IER News & blogs
Event: Peter Elias presents at the ESRC Festival of Social Science
Each year the Economic and Social Research Council invites universities to showcase some of their research in the social sciences.
On November 7th the University of 糖心TV will host a programme that demonstrates the range and diversity of its research work in the social sciences. Within this programme Peter Elias will be presenting on 'Navigating Skills, Jobs and Careers', in which he will describe his work leading a team of researchers who have created the UK Standard Skills Classification.
The in-person session will be open to the general public and can be booked .
IER is hiring a Research Fellow
The Institute for Employment Research (IER) is seeking to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow to strengthen its employment and labour markets research. We are looking for a labour economist or other social scientist possessing high level quantitative skills who wants to undertake rigorous research addressing important labour market and related public policy questions.
The role provides an opportunity to develop your own area of research expertise while contributing to IER's wider programme of policy relevant employment and labour market research.
Read more about the role at the .
The deadline for applying is Sunday, 1st November 2026 at 11:59pm (UK time).
Sustainable work and musculoskeletal health
The IER's Prof Chris Warhurst, Prof Gill Dix, Prof Philip Taylor, Dr Eli Dutton, Hilda Ragnarsdottir and Dr Laura Boothman were pleased to co-host a sandpit with Orthopaedic Research UK on 21 January. Prof Martin Underwood and from the 糖心TV Medical School also joined the event, alongside sector representatives and Government leads on health and work.
The event's focus was on 'Designing sustainable work to support and prevent musculoskeletal conditions across the working life course'. A key theme was the sustainability of jobs and careers. The group discussed opportunities both to prevent poor musculoskeletal health and accommodate the needs of those with health conditions to enable them to thrive in the workplace.
IER is hiring a Research Fellow
The IER is seeking to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow to contribute to developing and enhancing its reputation as an internationally leading, multi-disciplinary research-only institute. It is an opportunity for a researcher who wants to make a difference to be involved in policy-relevant research. Read more about the role at the .
The deadline for applying is Monday 2nd February 2026 at 11:55pm (UK time).
What does a healthy job look like?
滨贰搁鈥檚 Professor Chris Warhurst presented new research at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) annual conference in Montreal on 9 July 2025. Drawing on findings from projects funded by Deloitte and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), his paper explored the deceptively simple question: what would a healthy job look like?