2024-06-11
Challenges of co-determination in the double transformation
The fifth and last event evening (before the final event) of our lecture series "Work and Democracy" took place on Tuesday evening, 11 June. This time, we welcomed colleagues from the Institute for Labour and Qualification at the University of Duisburg Essen to the O-Werk. They spoke about the challenges of the multi-layered levels of co-determination in the dual transformation of the economy and labour as well as the prospects for a sustainable labour policy. The evening was moderated by our research assistant Sabrina Glanz and was attended by around 40 people (with a balanced distribution of online and face-to-face participants).
We were also particularly pleased to welcome the works council members from the certificate programme "Digital Transformation. Co-determination. Co-create". Based on various empirical research projects, the lecture offered insights into the largely unregulated area of digital work in the platform economy, interest representation in changing corporate structures and the scope for action in labour policy against the backdrop of the socio-ecological transformation.
Challenges of co-determination in the double transformation
The fifth and last event evening (before the final event) of our lecture series "Work and Democracy" took place on Tuesday evening, 11 June. This time, we welcomed colleagues from the Institute for Labour and Qualification at the University of Duisburg Essen to the O-Werk. They spoke about the challenges of the multi-layered levels of co-determination in the dual transformation of the economy and labour as well as the prospects for a sustainable labour policy. The evening was moderated by our research assistant Sabrina Glanz and was attended by around 40 people (with a balanced distribution of online and face-to-face participants).
We were also particularly pleased to welcome the works council members from the certificate programme "Digital Transformation. Co-determination. Co-create". Based on various empirical research projects, the lecture offered insights into the largely unregulated area of digital work in the platform economy, interest representation in changing corporate structures and the scope for action in labour policy against the backdrop of the socio-ecological transformation.
Dr Fabian Hoose (Department of Working Time and Work Organisation at the IAQ, DUE/Centre of cooperation RUB/IGM) gave an insight into the labour policy of the platform economy in the context of research results from the "" project and warned against the mutiple dissolution of boundaries as a consequence of the "Solidarity Heavier". Dr Sophie Rosenbohm (Department of Working Time and Work Organisation at the IAQ, DUE) explained the increasing importance of general and group works council committees and described articulation as a central requirement for action for interest representation in the multi-level system. Prof. Dr. Thomas Haipeter (Head of the Working Time and Work Organisation Research Department at the Institute for Work and Qualification at DUE University) concluded the presentation with an in-depth look at the interaction between transformations and industrial relations and gave an outlook on an upcoming research project.
The last event evening "Democracy is slow, AI is fast: Challenges in the digital transformation" on 25 June will begin with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Manfred Wannöffel (Managing Director of the Joint Employment Centre RUB/IGM), Dr. Claudia Niewerth (Managing Director of the Helex Institute/Joint Employment Centre RUB/IGM) and Dirk Stüter (Chairman of the Works Council at Doncasters) and will discuss the relationship between work, technology and labour policy. Central questions such as: What challenges can be identified and what measures can be taken to democratise the use of artificial intelligence in business and work? will certainly also be addressed in the subsequent panel discussion, in which some of the previous speakers will once again discuss the various topics of the previous event evenings. Finally, there will again be room for an audience discussion. Registration at: Academy of the Ruhr-Universität (rub.de)
By clicking on the button below, you can download and view the presentation "Challenges of co-determination in the double transformation" by the three speakers (Haipeter/Hoose/Rosenbohm) from the fifth evening of events in the "Labour and Democracy" series.
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