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; contact iwer@mit.edu for more information.

Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) Spring 2025 Seminars

  • February 4, 2025

    Lotte Bailyn, MIT Sloan, "Retiring: Creating a Life that Works for You"

    Commentary by Joseph Coughlin (MIT AgeLab), Jamie Ladge (Boston College), and Phyllis Moen (University of Minnesota)

  • February 11, 2025

    Todd Vachon, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, "Clean Air, Good Jobs, and Healthy Communities: The Quest for a Just Transition"

  • February 18, 2025

    NO SEMINAR

  • February 25, 2025

    Ray Reagans, MIT Sloan, TBA 

    Held jointly with the Economic Sociology Seminar

  • March 4, 2025

    Edward Chang, Harvard Business School, "Field Experiments Testing the Consequences of Diversity Goals and Incentives"

    Held jointly with the OS Seminar

  • March 11, 2025

    Ben Armstrong, MIT Industrial Performance Center,  "Automation from the Worker's Perspective"

  • March 18, 2025

    NO SEMINAR

  • March 25, 2025

    NO SEMINAR

  • April 1, 2025

    David Pedulla, Harvard University, TBA

    Held jointly with the Economic Sociology Seminar

  • April 8, 2025

    Allison Pugh, Johns Hopkins University, "The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World"

  • April 15, 2025

    TBA

  • April 22, 2025

    Michel Anteby, Boston University Questrom School of Business, TBA

    Held jointly with the OS Seminar

  • April 29, 2025

    Lena Hipp, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, TBA 

  • May 6, 2025

    Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, TBA

  • May 13, 2025

    TBA

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