44th International Labour Process Conference 2026

ILPC Leeds 2026 will take place during a period of climate breakdown, authoritarian politics, technological uncertainty and war. Join us as we explore how climate breakdown, geopolitical turbulence, technological uncertainty, and shifting politics are reshaping work. What do these challenges mean for diversity, sustainability, worker voice, and labour mobility? Periods of crisis and chaos are also periods of transformation, and there is always an opportunity to influence the direction of travel. While it is tempting to propose a melancholy frame for the conference, we take a difference approach. Labour process scholarship provides a means of understanding these problems from the perspective of the workplace and can also help illuminate alternative possible futures. What is the role of labour process theory in helping us see beyond populist politics and wider societal failures?

At ILPC Leeds 2026 we will reflect on transformation. How can labour process scholarship point towards different futures for working life?