Workshop
Research workshop on Digitalisation and the future of work
This one-day research workshop brings together ILO experts and researchers from the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (DIGIT) to explore shared interests in digitalisation and the future of work. It will feature short presentations and discussions, with a focus on fostering collaboration and supporting early career researchers.
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (ESRC) and the ILO
| Time | Session | Speakers / Details |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Caroline Fredrickson, Director, Research Department, ILO Mark Stuart (University of Leeds) and Jacqueline O’Reilly (University of Sussex) | Opening remarks |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Session 1: AI supply chains Chair: Steve Rolf | Dr Rachel Verdin and Jacqueline O’Reilly (Sussex) Varieties of Digital Ecosystems Uma Rani, Morgan Williams and Nora Gobel (ILO) Development of AI and its supply chains Dr Matt Cole (Sussex) AI Value Chains: Unpaid Knowledge Contributions and Datafied Accumulation |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Session 2: Algorithmic management practices Chair: Mark Stuart | Uma Rani and Morgan Williams (ILO) From Taylorism to Algorithmic Management: A Multi-Sector Analysis of Technology, Control, and Worker Experiences Janine Berg (ILO) and Hannah Johnston (York University, Canada) AI in human resource management: Enthusiasm without empiricism Dr Mattia Dessi (Leeds) The politics of digitalization and health and safety in the South African mining industry |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Session 3: Digital and AI adoption Chair: Uma Rani | Daniel Samaan (ILO) AI and jobs - A global review of theory, estimates, and evidence Prof Danat Valizade and Prof Mark Stuart, Dr Felix Shulz (Leeds) Employers’ Digital Practices at Work in the UK: overview of the Digit employers’ survey - The impact of digital adoption on employees’ pay in the UK: survey evidence Pawel Gymrek (ILO) Adoption of Generative AI at the workplace: a nationally representative survey of the working population in Poland |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Session 4: Pay and Skill Chair: Richard Dickens | Isaure Delaporte, Veronica Escudero (ILO), Fabien Petit (University of Barcelona) The Role of Skills in Mediating the Effects of Emerging Digital Technologies on Employment Dr Esme Terry (Leeds) Employee Involvement in Digital Transformation at Work: Case Studies from UK Finance Juan Martin Lataix (ILO) Skills for a digital future |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Coffee break | |
| 15:20 – 16:20 | Session 5: AI, workers’ mobilization and voice Chair: Chris Land-Kazlauskas | Dr Simon Joyce (Leeds) The use of digital communications technology in trade union strike mobilisations: survey and case study evidence Dr Alex Seehaus (Leeds) Class Conflict in the workplace? How platform food couriers in England and Germany problematise working conditions £ Denis Neuman (Leeds) Containing the Algorithm? How Works Councils Navigate the Struggle for Control in Platform-Mediated Courier Work in Germany |
| 16:20 – 17:30 | Future Directions and Collaborations Chair: Mark Stuart |
The Digit research center is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Established in 2020, it was recently awarded funding for a second phase research programme from 2025-2030. More details can be found here: Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit)