Past Events

Please join us on August 14 at Zeppelin Hall for a fun evening of drinks, food and networking with the SMLR Alumni Association and the Rutgers Alumni Association! 

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE), in partnership with Rutgers Global, hosted the 5th Summer Camp, Frontiers of Labor and Human Resources Management, at Rutgers’ New Brunswick campus from July 28 to August 19, 2025. Nine students from Renmin University of China, Macau University of Science and Technology, and Korea University participated in the program.

CGWE co-organized the Global Labor Governance Forum: Knowledge, Institutions, and Practices for Sustainable Globalization with Renmin University’s School of Labor and Human Resources and the Beijing Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The forum took place in Beijing, China, on July 12, 2025, and drew more than 50 researchers and practitioners from the U.S., the U.K., China, and the ILO.

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE) co-organized the conference Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: Theory, Policy, and Practice with the School of Public Administration of South China University of Technology, the India-Pakistan Center of South China University of Technology, the ESRC Centre for the Digital Future of Work, and the Guangdong Social Security Research Center. Held in Guangzhou, China, on July 4–5, 2025, the event brought together more than 50 researchers from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and China.

Together with the Productivity Network, the University of Newfoundland, the University of Alberta, Toronto Metropolitan University, and the Rutgers Network of Work-Studies Scholars, the Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE) organized the international conference AI, Remote Work, and Productivity at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada, on May 8–9, 2025. More than 100 researchers, Canadian government officials, and practitioners participated. Rutgers professors Mingwei Liu (SMLR), Jennifer Hunt (Economics), and Yanhong Jin (Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics) presented their research. The conference also featured a workshop for a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Productivity Analysis on AI, remote work, and productivity.

Join the Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department and the Center for Global Work and Employment for a presentation by Rina Agarwala (Sociology, Johns Hopkins University) on "Union‐Cooperative Collaborations: Toward a Global Framework of Analysis" beginning at 11:30am in the Labor Education Center, Room 115.

Join SMLR at Rutgers Day, celebrating 30 years of making the world of work a better place! Play fun games, win giveaways, and learn how the School of Management and Labor Relations is making a difference in careers and communities.

Join us on 4/24 for our Spring De-Stress with SMLR event!

Join RU SHRM for their 20th Annual Spring Business Conference - "HR Leaders Shaping the Future" on Friday, April 11, 2025.

This talk will show the effects of digitalisation on the skills and autonomy of a specific type of knowledge worker - industrial scientists - using labour process theory (LPT) and the concept of the "texture of skill change." The findings emphasise that skill changes are complex, nonlinear, and deeply intertwined with the material, relational, and situational aspects of work.