The Institute for Human Development (IHD), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, Wits University, South Africa in collaboration with NITI Aayog, Government of India are organising a three-day International Conference on “New Technologies and the Future of Work in the Global South” during 17-19 July 2023 at India International Centre, New Delhi. IHD is celebrating 25 years of its founding this year. This Conference is a part of its Silver jubilee activities and events.

The conference aims to address some important issues and concerns in the wake of technological change and emerging forms of work which have important implications for the future of work and for workers. Apart from academics, scholars and experts from policymaking, civil society, industry, worker's organisations and international organisations will contribute to the deliberations of the three-day Conference.

Research papers related to the conference theme, underpinned by the core question of how to address the issue through the right mix of strategies and policies, are invited from scholars and researchers, from both Global South and North.