IER News & blogs
An inclusive approach to measuring green jobs in Scotland
A new from IER identifies a greening of the labour market in Scotland. Working with colleagues from Strathclyde University, IER has developed a new green Standard Occupational Classification ('GreenSOC') to help define, identify and measure green jobs in Scotland.
Skills for the future of work
IER's Dr Sally Wright co-wrote a blog with Dr Michael Kohlgr眉ber from Dortmund TU University on skills for the future of work, drawing on insights from the project.
Find out more about future (digital) skills requirements on the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung Athens' website.
New UK labour market projections to 2035 released
IER and Cambridge Econometrics have produced new UK labour market and occupational projections to 2035 as part of the Nuffield funded Skills Imperative 2035 Programme led by the National Foundation for Educational Research ().
These projections, led by Professor Rob Wilson, update and extend the Working Futures reports produced just before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Understanding the Equality Impact of Public Procurement
A new article published by Dr Katharina Sarter examines the equality impact of public procurement regulations and practices.
With a focus on purchasing practices and their regulation, the article examines the way in which cursorily neutral practices and proactive measures together shape the equality impact of public procurement practices.
Quality (and lack) of employment linked to mental health-related disability
A new was published in the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health by Rebeka Balogh, Sudipa Sarkar, Chris Warhurst and colleagues at Interface Demography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Karolinska Institute.
The article examines the link between types of employment trajectories and Belgium workers having a subsequent registered disability from mental health.