The Future of Work blogs and reports

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From precarity to empowerment: women and the future of work

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19 Aug 2019

This paper aims to raise awareness of the ways in which women are bearing the brunt of economic problems in the UK, and how the labour market, at present, is a precarious environment for many women.
Economic insecurity: the case for a 21st century safety net

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15 Aug 2019

There is growing evidence that British workers are economically insecure. This paper aims to deepen understanding of how economic insecurity is experienced by workers, including those in non-standard employment arrangements.
The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

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22 Mar 2019

Four Futures of Work, from the RSA Future Work Centre, argues that policy-makers should focus more on how automation will transform all work, not just lead to job losses.
Work in an age of radical technologies

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23 Sep 2018

Benedict Dellot and Fabian Wallace-Stephens introduce the Future Work Centre with a glimpse into what the world of work might look like in the future
Measuring good work

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06 Sep 2018

The final report of the Measuring Job Quality Working Group with Carnegie UK Trust
Venturing to retire

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17 Apr 2018

From carpenters to lawyers, and from beauty therapists to IT consultants, there are now close to 5 million people in the UK who count themselves as self-employed.
Pathways to Universal Basic Income: the case for a Universal Basic Opportunity Fund

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16 Feb 2018

The UBOF represents a stepping stone – to be enacted now – towards Universal Basic Income and a better way of enabling citizens to live meaningful and contributory lives.
The age of automation: Artificial Intelligence, robotics and the future of low-skilled work

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18 Sep 2017

Will AI and robotics lead to the decimation of our labour market? Our new report questions whether this concern is justified.
Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

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10 Jul 2017

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, delivers his review for the Prime Minister into modern working practices.
The self-organising self-employed

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13 Jun 2017

We call for a movement of mass self-organising among the self-employed, and set out a number of ideas to take grassroots initiatives from the margins to the mainstream.