AIRAANZ Conference 2026

The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) is pleased to announce the 2026 conference is happening in Sydney, New South Wales, at the University of Technology Sydney from Wednesday 28 January to Friday 30 January 2026.

The theme of the conference is ‘Shifting perspective and practice: Industrial relations in a changing world of work’.

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AIRAANZ Symposia

AIRAANZ provides funding to support members in the running of symposia, workshops, webinars and events that promote the field of IR, IR scholarship and the role of AIRAANZ, in both Australia and New Zealand.

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About UsAIRAANZ has been a leading voice in industrial relations research since 1983

As a membership-based association, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand has been a leading voice and platform for industrial relations research and policy in Australia and New Zealand since 1983. AIRAANZ prides itself on its collegiality, diversity, and encouragement of research excellence.

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What We OfferPromote and encourage Australasian industrial relations research and ongoing publications

Memberships

Learn more about joining the Asia-Pacific's leading academic community for industrial relations research.

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Conferences

Join us for our annual academic conferences, which are rotating between Australia and New Zealand.

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Awards

Learn more about our distinguished members and how we foster and acknowledge world-leading industrial relations research.

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Labour & Industry

AIRAANZ is the proud proprietor and support of Labour & Industry. An academic peer-reviewed journal of the social and economic relations of work.

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Labour & IndustryA Journal of the Social and Economic Relations of Work

Labour & Industry offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on all aspect of the social, organisational and institutional aspects of work and industrial relations. It current editors in chief are Professor Jane Parker, Professor Jim Arrowsmith, and Dr Noelle Donnelly. The journal publishes original, high quality research and policy papers that investigate the implications of changing work relations for employers, employees, unions, government and other social actors with a stake in industrial relations. The aims of the journal are to encourage debate and the exchange of views between researchers, to challenge the conceptual boundaries of work and industrial relations, and to contribute to the generation of new ideas by drawing on insights from diverse disciplines.

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