The Future of Work Conference 2026 was a great success! The venue was packed to the rafters and our speakers debunked many persistent myths. You can find them all listed below one last time. See you next year!
The EU's Work–Life Balance Directive demonstrates that well paid, non-transferable leave for fathers changes behavior and advances gender equality at home and at work.
As of 1 March 2026, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage is appointed as Professor of Applied Economic Data Research Methods at the Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.).
What role does work play in your life? Last spring, you had the opportunity to explore this question in De Grote Werk-test, a citizen science project organised by Studium Generale in collaboration with the Future of Work platform.
The labour shortage hardly played a role in the election campaign. This is despite the fact that major plans for housing construction, defence and the electricity grid are increasingly being derailed by one simple fact: there are not enough people. According to Prof. Dr. Joop Schippers, Professor of Labour Economics at Utrecht University, this should therefore be an important topic for the coalition talks.
Agnieszka Piasna (ETUI) and Wieteke Conen (AIAS-HIS, UvA) present key insights from the recently published open access book 'Job Quality in a Turbulent Era'.
The kick-off marks the launch of a new interdisciplinary community at UU dedicated to advancing research on digital labour, from platform-mediated gig work and AI data annotation to remote work and algorithmic management.
