IWER hosts a weekly seminar on Tuesdays during the academic year. One of the longest-running seminar series at MIT, it features presentations by work and employment researchers from around the world.
Why do many U.S. colleges give preference to applicants who are relatives of alumni? A new paper coauthored by MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla sheds light on this question.
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In this September 2020 statement, the faculty leaders of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan call for significant changes to benefit U.S. workers.
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The executive director of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at the MIT Sloan School of Management explains recent research on what’s gone wrong for U.S. workers — and what can be done about it.
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This collection of links highlights some of the research and analysis on work and well-being that has been conducted in recent years by scholars affiliated with the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) and their colleagues at other universities.
MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly, who is Co-Director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), has coauthored dozens of scholarly articles related to well-being in the workplace, with a particular focus on examining the effects of flexible scheduling initiatives on various measu...
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The executive director of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at the MIT Sloan School of Management cuts through the hype about the “future of work” — and explains recent research on the transformative effects of artificial intelligence and automation on jobs.
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Involving Workers In Technological Change
A good job is a way out of poverty. With that idea in mind, Barbara Dyer has for decades been focused on good jobs—and, in particular, how organizations can create more of them for workers.
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What role can businesspeople play in fostering economic and social justice? That was the topic of an intriguing panel discussion organized at MIT Sloan and held via Zoom.
