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PhD Summer School 2023

AI and the Transformation of Work: Employment, Skills and Job Quality

In 2023, the PhD Summer School took place between the 11th of September and 14th of September in Berlin, Germany. 

The School aims to explore upcoming research questions related to the emerging impacts
of artificial intelligence on workers.

The Summer School focuses on a range of topics, including

  • Algorithmic management,
  • Changes in management strategies,
  • Discrimination at the workplace,
  • Involvement of trade unions in regulating the use of AI,
  • Changes in work organisation.

The school was supported by four academic mentors

Prof. Dr. Martin Krzywdzinski is Professor of International Labour Relations at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Director at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and Head of the research group "Globalization, Work and Production" at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

Dr. Nuno Boavida is Researcher working in the intersection of technology and labour at CICS.NOVA, Lisbon. His main research interests are related to the interdisciplinary fields of Science and Technology Studies and Labour studies. He is now working on topics such as Artificial  Intelligence, Telework, Algorithm Management, Migrations, Work and Employment.

Dr. Miriam Rosa is Researcher and Professor at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (CIS). She is a social and organisational psychologist, conducting research and training on relations between social groups of asymmetric status, and processes of social influence.

Dr. Florian Butollo is Research Fellow the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He was Senior Advisor at the Enquete Commission ‘Artificial Intelligence – Social Responsibility and Economic Potential’ of the German Parliament (2018 – 2020).

The Summer School has gathered 16 PhD Students

  • Marion Beauvalet, the University of Paris-Dauphine, France
  • Srravya Chandhiramowuli, City University, London, UK
  • Joel Christoph, European University Institute, Italy
  • Athina Fatsea, Ionian University, Greece
  • Michael Francis, the University of Manchester, UK
  • Sander Junte, the University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Adarsh Kumar, the University of Jena, Germany
  • Isabell Lippert, the University of Dresden, Germany
  • Naira López, TU Dublin, Ireland
  • Justine Marienfeldt, the University of Potsdam, Germany
  • Mario Ottaiano, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Germany
  • Lea Schneidemesser, the University of Erfurt, Germany
  • Daniel Schneiß, the Weizenbaum Institute, Germany
  • Tiago Vieira, European University Institute, Italy
  • Mareike Winkler, Oldenburg University, Germany
  • Assia Wirth, Université Paris-Saclay, France

Related Publication

AI and the transformation of work

Lippert, Isabell ; Vieira, Tiago ; Beauvalet, Marion | Brussels : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2023

employment, skills and job quality

Impressions of the PhD Summer School

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