{"id":33299,"date":"2023-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliamep.lncdoo.com\/opportunities\/prosklisi-symmetochis-phd-summer-school-2023-apo-to-friedrich-ebert-stiftung-future-of-work\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:00:00","slug":"prosklisi-symmetochis-phd-summer-school-2023-apo-to-friedrich-ebert-stiftung-future-of-work","status":"publish","type":"opportunities","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/opportunities\/prosklisi-symmetochis-phd-summer-school-2023-apo-to-friedrich-ebert-stiftung-future-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for the Participants: PhD Summer School 2023 – Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Future of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Call for the Participants: PhD Summer School 2023<\/p>\n

Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Work:<\/p>\n

Employment, Skills and Job Quality<\/h2>\n

Location: Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

Dates: 11-14 September, 2023<\/p>\n

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Rapid developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies are set to have a significant impact on a broad range of professions. Advanced software systems with high degrees of autonomy will prospectively execute a broad range of functions, including high-skill and non-routine tasks like retrieving information, coordinating logistics, handling of inventories, preparing tax reports, providing financial services, translating complex documents, writing business reports, preparing legal briefs and diagnosing diseases.[1]<\/a> These developments affect the way in which human workers execute their tasks, resulting in new challenges with regard to their ability to understand and evaluate machine-generated inputs.<\/p>\n

Some studies suggest that the increasing automation will inevitably result in \u201cjob polarisation\u201d eroding middle ground jobs and leading to a greater economic disparity between highly skilled jobs and low-skilled jobs which are too expensive to automate.[2]<\/a> What is more, the introduction of new technologies at the workplace will significantly alter the content and the organization of work, affecting working conditions, remuneration and hierarchies. Interacting with AI redefines skills and employees\u2019 roles \u2013 and consequently this transformation needs to be shaped by political agents, trade unions, and worker activism.<\/p>\n

In this summer school we aim to explore upcoming research questions related to the emerging impacts of artificial intelligence at workers. By convening senior researchers and findings from ongoing PhD research we want to deepen our understanding about the methods to explore the empirical relevance and specifics of the phenomenon. We also want to situate individual research projects within the broader research agenda on the AI-based worker management and human-centred AI in the workplace.<\/p>\n

We invite submissions related to the topics of<\/p>\n

– algorithmic management,<\/p>\n

– smart manufacturing,<\/p>\n

– human-machine interaction,<\/p>\n

– changes in management strategies,<\/p>\n

– discrimination in the workplace,<\/p>\n

– involvement of trade unions in regulating the use of AI,<\/p>\n

– occupational safety and health risks,<\/p>\n

– changes in work organization,<\/p>\n

– requirements for workers\u2019 training, and autonomy and risk monitoring.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a>www.bruegel.org\/blog-post\/artificial-intelligences-great-impact-low-and-middle-skilled-jobs<\/a><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a>www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/STUD\/2018\/614539\/EPRS_STU(2018)614539_EN.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The school is supported by five academic mentors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Prof. Dr. Martin Krzywdzinski <\/strong>is a 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.<\/p>\n

Dr. Florian Butollo<\/strong> <\/strong>is a Research Fellow the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Florian was a senior advisor at the Enquete Commission \u2018Artificial Intelligence \u2013 Social Responsibility and Economic Potential\u2019 of the German Parliament (2018 \u2013 2020).<\/p>\n

Dr. Milagros Miceli <\/strong>is a Research Lead of the newly funded research group Data, Algorithmic Systems, and Ethics at Weizenbaum-Institut. In her research, Milagros is interested in questions of meaning creation and symbolic power encoded in training data. Her work comprises ethnographic fieldwork with data annotators, collectors, and scientists in different sites around the world.<\/p>\n

Dr. Miriam Rosa <\/strong>is a researcher and professor at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (CIS). She is a social and organizational psychologist, conducting research and training on relations between social groups of asymmetric status, and processes of social influence.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Number of places:<\/strong> 16 PhD students working on the topics related to digitalisation transformation from the social science perspective. Interdisciplinary approaches are highly encouraged.<\/p>\n

Eligibility<\/strong>: currently registered PhD students in Social Science\/Related Disciplines.<\/p>\n

Selection:<\/strong> Participants will be selected following a peer-review process and on the basis of scientific excellence of their proposed abstract. A fair balance between different regions within and Europe and topics will be maintained. A limited number of places reserved for students outside the EU.<\/p>\n

Format of the event:<\/strong> On-site<\/p>\n

Funding:<\/strong> All selected participants will be provided with 3 nights\u2019 accommodation and meals during the stay. The travel costs and the costs for COVID-19 tests if required for the travel are not reimbursed. The PhD Students from Ukraine will be offered travel scholarships.<\/p>\n

Fee:<\/strong> a fee of 50 EUR to be paid to the organisers once the list of participants is announced.<\/p>\n

Guidelines for applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please send a short CV (max. 3 pages) and an abstract of your paper (400 words max) by May 15, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your abstract should contain the following subheadings:<\/p>\n