Technology

New technologies are transforming the nature of work, reshaping our economy, and have the potential to turbo-charge productivity, and with it living standards. But the gains and losses of technological progress are often not evenly distributed among workers and firms.

The increasingly widespread use of automation, and now AI, in the workplace is already changing the nature of work for some. The scale of disruption that these technologies will unleash is still unknown, as are the ways in which they change our labour market.

Our work on technology investigates the ways in which automation is affecting jobs and living standards now and how workers can be supported through future changes. We also look at the economic benefits of technological change and how new technologies can be harnessed to improve public and private sector productivity.