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AI is forcing us to rethink higher education: let’s do that
After the widespread uptake of AI, how should we approach the task of higher education?
The crises are not stopping: why we urgently need an income floor system
Will Stronge on why the UK needs a cash transfer system to respond to an age of polycrisis.
AI as threat or friend to workers? Rethinking the UK’s policy response through a capabilitarian approach to growth
A capabilitarian approach to growth can help reframe how we approach the prospect of AI for the UK’s workforce.
The ethics of extension: policies of ownership and control for our cognitive apparatuses
In this blog, Will Stronge explores how an ‘extended view’ of human minds can help us critically engage with the role of Big Tech in our everyday lives.
Checking in on the Employment Rights Bill: a step forward for rights at work?
With the Employment Rights Bill now set to become law, Liam Mullally assesses how the legislation compares to Labour’s pre-election commitments.
The installation economy and the endless horizon of low-waged ‘green’ work
In an excerpt from his new book, Nicholas Beuret assesses the labour conditions and class formations in the installation work of the emerging transition economy.
Critics of shorter working week trials consistently miss the mark
Will Stronge, Brendan Burchell and David Frayne respond to recent criticism of four-day week research, drawing attention to the wide evidence base opponents overlook.
Interview: Implementing Universal Basic Services (UBS) in Camden
Hugh Smith from Camden Council talks to our UBS Hub about the organisation’s pioneering work into Universal Basic Services.
Mums on Strike: the post-work politics of reality TV
Casting a critical eye on the recent reality TV series, Stefan Darling analyses the gender politics of reproductive labour at play in ‘Mums on Strike’ from a post-work perspective.
Bread, butter and dreamwork: why politics must speak to a more complex picture of needs
Will Stronge makes the case for the left to offer more than ‘bread and butter’ – and speaks to more complex needs and desires.