Call 25: Winter school ‘Four dimensions of the future of work’
Call for applicants is closed
Information on applications: 21 October 2019
General information
The world of work looks different every day with unprecedented changes in their scale, speed, and depth. Not only have professions and labour markets changed, the very nature of work is changing, placing welfare states, social partners, businesses and individuals under pressure. This event aimed to spark innovate dialogues, support research activities, and promote best practices exchange connected to the Future of Work.
The Winter School on ‘Four dimensions of the future of work’ hosted by CEPS, explored the changing nature of work and its effects on the life of individual and in the society. The participants of the Winter School explored the theme through four different approaches: technological opportunities and risks, equalities and inequalities related to new forms of work, the challenges for social dialogue and collective bargaining as well as the changing skills requirements.
CEPS provided a comprehensive course on the future of work and related changes and challenges. The speakers and teachers included leading experts in the field, social partners and policy makers. This Winter School was targeted in priority to advanced graduate students, PhD students and researchers. The one-week Winter School was divided into four pillars. Speakers were invited to conduct regular classes, but workshops and a panel debate were also provided.
About InGRID-2
The Winter School on 'Four dimensions of future of work’ is part of the ’poverty and living conditions pillar’ of InGRID-2, a large research infrastructure aimed at integrating existing research resources in the area of ‘Advanced labour studies - Analyzing the future development of work organisation, employer practices and skills analysis’ by organising mutual knowledge exchange activities and improving methods and tools for comparative research on quality of work, skills analysis and evolution of social dialogue. This integration will provide the related European scientific community with new and better opportunities to fulfil its key role in the development of evidence-based European policies for Inclusive Growth.
Venue
The winter school is organised by the Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium.
Location of the Winter School: CEPS premises, 1 Place du Congrès, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Timing
Start: Monday 20 January 2020, 09:30.
End: Friday 24 January 2020, 15:00.
Short event report
Programme
Day 1: 20 January 2020
Welcome and introductory remarks
- INGRID II Presentation (Dr. Karolien Lenaerts, HIVA-KU LEUVEN)
- Winter School introduction and tour de table (Dr. Cinzia Alcidi, CEPS)
Working conditions, social dialogue and industrial relations in the future of work (Dr. Karolien Lenaerts, HIVA-KU LEUVEN)
Hands on practice: Discussing worker participation and social dialogue Participants were splitted in groups for interactive debates on worker participation and social dialogue
Presentation and discussion
Presentation and discussion of papers dealing with industrial relations, working conditions and related policy challenges.
- Emelie Lindström - Nordic welfare states in the digital age – Trade union response to the emerging platform economy in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
presentation - paper
- Ani Grigoryan - On Some Aspects of Social Dialogue: the case of Sweden
presentation - paper
- Katarina Lukacova - Future of Work in Highly Automated Industries - Evidence from Visegrad Automotive Sector
presentation - paper
- Sara Fekete - The reform of posted worker regulation: resolving the Gordian knot of protection of mobile workers?
presentation - paper
- Alba Kruja - The minimum wage – how does it affect inequality. Empirical Evidence from Albania
presentation - paper
- Nora Jusufi - Will the new proposed parental leave scheme foster women’s employment security in Kosovo or aggravate it? A theoretical and legal review and a perception survey
presentation - paper
Day 2: 21 January 2020
The skills challenge and the future of work (Dr. Sara Baiocco, CEPS)
Hands on practice Exercise 2: Data visualisation on skills and adult learning (Sara Baiocco and Mattia Di Salvo, CEPS)
Presentation and discussion
Presentation and discussion of selected papers dealing with new skills required to address the future of work challenges.
- Antonella Rocca - How European countries are preparing the challenge of job transformations?
presentation - paper
- Lenka Říhová - Present and future labour market: The role of cross-generational cooperation in countries with a slowly growing population
presentation - paper
- Theocharis Kromydas - Does more education leads to better working conditions? An investigation across European labour markets before and during the 2008 economic recession
presentation - paper - paper appendix
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Giorgio Piccitto - The Polarization Myth: Occupational Upgrading in Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the UK, 1992–2015
presentation - paper
Day 3: 22 January 2020
Platform work and job quality: The devil is in the details (Zachary Kilhoffer, CEPS; Hannah Johnston, ILO)
Hands on practice Exercise 3: Becoming the worker
Presentation and discussion
Presentation and discussion of selected papers dealing with new forms of work.
- Zane Šime - The Future of Work from a Macro-Regional Perspective
presentation - paper
- Gayane Shakhmuradyan - The Changing Nature of Work and Social Insurance in the 21st Century
presentation - paper
- Jelena Sapic - Reimaging Welfare in the Platform Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for the Pension Systems
presentation - paper
- Milica Matijević - Relationship Between ‘Atypical Jobs’ and Unemployment Benefits as an Illustration of the Structural Causes of Socio-Economic Inequality
presentation - paper
Day 4: 23 January 2020
Artificial intelligence and the future of work (Andrea Renda, CEPS)
Presentations and discussion
Presentation and discussion of selected papers dealing with Artificial intelligence and the future of work.
- Fatma Guneri - A region and an experiment of AI: Industry lab of « Hauts-de-France »
- Marta Simões - AI, demand and the impact of productivity-enhancing technologies on jobs: evidence from Portugal
Day 5: 24 January 2020
Panel discussion
- Sara Baiocco, CEPS and InGRID2
- Andrea Glorioso, European Commission - DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology, Digital Economy and Skills
- Marie Lagarrigue, European Commission – DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Deputy Head of Unit
- Justin Nogarede, FEPS, Digital Policy Adviser
- Rebekah Smith, Business Europe, Deputy Director, Social Affairs
Moderator: Zachary Kilhoffer, CEPS and InGRID2
Venue
CEPS premises, 1 Place du Congrès, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Mrs Manon Jacquot - manon.jacquot@ceps.eu
