digitalization

Digitalisation and work: from hype to policy challenges

There has been an unending stream of reports, discussions, and opinion pieces on the impact of digitalisation on work. Robotisation and job loss, platform work and precarity, ICT-use and skills mismatches, etc. In this intervention we discuss how …

'Disruptieve innovatie' als afleidingstruc

De overdreven aandacht voor platformeconomie en robotisering in de arbeidsmarkt leidt vooral af van tanende werknemersmacht.

Digitalization in the Belgian retail sector: tensions, discourses, and trade union strategy

Similar to most West-European countries, the retailsector in Belgium forms a sizable segment of the labor market, characterized by challenges for labor quality and trade union work. This sector, with a relatively large share of precarious employment …