All events: research
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...
Industrial Symbiosis
Book launch : Industrial symbiosis and productivity: The employment effects in developing countries
This book delves into the social dimensions of the circular economy, focusing on a specific approach known as “industrial symbiosis.” It examines how enterprises’ recycling activities, particularly those enhancing resource productivity, impact...
Research Seminar
The impact of domestic violence on the employment, educational, and mental health outcomes of the Swiftie generation
Drawing on a nationally representative, longitudinal survey on women’s health, this paper evaluates the impact of the first time women experience domestic violence as an adult, on their labour market, educational, and mental health outcomes. Using a...
Harnessing the Opportunities of Digital Transformation to Advance Human Development:
2025 Human Development Report Consultation on the Future of Work and Artificial Intelligence
#Jobs4Dev
2024 Jobs and Development Conference
ILO Live
Virginia Doellgast, Cornell U.: AI, job quality, and worker voice- Conditions for mutual gains in the digital economy
AI for Good
From Theory to Practice Webinar
’Cross-border labour inspection in Europe: From baby steps to leaps and bounds?
This From Theory into Practice Webinar will address the practical challenges and successes in cross-border labour inspection in Europe, and it is hosted by the ILO Research Department ‘Improving compliance with labour protection Research...
Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series
Beyond the law-in-the books: Labour enforcement in Senegal
Workshop
Trade and Environment linkages: What are the Effects on Decent Work?
Given the urgency of addressing environmental degradation and climate change, there is imminent need for a transition towards greener economies and societies. However, green measures have socio-economic consequences that extend beyond their...
Research Seminar
Mapping efforts to improve conditions for workers in global value chains
In recent years, concerns for the social sustainability of supply chains have gained prominence. The international fragmentation of production, characterized by multiple border crossings of intermediate inputs, means that final goods consumed in...
Workshop on Reducing Inequality to Promote Social Justice
This ILO workshop brings together global experts to explore the drivers of inequality and identify crucial policy actions to create fairer societies for all.
The financial sector and social outcomes symposium
ILO Live
Daron Acemoglu, MIT: Can we have pro-worker AI?
AI for Good
Artificial Intelligence
The Economic Impacts and the Regulation of AI: A Review of the Academic Literature and Policy Actions (IMF, 2024)
This webinar examines the economic impacts of AI and its global regulation, highlighting discrepancies between theoretical predictions and empirical data on employment and productivity, and noting divergent focuses in academic and regulatory...
The US Forced Labour Import Ban as a Tool for Workers’ Empowerment: Strategic Approaches to Advocacy
Book presentation
Social Justice Through the Lens of ILO History: New Insights for Turbulent Times?
The new publication 'Mondialisation et justice sociale' examines the ILO's century-long advocacy for social justice, addressing issues from decolonization to corporate influence through diverse academic perspectives.
From Theory to Practice Webinar
Labour market enforcement in the UK: Reflections, lessons and the way forward
ILO webinar exploring UK labour compliance evolution, including the DLME's role and impact, underpinning theory, and practical enforcement outcomes.
ILO-ILERA Seminar
ILO-ILERA Seminar: Researching work in and after the pandemic
This webinar will bring together a series of illuminating presentations by renowned experts, each focusing on different facets of the labour market's evolution in response to the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic.
Research Seminar
AI Labour Disclosure Initiative: Recognizing the social cost of human labour behind automation
Exploring the push for transparency with the AI Labor Disclosure Initiative (AILDI), revealing the human workforce behind AI and advocating for digital labor disclosure for informed policies, investments, and ethical AI development.
Hybrid Event
Knowledge Exchange Seminar on Workplace Gender-based Violence and Harassment in Cambodia’s Construction Sector