Living with Covid-19 at work

Living with Covid-19 at work – Evidence and theory from psychology, economics, and sociology for International Women’s Day.

Work Inclusivity Research Centre, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham - Virtual research and policy seminar.

In late spring and early summer 2020 the Work Inclusivity Research Centre hosted a series of three online research and policy workshops, showcasing the earliest social science research on the pandemic’s effects on work and workplaces. Evidence and theory have both developed significantly since that moment; in spring 2022, we seem to be moving into a post-Covid world of work, with all of the complications that brings. This short seminar addresses that complexity, revisiting the research of three of our original contributors – Professor Alexandra Beauregard/Birkbeck, London, Dr Christopher Rauh/Cambridge, and Tracey Warren/Nottingham – to summarise evidence and theory development over the two years of the pandemic, with a focus on the differential gendered effects of the pandemic. The presentations and discussion will provide insights for academics, policymakers, policy advisers, managers, and activists.