Our centre
Director: Professor Andy Green
The Centre for Research on Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES) explores the connections between learning and the promotion of economic competitiveness and social cohesion. The Centre runs a programme of multi-disciplinary and mixed-mode research, which addresses themes of youth, inter-generational mobility, and civic values such as learning, work, economy, education, inequality, and social cohesion.
LLAKES aims to work with policymakers, education and training professionals, employers, trade unions and other interested parties, to improve the way in which national and international research evidence is shared and used.
The centre welcomes contributions through its website and attendance at its open seminars from anyone interested in its research programme. Since 2008, the LLAKES Centre has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and hosted by the IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.
Other current funders of our research include the Nuffield Foundation, Office for Students, Research England and the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Research
Research in the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES).
LLAKES publications
Publications from the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES).
Staff
Staff in the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES).
News
We underestimate the importance of job quality for our lives
A report led by Professor Francis Green found that jobs have become less gendered over recent decades, though gaps persist in pay and job autonomy in favour of men.
12 May 2025
Who is more likely to use AI at work?
AI use is concentrated in high-paying, high-skill roles, and adopted most commonly by men, young workers and those with university-level qualifications, finds a report led by Dr Golo Henseke.
08 May 2025
Nurses and teachers at greatest risk of experiencing workplace abuse
Care-oriented professions in the public sector and night workers are disproportionately at risk of experiencing abuse, finds a report led by Professor Francis Green.
11 Apr 2025
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LLAKES Centre
Department of Education, Practice and Society
Room 706, IOE – Faculty of Education and Society
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL
Germ Janmaat
Deputy Director, room 771b
Click to email. g.janmaat@ucl.ac.uk Click to call. 0207 612 6631
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