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Austerity-driven policification: Police officers replace teaching assistants

By Malte Laub

Issue 27 // 29th April 2024

Malte Laub considers the effect of austerity on the role of the police, who are now having to act as teaching assistants and mental health support workers, and pick up the pieces of a failed welfare state. Read more of the article

#cancel_efood: Online solidarity to platform workers

By Gregory Tsardanidis

Issue 27 // 29th April 2024

Gregory Tsardanidis looks at the power of boycotting in the digital age, when used by workers fighting unfair employment conditions. Read more of the article

Issue 26: Editorial

By Chris Pesterfield, Giorgos Gouzoulis and Vanessa Beck

Issue 26 // 19th January 2024

At the start of an election year of debate on migration, the latest issue of the Futures of Work blog provides a sober alternative to the anti-immigration rhetoric we’re likely to see in electoral campaigning. Read more of the article

Migration and the future of work: The West Midlands Combined Authority view

By Clare Hatton

Issue 26 // 19th January 2024

Clare Boden considers the diverse makeup of the West Midlands. Each year the West Midlands CA supports over 12,000 refugees and migrants through adult education, integration into the workplace and support with setting up businesses. Read more of the article

Immigration: Overwhelming the UK or supporting its recovery?

By Laila Kasem

Issue 26 // 19th January 2024

Laila Kasem calls for a contextualisation of recent peaks in migration figures and an acknowledgement of how important migrants are for business and essential services in the UK. Read more of the article

Migration, the futures of work and pathways to better employment

By Fuad Mahamed and David Jepson

Issue 26 // 19th January 2024

Fuad Mahamed and Davida Jepson imagine a better approach to helping migrants access the labour market. #migrantentrepreneurship #rethinkingrefugees #careerdevelopment #rethinkasylum Read more of the article

Public attitudes offer a future government more scope on immigration than it might think

By Heather Rolfe

Issue 26 // 19th January 2024

Heather Rolfe argues that data on public attitudes towards immigrants reveals that the party forming the next government does not have to fear being pro-migration. Read more of the article

Enhancing Syrian refugee entrepreneurs versus restrictive and disorganised migration management in Turkey

By Hülya Kaya

Issue 26 // 19th January 2024

Hülya Kaya looks at the case of syrian refugees in Turkey. Where refugees’ entrepreneurial abilities are hampered, she argues, it is bad for both individuals and the economy. Read more of the article

The post-Carrie Bradshaw era in China: When women’s singlehood became a ‘problem’ in society and the workplace

By Ne Ma

Issue 25 // 21st November 2023

On Futures of Work, Ne Ma looks at the struggle in the workplace for single women in China. On the one hand they’re stigmatised for not being married with children in a culture with declining birthrates, on the other hand they’re seen as a ‘maybe baby’ risk by employers. Read more of the article

Labour’s new politics of production?

By Frederick Harry Pitts and Andrew Pakes

Issue 24 // 29th November 2022