How has lockdown-driven working from home changed how people want to work? How are organisations learning from this massive disruption to their expectations? This event provides insights about the future of work post Covid-19, based on the findings from Work After Lockdown project funded by UKRI/ESRC and conducted by the University of Southampton in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies and Half the Sky.

Working closely with practice and policy communities to ensure that their concerns are reflected in the research, the project investigators have walked alongside case study organisations and individuals over the course of 18 months, collecting a combination of qualitative and quantitative data documenting their experiences of this major period of workforce change. The event will share their lockdown learnings, and their applied implications, for both HRM practice and for work organisation.

Work After Lockdown report

Work After Lockdown policy briefing

Speakers:

Dr Jane Parry, University of Southampton

Dr Jane Parry is an Associate Professor of Work and Employment and Director of the Centre for Research on Work and Organisations in Southampton Business School. Her applied research looks at how employment, careers and work organisation are changing, and how HRM and policy spheres can respond. Jane recently sat on the BEIS working group on The Future of Work, and in 2021 was the highest-ranking academic in HR Magazine’s influential thinkers list. A former parliamentary academic fellow for the Parliamentary Office on Science and Technology, Jane undertook research there looking at skills development in policy careers. She leads the cross-institutional UKRI/ESRC-funded project Work After Lockdown.

Dr Zoe Young, Half the Sky

Dr Zoe Young is the founder and director of work design consultancy Half the Sky. Author of Women’s Work, which was BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, she is an applied sociologist and consultant to large complex organisations advising on flexible working and inclusion strategies. Her research interests include work design for equality, productivity and work-life flexibility, and the gender impacts of employment policies and workplace practices. Zoe is Co-I on Work after Lockdown, and previously she and Jane have worked together for the Centre for Ageing Better and Business in the Community, conducting research on age-friendly workplaces, research that has led to several pilot interventions.

Timings:

18:30 - Start of the session

19:30 - Closing

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