Category: Digitization

This thematic area deals with the analysis of digitization processes applying to economy and society, at local, national and European level, through qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Digital technologies, which include artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0, blockchain, have a very high transformative potential, capable of profoundly changing the functioning and reference markets of existing companies, their organizational methods, as well as creating business opportunities, completely new competitive environments and skills. In this context, work is also subject to a significant evolutionary pressure, through the simultaneous creation and destruction of jobs, deep transformations in the necessary skills and new frontiers with respect to the protection of workers’ rights.

The topics under study are:

Characteristics and effects of digitization processes on businesses and markets;
Characteristics and effects of digitalisation processes on work;
Platform economy and digital labour;
Trade Union and digitization.