All events: research
Research Webinar
Constructing Worlds of Labour
This webinar, co-hosted by the University of Bremen and the ILO Research Department, will present and discuss the book Constructing Worlds of Labour. The event will explore global labour law standards as regulatory social policy, highlighting their...
ILO Live
Are doctors more effective when they use AI? Results from an experiment in Indonesia, Kenya and the Netherlands
AI for Good
2-day workshop
Artificial intelligence and jobs: An international workshop
This workshop will gather experts from the ILO, Renmin University, and partner institutions to examine how AI is transforming work, skills, and labour markets worldwide. Discussions will highlight both challenges and opportunities, drawing on...
Research Seminar
Cultivating Fields of Progress: Agriculture and the International Labour Organization, 1920s–1950s
This webinar presents 'Cultivating Fields of Progress', a new book on the ILO’s historical engagement with agricultural labour from the 1920s to the 1950s. A panel of experts will discuss how this overlooked history reshapes our understanding of...
Research Webinar
Long-Term Care Insurance Policy and Development of Elderly Care Enterprises in China
This webinar presents new evidence on how China’s Long-Term Care Insurance policy is fostering the growth of elderly care enterprises. It highlights the policy’s impact on business entry, survival, and labour demand, particularly in the health and...
Research Webinar
Patchworking data work: Supply chains of AI data production in China
Drawing from three years of ethnographic fieldwork, this talk will delve into the formation of dynamic supply chains of AI data production in China and explores its conceptual implications for understanding data work
Book launch
Temporary labour migration: Towards social justice?
This seminar will examine the key challenges, policy responses, and emerging trends in temporary labour migration, drawing on insights from diverse regions and academic perspectives. Experts will discuss pathways to advancing social justice and...
Research Webinar
Digital Technologies and Job Quality: Do Trade Unions Make a Difference? by Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne
This webinar will present findings from a major comparative study on how trade unions in the UK and Norway are navigating digitalisation across key sectors and workplaces.
Research Webinar
Algorithmic management in the workplace: New evidence from an OECD employer survey
This webinar explored the growing use of algorithmic management in firms across six countries, highlighting its benefits, risks, and policy challenges. Experts discussed key findings on efficiency gains, trust concerns, and the need for responsible...
Research Seminar
The Potential of Generative AI for Analyzing Large Textual Assets
This internal research webinar will explore how Generative AI can enhance the processing, organization, and accessibility of large textual datasets at the ILO. Using Labour Force Survey (LFS) questionnaires as a case study, we will discuss the...
Research Seminar
Disentangling the Greening of the Labour Market: The Role of Changing Occupations and Worker Flows
Exploring Germany's green employment growth (2012–2022): Insights from text-mining task data, worker flows, and the green transition's impact on vulnerable workers.
Book launch and discussion
Rethinking economic transformation for sustainable and inclusive development
ILO Live
James Bessen, Boston U.: What will AI do to our work?
AI for Good
ILO Live
David Autor, MIT: Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future
AI for Good
Book Launch
Making and Breaking Gender Inequalities in Work
A compelling global exploration of gender inequalities in work, revealing innovative solutions to bridge divides exposed by COVID-19 and reshape the future of equality in diverse labour systems.
Research Seminar
Allocation of female talent and cross-country productivity differences
Paper abstract: Cross-country disparities in labour productivity are more pronounced in agriculture than other sectors. I posit that the misallocation offemale talent between sectors distorts productivity and formalise a general equilibrium Roy...
Research Seminar
All that shines is not AI. Regulating algorithms at work
This seminar will focus on the implications of algorithmic management systems in the workplace, exploring their potential to deepen hierarchies or foster fairer work environments depending on regulatory frameworks. The speaker, Antonio Aloisi, will...
From Theory to Practice Webinar
Tripartism and compliance: The journey of the Fair Work Ombudsman in Australia
This 'From Theory into Practice' webinar, hosted by the ILO Research Department’s 'Improving Compliance with Labour Protection' research project, will explore the journey of the Fair Work Ombudsman in Australia.
ILO Live
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA: Negotiating AI in Hollywood- A conversation with the chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild
AI for Good
Research Seminar
The hidden human labour powering AI: Introducing the Fairwork Action Research Project
Artificial intelligence is often seen as a mirror of human intelligence, an attempt to replicate the processes that occur within a human mind. However, a different perspective is presented in the book Feeding the Machine, co-authored by Prof. Mark...