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We host more full-time faculty involved in teaching and research that spans the broad range of work and employment disciplines than any other educational institution like us.

Get to Know: Anaïs Fabre

New ILR Assistant Professor Anaïs Fabre focuses her research on overcoming barriers to higher education and on their effects.
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Get to Know: Anaïs Fabre

McKersie Legacy Honored, Examined in Inaugural Labor Day Lecture

The inaugural Robert and Nancy McKersie Labor Day Lecture was given by ILR Dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, on Sept. 4 on the Cornell campus.
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McKersie Legacy Honored, Examined in Inaugural Labor Day Lecture

AI’s Impact on Professional Work to Be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

A new research team plans to explore AI’s impact on professional work through a new two-year pilot initiative housed at the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator.
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AI’s Impact on Professional Work to Be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

We are home to world-class faculty who study work at every level. We create relevant research from across disciplines, including (but not limited to) sociology, history, law, HR studies, and anthropology. Our research influences public policy, informs business strategy and organizational design, and improves professional practices. We're innovative researchers, creating and using new approaches to help the world understand work.

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Catherwood Library

The Martin P. Catherwood Library, housed within and serving the ILR School, offers one of the most comprehensive labor and employment collections in North America, reflecting ILR’s status as the leading institution in the field of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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The Kheel Center

The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives collects, preserves and makes accessible special collections pertaining to the history of the workplace and labor relations.

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DigitalCollections@ILR

DigitalCollections@ILR offers electronic access to unique material that encompasses every aspect of the workplace, as a service of Catherwood Library.

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ILR Press

ILR Press publishes books about workplace issues, labor, management and social policy. Widely regarded as the most distinguished publisher in the field, ILR Press is the publishing division of the ILR School and is an imprint of Cornell University Press.

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ILR Review

The ILR Review is a peer-reviewed journal on work and employment issues, published by SAGE Publications. It is dedicated to international and interdisciplinary research that advances new theory, presents novel empirical work and informs organizational and public policy.

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Future of Work Fellowships

Supporting Innovative Scholarship

The Future of Work Fellowship program offers research opportunities to promising scholars who seek to create understanding of the future of work, labor and employment.

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