ALGOSH: News
Read the latest news about our work on algorithmic management in the ALGOSH program and beyond!
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Are you interested in taking part in the latest research on the challenges and opportunities of the new working life in relation to the working environment and health? Then sign up for our semester newsletter, where interesting and relevant studies that have been completed recently are summarized.
The mailing is curated by Theo Bodin's research group, "The New World of Work" which operates at Karolinska Institutet.
Scientific articles
Photo: N/AHow algorithmic management shapes working conditions in the warehouse and transport sector
Our new article in Safety Science explores how algorithmic management shapes working conditions in the warehouse and transport sector. By comparing two different warehouses, we reveal how technology, governance, and organizational factors influence work and its effects on employees. Read more about our findings and what they mean for the future of work!
Access the full article here.
Reports
Photo: N/A,Getty ImagesWhat happens to the work environment when AI becomes the boss?
That the use of AI is expanding across various areas of society has probably not escaped anyone’s notice. One of the fields where AI has been increasingly used in recent years is as a tool for managing, planning, and organizing work in the workplace. This means that AI is taking over tasks traditionally performed by a human manager, a phenomenon known as algorithmic management. Explore the latest research on how algorithmic management affects the work environment and health in our latest report (available only in Swedish).
Book a lecture for your organization
We are happy to visit your organization to give a lecture and engage in discussions about algorithmic management, work environment, and health, based on the report (subject to availability). Perhaps this could be of interest to your board, management team, department, or similar? In this way, we hope to contribute to increasing knowledge on the topic.
If interested, please email ninni.norlinder@ki.se
Photo: N/AAlgorithmic Management: Experiences and Responses
Our recent report, Algorithmic management: Experiences and responses, presents results from a study set in Sweden on the ramifications of digital technologies and algorithmic management (AM) and how technology affects the prospects for workplace co-determination and democracy. It specifically looks at the effects of AM on work and workers’ rights in non-platform work (warehousing, retail and transport industries), workers’ response to AM-related issues, and the implications of these results for trade unions, solidarity, and policy.
Past events
Photo: N/AInterdisciplinary Policy Conference: Algorithmic Management of Work and Health
AI and algorithms are changing working life in profound ways. When digital systems take over work management functions, work tasks, organizational structures as well as the work environment are affected.
Carin Håkansta's research group at Karolinska Institutet is now hosting a conference to share the latest research on how algorithmic control of work affects the work environment and health, factors that affect this connection and how different interest groups look at and act in relation to the phenomenon.