IER News & blogs
Public procurement as a policy tool
A recently published book chapter (in German) by IER's Dr Katharina Sarter explores the role of public procurement as a policy tool for promoting gender equality. Book details are available via the publisher's website.
How can public services face a changing world?
Together with Dr Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey from the University of York, IER's Dr Katharina Sarter published a contribution that examines the changing environment that public services face and the approaches public services take to adapt to a changing environment.
Platformisation of work

In collaboration with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), Dr Sally Wright co-authored a report on platformisation of work in Europe.
The provides a first approximation to the emerging phenomenon of , with an empirical analysis of data from the new JRC Algorithmic Management and Platform Work survey (AMPWork) in Spain and Germany.
New Policy Brief on Industry 5.0
The European Commission recently established a new unit to promote Industry 5.0.
IER Director, Chris Warhurst, along with his TNO colleague Prof. Steven Dhondt has just published a from the Beyond 4.0 research project that examines why Industry 5.0 is needed as an industrial strategy in Europe and how it can be made to happen.
The Skills Imperative 2035 projections at national, regional and sub-regional level
National, regional and sub regional level labour market and skills projections to 2035 have now been published as part of the with additional funding from the Department for Education (DfE) for the sub-regional analysis.