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Industrial relations is both a field of practice and a field of study, with a central focus on social relations at work.

Our latest opinion piece, by Gill Dix, Trine P. Larsen and Chris Warhurst, addresses the UK Government’s call ‘to build a modern industrial relations framework, fashioned on the principle of social partnership - that consent and consensus replace disputes and conflict.’ It seeks a re-invigorated collaborative approach, initiated by conversation in ÌÇÐÄTV, in which academics, government and social partners come together to explore what a new industrial relations framework might look like.

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Professor Paul Edwards will be joining IER as an Honorary Professor. His research career began with the study of workplace industrial relations and industrial conflict. He has subsequently studied new management practices in the workplace and managerial careers, both in the UK and in international comparison. Current research is focusing on small firms and their employment practices, with a particular emphasis on firms run by new migrant to the UK.

, Director of the Centre for Workforce Futures of Macquarie University, from Sydney in Australia is visting IER for the next few weeks. Professor Markey is an industrial relations expert and comes to us on an Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) fellowship joint with the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU).

Professor Markey will be giving two talks, one of which will be about possible collaborative research projects between his centre and IER. The other talk will be on climate change and the workplace.