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Aristea Koukiadaki @aristeakoukiadaki.bsky.social · Aug 1

Now recruiting @uomlaw.bsky.social for the final position in the CURE project and are looking for a computational expert to join our UKRI (ERC)-funded multidisciplinary and international research on remedies in comparative labour law! Please see: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai....

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International Labour Review @ilr-rit.bsky.social · Jul 24

📘 Issue 2/2025 is packed with insight on migration, skills, inequality, tech, climate and more.

Explore the latest labour research — now #OpenAccess w @openlibhums.bsky.social.

🔗 bit.ly/4lmf2Oc

#ILR #FutureOfWork #LabourResearch #DecentWork

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International Labour Review @ilr-rit.bsky.social · Jul 7

’Tis the (conference) season! 🎓🌏

From📍 #RDW2025 in Geneva to📍 #LLRN7 in Bangkok, we connected with familiar faces in new cities to join dynamic conversations shaping the future of work ✊🗞️

#LabourResearch #OpenAccess #DecentWork

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International Labour Review @ilr-rit.bsky.social · Jun 5

📚 From the ILR shelves to the floor of #ILC2025!

We’re here at the International Labour Conference 🎤✨

Huge thanks to everyone who’s stopped by to grab their copy 🙌

Haven’t yet? Swing by the Publications stand & pick yours up! 🗞️💼

@aristeakoukiadaki.bsky.social @leovita-finzi.bsky.social

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International Labour Review @ilr-rit.bsky.social · May 23

✨ We love to see labour research shine! ✨

🎉 Huge congrats to Leda Pérez & Andrea Gandolfi — @lasabluesky.bsky.social 🧠 Labour Studies section gave an honourable mention 🏅 to their ILR article on domestic workers & disformality in Peru!

🔍 Read the piece: bit.ly/3ZwPrsG

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Apr 16

With the move of @ilr-rit.bsky.social from Wiley to OLH, Dr Katherine Parker-Hay explores ILR's publishing history. Find out how ILR is working with OLH's @janewayolh.bsky.social team to offer multilingual workflows on our publishing platform: www.openlibhums.org/news/804/ #OpenAccess #AcaSky

International Labour Review inspires innovations in multilingual publishing at the OLH

In May 2023, the OLH accepted an application from the International Labour Review (ILR), who have moved from legacy publisher Wiley and relaunched as a diamond open access journal with …

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International Labour Review @ilr-rit.bsky.social · Apr 14

🌍 Work isn’t just about jobs

It’s about how we work, why we work & who gets a voice in shaping it.

EB member @dominiquemeda.bsky.social raises these questions in our new blog series 👉#InsightsfromILR

🔍 Read her vision for #SustainableWork rooted in well-being & ecological balance: bit.ly/3XY5Ndm

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International Labour Review @ilr-rit.bsky.social · Apr 11

💼🌱 Work is more than what we do — it’s how we live, care, and connect.

Our new special issue redefines #SustainableWork in a time of planetary and social urgency.

🔔Don’t miss this essential read🔗 bit.ly/4254yeO

#Acasky #EnviromentalJustice #JustTransition

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Aristea Koukiadaki @aristeakoukiadaki.bsky.social · Apr 4

Very proud to announce that the International Labour Review is now published as a Diamond Open Access journal in collaboration with the @openlibhums.bsky.social. Follow us @ilr-rit.bsky.social!

International Labour Organization @ilo.org · Apr 4

The International Labour Review—a leading global journal on world-of-work issues—is going open access! 🔓📚

All content will be freely available via the Open Library of Humanities.

👀 More: ow.ly/e41850VuqAV

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Lisa Herzog @lisamherzog.bsky.social · Apr 4

Our special issue on "sustainable work" is out with the International Labor Review! Open access, and in three languages. Check it out here: en.ilr-rit.org/issue/1677/i...

International Labour Review | Issue: Issue: 1(164) (2025)

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International Labour Organization @ilo.org · Apr 4

The International Labour Review—a leading global journal on world-of-work issues—is going open access! 🔓📚

All content will be freely available via the Open Library of Humanities.

👀 More: ow.ly/e41850VuqAV

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Adam Mrozowicki @amrozowicki.bsky.social · Apr 3

In our paper 'Patchwork capitalism and the management of interlinked crises by essential public services in Poland', we explore how public service actors have responded to interlinked crises. The paper has been been just published in International Labour Review: en.ilr-rit.org/article/pubi...

Patchwork capitalism and the management of interlinked crises by essential public services in Poland

Contributing to the literature on the diversity of capitalism, this article shows how actors in the Polish public services responded to interlinked crises, namely the chronic public services crisis an...

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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · Mar 29

Deadline for fully funded PhD at Manchester extended to 14/4. Start date 1 Sep 2025. Pls repost. The degree can be in any relevant discipline incl soc sci, soc stats, law, comp sci. The project can focus more on discourse #NetworkAnalysis or more on #TextAnalysis, tbd. #datascience #NetworkScience

Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · Jan 7

Funded PhD opportunity (incl. DNA) in "Computational Legal Analysis - Classifying and Understanding Remedies in Comparative Labour Law". Start Sep 2025. University of Manchester @official-uom.bsky.social. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #jobs #NLP #TextAnalysis #ComputationalSocialScience #CSS

Computational Legal Analysis - Classifying and Understanding Remedies in Comparative Labour Law at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Computational Legal Analysis - Classifying and Understanding Remedies in Comparative Labour Law at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Aristea Koukiadaki @aristeakoukiadaki.bsky.social · Jan 20

Deadline approaching for the submission of proposals for a 2026 special issue at the ILR! Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about the application and thanks for sharing with your networks!

Aristea Koukiadaki @aristeakoukiadaki.bsky.social · Dec 18

📢Call for Special Issue Proposals!
The International Labour Review invites proposals on work & employment topics that tackle key challenges and offer globally relevant insights. Feel free to get in touch and thanks for sharing this!

⏰ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
👉 Details: bit.ly/4fYqNqH

<em>International Labour Review</em> Annual Call for Special Issue Proposals

The International Labour Review (ILR) invites proposals for special issues that contribute to research in a specific area that falls within the aims and scope of the journal, i.e. to …

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Alliance Manchester Business School @alliancembs.bsky.social · Jan 17

Work-Net International: A new era for work and employment research 🔎

An event celebrating the launch of @worknetint.bsky.social, a groundbreaking global network advancing research on work and employment, will take place on 21 January.

Learn more: ow.ly/EuEq50UHBah

@workequalities.bsky.social

Work-Net international graphic with a network of dots and lines in a globe shape. Text underneath says: an interdisciplinary network connecting centres and institutes studying work and employment.

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