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Arbeit.digital Zukunftskonferenz, 18-20 March, Vienna, with AK Wien and the ÖGB

Join us for a 3 day conference in Vienna to rethink work and digitisation together

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  • Digital Europe
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New Publication: Changing Working Lives: Women and Automation in the Labour Market Scoping Review

This paper takes a policy-oriented approach. It draws on evidence from peer-reviewed research, policy reports and ‘grey literature’ to examine the potential impact of automation on women’s participation in the labour market.

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Worker Data Rights under the GDPR and Beyond: Enforcement and Legal Mobilisation Across the EU

Just out: our new publication on the implementation and enforcement of worker data rights under the GDPR and beyond, based on insights from experts in 10 EU countries

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  • AI, Algorithms, & Data

The Future of Quality Jobs and workplace AI: Regulation for Innovation

On 11 December FES Future of Work and UNI Europa on quality jobs in Europe took place in Brussels, with a particular focus on AI and algorithmic management.

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Strengthening Collective Bargaining and Increasing Minimum Wages Across Europe: Next Steps to Achieve the Objectives of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive.

Join us in Brussels on 18 November 2025 for a panel debate concerning the future of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive

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  • Digital Europe

The Authoritarian Stack: How Venture Capital and Authoritarian Tech Are Rewiring Democracy

A FES-funded research project led by Prof. Francesca Bria and a team of data scientists, journalists, and policy experts.

Latest Publications

Inside the black box

Arora, Payal ; Calegari, Roberta | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, May 2026

how algorithms are made - and why it matters

Chasing the AI cloud in Europe

Saari, Leevi ; Wu, Boxi | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., May 2026

handover blindness and implications for EU AI sovereignty

Une vie professionnelle en pleine mutation

Sabanova, Inga | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Décembre 2025

les femmes et l'automatisation sur le marché du travail ; revue de littérature

Changing working lives: women and automation in the labour market

Sabanova, Inga | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., December 2025

scoping review