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In February IER Director, Chris Warhurst, was an invited speaker at in the in Riyadh. It is a new, annual event involving the World Bank, ILO and United Nations, global trade union organisations and C-suite business leaders. Chris participated in two sessions, the first a presidential style ‘gloves off’ debate about skills and AI and the second presenting IER’s work on green jobs and a just transition.

Achieving a Just Transition to Net Zero is one of the defining challenges of modern times. At IER, we're excited to be part of the newly announced Just-Systems project, funded by UKRI and led by the University of Aberdeen.

Researchers from IER participated in the 6th at the University of Manchester's Work and Equalities Institute, presenting two papers co-authored with colleagues from IER and the GIG OSH project.

Professor Trine Larsen and Dr Emily Erickson represented IER at the launch of Work-Net International aims to connect research centres and institutes across the globe, providing a platform for collaboration and mutual support. IER looks forward to collaborating with colleagues forming part of the network to develop research, network, and support impact activities.

As part of a drafting group formed of international experts, IER's Dr E. Katharina Sarter contributed to the development of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Guidelines on green and sustainable procurement of Public-Private Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals, which were recently endorsed. The new outline key concepts and considerations for green and sustainable procurement, showcasing promising approaches and examples of good practice.