AILS2025: AI, Labour and Society Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy Pisa, Italy, June 9-10, 2025 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ails2025 |
| Submission deadline | April 11, 2025 |
The rise of AI, particularly Generative AI, is transforming labor markets, industries, and economies worldwide, raising urgent questions about inequality, job displacement, algorithmic management, and corporate power. This workshop fosters an interdisciplinary dialogue between social scientists, economists, and AI experts to examine AI’s impact on labor and society and explore pathways for more equitable and sustainable technological development. Building on previous conferences held in collaboration with FAIR at Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence (The governance of digital platforms and Artificial Intelligence, The Impact of AI on Society) and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa (Inequalities and technical change, labour markets and decarbonization paths: results from PRIN projects), the workshop will showcase cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI, labor, and society.
We welcome contributions that investigate AI as both a tool for studying its societal effects and as an object of study in itself, namely, something that can be proactively shaped to influence the future trajectory of the digital economy and society. We welcome diverse methodological approaches, covering topics that range from studies of technological change to economics, from sociology to industrial relations. The event will feature paper presentations by participants as well as roundtable discussions among senior experts, drawing broader lessons from the findings of the papers presented and engaging in an interdisciplinary debate with AI experts, computer specialists and data scientists.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full-length original research paper that presents original, impactful work (10 to 12 pages).
- Working papers that present work in progress (5 to 9 pages).
- Blue sky papers that present visionary ideas to stimulate the research community (5 to 9 pages).
- Extended abstracts describing early-stage research and research communication of already published papers that serves to promote the dissemination of contributions aligned with the scope of the workshop (up to 4 pages).
All paper lengths exclude references, which are unlimited. All submissions should adhere to the CEUR-WS proceeding guidelines and be uploaded on Easychair. Authors should submit their papers as single-column, using one of the following templates:
These templates can also be downloaded as an offline version with the style files here.
Submissions are double-blind (i.e., submissions must not include the author’s names and affiliation) peer-reviewed by at least two members of the program committee and evaluated on the basis of relevance, originality, significance, soundness, and clarity. At submission time, authors will have to indicate the contribution type. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop through oral presentations, lightning talks or posters. Hence, we require that at least one author of each accepted paper registers for either the conference or the single-day workshop (TBC).
The workshop seeks to achieve global and diverse participation. With an effort towards equitable conversations, we invite contributions from marginalised perspectives and communities in AI.
List of Topics
The workshop invites technical as well as non-technical submissions, which encompass experimental, theoretical or methodological contributions. We explicitly welcome interdisciplinary submissions that explore the use of AI and its social, economical and political implications. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- The nature of AI in the context of technological paradigms.
- The economics of AI: business strategies, industry, finance, distribution.
- The impact of AI and digital platforms on the quantity and quality of labour.
- The impact of AI on society, behaviour and interactions.
- Case studies of work organisation and control of labour using AI.
- Labour relations, rules and conflicts at the time of AI.
- Military vs civilian trajectories of AI and digitalisation.
- Algorithmic management: how the role of code impact the working conditions of digital workers.
- Unpacking black-box socio-technical systems: revealing the technical roots of socio-economic vulnerabilities.
- The materiality of AI: assessment and mitigation of environmental and human costs of AI. Are sustainable futures for digital societies attainable for all?
- From AI to Generative AI: a paradigm shift in the digital economy?
- AI and the digital public sphere: methods and implications for knowledge production and diffusion, public opinion, and political dynamics.
The workshop encourages methodological plurality; hence, submissions based on different research designs and methods are welcome, spanning data science, social sciences, and interdisciplinary approaches. Proposals may include papers presenting robust empirical research, or papers that showcase ongoing work and novel frameworks for comprehending and analysing AI systems in the context of labour and society.
Committees
Organizing committee
- Fosca Giannotti
- Guglielmo Meardi
- Mario Pianta
- Clara Punzi
Program Committee
Publication
Accepted contributions will be collected into a volume of the HHAI 2025 Workshop and Tutorial proceedings under CEUR-WS or submitted to special issues of pertinent scientific journals (TBC). Full-length original research papers that lack a strong emphasis on computer science in both research methodologies and author expertise, could be submitted to relevant international journals in the fields of social sciences.
Venue
The conference will be held in Pisa (Italy) on June 9 or 10, 2025.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to clara.punzi@sns.it