The First Workshop on AI, Labour and Society (AILS)

Hosted by the Fourth International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI 2025)

Conference dates: June 9-13, 2025, Pisa, Italy

Workshop date: June 9 or 10, 2025, Pisa, Italy (TBA)

Workshop location: University of Pisa, Italy (TBA)

About the workshop

The rise of AI, particularly Generative AI, is transforming labor markets, industries, and economies worldwide, raising urgent questions about inequality, job displacement, algorithmic management, and corporate power. This workshop fosters an interdisciplinary dialogue between social scientists, economists, and AI experts to examine AI’s impact on labor and society and explore pathways for more equitable and sustainable technological development. Building on previous conferences held in collaboration with FAIR at Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence (The governance of digital platforms and Artificial Intelligence, The Impact of AI on Society) and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa (Inequalities and technical change, labour markets and decarbonization paths: results from PRIN projects), the workshop will showcase cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI, labor, and society.

We welcome contributions that investigate AI as both a tool for studying its societal effects and as an object of study in itself, namely, something that can be proactively shaped to influence the future trajectory of the digital economy and society. We welcome diverse methodological approaches, covering topics that range from studies of technological change to economics, from sociology to industrial relations. The event will feature paper presentations by participants as well as roundtable discussions among senior experts, drawing broader lessons from the findings of the papers presented and engaging in an interdisciplinary debate with AI experts, computer specialists and data scientists.