David Spencer
Professor of Economics and Political Economy, Leeds University
David A. Spencer is Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Leeds. His research interests lie in the areas of the economics and political economy of work. His latest book on the meaning and future of work is entitled, Making Light Work: An End to Toil in the Twenty-First Century (Polity: 2022). He is a member of the Excellence Network of the Bruegel project: Future of Work and Inclusive Growth in Europe.
Featured work
Risks to job quality from digital technologies: are industrial relations in Europe ready for the challenge?
The paper extends the debate about the future of work beyond employment and pay, to a consideration of job quality more broadly.
Technology: a product of unequal power?
The effects of digital technology on work and wages.
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Working paper
22 September 2022
Risks to job quality from digital technologies: are industrial relations in Europe ready for the challenge?
The paper extends the debate about the future of work beyond employment and pay, to a consideration of job quality more broadly.
Podcast
24 November 2021
Technology: a product of unequal power?
The effects of digital technology on work and wages.