IER News & blogs
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?
Measuring the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs at the organisation level
This by , Sudipa Sarkar and Chris Warhurst proposes a methodology based on the use of bespoke employer surveys. Drawing on a new and unique survey of UK business leaders, it illustrates the utility of this approach through the presentation of descriptive findings on the association between introduction of AI and job creation and destruction within organisations.
Good jobs and the green economy
In March, Director of IER, Chris Warhurst, was invited to give evidence to the Building Back Better Inquiry of the .
He presented evidence focused on the opportunities to create good jobs within the green economy and outlined the framework of a plan to do so.