Coworking spaces and the coworking property market were bound to shake up on the heels of WeWork's wobble. The pandemic only speeds things up. IWG first to step in with investment in "distressed opportunities", secures lease on vacated Hong Kong offices. ft.com/content/6d40c6…

What might co-working spaces look like in the aftermath of COVID19? Members of Co-working Research Collective (CORECOL) have expressed our thoughts in an extended blog for Futures of Work futuresofwork.co.uk/2020/06/05/alo…

COVID-19 Special Issue #2 Futures of Work is now live futuresofwork.co.uk We have something for everyone: #futureofwork, value chains, co-working, care work, social reproduction, podcast on women and work and so much more. Check it out it's an absolute corker.

What role for coworking spaces as the high street redefines itself in the post-pandemic era? Could be substantial. theguardian.com/business/2020/…

How is #COVID__19 and #lockdown impacting on #coworking spaces in the UK? Check our evidence to UK Parliament, drafted with Co-working Research Collective (CORECOL) committees.parliament.uk/work/178/the-i… (Scroll down to COVO125)

COVID-19 special #2 now live ft. Huw Thomas on global value chains, Co-working Research Collective (CORECOL) (@Gd1Glenn Frederick Harry Pitts Malu Villela Prof Jennifer Johns @OdulBozkurt @ed_yates_ Greig Charnock) on co-working spaces, @DrLJBHayes & @hanwalt on carework & @mofarg on social reproduction: futuresofwork.co.uk

We are pleased to have provided evidence to the @CommonsBEIS inquiry on the effects of coronavirus on businesses and workers. Our evidence focus on the impacts of the pandemic and the crisis on co-working spaces. Check it out here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…

Alone, Together? #CoWorking Spaces and the #COVID19 Crisis futuresofwork.co.uk/2020/06/05/alo… via Futures of Work

Read 'Alone, Together? #CoWorkingSpaces and the #COVID19 Crisis' by Co-working Research Collective (CORECOL) (Glenn Morgan Frederick Harry Pitts Malu Villela Prof Jennifer Johns @OdulBozkurt @ed_yates_ Greig Charnock) futuresofwork.co.uk/2020/06/05/alo…

Alone, Together? #CoWorking #Spaces and the COVID-19 Crisis

Delighted that our project on the future of coworking spaces post-COVID-19 was funded by Digital Futures at Work Research Centre! Project team: Frederick Harry Pitts Glenn Morgan Malu Villela & Prof Jennifer Johns (@bristoluni_mgt), @OdulBozkurt (University of Sussex Business School), Greig Charnock (UoM School of Social Sciences) & @ed_yates_ (Sheffield University Management School)

We will be presenting a discussion of our paper "Co-Working Spaces, Cities and COVID-19: Growth, Crisis and Recovery" at the RSCG Coll. Spaces (RGCS) at 2:15pm GMT today A presentation of our work can be watched here - youtube.com/watch?v=ag7KIi…

This is interesting, as is the fact than when the "merits of the office" are discussed the emphasis is almost always on "innovation" based on "watercooler conversations". Is this really the key or is it a trope we need to query with much finer nuance? forbes.com/sites/thomasro…

"One of the UK’s leading news publishers is calling time on the traditional newspaper office, with the owner of the Daily Mirror set to tell the vast majority of its journalists that they will permanently work from home in future." theguardian.com/business/2021/…