recommendations on how to address these gaps.
Digital and artificial intelligence technologies will likely have a substantial economic and social impact. Governments can act now to create shared prosperity and better lives for all citizens, reports McKinsey.
This report by McKinsey & Company explores how economic outcomes and the relationship between individuals and institutions have shifted for workers, consumers, and savers in advanced economies.
This report by the RSA makes a pertinent note that the underlying absence from the future of work is the human experience. Being too centred on ‘machines’ makes the discourse become dehumanised and imbued with tech determinism, while at the same time remaining too abstract for anyone to know what to do.
