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Confronting Inequality

The Role of Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue

Joint IWPLMS and IREC-conferences | 16 – 18 September 2026 | Oslo, Norway

Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research hosts the joint IWPLMS and IREC-conferences in 2026, under the heading “Confronting Inequality: The Role of Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue”.

Inequality is on the rise. What role can collective bargaining and social partners play in counteracting these trends?
Can new groups of workers on the margins of the labour market benefit from a more inclusive form of social dialogue?

These questions will form the overarching theme of the conference.

  • IWPLMS (International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation) is dedicated to understanding the processes shaping inequality and segmentation in labour markets, through a multi-disciplinary, dynamic and comparative institutional theoretical perspective.
  • IREC (Industrial Relations in Europe Conference) was created in 1992 as a network of those researching into industrial relations in Europe.