Plenary Session - Future Forty Report (2025-2065)
The 14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with the South East Technological University (SETU) Waterford provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market...
The Budget 2027: NERI Post Budget Analysis
The Budget 2027: NERI Post Budget Analysis seminar will be presented by Ms. Susanne Rogers (Social Justice Ireland) & Mr. Michael Taft (SIPTU). It will take place on Thursday 8 October, 2026 from 15:30 - 16:30 as an online Zoom event. Seminar details: Presenters: Ms. Susanne Rogers (Social Justice...
European Attitudes to Basic Income: exploring women's perspectives
The NERI seminar titled ' European Attitudes to Basic Income: exploring women's perspectives' will be presented by Dr. Micheál Collins, Assistant Professor of Social Policy, and Head of Social Policy at University College Dublin. The paper he presents on was co-written with Ms Olga Li, UCD. The...
Presentation & video from the NERI Seminar: The Pink-Collar Trap: Occupational Segregation and Gendered Vulnerability to AI
The NERI seminar titled ' The Pink-Collar Trap: Occupational Segregation and Gendered Vulnerability to AI' was presented by Ms. Thais Palanca, PhD Student, NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal. It took place on Wednesday 17 June, 2026 at 15:30 as an online Zoom event. Please find the...
Progress in Pay, But Not in Participation or Progression
Some of the results move in the right direction, but overall the picture is one of modest improvement alongside a good deal of inertia. If you focus on the core aspects of job quality, skills match, progression, meaningful work, management, voice, flexibility and training, the pattern is quite...
Presentations & videos from the 14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference
The 14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with the South East Technological University (SETU) Waterford provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North and South of Ireland & international). It was held in the Health Science Building on the...
The Joyless Jobs Recovery: Work, Risk and Voice since the 2010s
At the Dónal Nevin Lecture in Belfast, policymakers, academics, students, business representatives, trade unionists and members of civic society gathered to hear the Financial Times’ Associate Editor and columnist Sarah O’Connor reflect on the state of work. In her keynote address, Good Jobs in a...
NERI Seminar 'The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment Relations - A European Study'
The NERI seminar titled 'The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment Relations - A European Study' was presented by Mr. Kevin P. O'Kelly, Industrial Relations & EU Social Policy Researcher. It...
13th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture - presentation and video
The 13th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture took place in the Queen's Business School, Belfast on the Riddel Hall site, in the Harvard Lecture Theatre on Thursday 22 January 2026 from 18:30 - 20:30. Ms. Sarah O'Connor, columnist & associate editor, Financial Times delivered the annual lecture as the...
NERI Post Budget Analysis Seminar
The NERI seminar titled 'NERI Post Budget Analysis' was presented by Mr. Michael Taft, Research Officer, SIPTU. It took place on Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 14.30 as an online Zoom event. Lecture...
