CfP on transdisciplinary workplace research
Just a few more days until abstracts are due (14 Nov) for the 5th TWR (Transdisciplinary Workplace Research) conference, to be held in Zurich, 2-5 September 2026

Topics include physical and social workplace environments, sustainability, digital work, hybrid and new ways of working, occupational health, inclusion at work etc

More info and how to submit:
https://www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/ifm/veranstaltungen/twr2026

#CfP #FutureOfWork #WorkplaceResearch #HR #FacilitiesManagement #CRE

Together with my brilliant collaborator @ChrystalaPsathiti, I was invited by the #WorkplaceGeeks Ian Ellison and Chris Moriarty to talk about our latest research paper on adolescent perceptions of schools in relation to their spatial layout, originally published in the Journal of Architecture and now featured in the wonderful Workplace Geeks podcast series 3.

Listen here:
https://www.audiem.io/podcasts/from-cyprus-to-hogwarts

#podcast #workplaceDesign #WorkplaceResearch #schoolBuildings #ArchitecturalResearch #SpaceSyntax

If you've missed my inaugural professorial lecture on 'Architectures of Care' at the #BartlettSchoolOfArchitecture #UCL earlier this month, I'm pleased to say that the recording is now online:

https://vimeo.com/925814729

#ArchitecturalResearch #archidon #WorkplaceResearch #workplaceDesign #userExperience #DataDrivenDesign #EvidenceBasedDesign #SpaceSyntax #disabilitystudies

Another fabulous episode of the #WorkplaceGeeks podcast featuring Rachel Casanova and Sophie Schuller who talk about their findings on an #OrganizationalNetworkAnalysis project comparing communication #networks during remote work in lockdown and in-person office based work
#ONA #SNA #SocialNetworkAnalysis #WorkplaceResearch
@sociology
https://spotify.link/UryqJ4urMDb

New paper published!
In 'The challenges of hybrid work: an architectural sociology perspective', we - my wonderful colleagues Matt Thomas, Rosica Pachilova and I - scan the emerging literature since 2020 and compare it to a small sample of participants with lived experience of hybrid work.

#architecture #layout #HybridWork #workplace #WorkplaceResearch #sociology
@sociology

More info in the thread... 🧵

Available #OpenAccess here:
https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.350

The short paper 'The Hybrid Office How-To' featured in the Guardian article was first presented at the 2022 Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Conference #TWR2022 and is available here:
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155289/1/TWR22_SailerEtAl_HybridWorkingHowTo.pdf
#workplaceDesign #WorkplaceResearch #HybridWork