Provisional Programme (subject to change)

09:00–09:15      
Welcome & Introduction
 

Session 1

09:15-10:45
Jan Lucassen (International Institute of Social History, NL): The Story of Work: The Implication of Long Time Developments Worldwide
Francis Green (University College London, UK): Job Quality, Wellbeing and the Global Economy
Jane Whittle (University of Exeter, UK) with Benjamin Schneider (Oslo Metropolitan University, NO) and Judy Stephenson (University College London, UK): Control and Autonomy in the History of Work

10:45–11:00      
Break

Session 2

11:00–12:30
Andrea Komlosy (University of Vienna, AT): Job Satisfaction from the Perspective of a Broad Understanding of Work
Ying Zhou (University of Surrey, UK): Is There a Mid-Career Crisis? An Investigation of the Relationship Between Age and Job Satisfaction Across Occupations Based on Four Large UK Datasets
Mari Holm Ingelsrud (Oslo Metropolitan University, NO): Quality of Working Life in Norway

12:30–14:00 
Lunch

14:00–15:00 
Keynote Lecture
Chris Warhurst (University of Warwick, UK): Improving Job Quality: Practical, Policy and Research Challenges

15:00–15.30     
Break

Session 3

15:30–16:30

Benjamin Schneider (Oslo Metropolitan University, NO) with Robin Philips (Université catholique de Louvain, BE): Job Quality and Innovation: What can we learn from Two Industrial Revolutions?
Abby Gilbert (Institute for the Future of Work, UK): System, Firm and Individual Experience of UK Disruption: Lessons from the IFOW Pissarides Review

16:30–17:00      
Break

17:00–18:30      
Roundtable: Interdisciplinary and Applied Perspectives on Job Quality
Panelists:
Francis Green (University College London, UK)
Marcel van der Linden (International Institute of Social History, NL)
Anna Thomas (Institute for the Future of Work, UK)
Ying Zhou (University of Surrey, UK)

19:00 
Dinner (in the Academy)