[Air-L] Call for Abstracts "AI, Gender and the Future of Work", ISA Forum, Rabat

[Tanja Carstensen]

Dear colleagues,

   We hereby invite you to submit your abstracts to our upcoming session
   on "AI, Gender and the Future of Work", as part of the WG10 Digital
   Sociology (host committee), at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology next year
   (July 6th-11th, 2025) in Rabat, Morocco.

   Artificial intelligence has become increasingly important in the world
   of work in recent years. While there has been an intense public debate
   about the opportunities and risks for several years now, the hype
   surrounding ChatGPT has also led to a dynamic everyday use of AI. At
   the same time, hidden AI applications have been used in the world of
   work for some time without users being aware of it. Furthermore, first
   research as well as news media reports showed that AI has or could have
   various gender-relevant effects. In addition to the problematization of
   obvious discriminatory effects (e.g. bias in automated translations or
   recruiting applications), automation risks and the anticipated
   different impact on male and female professions, as well as the
   male-dominated work cultures, the "diversity crisis" in development
   teams, and sexism in the tech industry were discussed. Both work and
   technology are deeply shaped by historically evolved gendered
   inequalities. The question of what significance technological change
   has for the stabilization or destabilization of gender inequalities is
   therefore anything but new. However, new technologies always offer
   opportunities to renegotiate power and gender relations and to shape
   working conditions. The question of how gender inequality in the world
   of work will change with AI is still open. This session will present
   current research on AI, gender, intersectional aspects, and the future
   of work. Papers on empirical findings, theoretical and conceptual
   considerations as well as methodological aspects are welcome.

   Please upload your abstracts until October 15th, 2024 online via the
   following link:

   [1]https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/webprogrampreliminary/S
   ession19774.html

Looking forward to receiving your submissions!

   Tanja Carstensen, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
   [2]tanja.carstensen at hsw.tu-chemnitz.de

References

   1. https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/webprogrampreliminary/Session19774.html
   2. mailto:tanja.carstensen at hsw.tu-chemnitz.de