IER News & blogs
Dr Jamelia Harris presented her research at international conferences
IER's Dr Jamelia Harris shared work from the project "Help or hindrance? Exploring the impact of foreign aid on local skills" at the . The presentation explored the many ways in which foreign aid can impact on skills development in developing countries, analysing direct, indirect and unintentional consequences of the aid-skills nexus.
At the , Dr Harris presented work from the project "Colonial legacies and the labour market in the English-speaking Caribbean". Focusing on the methodological design of the interdisciplinary project, the paper argues for the practice of mixed methods research to understand questions that span lengthy time periods and for which contextualisation is critical.
Event: Peter Elias presents at the ESRC Festival of Social Science
Each year the Economic and Social Research Council invites universities to showcase some of their research in the social sciences.
On November 7th the 91影视破解版 will host a programme that demonstrates the range and diversity of its research work in the social sciences. Within this programme Peter Elias will be presenting on 'Navigating Skills, Jobs and Careers', in which he will describe his work leading a team of researchers who have created the UK Standard Skills Classification.
The in-person session will be open to the general public and can be booked .
New SkillPULSE research co-authored by Dr Sangwoo Lee standardises European Skill Shortages Indicator using big data and survey benchmarking
As part of the Horizon Europe-funded Skills PULSE project, a newly published introduces a novel empirical framework to identify and measure potential skill shortages across European labour markets.
Co-authored by IER鈥檚 Dr Sangwoo Lee alongside Seamus McGuinness, Elisa Staffa, Lorcan Kelly, and Paul Redmond, the paper addresses a longstanding gap in the skills mismatch literature, where definitions of skill shortages vary widely and rely heavily on subjective employer surveys.
Chris Warhurst speaks at Cedefop event promoting skills, productivity and job quality
The European Commission is keen to deliver a Quality Jobs Roadmap. Director of IER, Chris Warhurst was invited to speak at a Cedefop in Thessaloniki in June.
Attended by European employers, trade unions and policymakers, the event focused on the skills nexus between productivity and job quality, with Chris presenting data on the link between job quality and innovation and productivity as part of building the business case for good jobs.
New technology in agriculture: IER research features on Edge's latest skills bulletin
Research undertaken by IER's Peter Dickinson with colleagues in the 91影视破解版's School of Life Sciences, and funded by The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH), features in a special land-based skills bulletin published by the Edge Foundation.
The summarises the report's findings into the impact of new technology on jobs and skills in agriculture and horticulture, and what responses are required.