Researchers from ISER’s ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change are inviting expert contributions to our discussions on recent research on working from home and hybrid working.
Our expert discussion roundtable event will be on Monday 29 June at Broadway House in Westminster, discussing new research on remote and hybrid working. We will have four presentations followed by a round table discussion.
The first presentation will cover who works remotely, how much of work is remote and how much office based and will also look into geographical differences in the use of remote work.
The second presentation will show estimates of time savings when working from home using data from 27 countries. It will also show evidence on how those time savings are used by workers.
The third presentation will focus on post-Covid changes in working from home, as well as what these changes mean for worker productivity and wellbeing.
Finally, our last presentation will show evidence on return to work mandates and worker reactions.
The presentations will be followed by a round table discussion with a panel of experts.
Agenda:
10am arrival and coffee
10.15am: Welcome and introduction – Dr Silvia Avram, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
10.20am: Dr Darja Reuschke (University of Birmingham)- Remote working and geographical change in Great Britain
10.40am: Dr Cevat Giray Aksoy (King’s College London)-Time savings when working from home
11am break
11.20am Dr Ben Etheridge (University of Essex)- Working from home after Covid: Who Stayed, Who Returned, and What Did it Cost?
11.40am Dr Shiyu Yuan (King’s College London)- Return to office mandates and worker: current practice and worker responses
12noon break
12.10-1pm-Panel discussion: Is remote work here to
Who is likely to be more productive working from home? Can remote work address long-standing labour market inequalities, improve productivity and increase wellbeing? How has remote work impacted ‘disadvantaged’ groups such as women with young children or people with disabilities? Does remote work facilitate fathers’ involvement in childcare? How do employers view working from home? Are employees who work from home likely to be penalised?
1pm join us for a delicious hot lunch and continuing the conversations
Register for this event here