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The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) said that casual employment has not increased in Australia for the past 18 years. Is that right?
Talk about the future of work is in the air these days, but will all the chatter lead to action and better living standards for tomorrow’s workers?
There are very few jobs that are can’t be done in principle by robots and artificial intelligence. What will you do when a robot takes your job?
Throughout history, whenever new technologies have emerged that change our means of production and ability to communicate they have tended to transform society. The rapid technological development of the…
In Australia, there are reports that up to half a million of existing jobs could be taken over by robotics or machines run by artificial intelligence. So with smarter computers taking on more of the work…
For many of us, smartphones and laptops have enabled an electronic untethering from physical and temporal limitations workplaces, creating the opportunity for greater flexibility to fit paid work in and…
The modern workplace is constantly evolving. The water cooler and the 9-to-5 grind are quickly becoming relics of the past; what is in store for the future? The Conversation has been running a series…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, Griffith University’s Olav Muurlink looks at how the mining industry is single-handly…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, Monash University’s Anne Bardoel looks at technology and the threat it poses to…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, QUT’s Alison McIntosh outlines the social, cultural and economic challenges posed…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, Monash University’s Veronica Sheen examines the consequences of the increasing…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, London Metropolitan University’s Frances Holliss looks at the growth of home-based…
Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, University of South Australia’s Barbara Pocock looks at the rise of freelance…
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate professor of work and employment, University of Southampton
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Community Information, University of Michigan
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Research Manager, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor of management, York University, Canada
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Workplace Futures Research Lead, Centre for the New Workforce, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University
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Architect and academic, London Metropolitan University
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Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, Yale University
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Senior Research Fellow in wellbeing at work, University of South Australia
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
