Futures of Work ~ Posts

The future of debt advice: Where have all the debt advisers gone?

By Nicole Dayaram

Issue 29 // 16th October 2024

Nicole Dayaram suggests if debt advisors want to improve the quality of advice and ensure good outcomes for clients, they need to invest in advisers and provide them with the right working conditions to ensure they stay. Read more of the article

People-powered welfare: Including lived experience in redesigning employment support

By Jane Perry and Niall Cooper

Issue 29 // 16th October 2024

Niall Cooper and Jane Perry emphasise the importance of including individuals with lived experience in reforming the employment support system to effectively address economic inactivity and enhance welfare policies. Read more of the article

How the rising influence of institutional investors undermines the bargaining power of trade unions

By Thibault Darcillon and Yasmine Mohamed

Issue 27 // 29th April 2024

Thibault Darcillon and Yasmine Mohamed look at the link between the rise of institutional investors and the decreasing power of trade unions, and their consequent bargaining power. Read more of the article

Gender parity at executive level: The surprising success story of UK publicly subsidised arts organisations

By Mary Ann le Lean

Issue 25 // 21st November 2023

On Futures of Work, Mary Ann le Lean investigates what we can learn from publicly subsidised arts organisations in terms of gender parity. 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