The International Labour Review (ILR) has its origin in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, which created the ILO, and it was established in 1921 by decision of the ILO Governing Body. The year 2021 thus marked the ILR’s 100th anniversary.

To celebrate this anniversary, the ILR launched various intiatives to highlight its history and its contributions to advancing academic research and informing policy debate at the global level in all fields related to the world of work.
The online ILR Centenary Collection is composed of an article on the ILR’s history and various guest-edited Centenary Issues on recurrent themes that remain relevant to the journal's international and multidisciplinary readership today.

The ILR Centenary Issues feature a selection of the most significant contributions that the ILR has made, at different points in its history, to the global debate on the theme in question. Each issue opens with an introduction written by its guest editor(s), providing context and commentary on the selected articles.

Editorial
Delving into the past – Looking to the future, by Tzehainesh TEKLÈ

Article
Historical perspectives on the International Labour Review 1921–2021: A century of research on the world of work,
by Dorothea HOEHTKER

ILR Centenary Issues

• Centenary Issue No. 1: Informality, Guest Editor: Ravi KANBUR
• Centenary Issue No. 2: Technology and employment, Guest Editors: Debra HOWCROFT and Jill RUBERY
• Centenary Issue No. 3: Women and gender equality, Guest Editor: Nancy FOLBRE
• Centenary Issue No. 4: Collective labour relations, Guest Editor: Gerhard BOSCH
• Centenary Issue No. 5: Labour law, Guest Editors: Ruth DUKES, Judy FUDGE and Guy MUNDLAK
• Centenary Issue No. 6: Development, Guest Editors: Jayati GHOSH and Uma RANI
• Centenary Issue No. 7: Poverty and inequality, Guest Editor: Gerry RODGERS