This interdisciplinary workshop brings together researchers from economics, political science, and management to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the workplace and contributing to emerging patterns of inequality. As AI technologies transform firm organization, labor markets, and political landscapes, understanding their broader societal consequences becomes increasingly critical.
The workshop features keynote lectures by leading scholars, presentations of new empirical research based on Danish and international data, and a roundtable discussion with stakeholders. By fostering dialogue across disciplines, the event aims to generate new insights into the opportunities and challenges that AI-driven transformations pose for workers, firms, and society.
David Weisstanner, Department of Health Sciences and Social Policy, University of Lucerne
Kees van Kersbergen, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
Leon Küstermann, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute
Sarah Schroeder, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University
Giuseppe Pulito, Berlin School of Economics, Humboldt Univesity
Mariola Pytliková, AIAS-PIREAU Fellow, Aarhus University
Magnus Lodefalk, Department of Economics, Örebro University
Lars Frederiksen, Department of Management, Aarhus University
Anders Ryom Villadsen, Department of Management, Aarhus University
Jacob Sherson, Department of Management, Aarhus University
Tuesday May 20
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Welcome & lunch |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Keynote I: Magnus Lodefalk AI and Work: Impacts on Stress and Inequality |
| 14.15 - 14.45 | David Weisstanner (online presentation), co-authored by Kees van Kersbergen and Leon Küstermann No Winners, No Losers? Public Agreement on Artificial Intelligence and Social Investment in a Universal Welfare State |
| 14.45 - 15.15 | Sarah Schroeder, co-authored by Mariola Pytlikova & Giuseppe Pulito Who adopts AI? Evidence from firms in Denmark |
| 15.15 - 15.45 | Lars Frederiksen, co-authored by Anders Ryom Villadsen Managers’ perceptions of using AI in Danish SME’s: A survey experiment |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Conference dinner (location TBC) |
Wednesday May 21
| 09.00 - 10.00 | Keynote II: TBA |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | Leon Kuestermann New Institutions in Old Bottles: How Corporatist Infrastructures Enable Effective Responses to Structural Change |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Jacob Sherson, co-authored by Janet Frances Rafner From AI Agents to AI Partners: Hybrid Intelligence and the Future of Equitable Work |
| 11.15 - 11.45 | Round table with stakeholders Panel members: Carsten Jensen (AU, moderator), Morten Eisensee (DI), Stefan Werge (xrNord), Peter Danholt (AU)
|
| 11.45 | Lunch & farewell |
The event is free and open to all. Please sign up here.
Carsten Jensen, CarstenJ@ps.au.dk
Kees Van Kersbergen, kvk@ps.au.dk
Mariola Pytlikova, marp@aias.au.dk
Sarah Schroeder, sschroeder@econ.au.dk
