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Thomas Kochan is the George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a faculty member of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research. His research primarily focuses on updating America's work and employment policies, institutions, and practices to adapt to a changing workforce economy. He emphasizes the need for a new social contract in work, addressing the implications of current and future technological changes to build an inclusive economy that fosters broad-based prosperity. Kochan's empirical research has shown that fundamental changes are necessary to improve the quality of employee labor-management relations and address critical problems across various industries, including healthcare, airlines, and manufacturing. He authored a recent book titled 'Shaping Future Work: Handbook Action New Social Contract' published by Routledge in 2021. He is a member of multiple prestigious organizations, including the National Academy of Human Resources and the National Academy of Arbitrators, and has served as the past president of the International Industrial Relations Association and the Industrial Relations Research Association. Currently, he is also involved with the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future.