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The Future of Work Lab is committed to ensuring the future of work is equitable. As leaders in the field, we provide innovative understandings of the intersections of inequality, technology and policy to create more equitable work futures.

Be a Partner

Partnering with The Future of Work Lab offers an interdisciplinary network of academics, students, and alumni from The University of Melbourne, to support the generation and delivery of new knowledge and evidence-based, multidimensional solutions for equitable work futures.

To partner with us contact futureofwork-info@unimelb.edu.au

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    Projects

    • Digital Inclusion

    • Regional Migration

    • Women Seeking Asylum: An untapped resource

    • GenEq

    • Pregnancy, Parenting and Caregiving in the Public Sector

    Training

    • Melbourne MicroCerts

    • Emerging Leaders Lab: Women In STEM

    • Future of Work Fellowship

    • Future of Work Internship

    • Narrowing the Digital AI Gap


    Publications



    Reports and Submissions​

    Ghin, P, & Ainsworth, S 2022, 'THE GREAT MIGRATION: Leaving our Cities for the Regions Part III: Understanding the current and latent entrepreneurialism of metro-regional movers', Future of Work Lab (PDF)

    Ghin, P, & Ainsworth, S 2022, 'THE GREAT MIGRATION: Leaving our Cities for the Regions Part II: Current working patterns, future work perspectives', Future of Work Lab  (PDF)

    Ghin, P, & Ainsworth, S 2022, 'THE GREAT MIGRATION: Leaving our Cities for the Regions Part I: Internal Migration Patterns, Motivations and Experiences.', Future of Work Lab (PDF).

    Rueda, LA,  Rouse, LA,  Cheong, M & Ruppanner, L 2022, 'Mapping the Digital Divide in Victoria', Future of Work Lab (PDF)

    Ryan, L, Njoto, S, Rouse, LA, Rueda, LA & Squires, S 2021, 'Inquiry into Economic Equity for Victorian Women', Future of Work Lab (PDF)

    Internship Reports

    2021

    Mannix, K 'The future of Australia’s nursing workforce:COVID-19 and burnout among nurses' (PDF)

    Marchant, C 'Man Overboard: Overcoming Gender Stereotypes to Increase Women’s Leadership and Gender Parity onBoards' (PDF)

    Tan, C 'Untapped Potential?: Using Technology to Reduce Women’s Domestic Labour Burdens' (PDF)

    Lawrie, A 'Using Human Resources Policy to Promote Age Diversity' (PDF)

    Martine, A 'What’s Left Unsaid: Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) as a Domestic Violence Screening Tool' (PDF)

    Chu, SK 'COVID-19 Infodemic: Empowering Australia against infodemic' (PDF)

    Yang, O 'Critical Reflection on Queer Rights Discourse & Determinants of Queer Rights Violations in Mainland China' (PDF)

    Gunawansa, A 'Exploring the challenges that women seeking asylum face in gaining employment in Australia' (PDF)

    Jenkins, K 'The Gendered Costs of Childcare: A feminist analysis of the effects of Australia’s early childhood education and care system on women’s inequality in the workforce and beyond (PDF)

    Dangar, K 'Women, policy and the STEM pipeline: Bridging the gap between tertiary education and the workforce for female STEM students' (PDF)

    Thorp, E 'Improving stimulus after COVID-19: What can be learnt from the Australian fiscal response?' (PDF)

    Journal Articles and Books

    Ainsworth, S & Knox, A 2022, '"A bridge too far?” Ideas, employment relations and policy-making about the future of work', Industrial Relations, vol 61, pp. 68–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12295

    Upcoming Events

    Past Events

    • 30 September 202230 October 2022
      Work Futures Competition
      Event
    • Thursday 1 September 2022 1pm - 1:45pm
      Changes in work and care under COVID-19: Implications for the recovery
      Event
    • Thursday 7 July 2022 1pm - 1:45pm
      Defining and Addressing the Mental Load
      Event
    • Thursday 12 May 2022 1pm - 1:45pm
      Flexible Work in a Post-Pandemic World
      Event
    • Thursday 31 March 2022 1pm - 1:45pm
      The Race With Machines
      Event

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    The Lab

    The Future of Work Lab is committed to ensuring the future of work is equitable. As leaders in the field, we provide innovative understandings of the intersections of inequality, technology and policy to create more equitable work futures.

    The future of work is here now. Our integrated approach draws from Sociology, Business and Economics and Computer Information Systems to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of an increasingly changing work world.

    We are committed to ensuring workers and employers are prepared for the future of work through a comprehensive understanding of how the future of work will impact people, places, governments, organisations and technologies.

    Contact

    Email: futureofwork-info@unimelb.edu.au

    Our People

    • Professor Leah Ruppanner

      Professor in Sociology

      Email: leah.ruppanner@unimelb.edu.au

    • Susan Ainsworth

      Professor in Organizational Studies

      Phone: +61390355639
      Email: susanaa@unimelb.edu.au

    • Frank Vetere

      Professor

      Phone: +61383441496
      Email: f.vetere@unimelb.edu.au

    • Lia Acosta Rueda

      Research Coordinator

    • Sophie Squires

      Research Coordinator

      Email: s.squires@unimelb.edu.au

    • Peter Ghin

      Research Fellow

      Phone: +61390354957
      Email: peter.ghin@unimelb.edu.au

    • Joshua Newn

      Research Fellow

    • Sheilla Njoto

      Research Associate

      Email: s.njoto@unimelb.edu.au

    • Robert Turnbull

      Web Development

      Email: robert.turnbull@unimelb.edu.au

    • Mira Gunawansa

      Project Officer

      Email: mira.gunawansa@unimelb.edu.au

    • Kate Dangar

      Project Officer

      Email: kate.dangar@unimelb.edu.au

    Funding

    The Future of Work Lab is supported by the Victorian Government, through the Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund- Department of Education & Training.

    The Future of Work Lab thanks the Victorian Government for their support to create equitable work futures.

    For further information, please visit the press release from the Premier’s Office containing details about this funding.

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    The Future of Work Lab

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    • Projects
      • Digital Inclusion
      • Regional Migration
      • Women Seeking Asylum
      • GenEq
      • CGEPS x UniMelb
    • Training
      • Melbourne MicroCerts
      • Emerging Leaders Lab
      • Fellowship
      • Internship
      • NDAG
    • Publications
    • News and Events
      • Population, house prices spike as Victorians run to the regions
      • How can workplaces combat gender bias and discrimination in data?
      • How Australia's Internal Migrants Could Benefit Our Regions
      • 'The juggle is real': Parents want greater flexibility in return to office
      • Melbourne's population plummets as overseas students and city dwelleters depart
      • WashU Expert: Proposed funding for child care, early learning programs a ‘drop in the bucket’
      • Regional boom is reshaping our workforce
      • Mapping Australia's childcare blackspots
      • Women are the Business: Women Should Go On Chore Strike
      • Holding a black mirror up to artificial intelligence
      • Yet again, the census shows women are doing more housework. Now is the time to invest in interventions
      • Country moves and the consequences of escaping the city
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