{"id":29,"date":"2013-08-24T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T09:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.blogs.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2020-03-21T09:02:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T09:02:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Work Future Research Centre (WFRC) was founded as one of the University of Southampton\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/multidisciplinary\/usrgs\/index.page?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strategic Research Groups (USRGs)<\/a> which provides an interdisciplinary home for the wide range of work-related research being conducted across the university.<\/p>\n<p>Uncertainty and rapid change in relation to work, employment, the economy and society more generally provide the backdrop to much of our existing research. The current economic challenges affecting Britain and the rest of the world are increasing the need to understand the implications for work.<\/p>\n<p>By bringing together diverse activities and interests, the Centre offers a focal point for organisations looking for research expertise to investigate the issues that matter to them. It is also providing a forum for specialists from across the University to work together in innovative ways to develop research proposals and insights into contemporary and emerging themes across the field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/workfutures\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact us<\/a> to discuss how the WFRC team could collaborate with your organisation and to learn more about our <a href=\"http:\/\/workfutures.southampton.ac.uk\/research\/\">Research Themes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The University of Southampton<\/a> is one of the world\u2019s top 100 Universities, watch the film below to discover how we are at the forefront of interdisciplinary research towards advancing some of society\u2019s most pressing global challenges ( by University of Southampton Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Work Future Research Centre (WFRC) was founded as one of the University of Southampton\u2019s Strategic Research Groups (USRGs) which provides an interdisciplinary home for the wide range of work-related research being conducted across the university. Uncertainty and rapid change in relation to work, employment, the economy and society more generally provide the backdrop to much of our existing research. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2272,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8uofc-t","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/workfutures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}