Description

This document is the report of the Kick-off Workshop of the Social Classes in the Digital Age (DIGCLASS) project held on the 21-22 of September 2021. The kick-off workshop was a high-level event with more than 100 participants that brought together 13 high-profile international experts on social inequality from different social science disciplines to discuss technological change and inequality, two topics directly under the European Commission’s priorities.

The objective was to generate synergies with leading experts and institutions globally on these two key areas to feed the policy process relevant for the Commission.

The programme was structured around four overarching questions:

1. Are existing systems of social protection adequate for the digital age?
2. Are contemporary societies still class-based?
3. How are digital technologies transforming the social structure?
4. Does socioeconomic position still drive political outcomes?

Each of the questions were addressed by three to four experts in a round table format, offering a stimulating debate on the implications of technological change for social inequalities and aiming to promote collaboration between the CAS and leading experts and institutions globally, in order to help shape and inform policy making of the Commission.

Social Classes in the Digital Age., Salazar Valez, L., Gil Hernandez, C., Vidal Lorda, G. and Villani, D. editor(s), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-47158-5, doi:10.2760/034630, JRC126985.

Practical information

Languages: English
Publisher: European Commission
JRC Number: JRC126985