IWER
IWER Research Seminar Series
The MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research hosts a weekly Tuesday seminar during the academic year. One of the longest-running seminar series at MIT, it draws faculty and doctoral students from across the Institute and the wider academic community. Seminars are held on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 2:30 p.m; to learn more, see the schedule below or contact iwer@mit.edu for more information.
Attendees at a recent session of the IWER research seminar series
Credit: Kelly Davidson
Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) Fall 2026 Seminars
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September 8, 2026
NO SEMINAR
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September 15, 2026
"Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment"
Paul Osterman, MIT Sloan School of Management
Panelists:
Daniel Schneider, Harvard Kennedy School
David Weil, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Zeynep Ton, MIT Sloan School of Management
Moderator: Emilio J. Castilla, MIT Sloan School of Management -
September 22, 2026
Soohyun Roh, MIT Sloan School of Management
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September 29, 2026
Laura Adler, Yale School of Management
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October 6, 2026
TBA
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October 13, 2026
NO SEMINAR
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October 20, 2026
"The Political Sustainability of Creative Destruction in the AI Age"
Beatrice Magistro, Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
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October 27, 2026
NO SEMINAR
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November 3, 2026
"Gender Diversity and Decision-Making in Teams"
Maddalena Ronchi, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
*Jointly held with the Organizational Economics Seminar
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November 10, 2026
TBA
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November 17, 2026
TBA
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November 24, 2026
NO SEMINAR
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December 1, 2026
TBA
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December 8, 2026
Janet Xu, Stanford Graduate School of Business