21st Century Workforces and Workplaces

Stephen Bevan is Head of HR Research Development at the Institute for Employment Studies. He has previously been both Managing Director and Director of Research at The Work Foundation where he led a programme of applied research on workplace health, performance, reward, motivation and retention. He has conducted many UK and international research studies and advised employers and governments on both policy and practice. In 2016 he was designated the UK's 2nd 'Most Influential' HR thinker by HR magazine and he has been an Honorary Professor at Lancaster University Management School since 2010.

Ian Brinkley is currently an Associate of The Work Foundation and Fellow of the Institute for Employment Studies. He was Interim Chief Economist at the Chartered Institute for Personal Development (CIPD) between 2016 and 2017. Prior to that he served at The Work Foundation from 2006 onwards, including as Director from 2010 to 2013 and Chief Economist from 2013 to 2016. He served at the Trades Union Congress between 1980 and 2006, where he was Head of the Economic and Social Affairs Department (2004-2006) and its Chief Economist (1996-2006).

Dr Zofia Bajorek is the Lead Researcher of HR and Management at The Work Foundation, where she has worked for 4 years on a number of programmes including workplace health and wellbeing, employee engagement and the employment relationship. Prior to the, she was awarded a PhD in Management from KCL in 2013.

Sir Cary L. Cooper, CBE, is 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, President of the British Academy of Management, President of the CIPD and was the Founding Chair of the Sunningdale Institute think tank in the National School of Government. He was the lead scientist on the Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing and has published over 125 books and many scholarly articles on organizational psychology and the workplace.