Remote work isn’t just a perk. For many, it enhances productivity, mental health, autonomy and long-term career satisfaction.

As 2025 draws to a close and we leap into the New Year, 10 experts make predictions for 2026 work trends that reveal ...

Tomas Chamorro Premuzic and Becky Frankiewicz are devoted advocates of work but fear that it may—as historically defined—be overrated. There are some emerging trends that suggest we’re evolving beyond ...

Shadow work is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the parts of the psyche that people often keep hidden, such as trauma and resentment. Some people may refer to this as the “shadow self”. The ...

Unpaid work. Sexual harassment. Violence. Low wages. The “motherhood penalty.” These are just some of the issues that millions of women continue to face at work in 2025. Despite progress made towards ...

One of the biggest impressions the COVID-19 pandemic left on the world was the change to the traditional workplace setup. Remote work is becoming commonplace in many industries, and an Upwork study ...

If you’re trying to improve your health, the first stop is likely to be your doctor’s office. But your own office may have nearly as much influence on well-being, according to a growing body of ...

Caleb Althorpe receives funding from the Irish Research Council. Work is an inescapable feature of the modern world. Most of us, except for a lucky few, spend a significant portion of our lives ...

In the nineteen-sixties, Jack Nilles, a physicist turned engineer, built long-range communications systems at the U.S. Air Force’s Aerial Reconnaissance Laboratory, near Dayton, Ohio. Later, at NASA, ...

Hard work is admired in most societies and being unemployed is a source of shame. This mindset arose in agricultural societies and became extreme after the Industrial Revolution. Addiction to work ...

Social work is a field of study and profession aimed at addressing problems in society—from educational inequality to health disparities to child and family welfare. Whether they practice directly ...

As a society, we’ve been somewhat conditioned to dread Monday. Phrases such as “Monday blues” or “TGIF” send us a clear signal that the hours between Monday and Friday are not our own. They are times ...