Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy

Work/Place: London returning

The pandemic has had significant impacts on the economies of cities, as well as their social and spatial organisation – in particular, their downtowns or central business districts. A key aspect of this has been the move toward hybrid working or working from home, with some reports suggesting that up to half of all employees in the UK are resistant to a full-time return to the workplace.

The Work/Place: London returning project, led jointly by the Policy Institute at King’s and the King’s Business School, is bringing together London-based employers and policy stakeholders to understand how Covid has altered the way Londoners now work and what the future of employment in the city will look like.

Through a co-productive approach using quantitative and qualitative research methods, the project will identify lessons not just for London, but for other international cities and the rest of the UK too. Read the latest research, analysis and comment from the project below.

Project team

Dr Jack Brown

Lecturer in London Studies and London Partnerships Director
Ms Jiyoun Chang

PhD Student in Public Services Management and Organisation
Professor Michael Clinton

Professor of Work Psychology
Jim Collins

Director of Strategy & Operations, International, Engagement & Service (IES)
Sofia Cusano

Events and Stakeholder Manager
Professor Bobby Duffy

Director
Tony Halmos

Visiting Professor
Dr Amanda Jones

Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
Professor Mark Kleinman

Professor of Public Policy
George May

Head of Communications
Dr Tara Reich

Reader in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management