The Future of Work: automation technology impacts:
Session 1A
Lena Jacobs, Department of the Taoiseach - Automation and Occupations: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Automation on Occupations in Ireland
Dr Lisa Wilson, NERI - The Future of Work: the impact of automation technologies for employment in Northern Ireland
Paul Mac Flynn, NERI - The Future of Work: the impact of automation technologies for job quality in Northern Ireland
Labour Market Activation, Welfare Conditionality, Legislation and Policy:
Session 1B
Jonathan Arlow, Dublin City University - A JobBridge to Nowhere? The National Internship Scheme as Fast Policy Leading to Bad Policy
Dr Keith Puttick, Staffordshire University - The Welfare State, Wages, and Work - Disintegration or Renewal?
Orlaith Mannion, Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection - Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 - from policy proposal to legislation
Session 1C
Kevin O’Kelly, European Trade Union Institute - EU Study of Direct Employee Participation
Michael Taft, SIPTU - Economic democracy and the productivity challenge.
John Moriarty, Queens University Belfast - Once more to the well? Planning for retirement and associated transitions
Regional Development, Cross Border Regions and Local Labour Markets:
Session 2A
Pauline White, Western Development Commission - Sectoral Employment Profile of the Western Region of Ireland: Policy Implications
Deirdre Frost, Western Development Commission - Travel to work areas and labour catchments - rural and border areas
'Just Transition', employment effects and inclusive growth:
Session 2B
Bela Galgoczi, ETUI - Phasing out coal in energy generation - employment effects, transitions and policies
Paul Goldrick-Kelly, NERI - A Just Transition in Ireland? The case of Bord na Móna and the Midlands
Labour Market Statistics on the Island of Ireland:
Session 3:
Cathryn Blair, NISRA
Edel Flannery, CSO
Job Quality, Measurement and Policy:
Session 4A
Gail Irvine, Carnegie Trust - Measuring Good Work
Daniel O’Callaghan and Fiona Kane, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - Quality of Employment: Indicators and Trends
Ciaran Nugent, NERI - Precarious work in Ireland
Innovation, Competitiveness and Skills: Implications for the labour market:
Session 4B
Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI - Innovation and Growth: Concepts and Policy implications
Dr Esmond Birnie, Ulster University - Competitiveness measures: Labour force implications
Labour Market Participation & Discouraged Workers:
Session 4C
Dr Corina Miller, Queen’s University Belfast - The impact of co-resident grandparent’s informal childcare on mother’s labour force participation
Dr Ewa Galecka-Burdziak, Warsaw School of Economics - Asymmetry and non-linearity in the discouraged and added worker effects
Jason Olsen, Ulster University - The segregation of disabled people from Northern Ireland’s labour market