Observatory on AI and Work in the Digital Economy.
Observatory on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Work in the Digital Economy.Recently launched by ILO. It will focus on aspects of AI and the workplace. Four key areas defined by the website will include: It provides free access to ILO research papers, podcasts reports and data.
Fair Reward framework
The Fair Reward Framework (FRF) was created by Church of England Pensions Board and Brunel Pension Partnership, in partnership with the High Pay Centre. It enables researchers to cross-compare the pay policies and practices of 65 FTSE 100 companies with the remainder of the index to follow. The assessments cover 30 indicators of fair pay […]
Global Health and Care Worker Policy Lab
Created in April by the World Health Organization and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, this resource aims to provide free access to legal texts, international and national instruments covering global health. It covers occupational health, working conditions, protection relating to whistle blowing and protection against violence for health […]
Women’s history month: Europeana online exhibitions
Europeana online exhibitions and blogs covering women’s history themes. The essays feature images of material items from Europe’s national libraries. They include national collections and biographies of individuals such as Josephine Baker, Charlotte Bronte, Miriam Makeba and Queen Elizabeth II.
The UK Insecure Work Index 2024
The latest annual index from the Work Foundation shows that, in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work, an increase of 500,000 from 2022. This represents just over one in five workers in the UK. Look at different sectors and age groups. Full methodology provided on the website
Community bank
Dave Fishwick speaks to Radio 4’s Gap Finders about his community bank Burnley Savings and Loans. Listen on BBC Sounds or Box of Broadcasts (both available in the UK only). Dave and his project are also the subject of the Netflix film Bank of Dave, available on subscription. “People who rob banks go to prison, […]
The Beer Game: supply and demand chains
The Beer Game was invented in the 1960s by Jay Forrester at MIT. The game was designed to teach about supply and demand chains . Users are required to balance these and keep inventories. IIOM, has a free multiplayer version of the online beer game, here >>and a single player version here >> You have to […]
Indigenous Studies Portal
The I-Portal: Indigenous Studies Portal was launched in 2006 at the University of Saskatchewan. Its primary focus is on indigenous peoples of Canada with a secondary focus on indigenous peoples of the United States, Australia, Aotearoa – New Zealand, and other areas of the world. There are now over 71,000 records many with free full […]
Leadership in the Arts and cultural industries
Clore leadership library This online Research Library is a collated repository, making publicly available the research projects completed by Clore Leadership Fellows. These receive funding to pursue research related to creative leadership in the arts, culture, and creative sectors. There are over 80 examples of innovative practice including case studies. Examples of topics covered include:
ILO Research Repository
The ILO Research Repository provides free access to over 20,000 publications, mostly published since 2000. They include flagship reports, major publications, research studies and journal articles from the International Labour Review and International Journal of Labour Research , working papers, training materials, guides, manuals and briefs. The repository also features the profiles of researchers actively […]
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