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The University of Bath is holding an event in London 1 August exploring the future of work, employment patterns and debating whether “jobs” as we know them will continue to exist?

The Centre for Research on Self-Employment (CRSE) has welcomed the publication of the Taylor Review of Modern Employment Practices.

Broad one-policy-fits-all approaches for self-employment are very dangerous and run the risk of damaging the UK economy, Professor Andrew Burke, Chair of the Centre for Research on Self-Employment (CRSE), told the Taylor Review into modern employm

New research is to be conducted on what it means to be self-employed in a significant academic-led project undertaken by the Centre for Research on Self Employment (CRSE) in conjunction with the Institute for Employment Studies (IES).

Jerzy Cieslik from Kozminski University, Poland, has published a new book – ‘Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Enhancing its Contribution to Socio-Economic Development. Unlike other publications on entrepreneurship, the book directly addresses the issue of self-employment, recommending segmentation of the microenterprise sector into distinct categories.

Freelancers’ contribution to the UK economy soared to £119 billion in 2016, an increase from £109 billion in 2015, according to new research published by IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed.

New to the research library is a video featuring Marcus Dejardin from University of Namur and Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

Better known for its iconic pier and pebbled shore, Brighton played host to a cohort of international experts on self-employment late last year where they defined the future of self-employment at the annual Global Workshop on Freelancing & Self-Employment Research.

The Journal of Management & Organization (JMO) has released its new special issue, ‘Self-employed professionals, freelancers and contractors,’ and is offering free access to the articles until the end of February.