The Future of Work and Technology

The book examines how global technological advances shape the way we work and allocate work today and how we might do so in the future, exploring advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, green technology, and implications for workforce skills and future welfare.

Autorentext

Andreas Cebulla is Associate Professor in the Future of Work in the Digital Age at the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University, and Research Associate of the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Perspectives of Technology-Driven Economic and Social Change. 2. Robotics in Australia: Uses, Opportunities, and Challenges. 3. The Promise of Digitalisation and Automation. 4. Charging Ahead: Electric Vehicles as Advanced Industrial Opportunity. 5. Economic Complexity: Rebuilding Industry through Innovation. 6. Just Transitions: Just for Whom? Lessons from Australia's Automotive Closure. 7. Being Safe from and with Robots: Work Health and Safety in the Age of the Intelligent Machine. 8. Workplace Relations with AI in Mind: What Is Likely to Change? 9. More than Programming? The Impact of AI on Work and Skills. 10. Reaching for Utopia: Opportunities for Redistributing Work and Leisure, Strengthening Dignity and Social Justice. 11. The Mission Ahead: How to Prepare for the Right Type of Change.