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‘L-earning: rethinking young women’s working lives is a 3-year research study exploring young women’s early experiences of work – including work while studying – and how these experiences may contribu...

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ESRC Young Women's Working Lives @ywworking.bsky.social · May 22

Today we launched our new briefings on student work: Earning While Learning. The briefings, aimed at Employers, Trade Unions, and the Education sector, do not only summarise our findings, but also give targeted recommendations for each sector. Read them here: ywworking.co.uk/briefings/

Briefings - L-earning

ywworking.co.uk

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · May 23

New article published on the CERIC website about the work our researchers @katerhardy.bsky.social and Mia Zhong have been doing with @ywworking.bsky.social

business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...

New report on student workers and ‘earning while learning’ released

Not only are student workers important to the economy, but working while in education has positive and negative effects on students, says a new report released today.

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · May 23

Professor Jonathan Winterton welcomes PGRs to the annual CERIC Doctoral Conference, and introduces our Keynote Speaker Dr. Douglas Renwick from Nottingham Trent University's Business School.

It looks set to be a great day, with presentations from 30 PGRs across the UK and internationally.

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Apr 15

❗ DEADLINE EXTENDED ❗

CERIC Doctoral Conference 2025 is now accepting abstracts until WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL

Abstracts up to 300 words via email to: [email protected]

For more info:
bit.ly/4jTNJu2

@universityofleeds.bsky.social

CERIC warmly invites postgraduate researchers at all stages to the 2025 CERIC Doctoral Conference ‘Sustainable Development and the Future of Work’ on Friday 23rd May, 2025, in a hybrid mode.

CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Apr 14

❗ Reminder to submit your abstracts for the CERIC Doctoral Conference by this WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL ❗

📍 Clarendon Building, University of Leeds, UK
@universityofleeds.bsky.social

📅 Friday 23rd May, 2025

Abstracts up to 300 words via email to: [email protected]

For more info:
bit.ly/4jTNJu2

CERIC warmly invites postgraduate researchers at all stages to the 2025 CERIC Doctoral Conference ‘Sustainable Development and the Future of Work’ on Friday 23rd May, 2025, in a hybrid mode.

Disrupting Technology Conference 2025, Leeds

CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Apr 3

🟢📣 Registration is now OPEN for the 3rd international Disrupting Technology Conference!

📅 Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 June 2025

📍 Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds, UK

⏳ Registration deadline for all delegates (presenting and non-presenting): Wednesday 7 MAY

🛜 Register via: bit.ly/3E4iv3r

The 3rd international conference on Disrupting Technology will be held on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June 2025 at Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Apr 2

Newly published article: The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS), doi.org/10.1556/2006...

The UK data collection for this study was carried out by CERIC researcher Alan Roe as part of the Global Research on Work Addiction project team - read more about the project at workaddiction.org

Abstract Background and aims Despite the last decade's significant development in the scientific study of work addiction/workaholism, this area of research is still facing a fundamental challenge,…

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Mar 24

This Wednesday, Winnie Lam will be joining us for a CERIC Seminar on "Work-life balance among people who work long hours in Hong Kong - a qualitative investigation"
Register for free at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winnie-lam...

Winnie Lam: Work-life balance among people who work long hours in Hong Kong

A qualitative investigation. This is part of the CERIC Seminar Series, held in person and online via Zoom.

Imposter Participants in Qualitative Research

CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Mar 11

This looks to be an insightful seminar on the phenomenon of imposter participants, drawing on experiences of researchers from the ESRC Transforming Working Lives programme, including CERIC's Kate Hardy and Helen Norman

methods@manchester @methodsmcr.bsky.social · Mar 5

Imposter Participants in Qualitative Research
Thurs 20 March 12-1pm

This MethodsNW seminar explores associated challenges when study volunteers seemingly don’t meet participation criteria, a recent phenomenon known as imposter participants

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imposter-p...

A Methods North West Lunchtime Session

CERIC Seminar - Rosie Cox, "The End of the Family Worker Exemption"

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Mar 10

Rosie Cox's CERIC Seminar is this Thursday - there's still time to register for free and join us in person or online!

CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Mar 3

The next CERIC Seminar will be delivered by Rosie Cox from @sussex.ac.uk, discussing "The End of the Family Worker Exemption: A Victory for Domestic Workers" on 13th March @ 4pm. To join us online or in person, register for free at bit.ly/41njQKf

A Victory for Domestic Workers. This is a hybrid seminar, in person and on Zoom.

CERIC Seminar - Rosie Cox, "The End of the Family Worker Exemption"

CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Mar 3

The next CERIC Seminar will be delivered by Rosie Cox from @sussex.ac.uk, discussing "The End of the Family Worker Exemption: A Victory for Domestic Workers" on 13th March @ 4pm. To join us online or in person, register for free at bit.ly/41njQKf

A Victory for Domestic Workers. This is a hybrid seminar, in person and on Zoom.

CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Feb 20

📅 CHANGE OF DATE - CERIC Doctoral Conference 📅

The 2025 CERIC Doctoral Conference will now be held on Friday 23rd May.

The call for papers is still live until Wednesday 16th April.

For more details on the event, please see the call for papers:
business.leeds.ac.uk/divisions-ma...

CERIC warmly invites postgraduate researchers at all stages to the 2025 CERIC Doctoral Conference ‘Sustainable Development and the Future of Work’ on Friday 23rd May, 2025, in a hybrid mode.

CERIC Seminar - Tiago Vieira, "A kind of magic?"

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Feb 18

On the 26th February, Tiago Vieira @t-vieira.bsky.social will be delivering a hybrid CERIC Seminar on "Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management". For more info and (free!) tickets see www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ceric-semi...

Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management

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Morgan Rhys Powell @mrhyspowell.bsky.social · Feb 7

Pleased to have this out with the Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest, using Index data to explore the emergent years of platform workers' protest in India: tinyurl.com/IndexIndia

@ceric-lubs.bsky.social

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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · Feb 12

📣 Call for papers for the CERIC Doctoral Conference 2025 is now live! 📣

📅 Wednesday 21st May, 2025

📍 Clarendon Building, University of Leeds, UK
@universityofleeds.bsky.social

Abstracts up to 300 words via email to: [email protected]

❗ Deadline Wednesday 16th April, 2025 ❗

bit.ly/4jTNJu2

CERIC warmly invites postgraduate researchers at all stages to the 2025 CERIC Doctoral Conference ‘Sustainable Development and the Future of Work’ on Wednesday May 21, 2025, in a hybrid mode.

Disrupting Technology Conference 2025, Leeds

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Esme Terry @esmeterry.bsky.social · Feb 1

🟢 Event webpage now live! 🔁 Please share with your networks!
📣 Call for Papers! Disrupting Technology Conference 2025📣
📅 Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June
📍 University of Leeds, UK
‼️ Abstract deadline: 7th March
📧 Abstracts <500 words to: [email protected]

business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...

The 3rd international conference on Disrupting Technology will be held on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June 2025 at Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.