Project
GMB-NTU Work Futures Observatory
Unit(s) of assessment: Social Work and Social Policy
Research theme(s): Safety and Sustainability
School: School of Social Sciences
Overview
The Work Futures Observatory exists to strengthen collaboration between the GMB Union and academic researchers. Established in August 2024, the Observatory will publish a research agenda informed by the needs of the GMB and coordinate research and knowledge exchange to benefit workers, trade union practices and associated areas of public policy.
The GMB Union represents half a million workers in the UK, across diverse parts of the private and public sectors, from warehouses to social care, schools, the NHS, delivery and private hire, security, local authorities, and more, and aims to advance workers' rights and equality.
The Observatory’s core work is supported by NTU’s:
Centre for Policy, Citizenship and Society
Centre for Public and Psychosocial Health
Centre for People, Work and Organizational Practice
Contact
Contact the Director of the Work Futures Observatory at tom.vickers@ntu.ac.uk.
Collaboration
The Work Futures Observatory works with a network of academics to respond to the GMB’s research needs, including researchers at the Universities of Nottingham Trent, Oxford, Leeds, Northumbria, Sheffield Hallam, Tel Aviv, Warwick, and Sheffield. To apply to join this network please submit your details here.