Research: Young workers in Greater Manchester
Exploring young people’s experiences of work and employment in an uncertain job market.
Research summary
Research summary
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January 2021 to December 2022
Our research aims to find out more about young people’s experiences of work.
Economic and political uncertainties, growing inequalities, and the technological transformation of work have far-reaching effects on the labour market.
And the COVID-19 pandemic has increased concerns about young people’s experience of work and employment.
In times of uncertainty, young people may be more vulnerable as they are less likely to have established jobs and careers.
This project will focus on people working in insecure jobs in one area in northern England. We are particularly interested in those working in the gig economy, the self-employed and those on temporary and short term contracts.
Our research will explore the personal, social and economic consequences of such working conditions, but also consider how young people are responding to and resisting uncertainty.
We aim to produce recommendations from our research - for young people, employers and politicians - about what can be done to improve young people’s working lives.
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Research outputs
Research outputs
Articles
- Decent and Indecent Work, Careers Matters, Career Development Institute (CDI), April 2022
Blog posts
- Lessons from research: what can cities do to help young people move into and sustain decent work?
- Young people and insecure work: lessons learned from the pandemic
Presentations
- Social Change, Inequality and Mental Health: Shifting the Narrative Conference at Kings College, London (March 2021) Young People and Work: Disrupted Dreams and Lives in Limbo
- Work Employment and Society Conference (August 2021) The impact of COVID-19 on Young Workers: a Qualitative, Longitudinal Study.
- National Institute of Careers and Educational Counselling (NICEC): Careers in a post-Covid World (September 2021) The Impact of COVID-19 on Young Workers
- Career Development Institute (CDI) National conference (December 2021) Young people’s perspectives on decent and indecent work: implications for careers work
- Cannexus Career Development conference (Canada) (January 2022) COVID-19 and Young Workers in the UK
Reports
Research team
Funding
With funding from
The British Academy
Contact
Contact us
For general enquiries about the Work and Working Lives research theme, you can contact research lead Dr Alison Collins.
