Sabbatical Nicky Dries: Destroyers/Builders: A country-comparative case study of the generative and destructive effects of new workplace technologies KU Leuven
During this sabbatical period I will travel to countries/cities where one of two (or both) special cases can be studied: (1) the development of new technologies that do not yet exist (or at least are not yet used on any scale) with important implications for the workplace or labor market (e.g. leading robotics labs); (2) a sector, profession or group of people who have seen a sharp decline in the quality of their jobs, or whose jobs have ...