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) Fall 2024 Seminars

  • September 10, 2024

    Christopher Knittel, MIT Sloan, "Assessing the distribution of employment vulnerability to the energy transition using employment carbon footprints"

    Commentary by Christine Walley (MIT Anthropology), Paul Osterman (MIT Sloan), and Namrata Kala (MIT Sloan)

  • September 17, 2024

    Lindsey Cameron, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, TBA

  • September 24, 2024

    Kathleen McGinn, Harvard Business School, TBA

  • October 1, 2024

    Vanessa Conzon, Boston College, TBA

  • October 8, 2024

    MacKenzie Scott, MIT Sloan, TBA

  • October 15, 2024

    NO SEMINAR

  • October 22, 2024

    NO SEMINAR

  • October 29, 2024

    Julia Melin, Dartmouth College, TBA (held jointly with the Economic Sociology Seminar)

  • November 5, 2024

    Kwelina Thompson, MIT Sloan, TBA (held jointly with the Economic Sociology Seminar)

  • November 12, 2024

    Jonathan Mijs, Boston University, TBA (held jointly with the Economic Sociology Seminar)

  • November 19, 2024

    Sydnee Caldwell, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, TBA

  • November 26, 2024

    NO SEMINAR

  • December 3, 2024

    TBA

  • December 10, 2024

    Susan Silbey, MIT Sloan, TBA (held jointly with the Economic Sociology Seminar)

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